June 2025 Obs/Disco

[HoarfrostHubb]

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Spraying sucks. No.

Attract more dragonflies. 

I’ve seen a few dragonflies so far this season. They will start growing in number. 

[dryslot]

Dragon flies are your friend, They even pick off the horseflies too, It was a mostly cloudy day here with a high of 76°F, Looks like a warm week with some showers up here.

[DavisStraight]

1 minute ago, dryslot said:

Dragon flies are your friend, They even pick off the horseflies too, It was a mostly cloudy day here with a high of 76°F, Looks like a warm week with some showers up here.

I saw a couple when I was out with the dog, one landed on the leash. I just hate the deer flies.

[tunafish]

21 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Spraying sucks. No.

Attract more dragonflies. 

And put up a bat house.  Best bang for your buck. 

[SouthCoastMA]

I use the garlic stuff for ticks and mosquitos

[SouthCoastMA]

18z euro caved it appears. warmer on the 4th

[CoastalWx]

40 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Summehry look…in the summeh? No way…

Most magical time of year 

[Snowedin]

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Some of our neighbors treat for mosquitoes.  Hubbardston is a giant swampy forest. So unless you drop a ton of DDT, the mosquitoes would laugh. 
 

Foggers work a bit for a few hours.  We didn’t plan on doing the fire tonight so I didn’t have any on hand. 

We usually spray our yard like once a month and it does the trick. But if you happen to go in the woods around here past 6, forget it..it’s bug city! We did have a truck with one of those giant fog horns in the back spraying a little more than a week ago but it really hasn’t done much good around here. That 6” deluge back in May has led to some massive spawns in recent weeks, along with any smaller events since then.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

31 minutes ago, tunafish said:

And put up a bat house.  Best bang for your buck. 

A single bat eats thousands of insects per night.  Fascinating creatures too.  I just don't want them in my house.  Lol

[WxWatcher007]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Spraying sucks. No.

Attract more dragonflies. 

I'm not in a rural area by any means, but I still try to create an environment that doesn't disturb nature too much. The last two years I've had a resurgence of fireflies, rabbits, and pollinators. 

The fireflies have had a banner year so far. Not sure how much my mowing habits contribute lol. 

[rimetree]

Noticed the fireflies here tonight. Definitely more than I've seen in recent years. Comfortable evening...68/65

[weathafella]

7 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

Hopefully we get past the hottest part of the year without any brutal temps 

Kind of too late I think although the hottest portion of summer is historically ahead of us.  I met 2 friends for dinner last Tuesday.  I usually walk but after I parked my car in my secret free spot, I started walking and realized it was really dumb to try 3 miles with the temperature over 100 and the sun still blazing.  So the Green Line was right there at Coolidge Corner and thankfully the ac was working.  I decided to get off at Kenmore and walk the half mile to the restaurant.  I noticed there wasn't anyone older than 4 decades younger than me on the street.  I walk 5-8 miles every day and I felt the half mile walk.  As soon as I walked into the restaurant someone handed me a cold glass of water and a seat at the bar.  I walked back to Kenmore after dinner and took the Green Line back to Coolidge Corner and then drove home.  I still went out to walk a few miles close to midnight with my wife.  Temperatures were still mid 80s even in my hilly leafy neighborhood.  Last week was close to as crazy hot as it can get around here.

[DavisStraight]

2 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

A single bat eats thousands of insects per night.  Fascinating creatures too.  I just don't want them in my house.  Lol

I have them in my shutters that face south. I remember painting the shutters one year and two flew out, I almost fell off the ladder.

[DavisStraight]

2 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I'm not in a rural area by any means, but I still try to create an environment that doesn't disturb nature too much. The last two years I've had a resurgence of fireflies, rabbits, and pollinators. 

The fireflies have had a banner year so far. Not sure how much my mowing habits contribute lol. 

There was a lot in my yard tonight too.

[ineedsnow]

6 hours ago, SouthCoastMA said:

18z euro caved it appears. warmer on the 4th

0z colder again

[ineedsnow]

I bet most will say the GFS is right for the 4th and the Euro is trash 

[CoastalWx]

4th should be low 80s in SNE. Maybe 75-80 where the dragons be. 

[ineedsnow]

55/54  just brutal out 

[CoastalWx]

64 luckily. No 50s  nonsense. 

[CoastalWx]

Looks like the WAR tries to build in end of 11-15 day. Would be similar to what we’ve had in recent summers with no extreme temps, but humid and very warm to hot potentially. 

[Damage In Tolland]

66/63. Deep summet run 

[dendrite]

56.4°

Should be toasty this afternoon.

[BrianW]

24 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

66/63. Deep summet run 

You need to move down to the shoreline. Just got back from another special 5 miler along the shoreline.

 

Expect a typical warm and humid summer day region wide. The region will be just north or along the northern periphery of a stalled frontal boundary to the immediate south. Dew point readings will be primarily in the middle and upper 60s through the early afternoon. A sea breeze gets going for the afternoon and will usher in slightly
higher moisture values with dew points approaching 70 late in the day and evening along far southern locations

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, BrianW said:

You need to move down to the shoreline. Just got back from another special 5 miler along the shoreline.

 

Expect a typical warm and humid summer day region wide. The region will be just north or along the northern periphery of a stalled frontal boundary to the immediate south. Dew point readings will be primarily in the middle and upper 60s through the early afternoon. A sea breeze gets going for the afternoon and will usher in slightly
higher moisture values with dew points approaching 70 late in the day and evening along far southern locations

Need to be in and up for the 3x it snows and matters in winter 

[Hoth]

8 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

A single bat eats thousands of insects per night.  Fascinating creatures too.  I just don't want them in my house.  Lol

Emphatically agree. My brother discovered a dead one in his kid's play area scattered among their stuffed animals/toys and had to do a rabies course for the whole family. Not a pleasant experience. Cost him a couple thousand bucks, and his insurance was billed a couple hundred thousand.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Low of 54 overnight.  Should add 30-33 degrees today.  Great pool weather. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

46 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Emphatically agree. My brother discovered a dead one in his kid's play area scattered among their stuffed animals/toys and had to do a rabies course for the whole family. Not a pleasant experience. Cost him a couple thousand bucks, and his insurance was billed a couple hundred thousand.

Insurance companies are like crime syndicates. 

[amarshall]

General observation while in SW connecticut this weekend.   Son had a lacrosse tournament in Darien/New Canaan area.  Barring the extreme wealth and nearly every home probably having a well, overall its just much greener than Eastern mass.  We never get thunderstorms anymore.  Tuesdays threat looks like it stops in Worcester as does most threats.  Every summer we start off strong in the spring and then it turns into a dust bowl in EMA.   Lawns are complete toast here already. 

[Chrisrotary12]

11 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Why the fuck do there have to be mosquitoes.  Ruining what is otherwise a stunning evening.  

Mosquitos, gnats and ticks out of control this year. 

[Chrisrotary12]

9 hours ago, SouthCoastMA said:

I use the garlic stuff for ticks and mosquitos

Does it work?