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Love me some plats.

On 2/5/2024 at 6:41 PM, nj2va said:

Once you have one, get ready for more unfortunately. 

8. Six released and two that didn’t survive the trap. Because my wife didn’t tell me where she set it. Oops.

There’s a mouse in my house.

I’ve heard it more than seen it, but it definitely exists. I’ve set up box fans to try to blow/keep it away from the kitchen. Doesn’t seem to help. The whopper wrappers in the trashcan are just too much of a powerful mouse magnet.

I might have to move.

26 minutes ago, WesternFringe said:

These maps are worthless.

fixed

22 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

LOL. So, I was just thinking in the past hour..."Maybe I should leave those front spotlights out for February...change over to red/purple..."   

Lol, so March is green. April is pink and purple. July is red and blue. October/November are flaming orange. And then the above cycle repeats.

It’s fun being old and senile. But don’t get me started on the monthly gnome decorations. Wife’s fault. I just ran with it…

27 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

as well as the spotlights on the front of the house (changing them from red/green to light blue/purple for January)

From red and green in Dec, to blue flame lights for Jan here. Then pink for Feb. Good to know I’m not the only one with this issue.

Flakes have commenced in western FFX County. Roads went white real quick.

4 hours ago, Jebman said:

Shoulda swatted the damn butterfly. Now we are getting flooded with pac puke.

Never swat a butterfly.

Dec 5th will save us.

Wow. Thank you. Love this place.

54 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Not with blooming cannabis. During veg growth, yes. During flower it's important to keep humidity low to prevent mold and to simulate fall. 

Check your pm.

It’s still dark out.

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

Beautiful sitting out in my 64 square foot greenhouse. 74 with a humidity of 38%. This weather has been easy on the electric bill. 

57 outside with clearing sky. 

Depending on what you’re growing and/or what stage your plant is in, might want to up your humidity to around 60%. Transpiration ftw.

It’s dark out.

33 minutes ago, stormy said:

24 hrs. later I have received 5 drops instead of 5 inches.

This is not 15 day low resolution wish-casting from the GFS. This is 24 hr. high resolution from the NAM 3k. 

The GFS and ECMWF regularly average 8 - 15 degrees inflated with heat at 24 hrs...  Now the NAM 3k misses by 5 inches with 24 hr. rainfall.

I believe Gordon Barnes could have done better with his primitive tools in 1975!!!

Do we continue to delude ourselves with 21st century high tech??

 

Heavy Rain in your P&C is the kiss of death. Welcome to the club.

22 minutes ago, yoda said:

Morning AFD from LWX on the Monday evening into Monday night severe threat

*Snip*

Last few Afds and guidance were kinda meh re Mon. Seems to be kinda an overnight event with a few localized boomers. Like this season imby.

(Yuck, just made a wx post…)

They’ve enlisted friends…

Ok, now this is cool. They’ve gone camo on me:

47 minutes ago, high risk said:

I completely understand the lack of trust in the guidance, given the past few days, but the HRRR wants to light up the DC-Baltimore corridor between 5PM and 10PM in the last two cycles.

P&C has been abysmal of late.

7 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

Picked up .80” and nearly doubled my weekly total.

Nice gauge. Mine looks like poop right now.

On 6/13/2023 at 1:06 PM, vastateofmind said:

*SNIP* and ALWAYS a great concession stand.   

Think this is year 8+ as ‘Grill Master/Chairperson/Whatever I’m Currently Called’ and for the first time, had a burger questioned because it was supposedly underdone. If you want a hockey puck, I can cook a hockey puck…

7 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

Pouring here in Ashburn. Not going to have to water the garden for another week.  

Oh, but, yes you will. We know the drill around here.

4 hours ago, BlizzardNole said:

Now I've got three black swallowtails hatched and one more to go.  It's just too cold to release them today and with the big, cold rain coming I am thinking about holding them for a few days.  Bad timing for them

Longest I’ve held so far is four days, with the first ‘fly of the year. To hold ‘em longer, you can do the sugar water with a cotton ball in a bottle cap, or even Gatorade if you want them to grow up big and athletic. Personally never done either, they know when to go. Released #25 Sun.

On 4/12/2023 at 7:38 AM, BlizzardNole said:

Very nice!  I have 5 black swallowtail chrysalises and am keeping them in a cool part of the house hoping they'll wait a few more weeks.

Cool! About a third of mine chrys facing NNE. Haven’t quite figured out their pattern yet. Except that one will always saddle in the most inopportune place…

Released #15 a moment ago.

Emerged 4.6. Released today.

Might be able to eke out a measurement if it keeps up.

By April.

1 minute ago, yoda said:

Definitely was not expecting a thunderstorm 

Nope. But p damn cool.