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Looks like I got .2. There were a few stations around me that got as much as .5. It was a popcorn kinda day and some places stayed dry while others got soaked.

3 minutes ago, Hitman said:

Had a great ride Thursday, but my bikes out of commission.  Blew out the rear hub.  Demo’d A new trail bike which was sweet.  3 hour ride on a mix of old school technical single track and new flow trails, ending right at a swimming hole on the mad river.

Ooh if you're looking for a new bike I might have a smokin' deal for you. I'm the Norco rep for NY and I have a demo bike that I need to turn back into $$. I got it just before my heart attack so it only has 4 miles on it, the thing is better than new because the brake pads are bedded in properly. I'll make a pretty serious effort to get to you if you want to take it for a ride.

It just poured here, well Danbury but it's pretty close to home so good enough These tropical convective popcorn t-storms are always entertaining. 

Its pouring in Danbury. Thunder and lightning with very heavy rain.

1 hour ago, Cfa said:

Yeah, I love sitting outdoors on a warm summer evening but the mosquitoes have made that impossible. Think I’ll be getting a citronella plant.

86/80/101. Bayou conditions.

I have 3, they don't do squat. I have to get 5 or 6 citronella candles burning around the patio before it's bearable outside in the evenings.

Incoming! It's rumbling and grumbling and getting dark again.

So much great riding in that zone. Uggh, I'm jealous. If you get a chance head over to Northfield and hit the Norwich U trails and some of the adjoining stuff. Yeah this daughter is a pretty serious masochist, she goes for it with most athletic endeavors.

Already had a pretty good shot of rain and thunder this morning. It's sooper muggy out there now.

Around 11 this morning all of a sudden the temp jumped and the dews shot up. We popped 90 and by 11:30 it was storming. I didn't see any lightning but there was plenty of rolling thunder and a short burst of fairly heavy rain. It has gotten sunny again here but just south of me it's pretty dark and still rumbling.

What are the water temps up to now? We were up at Misquamicut Beach in RI last Friday and the water was still in the low-mid 50's. Too cold...

^^Damn I'm tired of these warm nights. Not only does it skew things and make people think it's warmer than it is when they see the stats but more importantly it's messing with my garden. Between too much rain and general moisture and too much warmth without recovery times things just aren't growing right. My carrots and tomatoes can't seem to dry out and really get growing and I've already lost a few plants to too much water. I miss those times when nights, even in the heart of the warm season, would make it into the 50's a few times a week. It seems that the forest understory appreciates this overnight warmth though, things like ground growth plants and poison ivy/oak are having themselves a big ol' time this year  

Not quite IMBY but close, I have an outdoor event tomorrow on the central CT coast, near New London. What are the chances the heavy rain stays away until after 5pm? I have a feeling that's very wishful thinking but I'm hoping someone can tell me it's not.

On 7/2/2019 at 7:01 PM, LibertyBell said:

Wow that's really interesting- I was wondering why we were warmer than JFK!  Too bad this doesn't translate to rain/snow/mix lines in the winter though

In a way it does. That same stabilization happens but unfortunately it's a warming influence. Until the bay freezes (or at least slushes over) the whole south side of town is noticeably warmer than elsewhere. I remember many times getting 3-5" while my friends over by Boardman would barely get 1" and the north side of town by the hospital would get 6". The difference in "wintry feel" from one side of town to the other was significant. It was pretty much the same all along the bay areas/towns on the south shore, I can't imagine that has changed much.

59 minutes ago, Hitman said:

not well enough but more importantly, I'm going to vt tomorrow for the week.  my daughter is 19 and would never subject herself to that.

I keep finding all of these great spots in VT that are slightly off the beaten path. I love that kind of stuff. Where are you headed? This daughter (I have twins) is a pretty hardcore little mt biker chick. She really gets after it. If I ask her which way she wants to go at a trail intersection she'll ask which one has more climbing or is tougher and then choose that one. She was #1 and 2 in the state in the high school race league. Her nickname is crash because she tries so hard and doesn't always succeed so she hits the ground pretty often.

