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Moisture looks anemic with Thursday frontal passage. Indy's streak will likely continue. They should be good until at least early next week, with another similar setup.

Micro climate. It's early here.

Those statistics are telling. The case keeps being made that the many of the deaths are occurring to those with preexisting conditions/immuno-compromised individuals, and those with histories of substances abuse. The jury is still out on an increase in suicides. I propose that almost all of the increase in the number of deaths over average from March through July were caused by COVID, even if indirectly. Statistically, they wouldn't have died when they did if it weren't for the virus. Just because they didn't directly die of the virus, they are still a victim of it. I've lost patience with those who continue to poo-poo the idea that if they didn't die from it directly that they don't count. Everybody counts.

I disagree with you on many meteorology topics, but agree with this.

The whole mask argument just won't quit. Anti-maskers keep flaunting "studies" that show that masks don't work, while ignoring the fact that the medical profession has worn them for many years due to their effectiveness. I feel like the problem is that the public thinks they are safe if they have their mask on when around people who aren't wearing them and therefore do not worry about social distancing. That, combined will improper mask usage, leads to virus spread. I see dozens of people every day wearing a mask and not having their nose covered. Why even bother wearing one if you're going to do that? I'm positive that some of these same people are the ones who claim that they contacted COVID even though they wear a mask.

You had to start trolling Ohio already, huh? Although the rest of October has a chilly look to it, I would not be surprised to see a 2017-like November with a weak la Nina.

It's gonna be close.

I closed up/cleaned up most of my garden today. I still have a couple of tomato plants, a few green beans, and onions and carrots in the ground. Otherwise, it's cleaned, tilled and ready for my snow board.

Although this is the time of the year for the greatest diurnal temp swings, the dryness in Central Indiana seems to be exacerbating the spreads. Muncie had a nice 42° spread yesterday (45°-87°).

FWA hit 83°, 3° higher than predicted and only 3° from the record high for the date.

We are forecast for 80 both tomorrow and Saturday. If that little backdoor front moves the clouds in too soon on Saturday, 80's not happening.

The wife and I spent a few days in the Louisville area last weekend. The drive down was interesting because as we drove through Central Indiana, suddenly the lawns were dead (dormant). It got a little greener as we got down to the Ohio, but was still dry. We thought about doing a waterfall tour, but the first two we checked out were almost dry. We quickly gave up on that idea. lol

50 days and counting... ...HISTORIC PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER CONTINUES AT INDIANAPOLIS... TODAY...OCTOBER 6...MARKS THE 49TH CONSECUTIVE DAY THAT LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH HAS FALLEN OFFICIALLY AT INDIANAPOLIS...THE LONGEST SUCH STRETCH IN RECORDED HISTORY. WITH JUST A SMALL THREAT FOR RAIN THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...THIS STREAK WILL EXTEND SEVERAL MORE DAYS. THE TOP FIVE LONGEST CONSECUTIVE STREAKS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF DAILY PRECIPITATION: 1) 49 DAYS: 8/19-10/6/2020 ***ACTIVE*** 2) 47 DAYS: 6/1-7/17/2012 T3) 46 DAYS: 12/3/1955-1/17/1956 T3) 46 DAYS: 8/13-9/27/1908 5) 44 DAYS: 1/22-3/6/1935 (0.39")

LOL, we posted almost the same thought simultaneously.

NEOH, you've hit the nail on the head about the State Governors making the COVID-related decisions. However, that is also my main bone of contention. The No. 1 job of the President is to be a leader, not day-to-day governing (legislature and courts). It is the President's job to guide the national conversation, be a leader in times of crisis, to work to unify the country through civil discourse. When Covid hit, the executive branch did not show leadership, it handed this political hot potato off to State Governors to handle. Therefore, there have been myriad courses of action instead of a solid, united effort to control this pandemic. Instead, this administration has taken no responsibility other than to criticize individual states' responses and create even more divisiveness than before this nightmare began. So my opinion is yes, it is the President's responsibility to promote the safety and well-being of the citizens by taking what the medical community recommends seriously, which our President has not done.

Let the feet of gfs modeled snow begin.

I'm smelling smoke. Not sure if it's from wild fires, but can't locate any local source.

It's that time of year when we begin seeing wide diurnal swings. For FWA, the normal summer differences of around 20° widens to around 25° before condensing again in late October. Should be about a 35° swing here tomorrow and the weekend also should see at least 30° differences. Shorts during the day and a hoodie at night.

We had a small cell pop up this afternoon. I saw an old OFB drifting southward toward it, so I thought I'd get under it. Sure enough, they collided and went boom. Although the worst of it only lasted about 30 seconds, we had hail off and on for about 5 minutes. It later blew a semi over on I 69. Pardon the French, but it caught me by surprise. I only say that when the winds are north of 50.

Finished with 1.78" here. Areas just to my south had 2-4". Maybe not a drought buster, but it put a dent in it.

Showers and storms have been firing and semi-training here all day. We haven't had a day like this all summer. Not a lot of accumulation locally, but some areas nearby have received a healthy dose. The boundary has been slowly floating south and it should drive back north, keeping the rain chances high overnight. It will be a nice night to sleep with the windows open and hear the rain falling and thunder rumbling.

Alek's idea of a yard. Even though my county is only in a D0, our grass is completely dormant. A cigarette butt thrown in the right spot and my lawn would be black. EDIT: 0.96" in the past 30 days. Not terrible, but with already semi-dry conditions, it's pretty parched here. We had a nearby hay field on fire this afternoon, helped along with the 20-25MPH wind gusts.

A large area of cumulus radiatus over the area today.

I was listening to the Cubs/Sox game earlier and Pat and Ron mentioned the hazy conditions at Wrigley, which seemed unusual as they also reported a stiff wind blowing out to center.

IND has the same concerns in their afternoon discussion. There's still time though.