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The kids must know by now not to bother daddy after the news reports the official BOS snowfall.

Congrats Bermuda?

Yeah I split a rental aerator with my neighbor ($45 each) plus the seed and otherwise all it cost we was a full day of working in the yard. Currently growing better in some places than others (sure could use a good rain) but at least it's taking. Unfortunately the weedy grasses are also growing fast too, so I'm going to be pretty overgrown if I wait a full two weeks to mow.

Hmm, that may explain the itchy arms after the last couple of weeks of yard care.

I mean I don't think it counts if I only lived through Scooter running naked through the streets does it? I could add the 10/18/09 snow at Foxboro coupled with the 59-0 thrashing of Tennessee.

It's true that every admin turns over the majority of political appointees to align with their ideology. I have no qualms about that. What I have noticed lately though is that a historically non-partisan, science agency (NOAA) seems to be increasingly run by politcos who don't have the larger view in mind as they make decisions. Ideally NOAA outlasts the Trump administration, so senior leadership needs to think beyond just 4 or 8 years. That's why I'm upset about the recent NOAA statement. A short term "win" against the NWS (which is crazy because nobody from the NWS was against anything/anyone in the first place), is a long term "loss" for people who rely on trusted weather forecasts.

2.6 billion or so. There were trees down over roughly a third of all of New England.

Some of the RGB satellite products will also show high ozone concentration air in that zone too.

Yes, and often you will see Cu develop on the nose of the jet as the increased convergence near the surface forces upward motion.

Definitely has that look.

I'm pretty comfortable with Bob, 7/23/08 RI tornado, and Feb '13 blizzard. While I missed the best parts of the storms October 2011 and Sandy for the shear anomaly were pretty cool.

That's honestly what the bulk of the regional rain is going to be. Tropical moisture being drawn into the approaching shortwave. The main TC shield rain is going to whiff everyone but James.

Mid level magic. Every damn time.

I cut our QPF in half on the evening update. LavaRock threw his remote through the TV.

Tolland, ORH, and PWM all have the same chance for tropical storm force winds as Alabama did.

Citra is my all day every day. So if it's anything like that I'm in. I didn't even know I liked it until I started looking at what was in all my favorite beers. But I like citrus flavors, so it makes sense.

That ASOS install is looking more and more likely by the day.

I'm certainly no expert, but I know what goes in the beers I like. Bissell's flagship (which may be my favorite go to beer) does Apollo, Chinook, Centennial, and Falconer's Flight. I know the NZ hops also have some interesting flavors too.

Not sure how I missed this but you could hook up an IV drip of Citra or Mosaic and I would be fine.

Went to a Kp 5 last night, with forecasts around 6 tonight. It was very faint on the horizon here at GYX last night, and a 6 is typically good enough for us to see it clearly at the office.

I was investigating my red maple after our recent vacation and when I went to water it found all these little white/gray bugs crawling all over it. Especially near the cankers. Any ideas what they might be? Also has a good dozen black/white/yellow caterpillars in it.

If I had to guess, the mower scuff is where the fungus got in and now there are several other cankers where the tree is trying to fight it off. The crown dieback is what really has me convinced it's something actively trying to kill it.

Hmm, sounds easy enough to give it a try. I don't want to lose it because it's most likely I effed it up by banging it with the mower before I mulched around it.

Did some investigating around my red maple with crown dieback, and discovered at least a half dozen cankers on the trunk. I'm pretty worried that this may be a losing battle. I'm trying to keep it watered enough to fight off the fungus, but it doesn't seem that I can do much else to help it.

Looks like our peonies developed powdery mildew thanks to the recent stretch of dry weather. The last couple of fronts whiffed PWM on rain, nada since 7/23.