kdxken

19 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

March torch fail, April torch fail, May torch fail, and June torch fail. Maybe July climo will behave and let them be right for once. 

AWT lolz!

The good news is the cold, wet start to summer "seems" to be doing a number on the gypsy moths. How are other folks fairing?

"Mr. Gooch said it is too early to tell whether the fungus that is known to kill the moths, Entomophaga maimaiga, is to be credited for dead gypsy moths in spring 2019 — other factors could be in play. The cool, wet weather prevented some of the moth hatchlings from feeding, leading them to starve to death, while others could have been eaten by various insects.

“There are certain areas I’ve been watching and they’ve hatched and they just did not move off the egg mass because it got cold,” he said. “We had a couple of days where it was down in the low 30s after they hatched. Normally, it’s a lot warmer.”

https://www.telegram.com/news/20190610/is-end-near-for-gypsy-moths

https://mobile.twitter.com/growingwisdom

18 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

85-90 with moderate to at times higher dews depending on the day

Cooler at Coast obviously 

Any more tornado outbreaks in our area?

Nicest stretch of weather in over a year. I challenge anyone to find better. Great call Runaway! Nice to see some folks in Connecticut know what they're talking about.

2 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Interesting pattern, no prolonged big heat but definitely summer heat and dews at times interspersed with some BN temps.  Just wish we could get a 5 day stretch with no rain to kind of hit the climate reset button.

 Five? How about a three day stretch . When was the last time ? Has to be a year ago . 

2 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Got to the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania... dodging thunderstorms at 10,000ft.  

Hopefully I have enough experience to climb here .  

Enjoy it's beautiful up there. Did you go to Dracula's castle?

8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Other than the heavy rains and storms Wednesday night and Thursday night and Sunday sure 

When was the tornado outbreak again?

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s been a good spring . I have zero complaints other than too much rain. Enough sun and warm days, a few humid days and zero cold. This has been the best spring south of the pike since 2012 torch.  What do you mean ? I see Freaks and others posts and I am at a loss. I haven’t complained or melted or anything. I’ve liked this spring a lot for the AN temps . Again only complaint is too much rain 

"I have zero complaints other than too much rain" 

That would be not zero complaints . 

3 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Euro looks severe/ tornadic Thursday . So warm front is coming thru 

 we had enough tornadoes last week 

 we had enough of your tornadoes last week why do we need more ? Lolz..

5 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Seasons in seasons.  Summer arrives in spurts,  starts and stops.  Nothing unusual 

Awt. Lolz To the multiple 90° temperatures this week . 

36 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Black flies are pretty much done here.  Mosquitoes will be next.  Deer flies near the middle of June through the end of July    Seasons in seasons

Ugh deer flies.

2 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Tue/Wed torch fail. Some just have a hard time seeing the pattern and adjusting their visions to it. 

Awt

3 hours ago, powderfreak said:

It does back statements up with facts though.  At least someone in the argument can show that they actually looked at something.  

Without a strong reasoning to go BN though, in today's climate if you don't have a strong cold signal the Las Vegas money is on AN.  I think the minimum temps will get it done, plus a couple hot days middle of next week.

This ^

3 hours ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

A special stretch everyone has waited a long time for. Soak it in and get outside as much as possible folks.

First strung together days of nice weather in it feels like a year .

8 hours ago, dendrite said:

0.40" and a 4.57"/hr rate at one point. Not a bad way to start the season.

I see @kdxken  browsing. Is your daughter still up here or did she get devoured by black flies?

She's back in Boston done with school. She did however go hiking in the area on Saturday and her scalp can confirm a banner year in the Northfield area.

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Bastard.

Green Mountain National (great course)

" WOW! We're just 2 days away from opening up for the 2019 golf season! So dust off those golf clubs and put a peg in the ground because you're next on the tee. Call or Text "BOOK" to (802) 500-1157 to get your tee time. We can't wait to see you on the 1st tee "

Get out there before the season is over

Just got this Green Mountain National:

" WOW! We're just 2 days away from opening up for the 2019 golf season! So dust off those golf clubs and put a peg in the ground because you're next on the tee. Call or Text "BOOK" to (802) 500-1157 to get your tee time. We can't wait to see you on the 1st tee "

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

What gets me is that up at that elevation, despite it not being *that* far up, the climate is over a month behind say a place like Concord, NH (a neutral place on this forum that many can sort of relate to).  The normal high today is 49F and the normal high is 49F at CON on March 28th. 

Essentially it's like what many on the forum would consider climo for the second half of March up there right now.   In a big snowpack year, there's plenty of snow around during the second half of March for most folks on here but it's melting, ha.

23 minutes ago, Dr. Dews said:

Turned into a pretty nice weekend here. We enjoy

6 hours ago, tamarack said:

Not often, and not much recently.  The Northern hardwood forest has been called "asbestos forest", though the softwoods are more vulnerable.  Since I've been in Maine (46 years) only one fire has covered more than 1,000 acres and that was a special case.  3,000 acres in Baxter Park had been flattened by wet snow plus wind in Nov. 1974.  Because of the park's "forever wild" dictum (plus some court action) only the road edges had salvage harvests, and in 1977 that well-seasoned brushpile was ignited, probably by lightning.  Firefighters were forbidden or highly discouraged from using heavy equipment to clear fire lines, so essentially the entire blowdown area burned.

Farther back, a 1965 fire downeast scorched over 10,000 acres and the series of fires in late Oct 1947 covered about 200,000 acres, causing 15 deaths and consuming some million-dollar mansions on Mt. Desert Island.   (If interested, search for "The Week Maine Burned.") 

As for the prescribed burns to clean up, unless there is a safety issue (or why salvage was allowed along the Baxter Park roads), that dead/down material is better left in place, for nutrient cycling and for plants/critters which use the stuff.

Great stuff thank you ! 

2 minutes ago, Whineminster said:

Do we live in one of the cloudiest areas of the continental US?

We do now . 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Marbles 

Where?

8 hours ago, dendrite said:

More power to you Nick. I couldn't deal with that this time of year.

I mean a freak icing event would be cool, but it's like you guys are 30-45 days behind here. 40s and drizzle in June would make me grab the uzi.