NNE Warm Season Thread

[mreaves]

May seems like a good month to fire up a warm season thread for us NNErs., Personally, I am looking forward to a hopefully drier summer than last year. 

[mreaves]

I will singlehandedly make this thread relevant.  Got up to 67° earlier when the sun was out.  64° now.

[backedgeapproaching]

Leaf out exploding in the SVT banana belt. Low 70s today and mostly sunny. Perfect May day.

[powderfreak]

2 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said:

Leaf out exploding in the SVT banana belt. Low 70s today and mostly sunny. Perfect May day.

It was low 50s and showery with a ceiling around 2kft this afternoon.  Did hit 61F at 11am but was all downhill from there with wet-bulb cooling in showers.  Finally broke up and dried up rapidly between 5-6pm.

Its crazy how comfortable it is as long as the sun is out.  Even temps in the 50s feel all good when the sun is out.  Coming out of winter, it all feels mild.

[mreaves]

4 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said:

Leaf out exploding in the SVT banana belt. Low 70s today and mostly sunny. Perfect May day.

 

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

It was low 50s and showery with a ceiling around 2kft this afternoon.  Did hit 61F at 11am but was all downhill from there with wet-bulb cooling in showers.  Finally broke up and dried up rapidly between 5-6pm.

Its crazy how comfortable it is as long as the sun is out.  Even temps in the 50s feel all good when the sun is out.  Coming out of winter, it all feels mild.

And we were somewhere between you both. It was sunny early and it was nice but we clouded up and had a few sprinkles and the temps dropped. I thought we were going to get rained on playing golf tonight but it cleared off nicely. 

[powderfreak]

Shut ‘em down, ha.

This evening at 5pm I found myself on Spruce Peak with the dog.  Looking over at the fabled Nosedive.

Nosedive is holding in there for 1,300 vertical feel, but the lower 700 feet (out of view) becomes a problem.  Especially the lower 400 feet.

It’s crazy that snow is only made on this trail for like a 4-day period during the winter.  Just a single snowmaking run during a midweek period to build the base. 

I’ve always wondered how this trail would be with the Superstar treatment.  It would last a long time.  You think the natural snowpack is getting to 7-8 feet, add in multiple weeks of snowmaking and this top 1,300 verts would make it to June every year.

[wxeyeNH]

The nights of May 9th and May 10th may offer some nice Aurora's.   Just passed New Moon.  Those pesky clouds though!

[tunafish]

Welcome news re: Browntail moth for anyone living in the Midcoast ME region (cc @moneypitmike)

 

https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/05/13/browntail-moth-caterpillars-may-be-facing-zombie-apocalypse-in-maine/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1NWxKgduY2iFwf4jauljOmB7bX5eLrSRyIYh11cqqDQS9Rsmpf8AjNul0_aem_AauwxhYRGNNxzOWvaAo2LTyDvzDRrC38w3JMeJGbYwaypokeAZJSbVghLFBtOWtnpdem1cg4Vp2Ni5G8v5YLm5uN&mibextid=K35XfP

[powderfreak]

Warm season is here.  The daily dog walk route along the valley bottom.  Very green along the river here at 750ft.  Fun to live next to some moving water in the warmer months.

Hit 87F today.

[backedgeapproaching]

Just how the chamber draws it up for my daughter's outdoor school concert. 

 

[powderfreak]

Been an awesome Fri-Sun stretch for Memorial Day Weekend… looks like we may hold off the rain tomorrow too.

Perfect hiking weather.

Dog is milking those snow patches at the top of Haselton where the hiking trail goes up the Nosedive turns.

 

[mreaves]

7 hours ago, powderfreak said:

 

Been an awesome Fri-Sun stretch for Memorial Day Weekend…

 

You couldn’t draw up a better stretch for a weekend.  I’d sacrifice tomorrow if we could lock in a rain on weekdays/sunny on weekends pattern for the summer. 

[Lava Rock]

Any idea if the system on thursday is going to stay south? NWS says partly sunny, while ch 6 says could be wet. 

[powderfreak]

It’s the growing season.

Today felt like September but with a May sun angle… it’s amazing.  The fresh light green, this isn’t tired vegetation.  It’s new growth and high sun angle.

This is my favorite time of year to be honest.  Love winter, but the lead up to the longest day of the year with fresh vegetation and comfortable temperatures… it’s hard to beat these days.

44F currently, and MVL did hit 66F for a brief max, despite a 5-min ob not exceeding 64F.

[NoCORH4L]

17 hours ago, powderfreak said:

It’s the growing season.

Today felt like September but with a May sun angle… it’s amazing.  The fresh light green, this isn’t tired vegetation.  It’s new growth and high sun angle.

This is my favorite time of year to be honest.  Love winter, but the lead up to the longest day of the year with fresh vegetation and comfortable temperatures… it’s hard to beat these days.

44F currently, and MVL did hit 66F for a brief max, despite a 5-min ob not exceeding 64F.

 

Yup, mine as well. The period between mid-May to 4 JUL is the best, provided the weather cooperates.

[#NoPoles]

Happy meteorological summer and start to hurricane season

 

[Froude]

What an incredible stretch of early summer weather. Really good for anything you want to do outside. Hot enough to swim, dry enough to hike or bike without a sweat, warm patio temps till sunset, and cool nights with the windows open. We welcome the rain later this week but then let's re rack this all summer please.

 

[kdxken]

On 6/2/2024 at 9:31 PM, Froude said:

What an incredible stretch of early summer weather. Really good for anything you want to do outside. Hot enough to swim, dry enough to hike or bike without a sweat, warm patio temps till sunset, and cool nights with the windows open. We welcome the rain later this week but then let's re rack this all summer please.

 

That just looks so summer. Thanks for posting.

[tamarack]

Some warm season firsts (for this season only, IMBY):
1st firefly - evening of June 1.  
1st deerfly - afternoon of June 3.  
1st luna moth - this afternoon, hanging on a seedling ironwood, shaded by the biggest oak (23.75" diam/80+ tall) on our woodlot.

Garden finally in yesterday and today, though only the first of 4-5 sequential green bean plantings. 
Latest I've ever planted cool-season crops (carrots, pac choi, etc.) and latest for initial row of beans.  May be the new best way, may be a disaster.
Early lilac and quince blossoms are done, late lilacs coming into full, waiting on the peonies.

[wxeyeNH]

I have not posted in some time.  Not much weather going on.  Other than .05" of rain yesterday morning we have not had any rain since May 27th.  Pollen is coating everything.  We have also not had even one clap of thunder this season.  Hopefully the showers/storms will hold together long enough to give us some rain this evening.  Things are getting very dry.

On a totally different subject, I have missed a northward facing webcam on the summit of Mt Washington.  I called them last winter and told them I would give them a donation to buy a new cam.  To do so they had to build an outside enclosure and also put in a new window.  So it was a pretty big job.  Others chipped in too. The camera is now live.  

https://mountwashington.org/weather-cams/north-view/

[IrishRob17]

11 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

I have not posted in some time.  Not much weather going on.  Other than .05" of rain yesterday morning we have not had any rain since May 27th.  Pollen is coating everything.  We have also not had even one clap of thunder this season.  Hopefully the showers/storms will hold together long enough to give us some rain this evening.  Things are getting very dry.

On a totally different subject, I have missed a northward facing webcam on the summit of Mt Washington.  I called them last winter and told them I would give them a donation to buy a new cam.  To do so they had to build an outside enclosure and also put in a new window.  So it was a pretty big job.  Others chipped in too. The camera is now live.  

https://mountwashington.org/weather-cams/north-view/

Thanks Gene and glad to see that all is well!