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Well a very nice low level look to reflectivity near Edinburg, IL, and a MASSIVE core aloft.

Yeah pretty classic "wait and see", but given the convection increasing in coverage they will probably make a decision soon.

ILX special is probably more representative than DVN. DVN looks pretty rain cooled overall. ILX though is pretty nice looking if storms can punch that low level inversion (which they should with some cooling lift/saturation).

Boundary is pretty evident on satellite, but you can also see a nice wind shift from AWG to MPZ. To the east it is lifting a little bit (moving into the GBG vicinity now). Will also have to watch the area between the low level stratus and the aforementioned boundary though. Quickly modifying and has the best combination of low LCLs and high shear.

In the FWIW category, that heavy shower in Carroll Co., IL is rotating. A lot of shear out there.

The forecasts for 0-3 km shear late afternoon/early evening are definitely something to keep an eye on. ~ 40 knots (westerly vector). As this grows upscale into a line, any N/S bowing segment could be pretty nasty with that background environment.

Ooo, I want to hear about Amalfi. We're headed there next April after my sister gets married in Florence (which we've seen before). Southern Italy will be all new to us.

Upper 40s for 999 ft in CT?

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.

Aurora already visible up at Katahdin. Brought my camera to work, forgot a lens...

Aurora sneaking into the area overnight. Forecasts actually show tonight (Monday night) being possibly a better show for farther south latitudes in New England.

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.

In my dreams I own a house large enough to have a golf simulator wing.

Must’ve been the debris all over the runway helping to absorb some solar. *

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I would guess you've probably discovered it in the middle of the growth of the nest. End of summer numbers would be in the thousands of individuals.

When we put our mulch beds down we noticed a fox digging around the soft ground. It looked smaller so we thought female, then saw a larger male hunting the tree line. It's possible neighbors landscaping (lots of earth moving equipment) disturbed a den, because we had never seen them before. It appeared to be a sandy morph though, not a traditional red color. Our neighbors are claiming they have seen a coyote (which wouldn't really be surprising in Portland) but I'm not so sure they just didn't catch a glimpse of an off color fox.

What I really need to do is just a wedge session on the range. A big problem is I have no idea what my stock distances are with partial and open faced shots, and clearly "just feeling it" with some practice swings isn't working. I definitely have some issues with swing length through. So while I think I'm swinging to my shoulder, the reality is that I'm more likely swinging full.

Ever since my dad played a tourney that gave away a wedge (Vokey 52) and skulled everything with it and gifted it to me I have been a Vokey convert. I have a 52/56/60. My problem is the stock distances are something like 120/110/100 and I just can't seem to dial it back enough on the shorter shorts. I rarely come up short on the partial wedges.

My big takeaway was that I am nowhere near ready for a British Isles trip. So much chipping and pitching. I have the chips, but between that and a full wedge I'm a hot mess. I think my swing overall is too long, and so it's hard to hit a half wedge. But my nightmare is a 50 yard pitch.

He managed the game really well given the conditions. Kept the ball low and in play off the tee most of the time.