BrianW

I'm going to measure this tulip poplar at my lake cabin in NW NJ when I head there in a few days. This thing is an absolute monster of a tree and one of the largest in the area. There are also some huge poplars here in Branford as well.

I know 2 people in CT that were bitten by a lone star tick and have alpha-gal syndrome and can no longer eat red meat. Meat Allergy Cases Linked To Tick Bites Growing In Connecticut: CDC One county in Connecticut may have higher rates of the tick-borne meat allergy, according to two new CDC studies. https://patch.com/connecticut/across-ct/meat-allergy-cases-linked-tick-bites-growing-connecticut-cdc

Cedarwood oil is extremely effective and also safe for pollinators. I spray my yard with a product called wondercide weekly and I never find ticks on my dog when he's in the treated yard. Pleasant-Smelling Wood Oil Not So Pleasant for Biting Ticks, Other Pests https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2022/pleasant-smelling-wood-oil-not-so-pleasant-for-biting-ticks-other-pests/

BLD is decimating the beech's here. All the beach trees here are either completely dead and the small ones just have leaves that come out then turn brown and die.

Launching high this morning..

7 AM update... Not as cool as previous mornings, as blanket of mid level clouds precluded temps from free falling overnight. In fact, Boston did not fall below 70 degs last night. Thus, off to a milder start and this will help temps peak to 80-85 away from the coastline today

68 already at BDL. First 90 of the season today?

Great summer forecast from Don on the NYC forum. Tomorrow will be partly to mostly sunny and warm. The temperature will rise into the lower 80s. A few warmer spots could top out in the middle 80s. Cooler air will begin to arrive on Wednesday with the temperature reaching the upper 70s. Thursday and Friday will see highs mainly in the lower 70s. The latest summer guidance continues to suggest a warmer to much warmer than normal summer lies ahead. The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -1.1°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +0.2°C for the week centered around May 15. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.25°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +0.57°C. Neutral conditions are imminent. The SOI was +9.44 yesterday. The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.381 today. On May 25 the MJO was in Phase 3 at an amplitude of 1.584 (RMM). The May 24-adjusted amplitude was 1.671 (RMM). Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 100% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal May (1991-2020 normal). May will likely finish with a mean temperature near 65.3° (2.1° above normal).

Feels like mid July here on the shoreline. Just deep summer....

Full on summer here on the CT shoreline.

Awesome flower moon rising over Long Island sound tonight. Night mode shot on my S22.

Check the eversource outage map. They usually have a dot on the map of the exact spot/issue.

Take em up... Some guidance is indicating potential for Wednesday high temperatures to be a few degrees higher than forecast so a few 90 or even lower 90s degree temperatures could very well be possible.

Bring it on!

Good call. Just took the dog for a nice morning walk.

We tried to tell them.. Thus it is looking likely that we`ll see summerlike temperatures making their first appearance in 2024 on Tuesday and Wednesday for a large part of Southern New England, with many likely not yet acclimatized to this warmth as yet.

BDL will hit 90 all three days...

What a special week coming up.

Hope everyone installed for this upcoming week. . NBM 75th percentile has temps approaching 90 in this area, which is plausible with deep mixing and SW flow.

Looks like a nice stretch of 75-80+ temps for CT this week.

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Good call...