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Colors may be late in places, but late Sept/early Oct is indeed the average peak in the western Maine mts. When I was in northern Maine the average peak was the last week of September. We're running a bit late but within a week of average.

If "Yes" wins, the corridor is dead, pending all the lawsuits of course. To me, the first part in my earlier post intends to correct what was seemingly an unconstitutional lease approval by BPL - changing well-managed commercial forest to a powerline corridor sure passes my straight-face test as "substantially altering", and thus the lease should've been subject to the 2/3 majority in the legislature but instead was never submitted. (Leases that don't result in substantial alteration need no legislative approval.) And it's always confusing when voting yes means no. Many years back there was a referendum for local metered phone service, and my wife and I plus our staff biologist and his wife all had the same opinion but voted 2-2 due to the very confusing language. I find this whole affair very sad, as 33 of my 36 years in state employ was with BPL and those were great years working with great people. Now I see two people I call friends and for whom I have great respect, on opposite sides of the lawsuit challenging the lease, the BPL director whom I've worked with for 20+ years as he was formerly the forest specialist for the Maine Natural Areas Program, and my state senator, with whom I've worked on maple products from public lands (He has several thousand taps and strongly encourages more sugaring in Maine) and who was Maine's and the Northeast Region's tree farmer of the year in 2018.

Great field, too. I recall a 6-3 loss to the Jets (IIRC) in a howling SE rainstorm. John Stephens had about 175 yards rushing and got the Pats into the red zone during the final minute. However, the pond was ankle deep on that part of the field, making a figgie attempt near impossible especially into the 50 mph gusts, and they failed to convert the 4th down. When I'd tuned in during Q3 I wondered why the view was terrible - could hardly see the players in windblown rain/mist. Rod Rust, Victor Kiam, "Patriot missile" - consistent futility.

The whole winter was a bunch of whiplashes, some more violent than others. Farmington snowpack offers an illustration: Dec. 22: 32" after 22" in a week. Jan. 1: 24" after 10 days of meh, more settling than melting Jan. 13: 40" Jan. 28: 8" 3 cutters with temps 47-53, 4" RA. Biggest Jan melt-off on record there. Feb. 18: 21" Feb. 29: 7" more 50° and RA Mar. 9: 23" Mar. 24: Trace 6 days in the 50s.

34-35 here, lowest for the month, but this will be just the 2nd of 24 Septembers here w/o a frost. Currently running 2.3° AN, with highs right at average and lows +4.6.

The full language of the bill includes two main items. The first is limited to lands managed by the Bureau of Parks and Lands and defines certain uses (including powerline rights-of-way) as substantially altering use of the land, and are thus subject to constitutional amendment 164 which requires approval by at least 2/3 of each body of the Maine legislature for such substantial alteration. The amendment was ratified in November of 1993 by referendum, with 73% of the votes approving. (Trivia note: The amendment was triggered by the bureau selling 2 acres (out of 1200 at Pineland) of "scarce public land in southern Maine", to the NWS for its new office.) The retro back to Sept 2014 is specific to BPL and has nothing to do with the items illustrated in the 'Vote No" ads, unless one subscribes to an exaggerated version of the "Camel's nose" theory. The second provision specifically prohibits a "high impact electric transmission line" (previously defined in statute) in the "Upper Kennebec region" (defined in this bill) and is directly aimed at NECEC. This section also adds a requirement that any such transmission line in Maine is subject to 2/3 votes of house and senate, and is retro thru Sept 16, 2020.

Not familiar with the term. Is that another name for heat pump or something entirely different. We put in a heat pump last November knowing 95% of its use would be for cooling, and it's done that very nicely. We got a big rebate plus a decent one-time federal tax credit that combined were more than 40% of our cash outlay. Electric bill went up some but not tragic given the increased comfort.

