Bubbler86

MDT bottomed out at 52 with a DP of 48. Better not have been much wetness on the grass!

Still only 57 here. Brrr.

So you are saying they need a GFS 384 map to verify.

44 here. Any frost in the Low Lands?

I never looked up the etymology of that word so here goes... The late 19th-century Boston lexicographer Albert Matthews made an exhaustive search of early American literature in an attempt to discover who coined the expression.[2] The earliest reference he found dated from 1851. He also found the phrase in a letter written in England in 1778, but discounted that as a coincidental use of the phrase. Later research showed that the earliest known reference to Indian summer in its current sense occurs in an essay written in the United States circa 1778 by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur. The letter was first published in French. The essay remained unavailable in the United States until the 1920s.[3] Although the exact origins of the term are uncertain,[4] it was perhaps so-called because it was first noted in regions inhabited by Native Americans, or because the Natives first described it to Europeans,[5] or it had been based on the warm and hazy conditions in autumn when Native Americans hunted.[4] Because the warm weather is not a permanent gift, the connection has been made to the term Indian giver.[6] It is also suggested that it comes from historic native American legends, granted by the God or 'Life-Giver' to various warriors or men, to allow them to survive after great misfortune, such as loss of crops.[7][8] In literature and history, the term is sometimes used metaphorically. The title of Van Wyck Brooks' New England: Indian Summer (1940) suggests an era of inconsistency, infertility, and depleted capabilities, a period of seemingly robust strength that is only an imitation of an earlier season of actual strength.[9] William Dean Howells' 1886 novel Indian Summer uses the term to mean a time when one may recover some of the happiness of youth. The main character, jilted as a young man, leads a solitary life until he rediscovers romance in early middle age. In British English, the term is used in the same way as in North America. In the UK, observers knew of the American usage from the mid-19th century onwards, and The Indian Summer of a Forsyte is the metaphorical title of the 1918 second volume of The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy. However, early 20th-century climatologists Gordon Manley and Hubert Lamb used it only when referring to the American phenomenon, and the expression did not gain wide currency in Great Britain until the 1950s. In former times such a period was associated with the autumn feast days of St. Martin and Saint Luke.[10] In the English translation of Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, the term is used to describe the unseasonably warm weather leading up to the October Revolution.[11]

If its the same pics as last year, I will review. :-)

There are some people that think night time "radiation" causes high temps at our official location station which is not far from Three Mile Island. Ha. If you are familiar with the Nuclear Accident in PA during the late 70's. But in seriousness, I know the valleys to my east really do radiate well during the winter but you seem well ahead of us. We were just talking about how later summer temps may try to make a comeback in a couple weeks...unfortunately.

Good Morning. You are running ahead of us and our lowlands. Some of PA's higher areas could see some tomorrow night.

Their long losing streak was later in the season.

And the O's started off 3-0.

Yea, the day before was also a record at 73.

This does bring up an interesting stat. The "latest" it has ever hit 80 at MDT is Nov 2nd, 1971. Another interesting stat, December 29th, 1974 was warmer than any day from Nov 21 until the end of that month and is only matched by the 75 on December 7, 1998 as to closing out the year after 11/21.

Nice, it always snows in Cashtown so it will be used. Not within 5 degrees of any records but not fall like the week after next.

Have I not been talking beer enough for your liking? LOL

Verbatim a possible 80's day next week for HIA then some more possible 80's the following week. Low 80's. No 90's. Lots of 50's and 60's days next week due to rain. Normals are dropping fast now so 80's is pretty drastic. Normal high for Oct 13th is 67.

You know things are not great when we are hoping for the EC to be savior on temps.

That is the perfect word for that model run mid and late. It shows no signs of doing anything except keeping itself parked where it is.

Candersons family could let a helium filled balloon go and it would end up going over us. Fresh South Texas air headed this way (later in the GFS).

GFS puts a flaming bag of dog poop on our door and punts much of October. People who mow grass for a living are jumping in joy.

The GFS has your back for next week.

LOL. That is where I found it. I have this inane (insane?) need to be helpful sometimes.

I looked up the 2902 and its below. Set Mode Press and hold the SET button for two seconds to enter the SET Mode. To proceed to the next setting, press (do not hold) the SET button. To exit the SET mode at any time, press the LIGHT / SNOOZE button. Figure 15 summarizes the set mode sequence and commands.

LOL, so your records are going to be funny. Lots of midnight highs.

That is a good 6-7" more than over here. We are still in a 3" deficit for the year if my figures are right. At one point we were 12" under. correction, 8" under going into August.