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7 minutes ago, tamarack said:

GYX folks have been tearing their hair out for days trying to figure how Franklin will affect today's rain, but I think dropping our area to the 1/4-1/2" bracket was the right call.  All the bright colors are fading to green and blue as they approach our locale.

Picked up over an inch in an hour between 1020-1120.  Surprised no FFW was issued.  Surely Commercial St in PWM in under water.

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Imagine waking up needing to pee and the sheets are wrapped around you and stuck from sweat. Like a mummy. You try and try to get them off, but time runs out and you just have to pee in the sheets. 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Pees to Maines ? 

One possible cause of night sweats in men is low testosterone, which you might be trying to solve for with constant air conditioning.

No need for you two to fear - a simple blood test can tell you whether or not you have low T.

72/63 PC

5 hours ago, kdxken said:

Oakham brewery in Brookfield is having a fest today. Is the place any good? Thanks in advance

Oakholm?

Great place.  Childhood acquaintance owns/operates.

Hope you enjoy(ed).  Cheers.

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Could be some upglide over the wedge, but a lot of this is low level crud that doesn’t get “seen” until getting closer to the beam too. Some of the echoes on ENX a couple hours ago were disappearing as they moved east toward us.

Fascinating.  Thanks for the explanation.

Looks like the radar keeps filling in over eastern NH, but is dry west of the Whites. 

Is this because there's an easterly fetch happening?

15 hours ago, DavisStraight said:

I bought all my fruit trees at the end of the summer for a discount, they're all doing well but for some reason I didn't get peaches this year, first year I don't. Usually, I get more than we could eat.

Did you get that freeze in May?  

5 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

why are all the good days when we have to work? wknd looks like dogmeat, at least for saturday

sounds like you're getting a bug and should take a personal day.

In all seriousness the weekend doesn't look like a washout.  GFS has all the precip on Friday, and both it and the Euro clear out the precip for Saturday.  Euro keeps some lingering on Sunday.

46 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

Brandy/Long Lake only ~70-72F. Put my feet in at the sandbar yesterday and said nope not going in. Last Aug it was near 80F.

Not surprised.  Sebago the last several years is also sitting at 80+ this time of year.  Had to have been right around 72 when I was there yesterday. 

27 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Christ.   I couldn't imagine that.   People were complaining last week about 73 in S NJ where we were for a week

You get used to it.  A few of the beaches around here will hit upper 60s some summers.  Even then, I'll swim into early October.

7 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I rather have my balls shrink instead of having swamp ass.

See when you live in Maine all you need to do is take a swim in the ocean and boom you've accomplished both.

All Uninstalled.  RIP dews 6/29 - 8/19 2023.

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

You know some run on timers with potentiometers right? Not all are idiots

I didn't call anyone an idiot.

10 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

1.76 in methuen so far....idiot neighbors across the street have used their irrigation system 4 days a week every week since mid may....

always laugh when i see people letting their irrigation run while it's raining out.  America!

4 minutes ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

Anyone have a Radar rainfall estimate Link /image 

Gyx & Box

1 hour ago, STILL N OF PIKE said:

I think some people have been conditioned to take things more offensive than it may have been intended , not saying that was what happened , But the post I believe was meant to be a reply that light hearted and it was  stereotypical  . It wasn’t racist or intended to be hurtful and so I think Tuna was annoyed with KevinS weather side posting style and so when pressed about what was going on he used the term racist comment instead of stereotypical, there is a big difference to me as far as inflammatory nature of using  that term but I digress  
 

 I really never see people mean anything hurtful here , to me that sort of stuff is always something I wouldn’t  condone and always upsets  me ..no matter the race , religion, sexual identity etc . But for me I give most folks the benefit of the doubt and don’t mind jokes that are stereotypical , thou i certainly wouldn’t make a habit of saying them as there will be blowback , I realize different folks have different lines in the sand.

Thanks.  With regard to the bolded.....

Someone asked why Chinese food was being posted, so I explained the backstory.

I don't care what or how he posts about the weather.  When he makes definitive statements, and those doesn't pan out, it's entertaining to highlight it with actual data. 

I cannot speak to Kevin's intentions when he posted what he did, and I would also like to assume it wasn't coming from a place of hate or even intending to be inflammatory.  

Maybe he was only projecting stereotypes to get a laugh.  OK, but stereotypes are the literal foundation of racism - what's where it manifests from.  Allowing stereotypes to go unchecked - and even worse, allowing it to be passed off as "humorous" - is the problem.  

On 8/15/2023 at 4:10 PM, MaineJayhawk said:

What's the story with the chinese food?   I clearly missed some drama lately

Here's the cliff notes. 

• Back in June, someone posted a picture of their friend, appearing to be of Asian descent, enjoying a nice evening outside.
• @Damage In Tolland makes two racist comments about said friend, in two separate posts.
• I call him out for making racist comments.  Posts are deleted by a moderator. 
• Fast Forward to Tuesday.....
• I post a surface analysis map refuting DITs claims that a warm front was going to make it into central MA.
• DIT, presumably butthurt, randomly starts posting about getting Chinese food for dinner.

What you saw on Tuesday was DIT passively posting about getting called out for his blatant racism two months after the fact, completely unprovoked.  Instead of just acknowledging it directly, this loser doubled down.

What a great story.  Congratulations.

24 minutes ago, Boston Bulldog said:

New red tag in the house!

I first found this board in high school during the lead up to February 8th 2013. Little did I know that I was going to be exposed to a bevy of meteorological information (and banter) that helped to transform a hobby into a passion. As of last week, that passion has turned into a career.

It was on these boards that I first learned where to view model data, was exposed to basic mesoscale and synoptic processes, and sifted through dozens of random acronyms describing how people think a storm will perform (though several of those still remain a mystery). During college I ended up reaching out to @CT Rain with questions about what it takes to become an Atmospheric Scientist. The subsequent mentorship he provided me with was absolutely critical in helping me become a graduate student in the field. I completed my M.S last week and will be heading down to NYC to work as a meteorologist in the private sector. While I rarely contribute on here, I owe a lot to this board. It was a critical part in my journey to becoming a meteorologist.

7 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

No one said it would be thru in the morning lol. After the rains end it will warm as it edges north 

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Anyone have Chinese food last night? I did 

Cool.

Stop pussyfooting around.  You're butthurt that I called you out for being a blatant racist.  Take the loss and try not being as shitty moving forward.

65/64 RN 0/12" in the stratus.

Triggered in Tolland

18 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Why with the warm front getting up into C MA?

18 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Because it won't.

18 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Right . Sure 

Getting all your L's out of the way now, before winter, is certainly a strategy.

9 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Nice muggy evening 

69/62 and no breeze here.

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yup . Had Summer league soccer tonight . Everyone was soaked in sweat and in great spirits. It was summer as it is defined and everyone was happy . Us coaches, , players , and parents on sidelines.  Was nothing cool and raw about it 

Yall hose down together after too?

Decent looking clouds

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

i thought it would have been more as it pounded over it at riverside

It did.  They picked up almost an inch more than me:

7 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

what did u end up with tuesday?

0.81" for that event.   Inside 95 down here was all <1", then as soon as you got west of 95 it was 2-4"+ amounts.