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3.77" here in PWM for Jul/Aug total. Unfortunately, that includes the 1" I recorded in only 10 minutes on the 13th (1.19" event total).

Not all Mets https://x.com/TheTKWeatherXp/status/2090612723746828461

But but but https://x.com/TheTKWeatherXp/status/2090612723746828461

Interesting, thank you. Definitely had that extra bite. I'm also happy the hail spared the gardens and plants for the most part.

Not sure I'll experience a thunderstorm better than today's storm - at least not IMBY. I've never seen wind like that, not from a t-storm. Plus 0.96" in 13 minutes. Legit white out at times. Lots of massive oaks and pines down around town, and fortunately most were not on cars or homes. Half were uprooted and half were just snapped off at the base. Not sure how accurate RadarScope is with estimated velocity, but 60-65 mph smells in the ballpark. Power out about 6 hrs. Some phil from local news.

Heavy phil on the trees here in South Portland. 70mph gust at PWM.

Or not

Those that miss to your south inevitably find a way to whiff me too.

Let's get a waterspout on Sebago w/o GYX warning.

Surprised you thought construction... "Nearby thunder? Can't be. It's more likely the sound of Stein crushing my hopes and dreams. Back to bed." Hoping it makes it to the coast. I'd take .25" at this point, as I've got 1.43" MTD but that was all back on 8/3.

Took one look at radar and first thing I said was 'damn, dendrite about to get smoked!'

For context, I live on <0.5 acres in a suburb, and have turned 75% of the (gross monochrome) lawnspace into a working flower farm and borderline food forest. In other words as close to a farm as you can get in a suburban neighborhood. My list of rodent pests grows longer each warm season. Groundhog have been quiet the past 2 seasons but I've recently had a juvenile take interest in hiding in my wheel-well whenever I spook it. Not sure if mom got possum'd or is just a bad parent. Meadow voles are well fed on whatever greens and subsurface tubers or bulbs or carrots they can find. Just glad the fuckers didn't touch my garlic. Voles are pretty plump, too. There isn't a square foot of woodchipped ground that isn't soft to the step due to their constant tunneling. Good soil, good bugs, fat voles. We can now add rats to the list. And we havent put kitchen scraps in the compost for years. Chicken food is in galvenized pales. But they're here. Neighbors are fighting them, too. I can coexist with the other critters so as long as they're not destroying things. Rats are code red. It's August and won't be long before they try making it indoors. If that happens I'm selling the house. Selling the family with it if they want to stay. Calling in the big guns. Neighborhood-wide effort is the only way to address something like this properly.

Wow, that's wild.

Yep, fugly. Couple sites up in Lavaland are <0.50". Sun breaking through now 67/64.

Same here. 0.77" MTD lol.