Lawns around here are not exactly thriving right now.

Made a new friend this afternoon.
He said, "I'm not even sweating today, and I've got this fukkin' coat on all the time."

Yeah, Can’t draw it up any better then this, 79/59 is an engorged COC day, You have to grasp it firmly.

2 minutes ago, dryslot said:

I agree, All my kids are grown up and out of the house, Wife and I spend a lot of time together, And we both have a lot in common so i don't see retirement being any issue.

As long as my wife can tolerate my constant farting, we're good. 19yrs so far, so I think I can continue to eat beans and broccoli

6 minutes ago, BrianW said:

Europe never understood America’s love of air conditioning — until now

BERLIN — A second-sizzling heat wave that’s sweeping Europe this summer is fueling a shift in attitude across the continent to the once foreign concept of air conditioning.

Until now, fewer than five percent of all European households have air-conditioning, compared with 90 percent in the United States. But Europe’s air-conditioner stock is estimated to roughly double within the next two decades, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), as record heat becomes more frequent.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/beta.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/28/europes-record-heatwave-is-changing-stubborn-minds-about-value-air-conditioning/%3foutputType=amp

 

Wow. Never realized the less than 5 percent have AC in Europe. 

i'm doubting that 90% figure

9 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Glad we don't live there.

17% humidity. It's a dry heat though

Refreshing out there this morning. 66.6/55

Some pics around Naples

5 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

No signs of big heat to start Aug. EPS and ditty’s favorite GEFS show a relatively normal look with core of heat in the SW.

good. let's keep it that way.

Makes me feel better at least. I have shit soil and minimal crab. You had landscapers dump loam and hydro seed, and you’re fighting it? I dunno...I’d be pissed. 

How low do you cut it in the spring/now? Hell, I probably would've just let it grow out of control right through warm season this year until any weeds start growing above it and then keep it cut at 4". That looks like all dirt and crabgrass.

Back lawn looks much better than last year due to new hydroseed and pretty wet spring/early summer, but crabgrass out of control.

22 minutes ago, dryslot said:

I can give you my 0.15" if that will help.................

send it down please

1 minute ago, tamarack said:

Sunday PM models had 1"+ for my area.  Yesterday's PM forecast reduced that to 1/4-1/2".  7 AM cocorahs report: 0.03" but we survived the flooding.  That's after getting a whopping 0.01" from Sunday's cf while N/E Maine got clobbered.  Seeing 2"+ in S. Maine overnight adds more salt to the wound.  Might've gotten a tenth post-7 AM, but watched echoes die as they approached my area so maybe not.

I know Dryslot doesn't want the rn, but our soil is dry, so was rooting for at least 0.5"

A whopping 0.20" since yesterday

In the donut, or should I say hotdog hole again

Jealous. Haven't had a good tstorm all summer

What a letdown. Like pf said, if this were winter, I'd be ripped.

It'll probably be close, but I'm going to say no.

You're just starting to see now where the outflow is running out ahead of the updrafts (faint bulge east of the echoes SE of Long Beach). But there are some pixels over 70 knots ~ 3,000 feet off the ground. 
70+ dews can overcome a lot of environmental hostility sometimes.

GFS up to its old disappearing-QPF tricks - AUG-WVL-RUM triangle under 1/2" on 12z op run, after being 1"+ this time yesterday.  AUG was reporting light rain at 2 PM, but it hasn't made it here, 2 miles SE from the airport.  Radar just falling apart as it tries to enter Maine.  Still time, however, as there's a long reach upstream.

36 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

CT with 15 days in July of 90+ so far. Add on another long stretch late this week into next week. Warmest July on record in the making?

glad we don't live there. haven't touched 90 yet

90F at 8pm

Dropping pretty quick now. 84.9/69

I think 850s have been slowly ticking down a bit.