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Especially at KHAT - 42" RA and 2 days of sustained Cat 1 (or 2) winds as the storm churns in place just offshore tickling the outer banks with its eyewall.

Freeze warning up there for tomorrow. Absolutely perfect day for Maine Woodlands Owners annual field day, though the coolish breeze was blowing things off the tables at lunchtime (and made the drone demo a bit more challenging.)

About the same here, and reinforcing CAA today means 30s tomorrow morning.

That track could mean a landfall on places like Jacksonville and Savannah that never seem to take a fresh-off-the-ocean hit.

Seems like GFS, at least, does daily (even run-to-run) flip-flops, from "pattern is finally broken" to "here we go again." I'll just enjoy the weekend cool and hope Florence doesn't crash our woods tour on Thursday. (Currently looks to stay south, but lots of time to change.) I recall a 2-day field trip in 2005 on which the first half was done in heavy rain (had 2-3") from the remains of Katrina. The rain quit just after sunset and we then enjoyed several hours of mid-70s with 30 mph winds, not common after-dark wx in northern Aroostook County.

Farmington, Maine (just 10/50/90%): Sept. 1/19/30, probably most similar to Newport, VT or Woodland, ME. My 20 years here, 1998-17: Sept. 2/17/26, and more tightly bunched than most locations - only 15 days separates 20% and 80% (9th/24th) and 17 for 20/90. Edit: Tip, did you mean "grapple" or "graupel"? PF might see some on the picnic tables.

Doing it with high dews is remarkable so late in the season. Getting just the heat is slightly more common - highest I've recorded at my trasnspirationally modulated location is a mere 93, reached twice in 2002. 1st was July 3 (yawn), 2nd was Sept. 9. It had been 87 on 9/8 and dropped to 61 on the 9th, so without having precise recall, I'd guess TDs were mid 50s. The 10th temps were 92/53, with zero precip on each of those 3 scorchers.

Judging by the puddles as I drove thru New Sharon while chasing the storm toward Augusta, I'm guessing 0.1-0.2". On Labor Day we had flashes and grumbles for 5 hours or so afternoon-evening, but only about 3 minutes of heavy rain. Of course, 2:30 of that came while I stood in the bed of the pickup trying to get the canoe rack dissembled before the rain arrived. Seconds after I'd gotten back under the porch roof, precip backed off to sprinkles, 0.1" total.

I've had 4-5 run under the pickup this past couple weeks and every one has escaped injury. Maybe if I'd braked/swerved they would've fared worse. Lots of porcupines paying the price, and a huge raccoon near the base of Mile Hill - usually it's the young'uns that get squashed. Some excitement here in Augusta around noontime, missed by me as I didn't get done with my Farmington Dr. apt until after 11 - only light rain with little/no thunder there. Evidently, a bolt struck the building immediately east of the one in which I work. Then a fellow from Honeywell came to check out the entry panel, and whether it was something he did or was predisposed by the strike, the fire alarm buzzer/lights were set off and just after I got here a bunch of first responders arrived. 30 minutes of careful checking and they departed w/o unrolling any hose.

No surprise. When my 2004 Mazda (Ranger with the Japanese badge) was dying and we were shopping, one Ranger right in town was a 2WD 6-cyl 5-speed manual "Sport", with EPA rating of 15/21. The Ranger/Mazda rating for 4-cyl manual 5-speed was 24/29. The nearly new 1992 Ranger that was part of my inheritance from dad (brothers had no need, so some of my 1/3 brought the ride) got about the same or a bit less than my current Ranger, though that one had the manual 5-speed and the 2011 is auto. The Mazda was my only extended cab (oh how I wish I could've found a decent one at reasonable price!) and it got 26 winter and 30-31 summer, also had more power than either the '92 (lots more) or the 2011. My 15 Colorado gets 22 to 26 mpg Not bad. Manual or auto?

If the 0C H8s verify up there, and it's clear and calm, they may see a skim on the birdbath.

I feel your pain about the upsizing (and up-pricing.) When my 2011 Ranger (with nearly 110k at present) goes away, one hopes years from now, there will be nothing like it available. Used mostly for my 31-mile (one way) commute but also for shorter trips, it gets 23-24 mpg in winter and 28-29 in summer, 26 or so overall. I like having the pickup, for moving stuff like firewood, our replacement Jotul woodstove, and the occasional deer dumb enough to get shot, but don't see anything affordable with that kind of gas mileage in my future. Our 2011 Forester is pushing 120k and is great in messy road conditions, also gets top marks from CR for old folks like us, due to easy entry and good reliability. (Last new vehicle we bought was a 1983 Cavalier 5-speed, 30-33 mpg, good ride, best traction of any 2WD critter I've ever driven, but unfortunately the unibody "frame" rusted out just shy of 150k and ended its career.)

