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1 hour ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Quite a few don't seem to be enjoying the present though.

it is entirely possible for a person to enjoy the warm weather, while also looking forward to winter and chances of snow.

36 minutes ago, Spanks45 said:

West of the river ftl today is seems....mild, but no sun or even blue skies to be seen. 67 atm

 

glad we don't live there. 75 degrees, not a cloud in the sky here

56 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

They make a ton of money opening and closing the systems. One guy I met said he didn't have to put another system in and he could live off the ones he services.

you aren't kidding. The company that installed mine charges $65 for closing, and they are in and out in 10 mins. they can probably bang out 20-25 systems a day no problem.

2 hours ago, Supernovice said:

well the bad man with the air compressor stopped by yesterday- no more sprinklers for the season- seems early to me but whatever.

lawn looks great- until i put a giant spiderweb/spiders on it- will try and take a pic later

i can't stand how early they winterize. no threat of a deep freeze for at least a month. i do mine myself, rent the big compressor, makes it an easy job. I just have to wait until all the contractors return the rentals-early Nov works for me.

peaking right around Columbus Day weekend should make the leaf peepers happy. traffic is going to be insane.

10 minutes ago, Supernovice said:

Hey guys- update- followed your advice...bought that green electric de-thatcher linked above- followed by fert/seed...things look fantastic.  So now what's the plan for the spring?

I wanna use the crab grass stuff scott talked about...do i do a spring dethatching or anything? and i presume no seed if i use the crabgrass control.

don't dethatch in the spring, you never should. that will just open space for crabgrass to take hold. also, since you just put down grass seed, some of that seed will be sprouting next spring.

and yes, you cannot seed in the spring if you are going to use crabgrass control

seems like we are right on track

16 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

I think there were actually 3 cutters, but they became less ridiculous with each one. The first cutter was the worst I've ever seen.

was it worse than the great xmas eve cutter of 2020? I lost 2+ feet of snow in less than 24 hours

15 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

They’ve got me good. I just randomly pulled a weed in the front lawn, and the roughly 2x2 area that came up had 6 grubs in it. The grass is starting to just blow away in spots and I can see the bastards on the surface.

you're screwed. it's probably too late to save. Better off waiting till spring and spreading grub killer. After a few weeks, rototill it and start over again.

34 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

The mistake was granting him FA.

i agree with that. That was TB's request, so to me it seems like he wanted out anyway. 

plus, keeping TB would have put the Pats continually up against the cap. 

3 minutes ago, White Rain said:

 

It’s a big hole without Brady. If he were on the team I would still predict a playoff run for them with that record. Pats really messed up letting him go.

 

Brady was a free agent, and wanted to leave.

just can’t keep up with the grass growth this year. mowing twice a week in the spring is normal, not in freakin September 

1 hour ago, Cyclone-68 said:

I’m going to enjoy this run until a met comes in and decides to ruin my hopes and dreams 

took about 6 minutes.

54 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah not for that area.  I think that is far fetched here.

I'm thinking about picking up tix for the Pats game on Sunday. will the rain be out of Foxboro Sun AM?

so getting back to the weather, just how shitty is it going to be through Sunday? looks nasty to me-specific to MHT area because I only care about MBY 

12 hours ago, PhineasC said:

Very high cholesterol runs in my family. I have been on statins since I turned 18 and my total cholesterol was already high 200s at that time even though I was as thin as a rail and played various sports. Never had any side effects, that I am aware of at least. Liver numbers always looked good.

My HDL remains too low and my LDL too high. My triglycerides have also spiked at various points, but I made some additional dietary changes and they recently dropped. Without statins, my cholesterol would be off the charts right now and I would be headed for a heart attack at a fairly young age.

I am not a fatty who eats three burgers a day, either. My body just makes too much of the stuff.

So I recommend the drugs to anyone dealing with high cholesterol who already has a decent diet, keeps their weight in check, and exercises. 

