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Perfect early May day imo. 59 and partly sunny. Getting lots of outside work done. Waaayyy better than 80s and humid, which we can easily get this time of year.

Not enough cold, especially recently, but we will get the STJ and moisture. 'Perfect track rainstorms'. Need a -AO or -EPO to bring colder air southward. Recent Ninas have been cold mainly due to a favorable configuration(poleward) of the Aleutian ridge.

Plenty of speculation, but its too early to know the character and strength of the event. Latest ENSO update from CPC indicates equal chances for very strong, strong or moderate El Nino for the upcoming winter.

Drinking a DFH 75 min IPA. I mixed a 60 and a 90 min.

Agree! I tried the new version in Rehoboth a couple weeks ago. Not as complex- kind of all hoppy start to finish. Sort of one dimensional, but still good. Just finished a 4 pack of last year's version. I think that one might be my absolute fave, with the dry hopping giving it a nice zing at the finish after the malty-sweet middle.

The clover/grass mixture I planted in the Fall is looking quite nice. Lots of watering with the lack of rainfall. Be interesting to see how it does from mid June forward.

Except the second game isnt going so well. When the pitcher is awful, its kind of tough. Looks like a split. This team needs to find some consistency, unless they are content with playing 500 ball.

Rainfall data from Easton site-

I set it for 5 min obs and picked the max hours(720). A bar graph shows each time it rained/amount, and at the top of the graph it displays total for the period.

Using Mesonet data via NWS, Goldsboro is 1.35" for the month and Ridgely 1.09". 1.15" here recorded on my station. Very dry in this area.

Just over an inch here for the month.

Sucks to have to water in April. I have been doing it for a couple weeks.

0.14" Nice to see there is another chance for a tenth of an inch or less on Friday night into Saturday!

Hard to believe my area has only been 'abnormally dry'. With the update tomorrow I expect to be in moderate drought category.

Yeah looks like a nothing burger again. Maybe a tenth, which is what I expected.