powderfreak

Dews are still low-60s up north, with 63F here. The dry air hasn’t come in yet. It’s not warm with a temp of 64F, but it’s also not dry.

Dodging thunderstorms and the pay-off being good views, while staying dry this evening.

That’s legit. Pines love shedding branches.

Wasn’t it just two years ago you were posting shots of your lawn looking just absolutely toasted? Or was it further back than that? It seems you guys get summers of two kinds down there WRT precip… it’s either a desert or there’s mushrooms growing. No in between. And long haul it all averages out. Like 20-30” in 3-4 months or like 4” in 3-4 months. No like “normal” 12-inches in 3 months.

59F and sun is a TORCH at some times of the year.

It’s about RH. That’s the easiest way to think about it. 35% or lower in the afternoon is the sweet spot. Chamber isn’t about cold. It can be 67/64 and that’s not COC. That’s moist. 86F with 31% RH is Chamber in mid-July more than temps in the 60s with high RH.

0.45” on the day. Enough of a soaking to keep the garden going.

Mother Nature “uninstalling” window units from windows in 70kt blasts. I give DIT credit, he will absolutely trade 7-10 days without power for a weather event. Always has, always will.

Some times we all need a little enhancement. Coastal front or not.

I forgot you aren't down in Mass! Welcome north. Had 0.31" this morning. MVL ASOS with 0.48" so the best went just north of here. Humidity bath right now when the sun came out after the early morning water.

When someone sees a couple model runs showing 0.8-0.9" QPF instead of the widespread 1.0-1.4" for everywhere else... the doubt starts creeping in and makes some nuts with the thought of only 8-10" instead of 10-14". That stuff is always sort of funny. "No we are going to get screwed locally. That little QPF notch is very persistent. This event sucks already."

Today is summery. 79/66 Had 0.31" this morning (MVL looks like it ripped a quick 0.50") and the early morning storm is just fueling the low level humidity right now. Those days seem to get the most humid when there's a warm frontal shower or storm, then that moisture is just steaming off the pavement. Visually looks like a moisture bath, ha.

It's true... around these parts it can be sort of like a weird version of suburbia mixed with mountains and wildlife. There are a decent amount of people that stretch into their habitat, but those people do not do a whole lot to dissuade bears. Everyone wants to live as one, ha. No enemies and making no enemies seems to be the bears' MO. They have figured out that they can wander about in search of food and no one will really harass them. My dog barking is the largest deterrent. The bears run wild between the wilderness and the human-generated food sources.

Definitely warmer this evening. 9pm was 70/57 tonight while yesterday was 63/55 at the same time. You can feel it a bit outside. Wearing a hoodie to protect from getting absolutely mauled by mosquitoes is a bit on the warm side tonight.

That couldn’t be any more average if it tried. Climo summer weather, couple 50s dews days but looks uncomfortable next Monday. Stock July.

Yeah average is hot at BDL these days for sure. Like 87F is “normal” I think? I looked it up the other day. Up at your place normal is probably 80F? I know we joke but it’s really about the dews. I know you’d rather 75/70 over 90/52.

A week or two ago we had that FROPA drop a very fast 1-2” and the upper Toll Rd slid. The slide ran a few hundred feet down through the woods. They are currently working on reinforcing the hillside. From what I saw on the progress my guess is next weekend it reopens.

Saw BDL was like 10F hotter than ORH. Like 88F BDL but 31% RH. Its plenty hot but the dews seem to be lagging. Figured today would be more heat index style to be honest. Maybe it’s more tonight and tomorrow morning.

Agreed, there’s a period of pre-frontal dews coming tonight. We’ll get it up here but if it’s like the season playbook locally up here we’ll pinch off low/mid-60s dews for 12 hours immediately ahead of the FROPA. This evening will have a more elevated summer vibe with the SW flow stopping quick cooling.

It’s plenty warm/hot. Shorts and t-shirt weather daily even up to the summit. Its just the lack of dews this year so far that’s been so pleasant.

I read the hiking party was covered in snow but mostly powder dust from the dust cloud. By that point I think most of the heavier debris has pulled up short but the powder cloud can rush ahead at like 60-80mph for quite a while before dissipating. It would’ve been hard IMO for the “real” burial debris to make it up that little gully. Had they been down in that terrain trap though might have been much worse off.

Was today supposed to be the start of something hot and humid? 82/54 off a low of 48F. Hopefully tomorrows FROPA cools us off? That 79/55 at ORH must be rough for the 1K foot dwellers. CON at 84/48… hot and 29% RH is how one runs a summer day.

This is absolutely nuts. https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf4EZ-fKhEk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yeah those things survive on the coastal sand dunes and rock because they don't need moisture in the soil. “The Ammophila grasses are widely known as examples of xerophytes, plants that can withstand dry conditions.“

I don’t think those grasses are normally green very long at all to be honest.