 

i AM a fatty who drinks too much beer. my doc wanted me to go on statins for the past several years, but i was able to control the cholesterol with a better diet. Then I had a bit of a scare earlier this summer, as my BP was off the charts. I caved and started on the statins, and also on BP medication. feeling much better now though, so I got that going for me.

1 hour ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

We statin here.  Made my Cholesterol and Triglycerides plummet over the last month since I started it.  All in normal range now.

Glad it's working for you! i recently started on statins as well. follow up blood test is next month, would really like to see the Tri #s go down.

29 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

It's a psycho-babble support group in here, period.

Deal with it -

 

dude, you are the absolute KING of psycho babble in this place.

Deal with that -

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Beer, violence , fight 

In that order 

beer, violence, beer, fight, beer, violence, beer, fight, and so on down the line we go but always should end with beer

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

Yeah I guess we are comparing different things with back broken.  There is no doubt it has been much different than August IMO.  I was running my A/C consistently and it hasn’t been on once in September and I haven’t been swimming once either… that’s what I think of when back broken.

Just because we carry +1.5 in October or November doesn’t mean its still summer.  I’m not sure when the cut-off happens but most months are above normal these days.  We’ve stepped down a good 5-10F from August on average it seems at most stations.

Maybe 10-15F lower than August will break the back.

my avg temp in Aug was 73. so far in Sept, it's 67. I'd say that's a change.

27 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Remember when I said back breaks at the end of August? I lied.

 

 

yeah, yeah you did, Matrix

33 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I saw a flash of lightning on my way to work this morning!!! It was fork lightning 

congrats, and stay safe.

23 minutes ago, KoalaBeer said:

Looks like I’m in a pretty good spot today. Might take a drive over towards Manchester/Derry NH later if I’m done with work in time. That area could be nice, they typically get it good around there. Then again the seacoast is nice for the unrestricted views...

Mesoscale Discussion 1754
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1059 AM CDT Wed Sep 15 2021

   Areas affected...portions of MA...NH and ME

   Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely 

   Valid 151559Z - 151800Z

   Probability of Watch Issuance...95 percent

   SUMMARY...Thunderstorms will increase in coverage and intensity
   through the afternoon. Damaging wind gusts and some hail will be the
   main hazards. A severe thunderstorm watch will likely be needed by
   18z.

   DISCUSSION...Convection is increasing ahead of a cold front near the
   Canadian border at midday. Stronger heating across southern New
   England to the south/west of a surface warm front has allowed for
   more rapid destabilization compared to much of ME, which remains
   under heavy stratus. As the upper trough shifts northeast through
   the afternoon, and the cold front slowly advances east/southeast,
   the warm front will lift northeast across ME. This will allow
   surface dewpoints from the mid 60s to near 70 F to overspread much
   of New England, and MLCAPE is forecast to increase to around
   500-1500 J/kg by mid-afternoon. 

   Strong vertical shear is already in place over the region, with
   effective shear magnitudes greater than 40 kt evident in regional
   VWP data. Deep-layer southwesterly flow parallel to the surface
   front will support mainly lines/bowing segments with damaging wind
   gusts being the main hazard expected through this evening. However,
   southerly near-surface winds will contribute to somewhat enlarged
   low-level hodographs. Rich boundary-layer moisture also will support
   stronger 0-3 km instability from southern portions of VT/NH into far
   southern ME/northern MA. A tornado or two could occur across this
   area, especially if any more discrete cellular activity can persist.

80/69 here near MHT. Sun's out, guns out.

1 hour ago, amarshall said:

I live in a residential neighborhood with no water in a mile. Where did this snapping turtle come from?

Why do I do with it?




.

grab it by the front feet, see what happens. 

55 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

.58" for this last rain event.  Brings me up to 2.02" for the month and 3.59"  since August 1rst.  Everyone south of me and complain of endless excessive rain but sure not here.  I hope when SNE finally gets into a dry pattern it is not compounded up here with us going from fairly dry back to drought.

i'm at just about 30" since May 1, 10" since August 1. it's wet.