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33 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

Wow, decent train set up just south of the pike, was that expected?

Trains headed to Fenway, Scotts going to get wet and wait awhile before the game restarts.

56 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

I'm off the 2nd to the 12th that would be a perfect chase time

You going to Nicaragua?

Nice dews by Friday, very comfortable.

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

82/55 and absolutely perfect.  Felt warmer than 82F in the sun… I would’ve guessed mid-80s.

I'm at 83 with mid 50s Dews, perfect summer day, I'd like to order another 60 or so like this. Little rain now and then to water my lawn would be perfect.

Incredible double rainbow out earlier, not letting me post my pictures though.

8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Saw that cloud as I heading west on 84 towards home. Had a quick 5 minute downpour and a few bangs.

Just missed to your south, missing me way south.

33 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

The NAM/HRRR are spitting out some of the highest supercell/STP values I can remember here. Of course though that doesn’t mean everything, you still need mature enough storms to utilize the environment and that’s the question right now, how many can?

What's the timing on the storms Wiz? Looks like around dinner time but earlier runs had them much earlier.

6 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Thats a lot of white.  The two that have smoked my dog in her life were largely black with a narrow white stripe down them.

I hear they make good pets once you remove their stink sac.

2 minutes ago, Harmonie said:

Aww! I love guinea pigs! Sadly, not in a place to take one right now.

But danggg so some woman had all 51 of those guinea pigs in her apartment?

Must have smelled like heaven in her place.

29 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It must be some local genetic thing because every skunk I’ve seen here is mostly white. Probably some adaptation from all of the snow that I steal.

When I first saw them, I didn't see the mother, I thought it was a couple kittens till I saw the mother and 5 kits, then I knew. We had a real issue a couple years ago with skunks, neighborhood pets were getting sprayed, my dog got sprayed one night too. Then, they all disappeared, my brother said someone in the neighborhood trapped them and relocated them because he got sick of his cat and dog getting sprayed.

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

So this happened yesterday evening. This wasn’t all of them either. I think there was 7. 
 

Is this unusual for this time of year or are they likely mama’s (bigger) babies?

I was walking my dog last year about this time of year and saw the same things only the babies were smaller. I think the white fur makes them look bigger, the ones I saw were almost all black with a little white stripe.

10 hours ago, tamarack said:

Almost the entire weasel family members are quite fierce, with skunks and otters the exception (and the latter can be nasty when threatened).  An adult male fisher, 12-15 lb, could easily kill most housecats, though as the linked article notes, the much larger coyote can do it more readily.  A 5-lb female fisher might look elsewhere for food.  There has been loads of research in Maine on the (officially) threatened Canada lynx, and one result that surprised many is that fishers are probably the greatest threat to lynx.  The big "weasels" kill by dropping atop the much bigger cat and quickly getting a death grip.

We had one prowling around the neighborhood a couple years ago, their scream is kind of eerie, sounds like a baby screaming. I was walking my dog one night after dark and there was one in my neighbor's yard, he screeched and climbed up a tree and hid behind the tree and just stayed there not moving. I wouldn't want my dog to corner one, but I think they're just as afraid of us and dogs as we are of them.

1 minute ago, weatherwiz said:

Yeah tomorrow looks scattered. May have to watch for some overnight convection too. 
 

it seems like the 18z models have sped up the timing of the front a bit too. But the primary focus for convection may be a pre-frontal trough. The shear is quite impressive, both speed and directional, and instability will be plenty. Lapse rates aren’t the best but they aren’t the worst either. 
 

Right now I would favor eastern NY (up around Albany) through western Mass, southern VT, and southwest NH. There are some indicators we could see a line of supercells from which is very abnormal for around here. 
 

If we don’t see discrete we could see a decent evening/early overnight snow with the approaching shortwave and good height falls. 

That would cool things off nicely

16 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

Lightning strike at a campground near Ginxy and Ice Shop at Thompson Speedway also got hit

The ice cream shop got hit?

7 minutes ago, bristolri_wx said:

Some thunder and lightning here and some downpours but nothing severe. Longest day of the year but it’s quite dark already!

I dozed off for a few minutes after dinner when I woke up it was dark, thought I slept for a couple hours but it was just the storms, it's actually sunny here now.

T-storms rolling in now, down to 72, dog dove under my desk

1 hour ago, backedgeapproaching said:

2 days ago I was outside and my cat chased 2 Fishers into the woods, saw it first hand.  I wonder how aggressive they really are towards house cats? Interesting article below.  Coyotes, yea that is a different story for sure.   

https://archive.nytimes.com/scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/do-fishers-really-eat-cats/

We lost a cat too, but I think it was coyotes, we hear them howling close by now and then so it's just an educated guess.

I'm in Templeton today. Only 82, but is humid

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

Our indoor-only cat (lost several in the past to fishers/coyotes) catches the occasional mouse and loves to play, sometimes losing the little guy completely - to my wife's disgust.  If the dog gets a hold on it, game over.  Home is an L.C. Andrews package, stick-framed with 3-sided white cedar log siding.  Shrinkage allows smaller mice to enter, and when the builders (on their 1st house and it shows) were sheathing, they left a 1/2" space between plywood and upper plate, so anything that can wriggle thru the logs has free access to entertain the cat.

They don't need much of an opening to get in.

46 minutes ago, tamarack said:

We re-did the back bedroom (our computer room except when the grandkids are here) and had to remove the mouse-chopped (and 43 years of mouse-pee) insulation.  After multiple applications of odor-kill spray and baking soda, we installed Rocksil insulation, claimed to be mouse-proof.  Pre-reno, wx like today would fill the room with a nasty redolence (that corner faces the sun), but none since the update.

Nothing worse than a pile of mouse shit and they pee everywhere, it just always dribbles out of them

32 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

I do have the occasional mouse jump in as well. 

I noticed Home Depot now sells those mouse traps with the 5 gallon bucket with the parts you need to set it up. One year I caught over 20 mice in my basement, it gets bad when the weather cools in the fall. I was thinking of setting the bucket up in my basement this year.

34 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Chipmunks? 

Yes, took me a while to catch on too.

Just now, ineedsnow said:

it shook enough where I thought it could have been a earthquake.. the strike wasn't even that close  weird

I live on top of a hill and my yard is a lot of ledge so I've had quite a few close strikes. You on a hill?

On 6/18/2024 at 5:10 PM, Chrisrotary12 said:

2 buckets. 2 days. 8 munks.

Is it a set up like for mice? I have a couple cats that take of the munks here although they like to play with them and bring them in the house now and then while they're still alive.

13 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

holy shit just had a wicked house shaker.. never felt one like that before

I did once, shook my house and blew all my electronics, 2 TVs, vcr and computer. I'm protected now if it happens again but that was an expensive lesson.