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Just north of me. But that line is building to the west and a little south of me, so hopefully it doesn't gain too much latitude as it moves east.

It's soupy out there, but I'm not feeling it today. Edit: IMBY because I don't care about anyone else's BY.

In before EJ says its going to turn so far west that it'll ride inland into the Yucatan and die.

HRRR has been junk with our storminess this summer, so I'll take the NAM. I wish I could trust the HRRR because it runs all the time, but no can do.

Not sure who Ed is, but trolling a troll account is usually not fruitful.

I'm honestly not sure it would make any appreciable difference in the strength at landfall on the Gulf Coast whether it got shredded or not because it would still explode once it got over the Gulf.

It does? Edit: I guess you're referring to the warm sector, in which I suppose I agree.

Probably not unless you live in Richmond.

Ore-Ida!

Are more recent hurricanes more likely to end up with retired names? Like...everyone gets a trophy?

Only 11" of rain in the last five weeks. Getting crispy.

No remnants, no care.

My tomatoes are San Marzano Gigante, Jerey Devil, Cuore di Bue, and Pomodoro Squisito, along with Orange Paruche cherries - two plants each of the first four and one of the cherry. I definitely have a preference for paste types. SMG has a tendency to look like they're not ready for harvest because they have very green shoulders (Jersey Devil are similar), but they generally do fine for at least a few days on the shelf.

Agreed. I built a couple beds three years ago to replace some half-assed beds I built about ten years ago. My results have been fantastic.

I love prepping for fall planting. I need to get lettuce and spinach seeds in. Been meaning to do it for a couple weeks now. Might be too late for harvest this fall, but I'm going to give it a shot anyway. if nothing else, I can overwinter the spinach. I usually plant garlic during Halloween week. My tomatoes are insane - might be my best year ever. I stopped pruning them once they reached the top of the 10' posts they're climbing up, and every plant has added another 4-5' of growth, with plenty of new fruit on them. We've probably used 10-15 lbs of tomatoes already and I've got six gallon bags full of cored and seeded tomatoes in the freezer, with another 15 lbs or so of fruit on the vine right now. Jalapenos have really produced, as well, and are still going really strong. I have five cantaloupes on the vine right now. First one should be ready in another week or so. I've got more basil than I know what to do with. This is the first year in probably 7-8 years that downy mildew hasn't taken over (usually happens by early August), which is certainly helped by the fact that most of my plants are a new mildew-resistant variety.

Weather is an IMBY game, and last winter sucked IMBY.

I grew up with no AC in a row home, then small single-family homes, in South Jersey. I feel the pain.

You said poop.

Cool...should have done my digging before asking about it! The closest PWS to me is at 35.85" for the year, though there are no reports from January 1 through February 4. Seems they report pretty regularly.

How do you get the yearly totals in "off locations" like Annandale?

I couldn't possibly imagine pretending there's a feeling of fall down there until October. August in Florida is freaking brutal.

One of the Giants in my area had Halloween candy out 3-4 weeks ago.

I remember the whole thing like it was yesterday. I even remember the "conversation" I had with my co-worker about it and how we decided to leave the building despite the generally held belief that setting up in a doorway or somesuch is a better idea than trying to get out of a building during an earthquake. We finally got our chimney re-pointed last year. It had some decent damage from the quake, but obviously not as bad as the numerous chimneys that collapsed in my neighborhood that day.

Looks like it rained some.

This right here. I honestly don't think there's much to be said beyond this except that there's a good argument to be made that the new, warmer background state will play havoc with our understanding of the effects of those drivers in our backyards.