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Lots of CGs south of 84

That outflow boundary is drifting south from that waterbury cell. Good luck

You still have cells popping to your W

It’s been feast or famine the past 2 days.

Wet weenie

I’m ready for some synoptic soakers.

DIT about to get unloaded upon

Looks like the mesolow is offering me up a 2 day screwgie. All of the good rain and convection is in the deep S flow.

water wings on?

Most people haven't, but it's been getting more attention in recent years with backyard growers planting them. They're hardy up to zone 4/5, but the short growing seasons up here stall their growth and you run the risk of freezes before getting ripe fruit with some of the cultivars...especially in frost pockets.

Those of you near RI should head to Rocky Point Farm this fall when they have some pawpaws available. Get there early. https://www.rockypointblueberries.com/pawpaw-fruit/

Largest native fruit in the US

Up to 76F with quite a bit of sun so far this morning thanks to the NE flow behind that mesolow. It looks like the low level flow is piling up into SW NH and NE MA on vis...we'll see how that plays with convection later on.

It’s mostly dual pol estimated precip. That localized area from Waterboro to Biddeford.

Over 9”

It depends on the variety, but most of the good cultivars have a variation of a banana-mango-melon taste. Some have other hints of flavors. You need to eat them when very ripe though or else they can taste pretty bad...unripe ones have been compared to kerosene lol. Texture is custard like for most. Flesh color ranges from orange to light yellow/almost white. Darker flesh tends to have more "pawpaw" flavor whereas lighter orange to yellow is more mild.

Probably legit. Big gap in that zone on the mesowest coverage, but the surrounding values line up. Never looked too heavy on radar…probably that dense, small droplet rain.

They're a cool fruit with tropical ancestry that evolved to colder climates. They attract almost no pests (only had a few japanese beetles on them this year) and are pretty disease free. The only insect that really goes for them is the zebra swallowtail and they're not up here since pawpaw is not native and they only eat the leaves of pawpaws. You definitely want grafted trees to get superior fruit. You can grow seedlings, but they'll take longer to fruit and you need to be sure they're seeds from superior parentage. We have a short growing season so you definitely want the vigorous varieties with early ripening. You need 2 different varieties for pollination and they are only pollinated by flies and some beetles...no bees. Hand pollination is a better way to make sure you get a good harvest. This guy is in Marlborough, MA and has a bunch. Here's a vid of some early varieties he recommends. I have a few of these. Nyomi's Delicious is one of my most vigorous growing trees so far.

-RA 0.19" so far. I asked for a 1/4" and may get just that. lol

That would be great, but not happening. 0.10” so far

It’s all showers…how is that lucky? You just said you were a screw zone compared to Vernon. Lol

0.73” congrats

huh

We'll get used to it soon with winter coming.