alex

Is that map current??? I'm at 58.8 and its pretty chilly out 

Felt summery today with a high of 84.9, but reasonable dews in the 50s. We probably won't get the 40F swing tonight, we are just now about to slip into the 50s. I love heat waves in the mountains. It's so relative. Then a chance of frost on Thursday lol

A warm but gorgeous one for us today. Currently 73 from a low of 41

Same thing here with the afternoon clearing. Up to 76 with a DP of 45 - gorgeous. Low was 39.9... the 30s just don’t want to give up lol, even if by 0.1F

9 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Poor Alex at Bretton Woods.  3 nights in a row of 32F or below.   I believe.  31.2F, 31.6F and last night 32F.   Get those plants growing again,  I think your safe till about August 15th up there in your cold hole!

Hehe. Third year in a row that I plant tomatoes - and fail. Who knows maybe we won't get a frost till October and they'll be fine! Highly unlikely. My kale and Swiss chard are doing great though. 

14 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

Alex,  you should really think about a greenhouse.  Take the $ you save on AC and buy one of these.  https://www.amazon.com/VINGLI-Greenhouse-Reinforced-Gardening-Galvanised/dp/B07CYS8DPB/ref=sr_1_26?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1528823364&sr=1-26&keywords=greenhouse

Already have one! But it's not quite the same...

Well, the damage from the several consecutive days of frost and freezes has gotten pretty obvious. Even perennials suffered, and my super duper hardy grape vines are all nice and crisp. Everything should recover but when you have such a shirt growing season to begin with, it's definitely not going to be a great year for the garden. Oh well... There's always winter.

This is whats left of tomatoes and squashes

2 hours ago, wxeyeNH said:

Ouch,   Alex in the Valley at Bretton Woods,  30.2F.  I've been to his weather station and it seemed very accurate.  Looking at his graph on WxUnderground he was below freezing from 345am to about 640am.   I'll have to text him to see how much damage was done to his garden....

Wasn't up early enough to see the frost, but I've learned my lesson - mostly - so just about all my plants are hardy enough to Withstand some freezing temps. Only thing that looks to not have made it is a couple of mini watermelon plants which I wanted to try out; they actually looked pretty dead yesterday after the 33 low, today was just the final shot. Everything else has some leaf damage at worst. Beautiful day though!

We've had Moose sightings every day or two in the past several weeks, way more than I remember last year. I wonder if it has anything to do with the late leaf-out we are still just bidding at my elevation and the higher terrain is bare trees, so they may be hanging out to enjoy the new growth. Unfortunately I've also seen 5 road-killed so far this year 

Over 36” on the ground. That snowflake thingie is the top of my stake

Thanks - never thought of that. Downloading a free one right now, thanks for the tip!

26 minutes ago, eyewall said:

Clouded in here. I got the alarm on my phone but screwed by the clouds

Same here. How do you get an alarm on your phone?

Last night was a good example of what a G1 geomagnetic storm will look like on a moonless night in NNE.  

 

Faint, but visible if you're looking.  They're never really reported or acknowledged because they're common, occurring on roughly 900 days each solar cycle.

 

Last night was somewhat noteworthy for a G1 in that the activity was weirdly high in the sky, meaning it was closer than normal. Also, as you noted the pulsing effect is a bit unexpected at such low activity levels.  When I saw it, a small patch of sky would gradually get brighter over about 15 seconds and then abruptly fade out over about 2 seconds.

That's exactly how it was happening! I need to start paying attention to the sky, I didn't realize it was so common... 

Weird that this thread is dead but just saw northern lights over Bartlett for the first time tonight. Faint greenish glow, pulsing between weaker and stronger. Very cool.