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I think it's about 1.2° milder than the 1991-2020 normal at 1k. For PF: Our current +0.9° divides to maxima at -1.5 and minima at +3.4, almost 5° lower than the average diurnal range.

We're not as far inland as PF, but the western Maine foothills aren't quite on tidewater and we're at +0.9 thru yesterday. The mild minima this morning will probably push that to +1 or 1.1 but Tues-Thurs look to run 3-5° BN, which will move the average to about +0.3. We'll likely finish between average to +1.5. (Note: Our records begin in May 1998, thus do not include the Pinatubo cooldown that's part of the 1991-2020 norms. Might make a 0.5° difference.)

Sun making its occasional appearance, driving temp to low 70s after 4 days topping out between 67 and 71. TD mid-upper 60s, feels stuffy as we'd had 2 weeks of lower dews.

Even some of the fertile farmlands southwest from the pine barrens are growing McMansions (for millionaires) instead of tomatoes and peaches.

As predicted by CC models, many places are getting frequent huge rain events. The Sandy River has 95 years of flow records, and both #2 and #5 came last year - April 1987 still is tops. And the 6/29/23 localized toad-strangler wrecked many miles of roads in southern Franklin County when 4-6" fell in <2 hours. The 3 wettest December days here were 18/23, 23/22 and 25/20. Five of our 12 wettest days came 2020 thru 2023, compared to 7 in our first 22 years here. (So far, "wettest" day in 2024 is 2.18" on Jan 10, 9" snow followed by lots of RA, only time in 26 winters we had to have our driveway plowed - snowblower would clog every 4-5 feet. Still time for a biggie this year.)

Wind damage from Gloria and from Bob was similar (extensive but not catastrophic) in Maine, but Bob had far more rain here. PWM recorded 1.3" from Gloria and 8.2" from Bob, still the city's 2nd rainiest event, behind the 12"+ from the October 1996 northeast storm. In September 1985 I'd just started working for Public Lands and was commuting weekly from Fort Kent to Augusta. Governor Brennan closed state offices at noon that Friday, so I was able to drive north in daylight. In FK it was just a strong fall storm, with about 1.5" and modest wind. Bob is the only TC in my experience that had backside NW winds as strong as the SE, though 95% of the rain came before the wind shift. A stand of tall bigtooth aspen at the Hebron public lot, ~10 miles NW from LEW, was 2/3 flattened, 1/3 pointing NW and 1/3 pointing SE. We had 6.41" at our (then) Gardiner home, greatest one-day precip I've measured (2nd was 6" from Belle in FK, August 1976) and 2nd highest for 24 hours behind the 8.9" from the PRE plus Doria in August 1971.

Another 12/20 mega-Grinch?

About the same here, should finish about 70/60 against an average of 75/53. Cloudy thru 2 PM with enough early mist to wet the gravel in the driveway, then some filtered sunny breaks though it's cloudy again.

1954 relatives: Carol, cousin; Edna, aunt; Hazel, great aunt. Only Hazel had much punch at our NNJ home, tipping some trees and plastering the house with fragments from the tough old leaves, probably gusting to near 60. I have no memory of Carol, and we flew kites during Edna. That "Diane" clip covers only New England. There were a number of fatalities in the MA, especially PA. Connie's 5-6" took our main lake to the highest I've seen it, but we missed the worst of Diane, with only 2-3".

A chicken weenie, not a weather weenie. (You need to add March/April to your snow sig.)

Chickens asking why the bike came speeding down the road. That said, OUCH!!! But I still like chickens, even after Houdini the SNJ rooster punched a hole in my shin last May. (He thought I was getting too chummy with his hens as I brought out some veggie scrap food for them.) Very hazy sunshine this afternoon after the cloudy morning, temp low 70s.

No spiking but often the trends point strongly in a certain direction and pro mets should say so. Almost all forecasters predicted Sandy's sharp left turn, though not exactly when/where, such that landfall possibilities 7 days out ranged from ORF to CHH. But we're a long way from 4/6/82 when the folks at CAR predicted cold windy flurries for the next day and got 26" instead (best bust ever!) In their defense, everyone else also had the storm slanting east before it could impact N. Maine.

