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70 in the woodyard. Too f****** hot.

62°, fire pit is blazing, after a wonderful dry cookout. I see you're in the lower 50s. You may want to swap that AC unit for a stove pipe.

Not even enough to dampen the mulch.

Dry and cool will do nicely. Notice the full leaf out...lolz

The cold rain should help with the burn.

How's the cookout?

Raining again.

Salvage what you can of this miserable week.

The first part is easy route 2. Maine would take some doing.

The one thing that I can say is that with more clouds and chances for showers, today should feature less favorable weather conditions for outdoor activities then compared to what we saw on Saturday, even if showers should not result in a washout in any area.

Best install now. Mid summer on it's way...

You forgot this piece. A few showers are possible late tonight as a weak disturbance moves through. Warmer conditions arrive Sunday ahead of an approaching cold front, that may yield scattered afternoon and evening showers. The cold front stalls over our region, leading to unsettled weather with daily chances for showers through mid week. High pressure brings drier weather on Thursday, then a coastal storm could impact the region late in the week

You know you're in trouble when this is the best spin Trollland can come up with.

I'll take 30s tomorrow if we can get a good week.

Warmer conditions arrive Sunday ahead of an approaching cold front, that may yield scattered afternoon and evening showers. The cold front stalls over our region, leading to unsettled weather with daily chances for showers through mid week. We briefly dry out on Thursday before a possible coastal storm arrives late week. Another early summer week.

Yeah I used to do a lot of early River release rafting. Not too pleasant pulling on the wetsuit.

Careful, the water is probably still cold.

I view it the same way. Some people call the early Leaf out budburst.

All you wanted to know about leaf out. https://www.usanpn.org/news/spring

Wood is the water-conducting tissue of a plant. Under the microscope it appears to be made up of long, torpedo-shaped cells liberally sprinkled with holes to let water pass through. Wood is mostly made of these cells–called tracheids. Pine trees have no other specialized cells to carry water up the tree, but broadleaf trees do, vessels. are not torpedo-shaped at all, but resemble soda straws. You need a microscope to see them, but they are quite large as cells go, and that size can be a drawback. If air bubbles form inside them or ice crystals form in a late spring frost, they can be damaged so that no water goes up to service the expanding leaves. Trees with large vessels are especially at risk. Just when buds need water from the roots, none is forthcoming. The solution, for such trees as black locust and oaks, is to manufacture a ring of vessels early in spring to carry the water up. The trouble is, it takes time to do so, time which the tree yields to other species that do not have to form a fresh layer of vessels, maples and poplars. That means those species get the jump on those working to make new vessels. Trees that make vessels lose out for a time in the battle for sunlight.

Locust are the last.

About as cold as a 60 degree day can feel.

We can hope.

Awt. We tried to tell you.

Today looks to be a beauty!