Stovepipe

15 hours ago, Mr Bob said:

And so it begins....

If we can get the snow we got out of last year's winter....there will always be hope!

 

Boys, this might be the year.  We're in the middle of a got-danged pandemic, we're gonna analyze every farkin ensemble of every farkin model run UNTIL WE DIAL US IN A FLIZZARD OF EPIC PERCEPTIONS!

WEENIE RUN

           WEENIE RUN

Firepit night!  

10 hours ago, Carvers Gap said:

@Stovepipe, man, planted some sorghum this year.  Crushing it today, and going to boil it down into molasses - I hope!  I bought a hand mile.  It is kicking my butt.  LOL.  Doing a nice job of getting that green juice out of the cane, but whew....much respect to our ancestors who figure out a horse or mule was a better source of energy.  About 30 minutes into this, I was wondering if I could convert the hand mill over, and just drive my mower around it in circles!!!!

That's great man!  It's nice to try different experiments every year.  I'm with you, I've gained much respect for ancestors and how they lived with this gardening journey.

I've had my hands full with my first outdoor hemp harvest the past few weeks.  It has been laborious but satisfying and I've learned a lot.  I still have several more plants to cut down and process, some of which I'm going to save until after first frost to see how that affects flower potency.  Between harvesting, drying, trimming, and curing it's been some work but I believe I'll have some nice organic medicine to peddle soon.  Pro tip:  Composted chicken poop makes for great cannabis fertilizer!  Some plants reached 8 feet high before leaning over from the weight of dense flowers.  I'll get some pictures up soon.  

12z NAM MOS predicting a nuke at TYS:

That NAM though lol

1 hour ago, John1122 said:

Currently in my second rain event of the day. .40 from the first.  Not as heavy this round. But it's ridiculous that it has rained almost every day for two weeks now. 

John up there like "you call this a storm?!"

9 minutes ago, John1122 said:

.35 inches today in a storm.  Another cloudy evening preventing any comet visuals. That's 9 cloudy evenings in a row. 

It's amazing how much rain you've gotten lately.  I've had a cell come over me for a good downpour about every other day for several days in a row, so I can't complain.  But you're getting WAY more than SW Knox.  Are you east or west of I75 if you don't mind me asking?

Just now, PowellVolz said:

You didn’t get any rain?


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Nothing at all this afternoon.  A light shower earlier in the morning.

3 hours ago, PowellVolz said:

Catching up on rain fast right now.


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Stealing all my drops!  At least I got a cool breeze off it.  

3 hours ago, PowellVolz said:

I’m getting screwed on the rain. Last two days I’ve only had a few hundredths. Today I got outflowed by the complex moving through N Knox Co. It blowed out just to my NW and refired to my East 4 miles where they got almost 2inches. Similar to yesterday with the complex that trained through Knoxville. You can see my location as “home” on RadarScope

 

 

 

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Yep, SW Knox has been screwed too.  Stuff gets going in elevation, sometimes wanders into the valley but areas like mine just don't have the luck of storms steering into us.  Micro-climates are interesting.

8 hours ago, John1122 said:

I'm surprised you hadn't seen rain today, Stove. It's been raining here for a few hours. It's also stormed or been cloudy here every evening this week as I try to get comet photos. 

Right after I posted that I got a 15 minute mod to heavy downpour which was much appreciated.  At first I had the sprinkler on during the rain because I didn't believe it would last lol.  This specific area has suffered.  Seems like Vonore, Sweetwater, Greenback, and even Louisville 4 miles away gobble up my storms hehe.  They evaporate over my house.  

I've not had a downpour in 3 weeks or so and we're bone dry.  My area has been very unlucky.  That may change today but I'm not holding my breath.  The water bill is gonna be nasty.

4 hours ago, nrgjeff said:

Comet NEOWISE has over-achieved its morning show the last 10-14 days. Yes all caps is the acronym of the NASA program which found it. Comet switches to the evening sky this week. Like the morning show, the evening encore this week is low in the sky and in some twilight.

However, the weekend and/or next week could be a grand finale higher in the sky. Comet will come closest to Earth July 23; it's already swung around the sun without breaking up. Wow, good news is actually possible in 2020! It's unlikely to fall apart now; but, it gassing and dust will gradually slow down as it gets farther away from the sun. However it will be getting closer to Earth; so, apparent brightness should be maintained. Plus it'll get above twilight by the weekend into early next week, making it even easier to view. Those could be great viewing days!

I remember the Halley meh in the mid-1980s, but they knew it was not going to be great. Then the late 1990s brought Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp, two comet gems! Comet NEOWISE should be somewhere in between. A surprise outgassing could get closer to Hyakutake, but I can't see a Hale-Bopp miracle.

At any rate I think NEOWISE deserves a thread! Started the thread here since I don't find one in main Weather Disco. We can talk night sky forecasts.

I may take a shot in the exburbs with binoculars tonight Wednesday, because the sky is so clear. Thu/Fri might be scattered t-shower debris. Weekend looks solid. Likely will go all out to a rural location with binoculars and maybe scope. Then maybe a few more times next week. Make it cout!

I watched Halley through a weak telescope in a special night time meeting of my 4th grade class.  Will never forget it.  The Phish song is a great memorial to that comet.  

I was happy to get lucky and have one form pretty much on top of me today and got a good heavy soaking.  We needed it.

My heirloom maters started surging this week.  Some of the hemp is 6 feet high.  Overall things are thriving over here although we're getting quite dry and the sprinkler is getting some use.

That was a helluva storm.  Constant lightning.  I was sitting under my deck and a cell phone tower bout 200 yards away was struck.  I almost fell out of my chair!  Best electrical storm I've seen in a very long time and we're grateful for the downpour.  The garden needed it.  

Fortunately, the last 4 or 5 frost advisories did not result in frost at my place.  Still, mother nature gas lighting us has been stressful to say the least.  Hopefully the threat is over for the season finally.  Gardening game on!

As of 6:30 am I'm showing 34 degrees and no visible signs of frost out the window.  Gonna pull off the coverings before the sun gets going.  Hopefully we've dodged a bullet over here.

0z NAM has me bottoming out in the upper/mid 20s, I'm pulling for the RAP at 35 degrees lol.

I wasn't expecting this much additional rain.  Some of my coverings are getting the coffee filter effect and sagging.  At least minimal wind so far (in terms of keeping coverings on).  Just hoping to bust high here on the temps.