Average here was 0.1° BN, but we're just east from the green/yellow change, so close enough. Also had 3.65" rain during that week. Aug 1-4 was +7.4 and 5th onward was -0.9, which has pulled month-to-date down to +1.3.

1. Show me that kdxken ever said that. 2. Cutting wood for a living tends to make one extra sensitive to TDs. Not much sun today though it's sticky. Struggling to get past 70. Storms are currently circling around our area, but some from the north might come for a visit. Daughter's doodle wants no part of it. In this morning's TS our 9-y.o. yellow Lab mix was panting at over 200 breaths per minute, and she had an awful time the night before with 6 hours of th8under between 6 yesterday and 4:30 this AM.

3 of 4 here, as 05-06 was a full-on ratter at my place, the only winter in which I saw no storms 6"+ since 1967-68 in NNJ. (The other 3 all were waaaay AN.)

After not seeing an actual lightning bolt for 2 years, I saw a dozen beauties in Skowhegan/Norridgewock while driving home from our 2-day forestry trip to northern Maine - Allagash/New Canada/Eagle Lake. My wife was hearing thunder from 6 PM on but the rain didn't arrive until 8:10, about 2 minutes after I'd carted my trip duffel into the house. (It usually doesn't happen that nicely.) Rain and thunder thru 10:30, another bout from 3:15 to 4:30 AM (1.36" total for both) then #3 from8:45-10 this morning for another ~0.4", plus one strike within a mile (4 sec.) that gave us a pop from the service panel - no damage, thankfully. Forecast says more to come this afternoon. The smoke/haze was especially thick in the north on Tuesday and Wednesday, probably today as well if the clouds break.

60s highs in August here are either wet or follow lows in the 40s. 45 would be chilly now, quite mild in January. Aurora + Perseids + full overcast = the usual. We had clear skies in April and May for the 2 best phenomena of all, but we're about 0-for-6 on recent lunar eclipses.

Received 1.87" total from the system. The tropical air arrived 7-9 last night, fogging up our windows as dews climbed about 10°. Some gusts to 30 or so but nothing serious.

Looks close to Morristown/MMU. (Or Parsippany, where we lived between our marriage - 6/71 - and the move to Maine - 1/73.) Not raining atm but still low 60s here.

1.11" overnight, still raining, 60°. Not very tropical so far.

August 2002 here for dry heat - note the modest minima, especially for August heat. Unfortunately, our Subaru Loyale with 204k miles chose that month to have its AC die. 11 87 51 12 88 54 13 90 57 14 90 61 15 91 62 16 88 66 17 87 62 18 89 54

Microsites. We're in the woods so transpiration modifies the heat (while boosting dews). Although I've cut some trees from near the house over the 26+ years here, the forest has become taller and thicker. As a result, 85° is our "90" here and we average a bit over 7 days/year at 85+. We've reached 90+ 20 times and 14 came in our first 8 summers here, only 6 in the next 19 (all 2017 on) and all 6 came in May or June. Once the leaves are fully operational, reaching 90 becomes very difficult; 2002 was the most recent year we've done it after June 28.

About the same low here - average is 76/55. On the 11th the average temp drops (fractionally) below 65, ending the 5-week plateau in which the average is within 1° of the summer's warmest. Now the averages' slide becomes more noticeable. Yesterday's 69/55 was 3.4° BN; by month's end that would be +1. but where's the 90s and dews that some were saying were roaring back last week More like purring.

A few miles north from TTN, where 7"+ fell? Farther south where the grandkids live, less than 1/2". 25 miles north from there, Cinnaminson reported 5.67".

My SIL had about 6", a dozen miles north from Ocala. Said the field and yard "looked like a war zone". One more weak TS yesterday afternoon. 0.36" is better than nothing but the 0.80 to 0.94" just to the west would've been nice.