jbenedet

Any effective recommendations for a repeat chipmunk digging holes in my front lawn other than my 22 magnum? After this third offense, beginning to feel like maniscalco’s father.

I’m seeing a bunch outside. Found a large one hanging out in the wheel well of my car in the driveway. I moved him to a place in the garden. I love spiders as long as they’re outside. They keep all the flying pest populations in check. To me, the signs outside are that our ++AN temp fall persistence is just now kicking off.

Anything that didn’t get shocked from the drought is a rich green or flowering.

About 1.5” here.

With the persistent onshore/easterly wind I had a few tenths of “below the radar” precip from evening through early morning hours yesterday before the main precip moved in. Fog/mist turned to mist/light rain for an all day wet vibe. This was the first solid consecutive wet days in a while.

Summer vibes today. Looks like 82/65 dewable imby.

Yea there’s a factor of that too.

How things have changed…

So that was an arctic airmass and basically ideal radiating conditions. If you didn’t get to frost it’s not in your climo anymore for the date…

People talking about end of growing season, while I just picked up last round of reseed and fertilizer.

We can take the over all the time except…in this pattern.

GWDLT That sucks. Way too early.

Now today is effin’ dry. Full sun, breezy and dews in low 40’s. caved and watered.

Yes agreed on the rain difference vs your area. That said, I’m looking at landscapes relative to the drought monitor conditions… In my experience the seacoast doesn’t radiate well, especially right in the cities, which is where I’m at. Our higher dews than the interior may have made this affect more impactful on the local landscapes. Again, a walk around town, it doesn’t look like severe drought. The drought conditions are hardly noticeable in most cases until, of course, you get to a river..Different world.

It has minimal to do with measured precip. Absorption through the leaves is the driving factor. With the near ideal radiational cooling, have had consistent 10-12 hours of dew. It is not a replacement for rain but it definitely has halted drought effects on most shrubs, flowers and grasses locally.

Never had this many days of significant radiational cooling in a row since I’ve moved here in 2015. The conditions have also been so suitable to radiate that we hit the dewpoint before midnight and continue slowly dropping to sunrise. Overnight radiational fog has been a regularity right at the surface. It’s a common desert phenomenon that sustains vegetation; it’s doing wonders for my young grass and grass seed. The vegetation around here generally doesn’t reflect the severe lack of rain thanks to this; it looks more mild to moderate…

The persistent radiational Dewling has been an important crutch for the dryness. Not a replacement but definitely mitigating the effect of drought conditions on the landscapes here.

The 12z NAM just jacked up totals. Now a stripe of 2” through CNE to SE NH

Sun breaking out here.

The Euro AI, EPS and GEFS are also showing significant rain potential for Wednesday. Favors southern/eastern sections. Looks subtropical.

I had some really good success with what I put down two weeks ago. But you’re right, I may reseed today the areas I reseeded already that are coming in a little sparse.

GFS finally caved. Nice region wide soaker incoming.

Guidance has juiced up for a region wide 1”+ potential this weekend.

Eh. The question moreso is why the qpf output on the GFS is so paltry. Everything else on the same run/model points to a good soaking. GFS is selling well on another bone dry day today but dews really spike throughout the day tomorrow into Saturday. Your bias will change probably when the swamp azz returns…

Looks wetter, starting Friday into much of next week. Also appears Lorena in the Eastern pacific will give us an opportunity for tropical remnants middle of next week. I’m thinking for my back yard - just need to make it through next three days with watering and the worst is far behind.