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  1. Juliancolton
    Yeah! I noticed the same thing. It was weird. They're brazen this year. It was in the NE. I could check Stellarium in a bit and let you know precisely, but I'm reasonably sure it was around 7° based on what I recall from pre-planning this week. The deets: D750 + 105mm f/2.8D, ISO 1250 at f/2.8 for 30 seconds. Vixen Polarie used to track the stars.
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    I took this yesterday morning just before 4 am. Looking toward Breakneck from Storm King mtn. Mornings will still be the optimal observing time for the next few mornings, then evening probably takes the spotlight by the weekend.
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    Fireflies are definitely facing existential threats from multiple directions, although I think year-to-year variations can be attributed more to microclimates than overall population health. This has been the best firefly season of my life up here in the hinterlands. They came early (first sighted on May 25th) and are still going berserk every night as we head deep into July.
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    Even the low-level clouds aren't really moving that fast. Watching them just absolutely zip across the sky in seconds stuck with me after Irene... this sure ain't that.
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    0.18" so far, peak gust 8 mph. We will rebuild.
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    I think any meaningful winds will probably be hard to come by around these parts. Even the ol' reliable isallobaric component will be fairly diffuse when the low moves overhead.
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    If it gets named, all you're gonna hear is how it broke 2005's record for the earliest "F" storm... notwithstanding the fact that Dennis or Emily '05 will have generated more ACE in 6 hours than all of our first six systems this year put together.
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    Yikes. Not good with the threat of a tropical system in just a few days. Only a few tenths here so far, but I certainly don't need the headache of basement pumping.
  9. Juliancolton
    Alright, who's building arks and who's still watering the lawn?
  10. Juliancolton
    This is a rather unusual evolution as shown...
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    I'm sure it'll balance out this winter when we get the jack for all the major snow events.
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    Yeah I've been watching that guy all afternoon. Hopefully it holds together. Edit: latest scans show echoes weakening and the outflow boundary surging out ahead, it's dead Jim
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    The heaviest stuff stayed just to my east by literally a matter of yards, but still a nice steady dousing here. I'm just on the light blue side of this little isthmus here, so that's, what... 1/8th of a mile to the 1"+ amounts?
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    this guy? https://spiderid.com/spider/pisauridae/dolomedes/tenebrosus/ My first thought was a wolf, but that seems too obvious
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    The contractor thinks it's an easy job after a first look and could be done for under $5k without draining the pond. The pond construction specialist had to reschedule so still waiting on that opinion, though I suspect he'll tell a slightly more elaborate story. Another bone-dry day here as other areas get drenched.
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    I figure we're about five, maybe six weeks out from stressed maples flashing their first color. Let's goooo.
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    Same. We got robbed (edit: or Rob'd...)
  18. Juliancolton
    0.71" here. Not a drought-buster by any means but hopefully a good first step toward getting back on track
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    It's mostly seeping underneath I think. Nonetheless, the water is back up about 2" this morning after I just absolutely loaded it up with with clay and rocks, so at least the fish genocide seems to be averted for now. Getting some quotes this weekend on having it done the right way. It's all good. There are a lot of folks who have much bigger problems than leaky bass ponds and nettlesome swimming pools. If those are my big sorrows for 2020, I'll be in a pretty good spot.
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    So today on the farmstead: 1) Pool level is below the return valves and the pump, either coincidentally or as a result, appears to have burned out overnight 2) Well is barely replenishing and will probably run dry in a week at the current rate of usage 3) Dam is completely gone and my jury-rigged plywood and cinder block coffer is still leaking more water than the inflow (now a trickle) can replace @rclab's postage stamp sounds more and more appealing with each passing day...
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    The Hudson Highlands are just about due for their semi-annual conflagration...
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    Drought cancel
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    The most fleeting and tenuous spritz of drizzle imaginable.
  24. Juliancolton
    Looking for my first drop of rain in 13 days tonight.
  25. Juliancolton
    It's wild. We're going to need to call USNS Comfort back just to sew everybody's fingers back on after the 4th.
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