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Damn. Downsloping + UHI FTW? 86 here. High was 90.

Weekend into mid next week looks gorgeous. Unless you want rain. Beyond that the GEFS wants to build some WA ridging, but not sure it will result in anything more than typical late summer heat and humidity. For the BIG HEAT mongers, time is running out.

Its a loamy soil-sand/silt. I think the biggest issue is all the trees, but the soil and heat factor in too. It always does great from April into early June. The stuff I planted this time seems to holding up a tiny bit better, but in the end I will have to reseed most of it. Luckily I have reduced the area I care about to probably a quarter acre.

Mine dies. Gives up. Brown = thatch here. That isn't coming back. Doesn't correlate to dry/drought though.

The triggered Karen anti-mask routine is so 2020. Boring.

French roast with 2 shots of expresso is my go to.

N DE PUMMELED?

The original source I looked up was using data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. It had Montgomery county at close to 70%. So a bit of disparity.

https://www.marylandmatters.org/covid-19-in-maryland-2/#map There are some semi-interesting/surprising results.

Just looked it up.. #2. Howard County - Population that is fully vaccinated: 68.6% (223,399 fully vaccinated) Montgomery county is number 1.

Did you take a poll? And without even looking I can guarantee you Howard county is in the top 5 in vaccination rate among MD counties. Uncanny how misinformed you are. I mean every post of yours is like this.

There is an area of D0 and a small area within that of D1 in west-central VA. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Southeast

Watch the chiggers. I immediately shower after mowing, as they are prevalent here. Not sure if they are even more active when conditions are dry.

Best chance looks like Thursday- Friday, but models currently have the action mostly just south. Some potential for a MCS with this set up, and the GFS is hinting at some sort of organized complex of storms moving in from the upper Midwest. Heads straight south on the next panel though and misses much of our region.

Gonna have to watch this trough dropping in from eastern Canada on the periphery of the strengthening/expanding upper ridge out west. Things could turn more active late week with h5 disturbances rolling through in the NW flow. No washout but definitely some storm chances. Have to watch the MCS potential. CMC kinda hinting.

Another fantastic morning. 59 here. Dews start to creep up a bit today, but still should be very nice for Late July.

Throw in a volcanic eruption or 2..

Gotcha. An integrated system. When you get to the point of adjusting the P, I, and D values, the general rules for temperature loops apply, and small scale systems tend to be pretty fast responding and easier to tune. Probably plenty of rules of thumb shared on the home brewing forums.

I would think this company would give you a simple procedure for setting the PID tuning parameters in the controllers for ideal temp control without overshoot and cycling. That stuff can get complicated, but knowing the size of the vessels, flow rates, sensor location, and heat transfer rates are what determine the correct tuning values.

That's good and what I would expect for this application.

Ha I know how that goes. Gotta have fun and if its something you enjoy, go for it and do it right. The control stuff is easy wiring and all low voltage DC. I would assume the PID temp controllers accept an RTD or thermocouple input directly in a temperature application such as this. Otherwise it could be a 4-20 mA loop with a transducer. I would think the temp sensor(s) are RTD(Pt-100) as a J or K thermocouple is not ideal- probably not accurate enough for maintaining mash temp within the tolerances you would want.

Is this a packaged(matched) system or are you adding controls to your existing set-up?

Dude we need a thread. I want details of your setup. Pictures. Diagrams of the control circuit. Using heating coils and recirc to control mash temp? Pt-100 or thermocouple? Tuning PID loops is fun stuff, I can help you.

Sweet. Process control + beer is hard to beat in my book. Looks like you are doing PID control?

Mount Holly AFD on the long range- Overview... Synoptically, a consistent upper level pattern will be in place for the long term. Broad, strong ridging remains centered over the Intermountain West, with troughing over New England. This places our region in the belt of mid-level northwesterly flow between these features. Surface flow will also favor a westerly direction, which will mostly keep the oppressively high humidity away from the region. However, the temperatures themselves remain near to above average, due to the effects of the upstream ridging and efficient surface heating thanks to some downsloping effects with the westerly flow. Regarding rain chances, next week should feature plenty of dry hours, but will probably not be without its shower and storm chances as well. Unlike what we`ve seen most of the month, this pattern of relatively lower dew points and faster flow aloft is not very conducive to heavy rain and flash flooding. However, with that faster mid-level flow, the passage of multiple weak frontal systems and/or fast-moving mid-level impulses is possible. This should continue to bring at least sporadic opportunities for convection. This flow regime is also a classic example of what`s sometimes referred to as the "ring of fire". Severe, long-lived mesoscale convective systems can occasionally propagate from the Midwest to the East Coast in these patterns, often occurring with poor predictability more than a day or two out. With this pattern looking to be locked in place for awhile, this will be something to keep an eye on.