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23 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, very hard to find condos or coops the further north you go. Most of the properties available up that way are whole houses which are too big for me. Also a bunch of time shares in the Adirondacks. Even spoke to a tiny home manufacturer about getting a 450 sq ft unit. But the zoning laws in NY are very hostile to allowing tiny homes. So many get parked on trailers behind houses. 

Many times the zoning outside of town limits is more agreeable to alternative housing options, a lot of times there aren't many restrictions other than meeting basic building codes depending on the size of the property. 

Just hold that rain off until 11pm or so. 

5 hours ago, winterwarlock said:

Good...we don't  need 4-5 inches of rain

 

1-2 inches are fine

 

Why are people rooting for 7 days of clouds at the total beginning  of summer

Yes we do.

No it isn't.

Have you seen some of the reservoirs? Did you know that NY State is about to see it's worst strawberry harvest in decades? It's really dry... I'd rather not have a wet week but sometimes it's necessary. 

Make it hold off until at least 11pm Wednesday. Thanx. 

Yeah but the end result was a period of non winters other than the cold, which was ultimately just annoying, but did allow ski areas and snowmakers to learn how to make snow for us to play in/on. The one or maybe two storms a year were usually a letdown. The last 30 years have been spectacular so your perspective is kinda skewed. Maybe you should hook yourself up with a nice home snowmaking setup. 

26 minutes ago, Volcanic Winter said:

I really miss tracking winter with you kooky kids. 

I should definitely enjoy each season for what it offers but I think this past winter did me in. We even went up to Danbury during the peak of the snow drought in Feb, got up in the hills and couldn’t find snow to save our souls. Not to mention it was like 50 degrees each day lol. Admittedly I’m a psycho that prefers hiking in winter conditions, and it’s tough following up multiple winter trips to Iceland back here, at least in our area without going too far away. 

Just hoping we have a better season this year, I’m like the opposite of a person who lives for the summer months hehe, ride or die give me cold and snow. 

I guess ya don't remember the 70s and 80s. 

Well will ya look at that, this thing has multiple lives. I think we should name it Felix. 

.47 for the week, the ground is dry about 1" down depending on soil type and just damp under the trees. I need at least another inch, 3 more would be even better. I'm starting to wonder what the well is gonna be looking like soon... 

Useless, that's what it was. The soil is powder dry 2" down in the hanging baskets and about an inch on the ground. I'm glad I didn't put all the effort into the garden like the last few years and also glad that so many of the plants I do have going are native or are at least N American woodland varieties.

I just got back from another 800 mile loop through the Adirondacks and North Country then down through the Berkshires and Taconics. It's dry, many creeks are dry or nearly so until you get into the high country and they're still moist from snowmelt and mt rains. The North Country agricultural areas are parched, there were dust storms along the t-storm fronts and then it barely rained when the storms got to where I was. Another observation is the huge areas of mostly standing dead trees (all around upstate). I assume they're mostly ash and pines but it seems like a few other species are very weak and hardly have any leaves. NY is seeing a bunch of different effects of the new climate regime. 

.25, so .47 for the week. 

The .4 that I've gotten over 2 days has made my plants very happy. I'd sure like to get some more but this looks like it's inching north and there's no round 2 for us. 

.25 in the first round. I drove through some crazy heavy showers in northern Dutchess on the Taconic a while ago. Finally cleaned the bugs off my grill and bumper 

That big bowling ball headed towards us is pretty cool on radar. 

.14. Meaningless. The ground is still powdery dry a half inch down and I'm sure the surface will be all powdery duff again by the end of the day. At least it rinsed the dust off some of the flowers and they look nice. 

.14

That's almost too much. 

Better but the AQI of ~170 here still sucks. 

^^ I thought so too. There's also less bird activity. 

We need one of those too. Which one do you have? 

Yuck. This sux. 

22 minutes ago, Wxoutlooksblog said:

I think this is only the beginning of a busy day we'll see. Eyes to the radar not the models for these. With cold air aloft and energized jet these could pop at a moments notice as we get just a little daytime heating.

WX/PT

What are the chances that the smoke hinders the heating just enough to keep the storms down? 

Oh boy oh boy, .01! What little I did for a garden this year looks funny (sad?) with all of the plants leaves cupped and reaching for more. 

It's so weird, it's raining (with thunder and lightning) right now Too bad it won't wash the smoke away. 

I drove up to Rochester today and the smoke got progressively worse. Visibility is well under 10 miles where I am now in Seneca Falls. AQI is over 150 and my eyes hurt. 

1 hour ago, the_other_guy said:

51F in Hastings this morning with the heat kicking on for a second day in a row.

 

That’s a first for June!

I'm resisting flipping the switch at night but it might be necessary. 

55 minutes ago, uofmiami said:

You have the heat on? Haha How cold does the house get?  

50 in Syosset & 49 in Muttontown this morning. 2nd day of 40s in Muttontown.

It was 54 in my living room this morning. That's enough to make a body achy.

Here comes the smoke again

Yeah 1 mile west got pummeled and ~1 mile east got almost an inch of rain in the second round. Nada for me