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The 4 weeks from late June thru about July 20, 2013 were one long super-dewy run, with TDs frequently 70+, not all that common here. Then there was a brief cameo in early Sept. Temps never got past 86 that summer - takes a lot of energy to heat all that water.

1.6 BN thru yesterday, due mainly to last weekend. Month should finish very close to my average.

Black bears are classic omnivores. As PF noted, they eat almost anything. That's true of most North American bears, with the obvious exception of the polar bear. Even the salmon-gorging monsters of the Alaskan coast spend much of the summer chowing down on fruit and veggies.

The boldface isn't totally true. During the most recent (unsuccessful) attempt to reintroduce caribou to Maine, bear kills trailed only the brainworm in dooming the project. There were a number of cow-calf double kills, as these non-migratory animals from Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula had learned that they could stand their ground and save their calf against a single wolf. Didn't work for bears. The bruin's incredible sense of smell also enables them to occasionally find deer fawns as well. Old saying: An Indian shot an arrow into the air. The eagle saw it fall, the deer heard it fall, the bear smelled it fall.

Depends on location, of course. Today's sunny 70 with a breeze sure beats 45 with windblown RA.

We reached 80+ during May 4 times, including 90° on the 14th, but only the 81 on the 12th has been above 78 so far this month.

Yesterday's 50/44 was 1.5° cooler than 12/25/20. The 24 hours ending at 7 this morning had a high of 47 and low at 40. That would've been 5° below Christmas 2020. Yesterday's 0.25" RA and gusts 25+ added to the cheer. AFD from GYX hinted at possible frost for northern valleys in its CWA. CAR has a frost advisory for the NW part of the state. On the shortest night of the year!

Our neighbor congratulated us for having our anniversary made a federal holiday.

Had 47 at 7 AM and it's down a couple degrees from that, with lgt rain and stiff breeze. High was 50 last evening. Christmas 2020 temps were 54/43, so I think today will finish a degree cooler than that.

What lake is that. My dad's parents had a house on Rock Ridge Lake, part of Denville, for their final 30+ years and as a summer place before that. (They each lived to 90-91, passing in the early '70s.) At one time my grandfather held the record for NJ's biggest bass, caught from that lake. I lived in Kinnelon, actually a lake community within that township, from 1950 thru our marriage (51 years ago today), then moved to Parsippany - Knoll Gardens apartments - before moving to BGR in January 1973.

There are varieties of hydrangea doing just fine in town here, where most winters bottom out near -20 (colder last winter).

Only missed by 25 miles. Have not been there in about 60 years, once my maternal grandparents sold their summer place there.

27 and fog on MWN at 7 AM, WCI 6° with winds 50s/G60s. GYX noted danger for hikers at elevation.

Haven't seen the brontosaurus in decades. I've mentioned lots of NNJ towns, I'll guess it's Butler or Kinnelon - used to be a Sinclair near the town line.

I've been driving 2WD (rear) Rangers/Mazda since 1994 and haven't gotten stuck anywhere but our driveway and once when I tried driving down our road with 6" of SN/IP - lots of shoveling, and of course the plow truck arrived as I digging.

Since I retired, I'm not as up to date as I used to be. There's a 1,000-acre public lot on Rangeley Plantation that's on both sides of Rt 17 for the 1.5 miles immediately north of the town line with Letter D - the overlook is on D-Town. If the logging is quite visible from the highway, I doubt it's on the public lot as we would manage to avoid that - not invisible but not obvious to most passersby. The rest of the forest there is private, used to be Boise and predecessors/successors so maybe it's Nine Dragons' now. 47 with drizzle at 7 AM with a raw breeze as we approach the solstice. MWN in the fog at 27, WCI 6.

My interest would be in the Maverick pickup, the hybrid model, though only from afar as long as my 2011 Ranger is still alive.

Ever been up Oquossoc (Rangeley) Bald? Maximum view for (relatively) minimal pain, trailhead about a mile south of your lunch spot.

Did you return thru Wilson's Mills and Oquossoc on Rt 16? Beautiful drive and good for moose spotting. Upper 50s here and breezy, though the daily max was set at 62 last evening. Had some sun in the AM but socked in now, waiting for the showers to slide east into our area, probably just enough to keep everything wet.

Nice day on the rockpile. Conditions at 11: MT WASHINGTON FRZ DRZL 30 30 100 NW69 VSB 0 WCI 9

Looks like our Monday, as the 2nd TS of that afternoon dumped 0.91", about 0.85" in 10 minutes (the hourly rate is awesome) with gusts well into the 40s. Several close strikes, one within 1/4 mile, coming a few minutes before any rain. Had a smattering of chunks, too, up to 1/2" by 3/4". Any ice in your cloudburst? Only 0.04" from this line, with tall cauliflowers in sight both north and south.

Never saw the sun here, currently light RA with some distant thunder. The more colorful echoes seem to be doing the 7-10 thing for Rt 2 points east of RUM, though the cell to our south will be close.

I'd nominate the 1987 event on the Kennebec system because those peak flows were so much greater than any others for that river's drainage. Years 1987 cfs 2nd place (year) Kennebec at North Sidney: 41 232,000 113,000 (1984) Relatively short POR. The 1936 peak on the Kennebec was likely between 150,000 and 180,000 cfs Sandy at Mercer: 89 51,100 38,600 (1936) Carabasset at North Anson 94 50,700 31,600 (2011, Irene) 30,800 in 1936 2nd place is the St. John in 2008 St. John at Fort Kent: 93 183,000 151,000 (1979) For New England as a whole, March 1936 was probably the most widespread flood, and is the top peak flow for many drainages.

Are you saying h's a flake?

Morning AFD from GYX mentioned the S word for higher elevations.