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There's one that EAB won't kill. Looks like plenty of internal decay at the break. Still an impressive gust to break that much sound wood.

"New Sharon heat wave" (Given the transpirational cooling here in the woods, 85 is my threshold.) Last 3 days have been 86.64; 92/68*; 87/65. Dews peaked at 70-71 (judged by nearby sites) on Monday. If the clouds hold together we might not crack the 85 mark. Would not help convection if that happens, and I've read some rumors of a north-south 7-10 with central Maine in the middle of the alley. * That 80.0 mean is the warmest I've recorded since moving here in May 1998.

Reminds me of the account from a woman driving about 10 over the limit on 495 outside DC, while everyone else was blowing by about 30 mph faster. She got pulled over and the trooper asked her, "Do you know why I stopped you?" "You couldn't catch anyone else?" First time I was on the newly raised limit on 95 in Maine was a forestry trip to Ashland. The driver put cruise at 82 and it was amazing how quickly we made the 85 miles to the Smyrna exit. Couldn't use cruise on Rt 11 (curves and logging trucks) but we went 75 there on the straightaways.

Talk to the folks at tackle shops near where you'll be fishing. They usually offer useful advice. (With the caveat that they make their living selling fishing stuff.)

An impressive list, with some otherworldly new records. First place goes to Grande Prairie. Halfway thru their 100th year of observations their all time high jumps by 20°F! Beaverlodge area is right behind and several other locations broke their records by 10F or more. Cra-zee! (Seems more impressive in F than in C. )

75 on I-95 north of Old Town. Not much happening on the 100 miles from there to HUL.

Some years back (15-20?) the near-surface magma created a large glacial lake in Iceland, and when it finally broke thru the ice barrier the estimated flow was 2 million cfs. Might be more than the biggest flood on the Mississippi.

That is a weird temp distribution, with the west side of the Olympics hotter than the north or east. However, the nearby readings do back up Quillayute. And 118 in The Forks? That would tie the state's record max, and I doubt many would expect it there rather than in the semi-desert east of the Cascades.

Quillayute is 4 miles from the Pacific. Hoquiam is 125 miles SE and 14 miles from the Pacific on the Columbia estuary. That 15° difference in temps is very suspicious. One station explodes their all time high by 11° while the other remains 8° below theirs. In other news, yesterday's 92/68 set new high for daily mean since moving here in May 1998. Had a weak 10-minute TS (0.11") just after 9 PM last evening. Not much but better than nothing.

Most dangerous critter in the Maine woods is probably the lowly black-legged tick. (aka deer tick)

At 10 PDT. Yesterday sure broke the 10-after-10 rule. Hope today follows the "protocol". Checked the max-min though wading thru the hot humid air was a chore - it felt almost viscous. It read 89 but had spiked to 92, which trails only the 2 days - July and Sept - that hit 93 in 2002. Morning low was 68 so if that holds (99% chance IMO) the 80° mean will be the warmest ever here, topping the 79.5 (93/66) on 7/3/02. Local dews 70-71 so using 70 it's HI 97 here.

Maybe that's why the lower one doesn't have much of the classic widening toward the tip. 91 on the remote, not interested enough to go out in the swamp to check the max-min (though I will in a minute to get the mail). LR at 80 thanks to the heat pump; feels like the fridge when I walk there from the back bedroom (SW corner of the house) where my workstation has to be sited.

Top one looks like shagbark, bottom ??, as my hickory knowledge is probably less now than when I roamed the woods of NNJ in the 1960s.

Ah so. Makes sense now. Low was 68 here. Unless we get the big TS (2% chance) that will tie 6/29/99 for highest minimum in June. Only 4 mornings have been milder, 3 in July and one in September.

The records I've downloaded show numerous 70+ minima, topped off by 3 mornings at 75. Different spots in town? 7/22/1978 96 75 8/2/2006 97 75 7/12/2011 92 75

86/64 yesterday and didn't get much (if any) below 70 this morning. 70+ dews all over New England.

Experiments that add nitrogen to the soil have shown increased growth, but the costs/benefits don't work in a forest setting. Years ago we had bioash (from biomass electricity facilities, applied at no cost to the land manager) spread on state land near Greenville and that resulted in greater growth, though that may have been mainly due to lowering soil acidity.

