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Can't say I've seen a hemlock over 100', or at least way over. However, there are superstory pines all over northern Maine that are 120'+. Some in southern Maine too - one spot that stands out is in the woods between Sabbathday Lake and the Shaker village on Route 26. Another is the Gardiner forest in South Gardiner -30+ years ago I tallied pines there that had 6 logs of 16' each plus 25-35' of topwood. I think those trees are still there.

Some oddities on that list. Balsam fir's shade tolerance is only a teeny bit less than that of hemlock, the only species on the list to earn an "S" for light. Also, seeing yellow birch listed as the tallest tree - 100' when nothing else is listed at over 80 - is weird. White pine is the state's tallest native tree by a significant amount. Also, the species with the greatest volume in the Maine forest, red spruce, isn't even listed. (Maybe like the St. John Valley Francophones, they lump red with black spruce, though they use the label "red spruce" - epinette rouge - for tamarack!)

I've read that great whites can partially thermoregulate, thus can remain active in colder waters than can most shark species.

88/74 at BHB, HI of 96 currently tops on the GYX list. Beautiful downeast breezes.

Those were great looking echoes then in about 20 minutes went pfffft- gone. That blob was running into 70+ dews which would seem to be good TS food - was it crappy midlevels that killed it?

If Maine can have 2 tornados during a Thanksgiving snowstorm (2005), anything is possible here. (Except a strong TC)

I doubt that a shark would make it past The Chops, but Pit 2 is downriver from there so you better not dangle your toes in the water.

And the other reported Maine shark attack was at Perry, in the cold waters of Passamaquoddy Bay. Folks have been catching large sharks not far off the Maine coast for years, so it's somewhat surprising that so few attacks have occurred here.

Low of 70 here yesterday, only the 2nd 70+ minimum since moving here in 1998. Had 71 on 7/19/2005. Low-noise TS 7-7:30 last evening, futzed around for 20 minutes then about 2 minutes after I finished grilling burgers, the skies opened, about 0.30" in 10 minutes, total cocorahs report 0.45". Noted 2.4" RA in Hermon, one town west of that BGR funnel, and 2.5" in Dedham, 3 towns SE.

The condition of our lawn would horrify you (and most others) but it's still green.

They touched 79 sometime between 2A and 8A, but their record high minimum of 76 is toast unless that convection moving thru NH has enough meat to splash down the temp. (or an evening cool-down.) Was 71 this morning at my frost pocket, only 1° lower than at 10 last night.

Black locust is also quite rot resistant; don't know if honey locust is similar. Black locust can also become an invasive in the Northeast, outside its native range, spreading mostly by root sprouts. And despite its spreading roots, a lot blew down when Bob came thru, whether due to weak roots or crowns atop a long lever arm I can't say. (Crummy color in fall, too.)

I think "Hardy to -20" may be conservative. The ones on the U. Maine campus in Orono were doing fine last time I looked and once the Stillwater River freezes it gets cold there.

Having February and December 2015 in the same year might be even stronger evidence.

It's what I would've said had I not gone to bed before midnight. White ash will do well in well- and moderately well drained soils and okay in somewhat poorly drained. They like fertility but one shouldn't fertilize a fall transplant until the next spring, as the fall fert. may cause a growth spurt that gets wrecked by frost. Ash seeds (from all species native to Maine at least) look a bit like tiny airplane propellers, and can get carried a long way by the wind. The Dec. 1992 storm that buried ORH produced nothing but wind at our (then) Gardiner home, but there had been a good white ash seed crop and next spring we had about 10 germinants per square foot, sometimes more, and also right in front of our house despite all the ash being out back.

And on Dec. 30 that year locations from NYC up to Van Buren set all time coldest maxima. (This is NOT a forecast. )

It's a "least harm" type of dilemma and I'm glad not to involved in making those decisions. We've seen that a significant minority of students are poorly served (or in some cases not served at all) by distance teaching, and it's often extremely hard on teachers as well. Finding the right balance between an inevitable spread of COVID-19, whether minor or huge, and tens of millions of kids getting a year (including last spring) of crappy education is incredibly difficult, since whatever decisions are made some people will be harmed by them.

38 44 54 (X2 or 3 - does Hazel count?) 60? (Did Donna make landfall in New England, or offer Cat 1 winds in the region?) long jump 85 91 That's 6-8 from 1900 forward (assuming none 1900-37) - looks more like a 20-year periodicity unless I'm missing something. Of course, 20 yr period isn't 20/40/60/80 due to the stochastic nature of wx.

In 22 Julys here, 1998-2019, monthly lowest minima has ranged from 37 to 46. Lowest this month is 51 and I see little to no chance of getting any cooler before August. My average at peak summer (e.g. now) is 77/55; we were about at that low this AM but should soar past the max. Despite the lack of cool mornings, the month is running a bit under 2° AN. Maxima are actually a bit BN while minima are running +4.1.

Seems a bit odd to me - chest looks deeper than normal for last year's calf and late-July antlers too small for a 2018 birth, but they're all different in antler size and growth phenology. I'm guessing it's class of 2019 and headed for being a really big bull. In late May 30 years ago when we were canoeing/fishing on Spencer stream (about 5 miles north of Flagstaff Lake), we were trying to get back down to our campsite at dusk but two large bulls blocked the stream. They each already had antlers about 3 feet wide. One departed from the stream (probably with tummy full of eelgrass) and when the other wandered to within 10' of the left shore of the 80'-wide stream we had our chance - we thought. As we approached, the bull decided he needed to exit right, passing about 10' from our bow as we frantically backwatered. No raised neck hair (on the moose - plenty on us) so he wasn't attacking but likely would've plowed right thru us had we been in his path. (I was paddling stern. In the bow was a guest missionary who had never seen a moose before this trip. Nearly got to give one a hug.)

Longest in my adult life was 4 days in 1998, plus 4-5 hours next day - probably intentional shutoffs to protect lineworkers nearby. Had anything broken in the 400' between Brunswick Avenue and our place, it would've been more like 14 days than 4. The 1953 ice storm in NNJ took out our power for 6 days, but we didn't worry about losing internet or charging our cellphones back then. At my age (almost 7) it was a great adventure. Have yet to lose power due to a TC, only ice storms, wet snow and traffic accidents.

My rough estimate is that at 70% rh the TD is 10° below temp, at 50% it's 20° and at 30% the span is around 35° though much below 50% with the increasing rate of Temp minus TD makes that estimate fuzzy . At 30% rh the dews are dropping nearly a degree with each 1% reduction of rh and the TD difference between 10% and 9% might be 3-4° (or more). I do a proportional interpolation between 70% and 100 (3% change in rh = 1° in TD) and between 50 and 70 (2% = 1°), somewhat inaccurate at the edges but easy. Edit: Except at high temps the TD drops a bit faster relative to rh decrease and in cold wx a lot less.

I think FB shows mainly things in which particular users seem to take interest - more clicks, better ad revenue. I rarely indulge in political wars on FB and my "home" there is only somewhat polluted by such junk. NNE population: When we lived in Aroostook, 1976-85, its pop was in the 110-120k range. Last I looked (a week or 2 back while estimating COVID cases per 100k) it was about 86k. I think nearly every Maine county but the "southern small 8" has lower numbers in recent decades. Hancock (BHB and vicinity) is likely an exception and maybe Oxford, as that county extends far enough south to be a not-awful commute for some folks working in/near PWM.

Unfortunately, that "zero new cases" is actually "no increase in total cases." 21 "probable" cases (by apparent symptoms I guess) from a couple days ago have tested negative and were backed out of the total.

Change the setting and the season and that's every Hallmark movie.