HimoorWx

7 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Yes mine came back last week

https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-migration-spring-2021-map.htm

Fabulous.  Thanks for the info!

Anyone seeing any hummingbirds yet in Southern New England?  They usually return in May, and we want to have the feeders ready for them after their long journey.  Amazing birds!

1.18 so far. Lawn and new shrubs look happy.

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35 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Bob Dylan was old school rap!

If you listen to Like A Rolling Stone, the cadence of parts of it sound very much like a precursor to rap.

2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

Yo ladies, oh how I like to hump thee
And all the rappers in the top ten--please allow me to bump thee
I'm steppin' tall, y'all
And just like Humpty Dumpty
You're gonna fall when the stereos pump me
I like to rhyme
I like my beats funky
I'm spunky. I like my oatmeal lumpy
I'm sick wit dis, straight gangsta mack
But sometimes I get ridiculous
I'll eat up all your crackers and your licorice

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

They don't make lyrics like this anymore.

Hey yo fat girl, come here...are you ticklish?
Yeah, I called you fat
Look at me, I'm skinny

Wow, quite Dylanesque!

3 hours ago, WhitinsvilleWX said:

It'll take awhile for the PTSD and conditioning to subside.

 

When I have to start getting back on the computer rail, I'll be wearing a mask.  I'll probably also continue wearing one when grocery shopping and in other big crowded stores.  I haven't even had a hint of a cold since all of this started, so why not keep wearing the mask.  No big deal to me.

1 hour ago, weatherwiz said:

severe season never ends begins around here

Fixed it for you.

3.6" at Blue Hill.  Over 2.5" of rain (and melted snow) at my house.  Backyard is a sloppy mess.

Sleet mixing in with the rain in this band backing in now.  Temp up to 34 and skies getting noticeably brighter.  Slotting soon?

Looks like it is back to mostly rain or snizzle here.

1 minute ago, weathafella said:

Snowing hard.  About an inch and street now covered.

Streets covered down here too.  Did not expect that, but it has been pounding.  About 1/2 inch now, so only need another 11.5 to reach the lower end of George's forecast.  Think I'll come up just a little short. 

Ground covered, but turkeys don't care. Down to 33.

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Flipped to snow and temp down to 35.  Almost no wind now after being quite breezy earlier.

Temp down to 38; dropped 4 degrees in the last hour.  Mangled flakes mixing in, but don't expect to see much more than that.  Over an inch of rain since midnight.  Give me back last Saturday's 79F.

On my mother's side, my grandmother lived to 94, one aunt lived to 89, another aunt lived past 100.  My mother died at 54 from ovarian cancer, but her twin brother lived to 90.  I was diagnosed with prostate cancer at 50, and apparently there is a genetic link between ovarian and prostate cancers.  Hope I dodged the bullet and hit my 90s like the others!

34 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Somewhere in Seinfeld land...George is not happy yet again. Another failed 15-40” forecast.

58 minutes ago, George001 said:

I just checked the models and based on what I am seeing it appears a low is going to be developing underneath Long Island and undergo rapid cyclogenesis, developing into a monster ocean low reminiscent of April 1st 1997. It is later in April, but the low appears to strengthen so drastically on the Euro and Navy that it dynamically cools the atmosphere and changes the rain over to heavy snow and blizzard conditions. The models aren’t showing it with the snow map algorithms, but based on the upper levels of the atmosphere as well as the strength of the low, the models support mostly snow after starting as rain. The upper levels are well below freezing with a low rapidly strengthening after transferring under LI, which screams blizzard not only in the berkshires but right down to the south shore and possibly even the cape. Based on the Canadian, which is the lower envelope of guidance in terms of snow potential, approximately .5 of liquid falls as rain before the upper levels dynamically cool enough to support snow, and from that point to the end of the storm approximately 1 in of qpf falls, which translates to roughly 6-8 inches in the lower elevations with 12+ in the higher elevations (due to ratios). This is the LOW end. If you look at the navy or euro, the low develops earlier, strengthens more, and brings in more cold air which lead to not only increased QPF but higher ratios, so it supports 30+ in the higher terrain with 18-24+ right down to the south shore. In this type of early spring nor’easter threat, the snow map algorithms are useless. The upper levels and dynamics tell a different story than the 10:1 snow maps as well as the surface maps. My official forecast is a blend of the euro, navy and Canadian:

Worcester Hills and Berkshires: 20-30 inches, iso 40

I95 corridor: 15-25 inches, iso 30

south shore: 8-16 inches, iso 20

cape: 6-12 inches, iso 15

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth . . .

Sun is out and temp shot up to 71 and dew point is 63.  DP seems high, but it does feel slightly sticky.

Probably wood frogs-- sound like quacking ducks.
 

We heard some sort of frogs today in the Blue Hills. Must have been hundreds of them in a wet area or vernal pond. Much deeper sound than peepers. Also saw first snake of the season. Wonder if the rattlers have been out sunning themselves in the parking lots on Wood Road?

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1 minute ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Oh' interesting.  Being from MA I grew up on candlepin of course but only remember playing duckpin somewhere near where my brother lived in Bath Maine.  The balls were awkward as a kid.  I'll have to check out the place in Chelmsford when I visit my family there.  Bowling alleys are becoming extinct sadly.  We still have two in Franklin Co.  I guarantee there are probably some abandoned basement alleys scattered around New England.

I have been to the place in North Chelmsford once, and if I remember correctly it is down in a basement.  When I first started bowling competitively in the early 1970s, I bowled at a 32 lane house in Seekonk.  Almost all lanes were filled with leagues at 7:00 and 9:00 every night of the week.  I bowled in a traveling league and we must have gone to 15 or 20 different places just in southeastern Massachusetts.  Times have changed.

Don't remember any duckpin places in Maine, but I'm sure there were some at one time.  There was even a place up in Burlington Vermont.  For those who don't know what duckpins are, here is comparison of different bowling pins.  Left to right: rubberband duckpin, duckpin, Canadian five pin, candlepin, tenpin.

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I always thought duckpin was a Maine thing. 

Mainly southern New England and Mid Atlantic, but the number of places that have closed in the last 20 to 30 years is staggering.  Only 2 left in Massachusetts.  6 lane house in North Chelmsford and 10 lane house in Billerica.  I bowl in Warren, Rhode Island.  18 lane house is one of only 6 left in the state.  Maybe a dozen left in Connecticut.

Ten pin or candlepin?

Had my second Pfizer does yesterday and also had a slight headache.  Also felt a little spacier than usual last evening for a little bit.  Last night was my bowling league, and I did feel a little achier than normal this morning but it could also be my 66 year old bones.  Overall, really no big deal for me with any reaction.  Feels great to have it done!!!