Adequate moisture and nutrients, and the factory (live crown) mostly in the sun? Works every time (though genetics play a part.)

A red oak of that size without deeply furrowed bark has had a happy, fast-growing life.

More snow talk as we head into a run of triple H. Adding 4"+ and 10"+. 10"+ is storm total while all the others are calendar day (except largest). Earliest flakes, accum., 1"+ 4"+ 10"+ Largest 98 11/3 11/17 12/8 12/30 3/6-7 14.5" 3/6-7 99 10/4 11/10 11/13 1/16 none 8.2" 1/25-26 00 10/9 10/29 10/29 10/29 12/31 19.0" 3/30-31 (48" depth on 3/31. Even in Fort Kent never had that much on 3/31 or later.) 01 10/31 11/1 11/29 12/15 none 9.0" 3/20-21 02 11/1 11/1 11/4 11/17 1/4 13.8" 1/4-5 03 10/22 10/23 12/6 12/6 12/6-7 24.0" 12/6-7 04 11/21 11/21 12/7 2/10 2/10-11 21.0" 2/10-11 05 10/23 10/25 10/25 12/16 none 5.9" 1/29-30 (Most recent previous winter I've seen w/o a 6"+ event was 1967-68 in NNJ.) 06 10/23 12/7 12/8 12/8 2/14-15 18.5" 4/4-5 07 11/8 11/20 12/3 12/3 12/3-4 12.5" 1/1-2 08 10/29 11/25 11/25 12/17 12/21-22 24.5" 2/22-23 09 10/13 11/5 11/6 12/9 2/25-28 10.7" 2/25-28 (2.67" LE, 4:1 mashed potatoes) 10 10/22 10/31 11/26 12/27 4/1-2 15.1" 4/1-2 11 10/29 10/29 10/30 10/30 none 9.7" 11/23 12 11/5 11/8 11/8 12/17 2/8-9 12.5" 3/19-20 13 11/10 11/10 12/2 12/15 12/15 13.5" 3/12-13 14 11/1 11/2 11/14 11/26 11/26-27 20.0" 1/27-28 15 10/18 11/23 12/29 12/29 none 8.5" 1/12-13 16 10/25 11/21 11/25 12/12 12/29-30 21.0" 12/29-30 and 2/12-13 17 11/10 11/16 12/9 12/25 1/4 13.0" 1/4 18 10/13 10/27 10/27 11/13 1/19-20 19.9" 3/7-9 19 10/25 11/8 11/11 12/31 3/23-24 10.3" 3/23-24 20 10/26 11/3 11/25 12/5 none 9.5" 2/2 Earliest flakes; accum; 1"+; 4"+ 10"+ Winter's largest Avg 10/27 11/9 11/22 12/10 1/21 14.5" Med. 10/26 11/8 11/25 12/15 1/4 13.5" OCT 15 6 3 2 6 w/none 0 NOV 8 16 12 3 1 1 DEC 0 1 8 16 6 1.5 JAN 1 3 7 FEB 1 4 4.5 MAR 2 7 APR 2 Never had 1"+ w/o an earlier T/0.1"+. Closest was 2011. Only "triplets" were 10/29/00 (accum, 1", 4") and 2/10[11]/05 (4", 10", largest)

Nice. Looks like a veneer log in that oak.

Yes, absolutely. But the issue in this little part of the thread was length of immunity after recovering the disease, mostly folks who had COVID-19 before the vaccine was available. Should those folks be treated like unvaccinated non-COVID "veterans"?

BOS 102/83; PVD 104/75 (RI hottest)

I think the current max for New England is 107 on 8/2/75 (Hot Saturday) at New Bedford, MA. All 6 states have relatively close all time hottest. RI is lowest at 104, also on Hot Saturday. CT and NH have reached 106 and VT/ME 105. All 3 NNE states set their records in July 1911, CT (Danbury) in July 1995. Edit: Looked at GFS for SEA and it had H5s up to -2, so the freezing level is well up the snowy Cascades.

Also the low number of people who are contraindicated for ANY vaccine due to medical reasons. Might run afoul of ADA by blocking those folks.