It's weird because we usually have plenty of deer flies but I've hardly seen any this year and almost no mosquitos in Greenfield but friends say tons of them down towards Northhampton and Easthampton.
Sun finally came out here. 89/73
How much does the lack of rain in certain areas affect localized dewpoints? When a humid air mass blankets the area will places that have seen rain in the past few days end up with higher DP’s or is it negligible and mostly based on the air mass in place?
I will say the relative lack of rain has been great for keeping the mosquitos down. My neighborhood has been mostly mosquito and deer fly free the past 2 weeks. Could be the healthy bat population helping with that. I also have not seen a tick in weeks.
Depending on how this week shakes out we should see the abnormally dry areas expand quite a bit on the next update. My area is already in the yellow but not noticeable yet with the vegetation etc. Local rivers are low though.
I’m not sure you would be walking around if it was Achilles. Partial tear of the gastro would do it but I’m not sure that wouldn’t account for the pop you felt.
Either way, sorry to hear. Good luck and go see the orthopedist.