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Most of our leaves had fallen by mid-October when the average temp is 56/35. By mid-November it's 42/24. Unless the sun moves about 10 million miles closer, losing the shade won't come close to compensate for that magnitude of temp drop, especially when November vies with December as our cloudiest month. (During my year in urban forestry, I learned that the sticks catch 25-40% of the sun - not the 90%+ of full foliage but still significant.) 1.18" thru 8 AM with light rain/DZ since. Not a drought breaker but useful. Had some strong gusts about 5 AM but light wind after that, but it has picked up again about 10:15.

Never seen that double notch before. Demos I've watched had the single notch, wrap, and paraffin paint.

My one ride into there was in March 2006, late season but that winter only the St. John area had real snow. We didn't have to break trail on the ungroomed 6-8 miles into Deboullie Pond; the real challenge was riding across to see Gardner, with temp about 30 and 1-2" new over slushy mess from the previous day's RA. Only 2 of the 7-8 sleds had to be dug out of the slush. With Gardner hidden in the light snow, we wisely chose not to attempt that pond.

Go all the way to Fort Kent - Northern Door Motel, Breakfast at Rocks Cafe then head west. If you don't mind some ungroomed trails, Deboullie is spectacular. Then stop at Two Rivers Lunch in Allagash, maybe motor up to Estcourt Station (unless you've already been to that northernmost tip of the state). Temp was 28 at 11 last evening but the clouds were beginning to sift in, and it was 30 at 7 this morning. Otherwise we would've been down near 20.

Wouldn't that require storing the scions safely for months? Or am I missing something? I've done very little grafting - none recently - but I'd recommend cutting the scions in the spring.

Same obs site? Low of 27 this morning, 12th sub-32 this month plus yesterday's 32. Coolest low is 25 on the 10th, and mildest minimum is 50 on the 20th, timing is kinda backwards.

True. The far longer lead time allows for 'cane chasers to find a safer spot. Josh picked the most solid-looking building at the north end of Great Abaco Island for Dorian and caught some amazing video of the front end. That "solid" building was badly damaged, and he (and others in that building) relocated during the eye. Tornado chasers are usually in vehicles and have minutes, or even seconds, to choose their spots.

Melissa is dealing with some terrain almost 2000' asl. It's not like Katrina crossing the Everglades without losing steam.

Not many places having equipment able to survive and report winds like this. One would need a setup like MWN.

That's impressive. Maybe they would survive at our 4B zone - median for winter's coldest is -24. We were told that Reliance peach would make it here, and as that's my favorite fruit we planted a whip shortly after we moved here in mid-May of 1998. Summers 1998 and 1999 saw great growth but the following winters killed back most of the increase. 2001-02 never got below -12 and the following summer we had 100+ sweet tennis-ball-size fruit. Then Jan-Mar 2003 brought 12 mornings at -20 to -29 and the tree was dead, other than a weak below-graft sprout that showed up in June 2003 and died before first frost.

Only 5 years away here, as we hit 11° on 10/31/2020.

Ten of October's first eleven days were sunny but now we're paying. Since then, the drizzly grays have taken over. 10/13-16, 4 cloudy days, 0.11" total RA. Weekend and today, 3 more and only 0.08". Almost every autumn features that kind of wx, but I'll be glad when something else moves in. Month precip is 2.46", which is 3" BN for October, and the Thurs-Fri event isn't going to make up the difference.

Southeast gales. Dec. 18, 2023

Low of 31, sometime in the wee hours. Had light RA at 11:30 last evening (0.07") and mostly cloudy at 7 this morning. Must've cleared for a few hours between.

Pretty consistent forecast for our highs from GYX. SAT 53/34 SUN 50/34 MON 50/33 TUES 50/35 WED 50/36 THUR 50/37 FRI 50/37 Also 30% PoP going to 50% Tues-Fri. Some showers approaching, maybe with a handful of graupel, maybe it dries up before getting here.

When I worked in the northern tip of Maine, I would always be sitting on my snowshoes when riding - several times had to use them as shovels to unstick the machine - usually the nose-heavy '73 Everest. (Never had to use them to walk out from a paunched snowmobile - fortunately. Before my 1st ride there, an experienced co-worker noted that one could ride in one hour farther than one could walk out in a day.)

Sapling oaks are reddish brown while the 24" by 90 ft oak is yellow-brown, also fully turned and about 25% leaf drop. Other than the oaks, only the understory beech have significant leaves among the deciduous trees. They'll be the last to drop, some hanging on into spring. Thick frost this morning, 29-30°. Oct 24 average is 52/32 so today should finish near to that.

Don't really know - maybe they estivate during the warmest part of the year?

The late summer tick hiatus came to light in 2019 when Maine Public Lands annual 2-day "peer review" field trip was set in southern Maine, including Swan Island with its overpopulation of deer. Nearly 40 attended the mid-August excursion and not a single tick was reported. That 7/15-9/10 period has remained tick-free, and this year it was 6/20-9/20. May that period be extended.

Cat 3 in Casco Bay. (0.1% chance)

After seeing no ticks from late June thru mid September, the little horrors are back in force. Yesterday's woods walk included pushing through some dense sapling stands and I brought home (and dispatched) 10 deer ticks.

0.79", with about half coming from a 5-minute downpour in mid afternoon. Eight miles WNW, West Farmington cocorahs reported 1.42". They must've had 10-15 minutes in the RA++.

Should've written "6th season". Once the trees stop sucking water from the soil, the first multi-inch rain event usually shuts down timber harvesting almost completely. Only twice have I seen warm-season conditions progress into frozen ground without a mud time, 1976 and 2013. This year might be a contender if freeze-up comes early, given the drought. Bright sun today after 4 straight cloudy ones - that produced only 0.11" precip.

Mud season - mid-October until freeze-up, NNE's 5th season.

Maybe some graupel?