tunafish

Fun clouds in SoPo

any chance this line in NH makes it to the coast or is the usual "foothills and seabreeze ensure 0 precip makes it to MBY" thing?

48 for the low.

Yore.

On 7/4/2022 at 9:22 PM, tunafish said:

If you light off fireworks in a residential neighborhood (while there are public displays within 2 miles in any and all directions) you are a tw*t of the highest order.

Or a veteran. F*ck.

Especially if you do it a week after the holiday.  Absolute wankers.

If you light off fireworks in a residential neighborhood (while there are public displays within 2 miles in any and all directions) you are a tw*t of the highest order.

17 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

The worst night to be a dog.

Or a veteran. F*ck.

If this pattern keeps up, I might be able to avoid installing a single AC unit this summer.

28 minutes ago, dendrite said:

There’s lots of posts and thread on it. 
 

It basically comes down to budget, what you want to measure, and how serious you want to get into it. 
 

Generally speaking, a Davis with fan aspiration will give you your most accurate readings in the home market, but you’re going to pay for it (to some extent) too. The all-in-1’s are nice, but not all sensors were meant to be placed in the same location…ie wind at 10m, temp at 2m, rain at 1-2m, etc.
 

I don’t even know what everything is going for right now given the state of the economy. 

Thanks.  The one Eaves posted was around $175 which is about what I'm looking to spend.   My primary use case is temps, as well as rain when I'm out of town.  Wind is a bonus for the few events we get a year.  NWS hooked me up with the snow gear for PWM obs, covered there.  

13 hours ago, mreaves said:

I have an Ambient WS-7078. It’s not top of the line but I don’t need that. It was easy to set up, has a good console and the app is decent. I have it tied to Wunderground too. I mounted it with shelving brackets on the corner of my deck using a piece of white shelving instead of a pole. I use the shelving as a snowboard. You can see it in the picture below. 

Thanks for the rec!

1 hour ago, tunafish said:

Is there somewhere on this forum that has info about the various home weather stations that I can read up on?  I have a stratus, mostly interested in temp and wind data.  If not, what would you recommend?

Asked differently...

what weather station do you have?

how d'ya like it?

was it easy to install?

Is there somewhere on this forum that has info about the various home weather stations that I can read up on?  I have a stratus, mostly interested in temp and wind data.  If not, what would you recommend?

16 hours ago, Whineminster said:

It was only AN in JUL because of the nighttime mins

we talkin' precip, dawg

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

what else is new. Except for last summer in which SNE got drenched, we still were BN, but better than previous 2 summers. I just accept that it will be dry May through Sept.

Yeah, feast or famine last summer.  May, June, Aug were all BN.  July was AN with 11" of rain.  Sep was average.  It comes out to be AN for the whole summer, but definitely didn't feel that outside July.

https://hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?map=ACISClimateMaps

An untreated lawn is a happy ecosystem.   Three different flowers in this one small spot, not including dandelion and white clover.

8 hours ago, dendrite said:

I've been wanting the white clover to flower and drop seed so I figured it was worth giving an intermediate cut before that happens. I cut it on the highest setting so at least it's thick and lush...full of grass, clover, and wild strawberry (the real wild strawberry that produces small white flowers and tiny fruit...not that look-alike weed with the yellow flowers).

I thought white clover flowered a bit later.  Maybe in late June?  I'd have my whole lawn clover if I could.

That wild Strawberry is a great ground cover.  It seems to dislike competition, as mine only grows where there's nothing else.  The town sports fields adjacent to us has literal fields of that stuff.  My kids will go pick and eat the some of fruit in a few weeks here. 

On 5/20/2022 at 6:21 PM, Lava Rock said:

Better shot of this weed that I can't ID

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It's green and growing.  Count it as a win.

made it 20 days without mowing. 

set the blade high enough to avoid the creeping charlie and snowdrop.  most dandelion went to seed. 

fair compromise.  don't need ticks and mosquitos in the tall grass.

14 hours ago, dendrite said:

Almost halfway through no-mow May.

Still holding strong.  Bees are stoked.

love/hate relationship with the orientation of the Maine coastline with any southernly flow this time of year.  time sensitive but you can see the fog getting "blocked" by land.  

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-S_Maine-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

I'm flirting with fog while PWM and Casco Bay soak in sun.

11 hours ago, weathafella said:

So my convention center conference had mostly health professionals meaning probably >90% vaxed.   But honestly the person I met with traveled up to Boston unmasked and has been traveling around the country.  Non symptomatic.  I had to get my periodic PCR test this week for my other gig.  Negative.   Almost a week out and I’m hearing nothing and feeling fine.  Who knows?

Have you had covid in the past?  I ask because w/r/t to these concerts, which were vax required, just about everyone who hadn't had it before, got it there, myself included.  Those who had a prior infection, specifically delta/omicron, did not get it there.

33 minutes ago, weathafella said:

That seems really high!   

There was a survey of 1500 people from who attended the phish concerts at Madison Square Garden two weekends ago and 42% reported testing positive for COVID.  I know this isn't how it works, but you could estimate 8K cases from the concerts, which were held over four consecutive nights.  Capacity is 20K and you probably have a 75% return rate of attendees (basically the same audience night after night). 

25 minutes ago, PowderBeard said:

Thanks! I'm ready for Maine after my last few weeks fishing in Mass are ending better than I could have dreamed of.  Yesterday this one tied the mark of 7lbs 1oz for one of, if not the biggest, to come out the Quabbin. She was long, lean, and just under 25". Ate a heavy football jig in 15'. Thought I was on a rock, so I popped it, and then it took off like a striper. Jumped about 60' out and thought it was a solid 5 pounder. When she got closer to the boat I couldn't believe it. Swam away to drop her eggs later this month.

Holy sh*t, what an absolute unit she is!

This is news to me.  Not sure if any of yall in SNE are dealing with this...

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/tech/science/environment/pfas/maine-cdc-issues-freshwater-fish-consumption-advisory-for-seven-locations-amid-pfas-concerns/97-baab64da-4ba2-49c6-a6a6-bd806599778d

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/05/05/maine-cdc-issues-pfas-advisories-for-some-freshwater-fish/

Spinach planted last September and garlic last November are thriving.

9 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

I finally got on a calendar for planting so I know roughly when to harvest. Last year I just eyeballed it and didn't have time for a second crop. 

love it.  we treat our garden data like (and often coupled with) weather data.  it's really helpful to know what you did and when, and what the circumstances were around. 

Not that this falls under your purview, but if you ever wanted to do a "QA" of the observation site in the fall, I'd love to show ya what we have going on over here turning grass into plantable land.  The wife is a certified master gardner through UMaine so things get pretty serious in the growing season.

5 minutes ago, tamarack said:

My area can't get 2 rotations of carrots - not even close unless I wanted the 2-3" babies.  There may be varieties that mature more quickly than the Bolero I plant, however.

Ha, no doubt.  TBlizz certainly can.  I think we probably could, at least in the coastal part of the county.  We've never tried, though, carrots always take the place of garlic.

1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Thanks, I may end up adding a second bag of them, as I’m not sure the yield is going to be as much as I originally thought when planning this out 

You've got plenty of time for two rotations, too.  Ours don't go in until July when we harvest the garlic.

49 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Too many for a small space?

Probably, but it's OK. It'll become obvious by the time the tops are 2" tall which ones are struggling the most.  Watch for those 3 or 4 weakest and pull them first.  Then again when they reach 4" tall.