tamarack

Only those folks too young to remember the late1970s/early 1980s "stagflation" followed by much higher interest rates than now. We remember, as we finally bought in 1981 the northern Maine home we'd sought for two years, with the mortgage rate at 17.5%.

Lowest I saw was PQI at 23; Estcourt Station must've been flirting with 20. Had 25 at my frost pocket, enough to put 1/16" ice on the catch bucket under the eaves.

They were, and today they must be testing it or something, as there's a circular area showing much less echoes, centered on the dome.

September wx in the foothills: Avg temp: 55.9 0.8 BN Avg max: 65.2 2.7 BN (3rd lowest avg max) Warmest: 79 on the 10th Avg min: 46.7 1.1 AN (2nd lowest diurnal range) Coolest: 29 on the 30th, month's only frost, though 9/17 saw frozen dew on the car roof Precip: 4.79" 1.13" AN Biggest day: 1.28" on the 19th. The 2.60" total for 18-20 is the greatest event since 12/25-26/2020.

Frosty 29 this morning, makes 23 of 25 years with first frost in Sept, with last year and 2011 the Oct outliers. Colors are approaching peak near the house, 50% change in the broader area.

That's what we pay for cut/split/unseasoned. Boosted from $200 for the previous 3-4 years. We burn 4-5 cd/yr here, same as when we lived in Gardiner despite 15% more HDDs in the foothills. Took 6+ cd in Fort Kent, but we never paid for wood there - usually I'd load the pickup after work in the Allagash/St. John country, and 2 years I was able to cut pulpwood-quality hardwoods (was no market for it then) and pay to have it hauled to the house. We moved into our first house in May 1977, and I'd installed the little Jotul 612 the day before the move. Only once was I able to cut a winter's wood here, mainly because I had to cut 2.5 cords just to get DirecTV. (When hi-def came, we could only get PBS - intermittently.)

Thanks for clarifying. The pic was labeled 12:54 PM and the caption said, "...more than 7 hours before high tide...", seemingly not quite correct. And the small tidal variation in most of the Gulf would mean only a tiny benefit of a low-tide LF.

That would mean that it's currently near low tide, a tiny blessing within a horrible storm. 7 hours later than that pic, Naples should be getting sub-hurricane strength winds, though it would be backside, thus blowing in from the Gulf.

At least 50% color around the house, which seems a few days ahead of the average here - odd because we've yet to have a frost and Sept temps are running only about 0.3° BN thru yesterday. White ash is full color with 30-50% leaf drop, but that species always leads the way into fall.

0.11" from 6-9 last evening, then a weak but wet TS 10:30-11 dumped most of the remaining 0.64" for a 3/4" total. Might reach 5" for the first time since last September, need another 1/4" to make it.

Wind here kept temps a few degrees milder than yesterday's low of 39. Last fall was only the 2nd time in 24 years with first frost in Oct rather than Sept. Looks like Friday is the only chance to avoid 2 straight non-Sept first frosts.

When I was crossing Katahdin's Knife Edge back on August 6, 1973, I met a family headed the other way. They said they'd been on that trail about the same date the year before, and the wind and sleet were so fierce they had to drop down the south side a few yards to avoid the pain.

Dropped to 40 this morning as the wind held off until sunrise. We may again dodge a frost thanks to mixing. Today's cocorahs reports show the entire state getting a drink, amounts ranging from over 3" downeast to a low of 0.58" in Bethel. At last check there's been 94 reports and only 12 were under 1". Franklin is the only county w/o a 1"+ report, with 0.72" in Farmington and 0.64" at my place, ranks 92nd of 94. That said, we're now AN for September with exactly 4.00". Also, average temp thru yesterday is precisely on average, departure of 0.00°. Month probably finishes about 1° BN, only the 2nd BN Sept since 2014.

Hope they can handle it better than Halifax "handled" Juan. Looks like peak winds will be similar but Fiona's a bigger storm.

Weak TS 6:30 this morning, only 0.10" but enough noise to spook the dog. RA 9-4 probably added enough to verify the 3/4"-1" forecast. Over 3" since Sunday afternoon, probably pushing the month to AN precip, only the 3rd such month of the most recent 12.

It's been mostly sunny here, bordering on PC, and low 60s which is near the average. Great day to be out on North Pond, even if the fish weren't very cooperative. Fall color status: White ash are nearly 50% changed, though biased high due to the "tanning" of the most humongous seed crop I've ever seen on that species. More purples than usual too. Infertile-site red maples are about the same (sans seed, which fell in May). Many of the rest still think it's met summer.

Sun this morning, first time since Saturday. Last 3 days temps/RA: Sunday: 60/50 0.31" Monday: 53/47 1.28" Tuesday: 52/47 1.01"

2-day total up to 2.58" as of 7 this morning, with 1.39" coming after 6:30 PM yesterday, only dz since. Biggest 2-day event since 12/25-26/2020.

Overperformer here - first siggy one since I can't remember when. Forecast maps were giving my area 1-1.5" for Sunday thru now, and we doubled it with 2.58". Thad 3 distinct periods of RA, though #2 and #3 were only a couple hours apart. Precip arrived at 4 PM Sunday with 0.73" thru 2-3 AM, then the heaviest rate came 2:30-3:15 yesterday and by its stopping at 4 PM that patch added 0.46". RA resumed about 6:30 and was steady until almost dawn, with 1.39" more. Only dz since, but it's keeping things wet. Today is a bit brighter than yesterday's Novie-character skies, but we're still below 60.

That's about the high here today. Had mod/hvy RA 2:30-3:15, back to lgt. Temps running +0.8° thru yesterday but should be BN by the end of the week, even as the average slides 0.3-0.4 daily. Saturday average here is 65/43.

48° at 7 AM, 0.42" since 9 last night and 0.31" prior to that. Franklin County has done well so far.

Sept 19-22 minima that year: 29/25/25/26. Only time we've had 4 straight 20s mornings in September. Low of 49 here this morning. Low of 45 yesterday. You were 4°milder this morning, I was 15° cooler as overnight wind made for a low of 48° yesterday. The power of mixing.

Big temp contrasts tomorrow thru Tuesday, depending on which side of the front one lives.

33 here, with frozen dew on car tops.

Last time we got 2"+ from a tropical system was Irene. Other deluges have been forecast (most recently Isaias) but either swerved away or underperformed.