Junorch obs and discussion 2026

[CoastalWx]

Clouds ftl today. Why the eff has there been three days of cirrus?

[moneypitmike]

10 hours ago, Brewbeer said:

Gonna put mine in tomorrow. Will be a couple of weeks ahead of last year.

Hope mine is recommissioned in the next couple days to get it in later in the week.

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Clouds ftl today. Why the eff has there been three days of cirrus?

Because Stein. Foc’ing knew it 

[moneypitmike]

8 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Black flies are horrific right now.  Bloody arms and legs, from killing them as they bite.  They are insufferable once you get into the woods and especially at elevation.  Eventually they will die off, and then it will be deer/horse flies as the culprit. 

Both deer and horse suck the big one........I ithink deer are worse.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Southern NH.  Post was yesterday, not sure when it was taken.  Monadnock region 

[moneypitmike]

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

Google prematurely released their 60million genetically modified mosquitoes.

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What cold possibly go wrong?   Think of Kevin's gypsy-moths.

[tamarack]

8 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Black flies are horrific right now.  Bloody arms and legs, from killing them as they bite.  They are insufferable once you get into the woods and especially at elevation.  Eventually they will die off, and then it will be deer/horse flies as the culprit. 

Very mild black fly period here, but the mosquitos are thick.  Also, fireflies have arrived.
This year makes 30 years since the worst black flies I've encountered.  On Friday, 6/7/96, I was with 3 others at Oquossuc Bald Mountain scoping out a sno-mo trail, and I don't think we saw 10 black flies.  The following Monday-Friday was our church's men's wilderness retreat, that year at Deboullie, about 25 miles SW from Fort Kent, and I predicted a modest black fly population.  We drove to Portage Lake, got out at Coffin's store, and despite the high 80s (black flies tend to hide when it's hot) the area was thick with the little beasts.  I slathered some Ben's 100 before launching our canoes at Pushineer Pond, and by the 75 minutes to reach the west end of Deboullie Pond where we would camp, the bug dope was no longer working.  Another application lasted but an hour - Ben's usually is worth 5-6 hours; no way I would put that stuff on hourly.  Next day when CAR hit the 90s, I was getting bombed while in the middle of the pond, 100+ yards from shore.  (Not enough air space over land?)  Only place to escape, other than the 100°+ temp sun-blasted tent, was in the rock crevices on the NW side of the pond, where there were still ice and snow.  The black flies weren't interested where the temp was under 50.

[CoastalWx]

53 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Because Stein. Foc’ing knew it 

Congrats on storms later 

[dendrite]

55 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Because Stein. Foc’ing knew it 

[Damage In Tolland]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Congrats on storms later 

Can’t even drop fert with no rain now. Blows 

[CoastalWx]

18 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Can’t even drop fert with no rain now. Blows 

I would. Enjoy the storms after 6

[Damage In Tolland]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I would. Enjoy the storms after 6

Can you guarantee 100% it hits enough to wash it in?

[kdxken]

1 hour ago, moneypitmike said:

Both deer and horse suck the big one........I ithink deer are worse.

Don't think I saw a single black fly. Not many mosquitoes and the deer flies haven't started yet. I'm sure I'll pay for it somehow.

[kdxken]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Can you guarantee 100% it hits enough to wash it in?

Yes

[BrianW]

Already 78 here at 9am. Going to be a special day...

 

Another hot afternoon ahead, H850 temps progged +16C to +18C, allow surface temperatures to climb well into the 80s for most and lower 90s in the urban NYC metro and NE NJ corridor

[ineedsnow]

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Southern NH.  Post was yesterday, not sure when it was taken.  Monadnock region 

Summers just the best.. look at all that beautiful pollen.. 

[weatherwiz]

A bit of a change in plans.

Going to go to Bennington, VT and start from there. There are some decent viewing spots. Secondary area (which would be only 30 minutes away) is Wigwam Western Summit in North Adams which looks like it has a tremendous view to the west. 

Really tough part about today is the mesoscale aspect of how this unfolds. The greatest potential seems to be well down into PA but given its a very late PM threat its probably not worth the 4+ hour drive.