Summer 2026 Med/Long Range Discussion

[Brian D]

Well, I looked at my modelling method, and it looks like the first half of June will be plagued by CAN HP. In fact, off n on all summer we will be dealing with this scenario. Remember how chilly it got in late Aug of last year? Well I'm expecting the same thing this year with another strong Fall shot after Labor Day. But no worries, there will be some nice, and very warm, stormy conditions in the mix.  

[A-L-E-K]

euro selling death valley qpf

gonna get ugly quick

[sbnwx85]

Time to pay the pied piper after an incredible March and April. Snoozefest incoming.

[Geoboy645]

4 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

euro selling death valley qpf

gonna get ugly quick

We are going to be thanking that we had the extremely wet March and April here because yikes. Between that and the ridge to the N causing fire weather up in Canada, wouldn't be surprised if we June 2023, again.

[cyclone77]

Gonna get a nice long break from mowing the lawn.

[CheeselandSkies]

15 hours ago, Geoboy645 said:

We are going to be thanking that we had the extremely wet March and April here because yikes. Between that and the ridge to the N causing fire weather up in Canada, wouldn't be surprised if we June 2023, again.

God, I hope not. I barely knew what an air quality advisory was until that year. Then we had them in effect for something like 3 weeks straight.

[SchaumburgStormer]

19 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Gonna get a nice long break from mowing the lawn.

At $5/gal, no complaints here 

[A-L-E-K]

zzzzzz

 

beautiful tho so hard to complain too much 

[A-L-E-K]

On 5/26/2026 at 5:20 PM, cyclone77 said:

Gonna get a nice long break from mowing the lawn.

 

18 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

At $5/gal, no complaints here 

ymmv but i'd tear that shit up and plant native prairie plants

[WestMichigan]

14 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

 

ymmv but i'd tear that shit up and plant native prairie plants

You aren't married are you.  Wives tend not to be so fond of this idea.

[Nelson]

3 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

 

ymmv but i'd tear that shit up and plant native prairie plants

AleK knows what's up. Kill your lawn (at least the big parts you're probably not using)...

[Chicago Storm]

AleK knows what's up. Kill your lawn (at least the big parts you're probably not using)...

alek, the guy living in the concrete jungle…

[Torchageddon]

Seeing the pattern flip to very dry and sunny, nature balancing out the endless overcast we had to endure up here. No chance of rain here til Jun 6 and even that may fiz. 2mm in the morning.

[Nelson]

4 hours ago, WestMichigan said:

You aren't married are you.  Wives tend not to be so fond of this idea.

I don't know. Plenty of dudes out there with their lawn tractors loving cutting lines in their lawn like it's a baseball field. I own a native plant nursery and probably 70% of my customers are women. 

Apologies on the OT. Boring af weather wise right now (and in the future apparently).

[A-L-E-K]

49 minutes ago, Nelson said:

I don't know. Plenty of dudes out there with their lawn tractors loving cutting lines in their lawn like it's a baseball field. I own a native plant nursery and probably 70% of my customers are women. 

Apologies on the OT. Boring af weather wise right now (and in the future apparently).

yeah, not too into getting into a debate with lawn obsessed americans but the notion that women are the ones into lawn care was p funny

real heads know baddies are all about the native plants

[A-L-E-K]

On 5/26/2026 at 12:38 PM, A-L-E-K said:

euro selling death valley qpf

gonna get ugly quick

today's run selling some fantasy relief for NE IL, screw hole moved detroit's way

gonna ride it

[Jackstraw]

5 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

 

ymmv but i'd tear that shit up and plant native prairie plants

I've got nearly 3 acres. I mow a 10th of it. The rest is a small garden, well, I just plant stuff around randomly around the house, no tilling, no rhyme or reason where, it's my "shrubbery", native wild plants wildflowers grasses and brush, trees and mud lol

[Brian D]

3 hours ago, Jackstraw said:

I've got nearly 3 acres. I mow a 10th of it. The rest is a small garden, well, I just plant stuff around randomly around the house, no tilling, no rhyme or reason where, it's my "shrubbery", native wild plants wildflowers grasses and brush, trees and mud lol

That's a large field. I'd plant wild flowers/shrubs too, and keep part lawn. Women love manicured lawns with beautiful gardens in the mix. As a landscaper for a few years, they really love to go wild with plants at cabins. Did a lot of work at sites like that. But in town, it's a little different. That's my experience.

[cyclone77]

5 hours ago, A-L-E-K said:

yeah, not too into getting into a debate with lawn obsessed americans but the notion that women are the ones into lawn care was p funny

real heads know baddies are all about the native plants

Keeping the lawn, but I don't put down any chemicals or anything or water it.  The birds love the well kept lawn.  Out here in the sticks if you have an overgrown landscape you will have all kinds of creatures trying to get into your home.  

I did plant plenty of native trees all throughout the yard. 

[michsnowfreak]

I used to fertilize regularly but no longer do. Just a little preen every now and then. Let nature be nature.

[roardog]

There’s been plenty of rain the last few years to keep the lawn mostly green but it’s not like it’s that unusual historically for a lawn around here to turn yellow and dry in the summer. This isn’t Scotland. lol

[cyclone77]

This is one for Annie Lennox's other song

♪ here comes the drought again ♪

 

[A-L-E-K]

hello darkness my old friend

on the plus side, at least we're not gonna be in the 30s with cold rain this weekend like the northeast

[Jackstraw]

14 hours ago, Brian D said:

That's a large field. I'd plant wild flowers/shrubs too, and keep part lawn. Women love manicured lawns with beautiful gardens in the mix. As a landscaper for a few years, they really love to go wild with plants at cabins. Did a lot of work at sites like that. But in town, it's a little different. That's my experience.

Well it's just me the dog, couple of goats (natures brush control) and a Donkey out here. I've also got over 30 of 8 species of native deciduous tree's from around 25 years old and up. Half are over 100. I have an Oak and a Rock Maple that are over 200 years old. 15 Conifers spread round a few over 100 ft tall. I have a friend that worked for the forest service as an arborist and land reclamation and he gave me a bag of native flower and plant seeds. I spread them like they do, just toss the stuff around lol and let them go lol. I did use an old plow and dug up a lot of the brush 15 years ago to give the natives a start against invasive species. I still take out invaders when I see them, I'm probably 75% native in the brush, wild grass and wooded areas. Ain't no manicuring here. I worked on golf courses mowing when I was in college. I phreaking hate grass and lawns 

[TheClimateChanger]