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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!

He won't be allowed back in the North shore for a while. Many reports of way over 2 inches.

Good news! Once we get these convective rains out of the way we look golden.

It was always north.

What model said you were going to get more?

Convection didn't do much but synoptic is laying it down.

Of course not.

He was arguing about a totals map through Saturday.

Did you install? lolz...

So the 1-2 is fake rain?

What's the day up there in the left-hand corner?

Convective.

Nah, endless Summer.

Hopefully the rain will break this heat.

I did. Fortunately it had an old timey bar with pitchers of beer. Well worth it.