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Good stuff. Not as good as the original or the BBA version imo, but good. The 2022 120 min IPA has a different look to the artwork on the bottle, so easy to tell. Also has the abv listed for the first time ever (16.6%).

Getting a moderate sprinkle now at least, while Easton and places just south are on round 3 of heavy rain. Lots of thunder in the distance. There are going to be some 2" amounts easily down that way.

Sampling the fourth (out of four) of the "new" 2022 version of DFH 120 min IPA. Had a 2020 vintage yesterday and man I still love the old recipe, but can't hate the new one. More of a triple IPA than a dank barley wine and will probably be loved more by 'hopheads'.

I will say most of the CAMs had this depiction. Pretty much all of them had the action just south of my yard. Maybe I can catch some pity rain later with some of the stuff upstream, but that looks to be headed mostly south as well. Might be sprinkler time by tomorrow.

Exactly. I mow the grass to 4". It is tall fescue after all, plus it is a cool season variety. Even so it is a losing battle through the summer with all the trees plus soil that is very well drained.

My latest project is replacing bad deck boards. Did some last fall, and noticed a few more are rotted in sections. Deck has a cool multicolored look now lol. I will probably lightly scrub the whole thing with some Oxiclean and hot water at some point and put a transparent stain on it, which will look good for a year or 2 as always. OxiClean is the shit btw. Rinses off easy leaving no residue, cost effective and works better than deck wash products.

A standard PWM VFD is all that's needed for a residential well pump if you want to go that route. I'm not sure why you would need a cycloconverter for a well pump application. Those are used for really big motors and traditionally for electric propulsion on big ships- and even in those applications modern VFDs using PWM with IGBTs in the inverter section have become more common.

Grass deterioration time. Inevitable. At least the clover usually survives.

In less than 3 weeks the days start getting shorter.

Mount Holly's latest take on the severe threat for Thursday- With stalled frontal boundary remaining situated over the region, there will likely be an appreciable temperature gradient once again with cooler highs in the upper 70s for the northern half of the region and upper 80s to near 90 south of the front. The front will attempt to move northward as a warm front ahead of the incoming shortwave trough and attendant surface low. The greatest risk for severe thunderstorms remains south of the front, which looks to be mostly south of the PA Turnpike and AC Expressway (Philadelphia suburbs southward). The Storm Prediction Center has a Slight Risk for Severe Weather south of Philadelphia Thursday. With CAPE values forecast to be in the 1000 to 2000 J/kg range (perhaps upwards of 3000 J/kg MUCAPE in areas that see enough sun to the south). The greatest threats look to be hail and damaging wind with deep CAPE well above the freezing level and some modest dry air aloft leading to forecast DCAPE values from 500 to 1000 J/kg. LL shear looks to be supportive of at least some supercells initially that will morph into a broken line or QLCS.

DCA: 101 IAD: 99 BWI: 100 RIC: 102

4.03" for the month here. Just wet enough but not too wet. Mosquitoes in check, seasonal wetland almost completely dry.

Beautiful day. High of 81. Currently 78. Comfortable evening upcoming. Might be firepit time. Different story the next few days.

Sipping on a DFH 120 min IPA 2022 version on this Memorial Day Sunday. New look to the bottle, and this version tastes a bit different as well. The hops really stand out- seems crisper, but the underlying sweetness and complexity is still there owing to all that barley required to get the high ABV. This one has an abv of 16% or so, as compared to previous versions that clocked in at 18-20%. Imo the characteristics are similar to the very excellent 90 min, with more hop goodness, and more boozy, although pretty well hidden. I think this one hits the perfect balance of hoppiness and sweetness. Very good!

Gorgeous day here. Mostly sunny, breezy, and 75 currently.

Sunny and 65 here at 9am. Looks like a pretty nice day upcoming.

Don't La Nina summers favor ridging in the central US? I think it is generally 'cooler' and drier in the east. Periods of oppressive heat and humidity are inevitable in these parts.

Beyond the brief bout of heat this week, maybe not so warm for a stretch.

0.85" for the event. Some rumbles of thunder and no wind.

Nothing exciting here. A few rumbles of thunder, but some decent rain. 0.40". Still some on and off showers. Instability should be on the wane through the rest of the afternoon into the evening, but hopefully another round of showers can bring maybe an additional quarter inch. Mesos look pretty meh with the next round weakening as it moves east.

Looks increasingly warm and humid next week with a developing upper ridge. Probably at least a couple 90 degree days.

Yeah the trends overnight were towards a less progressive idea. Both the Euro and CMC moved towards the GFS depiction.