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First 2 storms passed south (10 miles) and north (surprised we got nothing it was so close). Raining now from the 2nd wave, still no close strikes (<3 miles) since last Feb 10.

Our place is near the top of that frame and directly north from the "o" of Lewiston. We heard some distant rumbles about 9 PM then had 0.28" from 10 to midnight as the juicy stuff passed by to our south. Garden likes it, however.

My wife and her sister took a whale-watching cruise out of BHB yesterday, and the temp offshore was probably ~60. Dense fog that condensed on surfaces plus the wind created by the boat's travel had folks dressing like they were on a North Pole expedition. However, they watched a humpback doing its awesome things, saw an 18-foot basking shark and a mola mola (ocean sunfish) and on the way back, a pod of porpoises, adults and young'uns. A great trip. 70+ dews happen in October every few years too. Only reached 60s here in Oct; our mildest daily minimum in that month is 59. That said, in 1999 we had dews well into the 70s during the 2nd week of September.

That one was way south of us. The one I remember was July 4-5, 1999. It flattened hundreds of acres of Boundary Waters forest on the 4th then blew down a lot more in NH/Maine on the 5th while injuring campers at Umbagog Lake and Chain of Ponds. The Rangeley AP recorded a gust of 83 mph. Two campers at Big Eddy (downstream from Long Falls Dam) had their tent stakes fail, the wind then rolling the (occupied) tent across the campground as nearby trees were getting swatted down left and right. The Lincoln Plantation's east public lot had a 60-70 acre patch flattened by straight-line wind; at one spot I found a large healthy deep-rooted white birch flattened. 10 feet away was an overmature fir, shallow-rooted as always and probably with butt-rot, but completely undamaged. That derecho dissipated near BGR after creating a small tor near Bingham/Moscow. (Someone - dendrite? - noted that the residual energy was then carried south where it caused damaging storms in NC on 7/6.)

Reminds me of a high end 3H day on Parks and Lands' Duck Lake Unit, northeast from BGR. As we bounced along at 15 mph on an old road, the Eastern region forester with me pointed out the window at the large squadron of deer flies pacing the truck and said, "Doesn't that make you eager to get out into the woods?"

Unless there's a significant change, we're working on our warmest July (or any month) since moving here in 1998 and it may not be close. That said, it's being done without smashing any daily max records here, though the dews are about as nasty as it gets. It's consistent heat but nothing like last month when we came within 1° of our first 90+ couplet in 22 years. In a converse way, it's reminding me of February 2015, which broke few daily records while setting the Feb (or all time) coldest month all over New England, by never warming up at all.

Clear, dry and calm! Farmington (Maine) only got down to 38 that day, but 4 years and one day later they touched 32. CON was a modest 40 on that morning.

This month's vibe so far here is steady humid AN temps w/o any spectacular heat. We've not gotten to within 5° of June's hottest, but the current average is 69.9. Our warmest July, 2010, finished at 68.5 and the 2nd half of July averages warmer here than the first. We've had 10 straight days at +5 or greater, a yawner in January (Jan 2017 featured an 11-day run of 10+ AN) but very uncommon here in July.

Rates were very heavy for much of that 1969 storm. Maybe Central Park was running 32-33 but all the hourly obs were 33. Because rain had been forecast, the sanitation workers (NYC puts its plows on garbage trucks) had not been alerted and the city was almost paralyzed. The head of the sanitation union said of the mayor, "He played it by ear and was stone deaf!" Yesterday morning the temp snuck down to 59, first sub-60 minimum since 7/5. TD was back into the upper 60s by mid-afternoon.

Agreed, though NYC recorded 5" in April 1907 with the day's temp 41/35. (Not sure what was going on with that.) Snow at 33 is more likely - most of the "Mayor Lindsey" storm in Feb 1969 fell with the temp at 33.

TS just missed here yesterday afternoon. My wife drove thru a noisy downpour on the way to BGR to pick up her sister (saw a nice rainbow while parking at the AP), and they hit another one on the way back here. No issues with the flight, thankfully.