On 6/30/2019 at 12:03 AM, LibertyBell said:

We get this way sometimes, sea breezes are far more fragile than rain/snow lines unless the wind is pretty strong.  I had 90 degrees or over all four days- 90-93-90-93

The humidity was the worst today.

In Oceanside? I remember many days growing up where it seemed like the open expanse of relatively warm shallow water in the bay would stabilize the air and kill the breeze that was blowing well in Island Park. I used to spend A LOT of time on my bicycle and could directly feel the difference. There were so many times we'd be 10 or more degrees warmer than IP or LB.

20 hours ago, Hitman said:

Agreed.  Weird weekend.  Biked saturday morning in anticipation of stormy afternoon but ended up with 'nothing.  Then yesterday went kayaking mid day and got rained on.

looking forward to some heat incoming for the holiday.  don't like swimming unless its 85+.

Hey how well do you know your way around 909? Want to meet for a ride Thursday morning? In my continuing quest to break my 20 year old daughter I want to watch her struggle with the climb up Pond Gut.

21 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Finished off June with 3.08", which is 1.34" below average, my yard has dried out quite a bit in recent weeks.

I wish that was all we had here.

11 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

Sounds nice. It's been a solid first 1/3 of summer in terms of weather, with plenty of bright, seasonably warm days and just enough rain to keep everything green and fresh.

I'd be good with half as much rain. 

Yeah we've gone a few times, it's only 10 minutes from the house. You got a good night for it.

We've had two rounds of heavy rain now, everything is soaked again. I got out for a great ride in between, the ground was wet but not too soft and the trails were fresh from the super heavy rain from round 1, It really was great.

I was in central VT yesterday and they were saying it has been since early September since they've had 4 consecutive days without precip. I think we got that once or twice this year.

2 hours ago, ForestHillWx said:

Rain, heavy at times. Property is starting to get that water-logged look. 

Starting to? I've been waterlogged here for a long time already.

2 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

It’s brutal and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it! Also, major mushrooms everywhere 

Mold, mildew, all sorts of mushrooms and sh*t is growing like crazy. I have weeds 6 feet tall in the back of the yard that i can't get to easily.

That heavy rain you guys are seeing sounds like what I saw in VT yesterday. So heavy it was floating sewer caps out and leaving holes open and creeks were flowing across rather than underneath roads.

5 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

I just have too

The thing is when you're driving and can't see much because it's raining so hard you don't know what's about to happen until it happens. It's not like you're going to stop and sit in the road waiting for the heaviest rain to pass and you can't really just pull into someones driveway so you keep going.

It rained so hard in Middlebury VT today the storm drains were overflowing. I drove through water on the road so deep and fast moving it went completely over my car. Submarining at 40mph is pretty cool

54 minutes ago, doncat said:

Nice dry air mass coming  in Fri and the weekend.

I just want Sunday to be nice. I'm only asking for one day. ONE DAY. 

Ooh but that sure does look like an arrow pointing at LI/RI that shows right where tropical storms and hurricanes would be directed doesn't it? 

Range around here is 1.27>2.01 with most around 1.65. It was a very wet day.

Local stations are all between ~1.2 and ~1.7 so far and it's still coming down steadily. Some of the downpours were rally heavy, my garden took a beating  

The sun will come out... Saturday? I just want Sunday to be nice at Citi Field.

5 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

Quite literally everyone on my street took the afternoon off to mow during this brief reprieve from the wet conditions. A mighty din of rattling engines greets you immediately upon egress from the house.

Here that was Sunday. They let it dry out on Saturday with the wind then mowed and trimmed and blew clean and ran the chainsaws and chippers and... It was loud. I'm so glad I've got the front lawn down to about 20 minutes of good solid hill work with the mower and have all but given up on the back because nobody can see it but us. I'll have to run through it a few times but with all the trees and stuff down from the winter it's a disaster that I don't feel like tackling. I'd rather spend my yard time growing food, the garden is looking great this year.

It has been soggy here all day. In and out rain, sometimes light sometimes moderate. The fog has been in and out too as the temp fluctuates between rain periods. Right now it's drizzly and very humid. Happy mud day