That "f" word showed up in GYX's discussion as well. .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... High Impact Weather Potential: Low potential for frost in the mountains and points north Saturday Night...otherwise minimal. I anticipate the first sub-40 morning since mid June this weekend.

Wunderground has turned into a dumpster fire since being eaten by TWC - slow, wonky, missing data/maps. Hate seeing a good friend go bad. 'fella: I wonder if mid-late October might offer some NVT deals, as it's between leaf-peeper and ski seasons, with just some partridge or deer hunters (archery only for deer in Oct?) for lodging competition. And stick season is at its best when there's a strong proportion of white birch. Only the addition of some patches of spruce on that hillside would improve the pic.

Absolutely. Average maxima were AN but nothing extraordinary, while the minima, and especially dews, were crushing records. A short term example is last month at my place. Average high was 9th warmest of 21 while average low was warmest of the bunch. August 1-14, 1988 is the most intense TD-fest I can recall and June-July 2013 might have featured the longest continuous high-dew stretch, but late June thru this week has by far the most near/at/over 70 dews.

Brown leaves where all else is green generally means death to the tree (or branch) that's turned. Only exception I can remember was late in a very dry met summer in Ft. Kent, when leaves turned brownish at the top of Charette Hill north of our house. That spot, where hilltop began its south-facing slope, had a significant component of natural origin red oak, farthest north I've seen the species other than plantings. The oaks were still green while the sugar maples, aspens, and hophornbeams were going brown. Illustrated why the oak had persisted there - more drought tolerant than all its neighbors.

Thanks. Considering that 1988 had high dews only a few days in June and about average in July, that August run stands out. Of course, this year it was the end of June thru this past Wednesday, two whole months with only a few breaks here and there. My August temps show the summer's character - average max was 9th warmest of 21, average min the warmest of all. Afternoon heat was AN, morning lows set records. The huge TDs slowed overnight cooling and also kept temps from rocketing quite as fast in the daytime.

August finished 1.9° AN, 3rd warmest of 21 here. Avg. high: 75.4 0.4 AN, middle of the road. Highest was a modest 84, on the 7th and 29th. Avg. low: 56.1 3.4 AN, #1 for mildest minima. Lowest was 44, on the 31st. Precip was 4.85", 0.83" AN. his brings met summer to 0.67" AN, though the 2.8" deficit in May remains a factor in the water table. The 4th brought 2.15" of stratiform rain, 3rd greatest 1-day rain event in August, though less than half of what Irene brought.

Does the data go back past 1988? Though that summer's total superdews are likely a lot less than this year, for a 2-week run I'd put 8/1-14/88 well above anything else I've experienced. June-July that year were slightly AN (by 0.5° for 2 month period) and late August well BN.

Here's my guess - huge acorn crop last fall so the bushytails had lots of food for winter and AN survival. Then a May with no 3-day cutoff horrors to kill half of the first litter with pneumonia, leading to way AN squirrel-baby production, and it's the young and dumb that get hit most often. Warm summer probably boosted food, and thus 2nd litter production, so a 2nd massacre after the one six weeks ago.

It's impressive that you've been able to visit all over New England to check on the colors. Missed my yard, however, where the white birch by our driveway is doing its usual early-color act. Also the red maples by the pool down the rod, also...

For that entomologist, earlier this year. For me, TBD. Coolest morning of the month, about 45 here. HUL touched 40. Month will finish about +2.0, significant departure for a summer month. (Would be meh in winter.)

And many other, less well-known folks, including a recently retired state entomologist who shall not be named.

Dad got a better one in the late 1960s, so we'd take the old beast onto the ice to clear away room for hockey. Spout was quite wide, so we didn't have the clogging problems that dogged many other 1st-generation machines. Dews in Augusta area hanging tough near 60 (lots nicer than 70s, however) while upstate it's low 50s TD. Might bag another 40s low tomorrow - would be #7, only 2 fewer than average, a bit surprising for what will be the 3rd warmest August of 21 here. Having 10 days with minima 60+, twice my average, makes it less surprising.

My 1st new car was '69 Nova coupe, and it provided many adventures, some better than others. Drove it a bit over 100K, not all that common back then, then sold it to a logger from St. Francis in 1976, because the body rust had made it un-inspectable. Put in a good heater-hose engine warmer just before we moved to Ft. Kent, so it started right up at -41 on 1/12/76. While driving thru town the speedometer cable began to screech and the needle buried itself beyond the 120-mph mark.