Juliancolton

48 here. It does the psyche good.

I think the significant synoptic rains next week are real. Jack zone TBD, but that's some impressive blocking for this time of year. I have to mow today for the first time in well over a month. The grass isn't growing, but the ribwort and broadleaf plantains sure are. It's amazing how resilient and adept many naturalized weeds are.

Mornin' Agreed. Some of us are very dedicated to our gardens, but like you say, at the first sign of crop failure, we can run to the store and stock up. The happenings of 2020 made me feel pretty good about the stability of our food supply chain. While avocados or my favorite brand of chicken may have been hard to find at times, there was never any heightened threat of going hungry as far as I'm aware. It was reassuring. We owe a great debt to farmers who live with the risk of disappointing days in the garden becoming existential threats.

Sorry to hear that. Such a bummer, especially after all the hard work earlier in the season. It has definitely been a challenge this year and fortunately (or alas, depending on how one views it) I've been in town all summer and haven't had to skip a day of watering. It's sad to see all the endless acres of desiccated, stunted field corn.

Every day I get a few hundredths of an inch of rain, just enough to raise the humidity another notch and make sure my tomato plants keep spreading blight amongst themselves.

The southern end of the Howell Trail up to North Point is a great walk through the clearing from that fire. You can even still see charring on many of the fallen trees.

Made it to 97 for a high today. Now 77.

I apologize for nothing! In my defense, it was really ripping...

Eh, I oversold it - 0.10". Now it's unbelievably humid at 79/77.

Getting a decent thundershower here.

No rain and a high of 99. Worthless. Bring out the pumpkin spice.

99 at the hourly. I guess we'll find out at 00z whether 100 was hit.

98...

96.8. Go!

POU already at 95. Hopefully Cu coverage remains scattered for another couple hours

At least the law of averages guarantees a cold, snowy winter. Right guys? Right?

You posted the yearly precip departures a few days ago that really showed how this very dry pattern is a recent development. We've barely begun to register on the long-term drought indicators. It's an enormous inconvenience for crops, lawns, and other things related to surface hydrology, but at least we're still a ways off from genuine water supply issues.

Soil type and sun exposure affect watering requirements to a huge extent. My soil is relatively sandy with low organic matter, so it's awful at retaining moisture.

@gravityloverand me fighting in the trenches to keep gardens from spontaneously combusting today

95/73. I'm sure those numbers are slightly inflated by equipment limitations, but it certainly feels more toasty than yesterday. Some clean-air rumbles from the storms that fired to the SE

97/69 Hope we can pull off triple digits at some point in the next 4 days.

93/68

I had a little over .9" for the first measurable rain since July 2nd. We take the brief reprieve from watering, but a little lackluster as far as the pool and well go.

I've seen remarkably few ticks this spring. Like, weeks since the last sighting. Possums ftw?

Looks like a glorious weekend of wx before the soup returns.