May 2026 Obs/Discussion

[dendrite]

6 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

New England forests (and wildlife) have made a remarkable comeback in the last 100 years.  Mass is now something like 65% forested.  I think it was down to 25% at one time

 

4 hours ago, kdxken said:

Someone who knows his stuff ∆

Meh

That was all farmland that was easily reclaimed. Everything we lose now is essentially gone for good barring drastic drops in population.

[TheClimateChanger]

5 hours ago, kdxken said:

Someone who knows his stuff ∆

Same in Pennsylvania. Large parts of what are now the Allegheny National Forest were referred to as the Pennsylvania Desert - completely clear-cut by loggers. Really makes one wonder how much this incredible expansion of forestland has cooled the regional climate.

[dendrite]

77° SKC

[CT Valley Snowman]

Hit 90 here.  Day 2 in the books.  Heatwave is locked.  

[dendrite]

7 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Same in Pennsylvania. Large parts of what are now the Allegheny National Forest were referred to as the Pennsylvania Desert - completely clear-cut by loggers. Really makes one wonder how much this incredible expansion of forestland has cooled the regional climate.

Forests don’t radiate much at night…it’s kind of a wash. 

[Damage In Tolland]

87/66

Take take take 

[dendrite]

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

87/66

Take take take 

Your Davis is on the deck now. Tossed like your alcohol in a car. 

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Your Davis is on the deck now. Tossed like your alcohol in a car. 

Dead on with the others in town. Even a bit cooler 

[Brian5671]

what a disaster for the holiday weekend...

[dendrite]

8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Dead on with the others in town. Even a bit cooler 

So we count the high temp near the summer solstice but not the winter one. Got it. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

20 minutes ago, CT Valley Snowman said:

Hit 90 here.  Day 2 in the books.  Heatwave is locked.  

87° in Greenfield so won’t have an official heat wave this week but close enough for my personal comfort level. 
Heading out soon to jump in the river for the first time this year.

[Damage In Tolland]

5 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

what a disaster for the holiday weekend...

Only Euro . It will Shunt South 

[SJonesWX]

i love the magical dewpoint in Tolland, CT. meanwhile here in the real world the DP has not gone above 52

[HoarfrostHubb]

89F here in the forest.  95 tomorrow?

[metagraphica]

5 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

i love the magical dewpoint in Tolland, CT. meanwhile here in the real world the DP has not gone above 52

wut?  BDL is currently 89/63 and HFD is 88/65.  Moist.

[Damage In Tolland]

Dew 68. Yes!

[Brian5671]

40 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Only Euro . It will Shunt South 

Yeah I'll take dry even if it's chilly. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

 

Meh

That was all farmland that was easily reclaimed. Everything we lose now is essentially gone for good barring drastic drops in population.

I didn’t realize until recently how much of an effect Merino sheep had on our landscape.  Most of those walls I guess were from sheep fever in the 1800s.  I had always thought they were from “normal” farms

[WinterWolf]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

 

Meh

That was all farmland that was easily reclaimed. Everything we lose now is essentially gone for good barring drastic drops in population.

Well there’s alot more than there was before …so that’s the point.  Plenty of forest out there. 

[WinterWolf]

31 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Dew 68. Yes!

Dew-point is 67 here, starting to ramp up now. Getting ready for tomorrow’s big heat. 

[kdxken]

51 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Dew 68. Yes!

Glad we don't live there.

[kdxken]

51 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I didn’t realize until recently how much of an effect Merino sheep had on our landscape.  Most of those walls I guess were from sheep fever in the 1800s.  I had always thought they were from “normal” farms

And cows. A lot of those walls were used as fencing since wood was scarce and expensive. Interestingly enough you can tell if a farm was used for planting or grazing by the size of the rocks. If you see many small rocks contained in the wall It was most likely tilled.

[kdxken]

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

 

Meh

That was all farmland that was easily reclaimed. Everything we lose now is essentially gone for good barring drastic drops in population.

Farming became unprofitable. England never got their forests back.

[kdxken]

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

 

Meh

That was all farmland that was easily reclaimed. Everything we lose now is essentially gone for good barring drastic drops in population.

Wasn't that long ago when forests were rare in Eastern Massachusetts. Attached is a picture of the old farmhouse probably taken around 1900. If you look over the shed on the right hand side you'll see what looks like a mountain. It's the biggest hill in Sherborn at about 440 ft. You would never notice it from any spot in town. Too many trees.

[Torch Tiger]

Crisp 75F

[Damage In Tolland]

53 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Dew-point is 67 here, starting to ramp up now. Getting ready for tomorrow’s big heat. 

WTTTE 

[WinterWolf]

43 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Glad we don't live there.

It’s upper 60’s here today..tomorrow it will be higher. That guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. 

[powderfreak]

Stunner of a day.

43F to 85F so far for a 42 diurnal swing.

 

[kdxken]

. We take. Let's get a drought going.

[dendrite]

BDL 91° today