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3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Holy wildfire smoke . Just descended in over the last hour. Very close to ground level. I’m sure the torch will be ruined by heavy smoke 

looks like it gets pretty gnarly for a period on Monday. 

Worst we’ve seen of the smoke so far at the moment. 

That h5 trough digging to baja on the long range ensembles is giving me weenie deja vu in a bad way. 

Very meh, good day for stacking wood. Henri was far more impactful imby

51 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Probably all Masshole transports

Appreciate the sentiment but not in Lewiston 

Lee is massive no doubt. Still think winds underperform at my longitude and inland location though. Cool to see Sebago Lake light up on some of the higher res models though. GYX commented on the potential for winds south and east shores of the Lake. 

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

You guys check out the radius of damaging winds?. How far is it from Eaatport to you

I'm 200 miles from Eastport. The variable for damage here is wind direction and any downslope enhancement from the Whites. Fryeburg may gust higher than me. Not trying to downplay, there's gonna be outages and property damage but it's a hard forecast for mby. And obviously there's lot of time for this to go either direction. Model consensus right now says NAM is too far west. 

5 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

no rain, winds waining. boat staying in

NAM really is on it's own with Lee making landfall in Eastport. A few more tics east and this is meh for us. 

27 minutes ago, MaineJayhawk said:

I may be jusssssttt enough west to keep power

My hope as well. NAM is also a lot further west than the globals fwiw. Not gonna matter for most folks in Maine but could make a difference for those of us a bit further west. 

15 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Northerly winds at those projected wind speeds is rare air up here.

Ya that’s where my uncertainty comes from. 

6 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

locked and loaded

You might rock for a little bit on your hill. Not sure what to expect where I’m at.

Maine DOT obliterated 

38 minutes ago, dryslot said:

3-4" qpf on the mean is a lot.

This summer, lock it. jfc wake me up in February 

15 minutes ago, kdxken said:

While you're here do you mind a forest question? I have lots of small pines that are beginning to get brown spots like this. Is this normal behavior for the fall.

needle cast 

Yesterday and today top 5 days all summer. Just incredible out there right now 


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pouring, been under a flood warning all day. Gonna go grab a rare summer time white water run down one of the local creeks this evening. What a summer for white water boating in NNE. 

16 minutes ago, dryslot said:

That looked like a good one you just had, It’s moving east and I just got a SWS for that cell.

Heard sirens immediately after. Lots of lighting with this one, hope everyone’s alright 

Intense rates right now under this cell, sws issued for pea size hail 

8 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

70/62. Pouring

Pattern changes, still rains 

Humid but nice here with some sun. Finally gulf of Maine dong is over someone else’s head

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-New_England-02-48-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Beautiful evening NH lakes region




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3 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Looping the GFS and GEFS it is amazing how persistent the lower heights are around us and NW of here.  It gets some brief SW flow at times but its wet and active.

Looks like it would be a great winter pattern.  Now we just get humid, clouds and occasional rain.

This is our best imitation of winter 22-23 in the mountain west. Enjoy it 

53 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Gonna be close.  Starting to burn off but that flow is pretty relentless.  At least I can see the outline of Sebago now.

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

Just a nice big dong over my head 

45 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

where's the sun. still socked in. Patience is wearing thin. Beer

Right there with you dawg 

Re EAB and browntail comments. The biocontrol aphid wasp species are showing promising signs in the Midwest of building up enough population to control EAB and allow for the next ash crop to grow. It’s now being released all over New England including Maine. There is no expectation that current ash on the landscape will survive, although the relative remoteness of ash stands across NNE will likely slow the burn. I used to get browntail rash all the time working on wood lots in the mid coast and people thought I was crazy, it’s since exploded everywhere including my town for the first time this year. The outbreak will likely bust at some point but entomologists have no idea when. Successive cool wet springs and falls would allow the build up of various pathogens and fungal diseases that reduce their populations. On a brighter note it seems the gypsy/spongy moth outbreak in my area has finally waned after 3 years of defoliation. Invasive pests and plants sure have changed our NE forest ecosystems from their pre contact predecessors.