At peak during the 1987 flood, it was closer to 300 billion.

With the rains in the Androscoggin/Kennebec watersheds, there's probably a good charge of current there during an ebb tide, and lots of turbulence on any tide. 84/70 is too sticky for my taste, probably Mike's as well.

Not as nice - PC with 40% PoP. Still some uncertainty about how far north the precip advances. (But you probably already know this.)

50 miles to the north it's now mostly sunny.

With less than 30 years record, my averages here are "live", being adjusted with each daily entry. Thus, the current peak day is July 22 and that could change based on temps within a week of that date. Defining peak summer as the period in which the average is within 1.00° of the warmest day, that period is currently July 8 thru August 9. 2.85" over the past 2 days, no need to water the garden.

5th mildest June at PWM, same as for here as all of PWM's top 5 are 1999 onward. Thru yesterday, July is running a full degree behind 2010 but it's a contender.

Just had 0.91" in 15 minutes, 4:48-5:03, with at least 0.6" in the first 8 minutes. The only thunder was the water pounding on the roof, had some mid-20s gusts as well. This was the west end of a much larger clump of rain - might be some flash flood issues in southern Somerset County northeast of here.

Some July averages for PWM: Period Max Min Mean 1941-70 79.1 56.9 68.0 2001-30 79.3 61.0 70.2 1950s 79.8 56.5 68.2 2020s 79.9 62.5 71.2 Kind of a funny cool eddy in MA Bay. Boston Buoy at 61 and Stellwagen Bay 56. I don't think I've seen that so late in the season. Meanwhile off the south coast it's in the 70s or close to it. That's odd but I've seen it years ago when living in NNJ. During the late '50s-early '60s we visited Sandy Hook State Park a number of times during July, and the water was almost always 70-72, just cool enough to be bracing compared to the bathwater temps at our small lake. Then one late July occasion the water was 57 and I don't recall any serious storms that would've stirred the pot. (Being teenagers, we spent most of the time in that water anyway.)

My guess was on the wrong side of the lake. Lily Bay State Park is wonderful, but if that cabin is on/near the shore, you don't need the park. 1.93" from this event, with more than one inch 4-4:45 yesterday afternoon from a separate (but related) band south of the major dumping.

Reminds me of Jay Maine on 6/29/23, with 4-6" in 2 hours, only it's more widespread in VT. Several main roads were closed for months and at least one secondary road still hasn't been put back together - fortunately, residents nearby have other access.

Staying at The Birches? Greenville reported 1.51" between 2 and 8 AM, Twentymile Road might have taken some damage.

Thought we were getting the same after dodging three TS yesterday. Today, one group edged to the north and a 2nd one appeared to be staying south - until it began moving more to the northeast. We've had RA/RA+ since just before 4 and from 15 yards thru the rain it looks like about 0.6" in the gauge.

ASH has reported that 81° dewpoint since 11 this morning, but their RH is sometimes squirrelly. Earlier this week when most other stations had 70+ dews, ASH reported the RH as 32% (obviously bogus), pushing the reported TD down below 60. That 81 dew reminded me of early football practice in Baltimore. After one of the 2-a-days we were sweating in the concrete block room where we stayed, and the radio reported a temp of 86 and RH of 85, for that same 81 dew. Moisture was running down the walls of the place. The highest dew point ever recorded, 95°F (35°C), was recorded at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on July 8, 2003. With an air temperature of 108°F (42°C), the heat index was 178°F (81°C). Gack! I've noted TDs near 90 in the Persian Gulf. Occasionally those dews were accompanied by 25+ winds and a condition described as "sand".

GYX map has us in the 2-3" color while the above map has us closer to 1/2". Given the month to date, the much lower total seems likely. Yesterday we danced around 3 separate TS, 2 svr-warned, with the bright echoes passing within 3-4 miles or less. We did get a 20-second sprinkle and some rumbles from the non-warned storm.