HIPPYVALLEY

Very little foliage in Franklin County and Northern Berkshire County.

I love dry weather I should probably live in Taos.

Nice day today though. Already up to 52°and mostly sunny.

You hate to see it. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.masslive.com/weather/2021/04/much-of-massachusetts-in-drought-with-drying-likely-to-continue-residents-urged-to-take-water-conservation-steps-now.html%3foutputType=amp

I’ll take a ride out to Savoy SF Saturday morning if warranted.

I could see a slushy coating at my house but be able to drive five minutes to 6”.

I’m going to sell 12” in Springfield.

We’ve watched some of them for a second time and it’s even funnier.

Have people watched “My Octopus Teacher”? Awesome nature. “The Lighthouse” is a psychological trip. “Chef’s Table - BBQ” is great for the foodies.

The Brazilian and SA variants are more contagious and are showing protein spike mutations that reduce vaccine efficacy. We have 70 million kids in the US that won’t be vaccinated any time soon plus 20-30% of adults that may not get vaccinated. This will become endemic like seasonal flu until it burns itself out. I doubt we see mask mandates and certain restrictions lifted anytime soon in a lot of places.

Past hour went from 60/53 to 53/39.

The rain is not getting much further north than Connecticut though.

Yes, Brightening cloud deck with an occasional pop of a sun beam has me up to 61F but the clock is ticking. Anyway, I’ll enjoy it while I can and it’s been nice to salvage what looked like a rainy Sunday a few days ago.

Wow, still 58° here with occasional peeks of sun

They don't actually truly hibernate, just lazily rest until the food gets easier to forage.

How do those compare to March 2012 record highs?

My niece at Snowbird today.

NAM coming in even drier at 12z

Well, that’s the only part of SNE that has gotten a lot of moisture since January.

He wants to reincarnate as a virus. Creepy. https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/prince-philip-quote-about-reincarnating-as-a-deadly-virus-to-solve-overpopulation-resurfaces/articleshow/81992882.cms

September on Buzzards Bay is amazing. The water is warm but the persistent southwest winds of summer are gone and the bay is often like glass. Great for buzzing around in a motorboat.

Weird. Bone dry here.

&& .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... Big Picture... The seven-day pattern shifts around a little, showing a series of closed lows across the Northern tier of the USA. This channels the main jet corridor across the Southern USA from Srn California to the Carolinas. That concentration of jet dynamics and west-to-east water vapor transport in the South will favor heavy rain across that area. New England won`t be shut out, with low level east-northeast flow bringing some moisture into the area. But the pattern favors limited precipitation mostly concentrated on Monday and Friday as surface weather systems pass south of the region.

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