Some paints/stains are attractive to critters. When I worked up north for Seven Islands, town line boundaries got blue paint and interior ownership lines red, both with Benjamin Moore paint. The blue was never touched but bears coming out of hibernation often chewed most of the paint off red-painted cedar corner posts - wood chips scattered all over. All oaks, red group or white, hold some brown leaves until bud break in spring, but Jeff's pin oaks hold more of their leaves than the common Northern red oak or most other oaks. Pin oak also has the best reds of any of the northerly oaks.

I've yet to have a high above 76 this month. (Not unusual for September here - this month will make 9 of 24 w/o reaching 80.)

I'd thought that the co-op was at the old NWS office site at the Jetport. Or are there 2 co-op sites at PWM?

+2.4 here. Maxima right on average, minima +4.8. 3rd straight month with way BN diurnal ranges. 41 for the low but had bumped up 3-4° by 6 AM for some reason.

Same site, I presume.

Saw a number of Mac's throws that were catchable but dropped, some of which could've been better placed for easier catches. Lots of plays where he had <2 seconds before getting blasted. I miss Scar. So does the OL.

In Fort Kent the aspen peaked well after the birch-beech-maple peaked. The stark green-and-yellow stage was like a 2nd (though lesser) peak. Better if there's bigtooth aspen mixed in, for some of the brightest orange in the woods.

I'm familiar with the Marion Downeast - Parks and Lands has a nice beach property not far off the highway. Was ignorant of Marion Mass until today. Flash flood warning for you (written before learning you stayed in Pit 1) or maybe just to your north and extending into Penobscot Bay. Had 0.24" overnight with the heavier stuff just to my east. Yesterday it was just to my west. However, JAS are currently 2.30" AN so we're not in bad shape, despite the May-June couplet being 6.14" BN. Another 60° morning here.

Getting what hit BGR-Orono last night. Curious why you were in the area, as it's not the tourist or business capital of the region. (He said understatedly)

Just ask for BN temps in Oct - usually results in less snow thru the cold season.

Bermuda basher?

Saw that in my 'hood yesterday - 0.42" in my gauge as we never had even moderate rain save for 2-minute bursts. Cocorahs obs 1.13" in Farmington next door and 1.69" in Temple, next to Farmington. Lots of FF warnings last evening for Cumberland and Oxford Counties, but the big dumps, 2-3", were in the lower Penobscot Valley and on the Bay

We had 125% of average snowfall in 14-15, but any winter when Machias gets 5 feet more than here cannot be a great winter.

Worked out right for EMA and DE Maine. Elsewhere it was a very good winter that just missed (several times) from being epic.

We've had 4 discrete RA events ranging from 0.81" up to 1.50" in the period 9/2 thru 9/16 that totaled 4.14". Today's lighter than forecast (so far) is the first measurable in a week. Odd to get moderate RA here on 9/24 at 70°.

RA arrived about 2:45. The line of bright echoes crawling eastward has morphed into clumps of duller stuff. Doubt we reach 1/2" from this bunch. Don't really need big RA here though we remain 5.7" BN thru yesterday, at 83% for the year. Saw that NYC had TD of 45. Not often do we have dews 20°+ higher than there.

It is, s-l-o-w-l-y. At the same time the band of heavy stuff is moving north much more quickly, increasing its persistence over a particular locale. Not a drop yet here, just cloudy, humid and breezy. P&C forecast adds up to <1" here while the GYX map has us in the 2-3" color. Computers. Looking more and more like this will be my 2nd September of 24 without a frost. The 1st, 2011, had a month minimum of 33. Its first frost came Oct 6 and was a 25° hard freeze. So far this month the bottom is 38.

Seems reasonable, though I still doubt that the queen carries those few eggs thru hibernation. Probably holds sperm thru that time and develops the eggs in the spring, perhaps while she's building the starter nest.. And the hornets are basically doing what a groundwood paper mill does, on a slightly smaller scale - grinding wood down to the individual fibers then allowing it to dry as it's applied to the nest. Biggest difference (other than scale) is that the paper mill mix is 99% water when it hits the Fourdrinier (fast-moving screen that begins the water-extraction process) while the hornet mix never has nearly as much water.