tunafish

4 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Well I just spent the last 30 minutes watering the garden and other certain things . Now I have to go across street and water neighbors stuff who is away. There’s been maybe 5 days all summer that hasn’t required me to water the garden . It all started with your damn Coc k in June . Now with less soil moisture than Death Valley. Days with dews in the mid 70’s delivers full sun and death. Thanks much 

 

I would say the issue lies with your gadden/gardener, not the lack of precip. 

4 hours ago, powderfreak said:

No we get it, you use your lawn as a sense of self-worth and status symbol.  It’s very important that this non-native vegetation be in pristine shape all the time otherwise you are failing at life somehow. Lush green lawn desires started with George Washington.  It’s the American dream from when his yard and house was painted and shown prominently as the pillar of wealth.

Absolutely nailed it.

On 7/31/2022 at 7:33 AM, dendrite said:

I’ve got a couple on a handful of milkweed plants on the backside of my garage. I’m going to make a small area in the back yard next year that is all milkweed and wildflowers. 

We have an area that borders the woods just outside the fence in this photo that's our milkweed area.  Similar to what @mreavesposted.  

This year we planted Mexican Sunflowers in the box adjacent to that area and we've been flush with polinators including monarchs, bees, hummingbirds and something I didn't know existed:  hummingbird moths (second photo).  

I highly recommend these sunflowers for any pollinator garden.

Casco Bay

47 minutes ago, dendrite said:

The world population is too high. We need more abortions and severe weather.

don't forget unmitigated disease spread

46 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

The 111 killed due to rip currents in 2021 is eye opening

I wonder if the increase is pandemic-related.  More inexperienced people taking to outdoor activities - thinking specifically things like kayaking and paddleboarding.

12 hours ago, OceanStWx said:

Makes me feel so helpless sometimes. We had at least 40 minutes lead time to Sebago, we were messaging it on NWSChat. There's not much more we could've done, but yet still feels like we could've done more.

For sure.  I am not undermining the awfulness of the tragedy... People have to use common sense.  Being in a car, sitting still, under 40ft white pines during a storm, no matter how severe, is not a good idea.  Maybe they couldn't go anywhere else.  

4 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

We're north

43.992590,-70.431260

somehow your lawn looks even worse from space

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Sebago is going to get rocked. 

there used to be a WxStem camera up high on a building at St. Joseph's College, would be a great shot for this as it's headed right for them.

ruh roh

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83/71

yuck

First 90F this year here.  90/64F and AC finally installed yesterday.

And to cap it... 0.29"

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.

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