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1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

So much lightning… just had another round of close strikes two hours later.

Summer evening vibe with constant flashes and Thunder for a couple hours around here.

Best storm in prob couple seasons rolled through around 730. Some trees down nearby and decent size hail and white out rain with big winds.  Just insane amounts of TL like you said. 

5 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Seems at least average 

https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/sst/anomaly/

you were young and wild 

(edit of course the link that cited the current  water Temp could’ve been garbage ) second link I found says 61.7

Haha..yea nice being in your 20s for sure for many reasons.

I can promise you it wasn't 60F most years.  I wouldn't be in that without a suit even at 23. 

I am seeing a bunch of reports of 68-70F near that area.

https://www.worldbeachguide.com/usa/surf/tourmaline.htm

Well known longboard surf spot, remember being here many times without a suit. 69F now.

48 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Do many folks swim in San Diego , water temp at Pacifica beach is 60. Most surfers have wet suits in Cali 

Lived in Pacific Beach for almost a decade, that seems alot cooler than normal for August,I would swim and body surf all time with no suit, Aug and Sept I feel like were the warmest from my memory. 

43 minutes ago, Supernovice said:

I do- with water sensor. But ya I dunno I might wait until mid next week when I stop in to hit it one more time then overseed and fertilize. Thunderstorms tonight scare me. Anyways here’s the result, shrunken and manipulated down to fit here- which was surprising tough.

If your whole lawn looks like that, I don't know if it needs an overseed. I would just hit it with fertilizer. That looks pretty dense, but pics can be deceiving sometimes.

1 hour ago, Supernovice said:

Kinda my thought- can’t beat the pattern. Also will be away for the next two weeks and before you know it, I’ll be running up against climatological first frost- I like 6 weeks between seeding and frost. Oh well- going for it. Thanks for the input!

Do you have in ground irrigation to water while your away?

Kept the house 66-72F 24/7 through July. Colder the better, sorry get an extra blanket kids..lol

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

Today is another winner. Swim get out dry in a minute. Not too hot sun. Cocadoodledewlessness 

I certainly approve of this break in the dewy pattern, but it's not exactly ideal for water activities.  My wife just sent me a video of my kids in the Adirondacks tubing with sweatshirts on...

21 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

i fertilized on saturday. after 2.4" of heavy rain, i am sure it is washing down the Merrimack river as we speak.

That's gone almost for sure. Even 1" can be too much. Believe it or not .25-.50" is ideal. Obviously factors like soil composition, rainfall rate, etc matter too.

12 hours ago, klw said:

https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=BTV&wwa=flood warning
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Burlington VT
1008 PM EDT Fri Jul 14 2023

NYC031-VTC001-021-150800-
/O.NEW.KBTV.FA.W.0025.230715T0208Z-230715T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Essex NY-Addison VT-Rutland VT-
1008 PM EDT Fri Jul 14 2023

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is occurring or
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of northern New York, including the following
  county, Essex. Portions of Vermont, including the following
  counties, Addison and Rutland.

* WHEN...Until 400 AM EDT.

* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
  and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads
  remain closed due to flooding.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 1004 PM EDT, Local law enforcement reported major flooding
    between Schroon Lake and Severance with roads closed at the
    intersection of routes 74 and 9.  Between 2 and 5 inches of
    rain have fallen.
  - Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inch are possible in
    the warned area.
  - Some locations that will experience flooding include...
    Middlebury, Moriah, Crown Point, Minerva, Crown Point Center,
    Port Henry, D A R State Park, Bridport, Shoreham, Addison,
    Schroon Lake, Orwell, Panton, Cornwall, Benson, Weybridge,
    Waltham, New Haven, Bristol and Lincoln.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Lol-- I just posted about this in the other thread. The bolded is exactly where I am this weekend.  Left VT flooding just to find more in NY.

Crazy amount of water coming down the hillsides in the Eastern Adirondacks last night. Wish I knew what the amounts are on radarscope storm accum estimate scale.  Feels like 3-6" by duration and intensity in about 2 hours. Multiple culverts and parts of roads washed out where we are.  Stuck for now until they get filled in.

15 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Crazy.  Water can be terrifying, I can’t even imagine it inundating your house. 
Furniture ruined, carpets ruined, cars, furnaces, septic systems all ruined. Sheet rock and plaster water logged and becoming a mold hazard.  
I wouldn’t be buying a used car from anywhere in Vermont anytime soon…

Yep, might want to check the carfax of any VT registered cars..

1927 Flood rainfall Mreaves was mentioning. 

44 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Received another 1.14" since midnight.  8.26" total.  

5.50" here.  Looks like your area/MPV is where the totals maxed out.

10 minutes ago, mreaves said:

1.90" so far.  My neighbor's station around the corner 1.98"

Guess I have been lucky so far with "only"  2.63" the last 24 hours. 

That is a serious slug of moisture coming for that same Londonderry, Weston, Ludlow, Killington area.

Weston VT 

2 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

You have some of the best stories on this site

Euro too. They’ve both been mostly awful here imo.

I have always thought we need some type of AmerWx Astonishing Tales of Tamarack Biography....

5 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

You people like blasting swamp ass into the house?

Yea-heavily installed now.  Running constantly last few days--nice and comfortable. 

I guess there is a perspective of tolerable vs comfortable for those uninstalled.  I could tolerate it maybe if I absolutely had to, but I don't have to and would much rather just be comfortable. 

43 minutes ago, mreaves said:

.20 but that puts us near 2.00” over the last 2 days. 

Had 1.02" today. Had .65" the other day, so similar.  Some decent TL, but no wind. Lawn still struggling interestingly even with some recent rains.

My yard was overrun with munks the first couple years here....literally everywhere.   Got an absolute  killing machine of an outdoor cat 2 years ago--don't see them really outside of the woods very much now, except for the sporadic carcasses in the yard..lol.  My cat nabs an occasional grey squirrel too, brought a full one inside just last week right into the kitchen 

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Peak lawn is here. 

How the heck are u that green? Lawns are pretty torched here and absolutely fried in Albany.  Guess I haven't paid attention to rainfall..thought everyone was pretty dry.

9 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

None of my crabgrass came back this year and I don't treat. Weird

9 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

Give it time, I don't have any yet either but it loves hot and humid.

Yea, for sure.  You never see crabgrass in May in NE, it may have sprouted, but it is tiny at this point and unnoticeable.  If you had crabgrass last year, 100% it will be back and prob worse year over year(if you don't treat it) A single plant has literally thousands of seeds that it drops. 

If you don't care about the look of it, it is indestructible and survives any Stein pattern.

19 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Mowing today was awful. Straight up cloud of pollen.

Did mine today, worst I can remember. Between the dust and pollen, just off the charts.  Covered head to toe, in my eyes, everywhere.

23 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Those froze, High up has nothing to do with it, You get frost on the rooftops....lol

Yea--and unless the pic is deceiving, it looks like only 2ft off the ground..lol.

But yea TBlizz-might be cold damage...all of my young maple trees that are roughly 8-10ft tall look like shit still...leaves totally wilted and drooping straight down. 

Man, gardens look like shiitte right now.  Have 10 peonies not opened totally flopped over, Japanese maples look really bad too.  Hopefully that stuff rebounds? Having started any veggie stuff, so now worries there. 

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