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KIND's dewpoint has been stuck at 79 for three hours now. The corn is transpiring like hell but will it be enough to tip it above 80?

Yes way. Looks like you have to get north of a Milwaukee - Muskegon line to find less than 70 degree temps.'

At 4:15, KIND was under a convective blob and was only 84/79. Meanwhile KLAF was 93/75. I am sitting in the sunshine here and can still see the tops of the blob. Feels closer to LAF's conditions outside.

When I started my morning bike ride at 7:30 it was 77/73. When I finished at 9:00 it was 81/75. I am going to dream of these days come November. Pardon me while I hide in the A/C the rest of the day.

After a week of vacation in central New York, got home last night and had a cell pass over the house. Some house shaking thunder that woke me up. Ended up with 1.55" in the tippy bucket. KIND only reported 0.08". What a welcome back to the midwest.

6-25 Some fairly vivid and broad crepuscular rays, pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm...

6-21 A similar sunset just two days later. Close to sunset. taken with the 24-70mm at 53mm... Post sunset color with a sliver of the Moon. Just to the left of the Moon is Venus but it probably just looks like a dust spot at this reduced resolution. Taken with the 24-70mm at 26mm...

6-19 Over a week before I could get another decent looking sunset. Pre-sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Post sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm...

6-11 Best to beat the smoke by waiting till the rain just stopped. Here it timed out just right with the sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm...

6-9 Sometimes if the smoke was not too over-the-top, there could be a decent looking sunset...

Are you sure you want what I got? Somehow I found a notch in the line and only registered 0.05" in my tippy bucket. Just to my south got over an inch again. But I was OK with the little amount. After 0.75" in ten minutes on Sunday, only getting enough to dampen the soil is all I needed today.

Looks like the 6:00p.m. deluge is getting to be a thing here. Day number 2 is about to start. The sky to the north is that horrible bruise color and there is rumbling again.

^ ugly morning.

I see your at 151 AQI. Nothing like a little unhealthy air. All the smoke does make a nice natural softbox for photos though.

Flower in the sky....................................Boom!

Bo's snowpack is saving him so far. How long will that last?

Saw my first cicada buzzing on the sidewalk while doing yardwork today. Also heard a bunch in the trees of the southside park as I was riding my bike out to image the sunset.

Well that was fun, Last Thursday got home from work to tree limbs down everywhere. Obviously had lost power during the fun but it was back up by the time I got home. But the phone line was DOA. Figured it was a line problem and waited for three days and finally called about it. THey said my modem/router/gateway was fried. Finally got the replacement today. So for almost a week I had to do weather the old fashion way. Stick your head out the door. If you sweat, it is hot. If the hair flies in your face, it is windy. If your head gets wet, it is raining. Good to be able to see the radar again and watch the rain evaporate just to my west again.

I like how the vis numbers go red when 3 miles or less. And the numbers have been red almost all day since sun-up.

217 way down here in Indiana at 7 p.m.. Should be getting better as the atmosphere starts to cool off but instead it is getting worse.

Current AQI of 319 in Waukesha, WI. Up into the hazardous range.

Indianapolis AQI - 156 currently Chicago AQI 185 It is unhealthy in the lower lakes right now.

When I woke up to rain drops hitting the roof at 8 a.m., I thought maybe things would be OK. Well it was nice but not OK. Only had 0.13" with the morning showers. I thought maybe I could gain some more with the afternoon stuff. But, even though I was woken up from a nap to the tornado sirens going off for sup just miles north of my house, I ended up getting nada, zero, zilch. So, 0.13" is the day total for imby and that is not going to help the drought conditions at all. And now resting any hopes on the backside.upper low instability showers is probably a fool's run also. Once you start droughting it is hard to stop droughting.

Your palms and grass do not seem to mind it.

After all that snow did you ever imagine you would be hoping for more precipitation so soon?