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i feel like I am living in a swamp like TBlizz, it is very soupy outside

13 hours ago, MJO812 said:

So many click bait winter outlooks from meteorologists on YouTube calling for a snowy winter for the Northeast due to the strong STJ.

and you watched them all, didn't you?

i am trying to stay safe under brightening skies with 0.2" on the day

8 hours ago, wxsniss said:

What's a good portable generator? Can it power multiple devices throughout house at once (fridge, lighting, HVAC, water heater)? If portable and only set up when needed, how can it be set up outdoors to power things inside? Asking not to be confrontational, I'm genuinely curious what the alternatives are.

We've lost power 5x this year, ranging from 3-16 hour times. Most times not even weather related.

My fear is having to struggle in pitch dark at 2am setting up a portable generator, and not able to ensure kids can sleep and we have refrigeration / hot water.

i have a 6500 watt portable generator that I plug into an outlet outside the house which goes to a transfer switch. it is super easy, and powers everything I need, heat, water (on a well), and most importantly internet. i could use microwave but don't because it is obviously a huge power suck, and can't use the stove/oven.

I recently learned that whole house generators have a life span of around 20 years.

a friend has had one for 20+ years, and it recently stopped doing its weekly test run, so he had a guy out to service it. Found a blown fuse, which he replaced. when he fired up the generator, the battery literally exploded. No diagnosis as the unit was well out of warranty and there was no guarantee that they could even figure out what the problem was. 

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Huge COC today into tomorrow 

aside from the winds, it’s pretty damn nice out there this morning. glad the wind is drying out the grass so I can cut it today, but it’s a bit much right now. Hopefully it subsides a bit later

13 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Bitched myself to some rain. Channeled my inner tblizz. No new wives though.

grabbed a quick quarter inch here, the local vegetation rejoices

what is this wet stuff that appears to be falling from the sky?

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

38° at SLK

28 @ the fake hollow in CT (probably)

3 hours ago, Brewbeer said:

how does that compare to a normal sunny day at the same time ?

 

for example both Sunday and Monday topped out between 800-900 watts/m2

1 hour ago, Brewbeer said:

yeah. it's consistent with light to moderate overcast, a rainy day is even less. 

curious what folks with solar sensors on their weather stations are getting for readings

right now my station solar radiation is ~100 watts/m2 (whatever that means), with a UV index <1

just took down the backyard canopy just in case. pretty much guaranteed that nothing will happen here, not that I was expecting anything but you never know. Those outdoor canopies like to become airborn in the slightest breeze

not super hot (mid 80’s here) but the humidity is the real deal. My evening walk was a bad idea, fat guy sweats a lot.

That’s some scary shit

-10 degree temp bust here

smoke 'em if you got 'em

11 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I slept in several fleece jackets and winter hat. 

shit, that is @weatherwiz daily attire (in the summer)

0.000000”.  Been a decent day although a little humid this morning. Glad we don’t live in CT..as always 

11 hours ago, dendrite said:

Definite wood smoke smell in the air tonight…not sure if it’s QB, but I assume it is

fireworks smoke, probably 

1 hour ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

I have never contemplated the effects of firework smoke...until now!

He beer.

45 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

This would be interesting if it were to occur. HRRR suggesting some degraded air quality from wildfire smoke settling near the surface in parts of New England tomorrow. Add in firework smoke, and it could be even worse I'd imagine?

 

you’re concerned about fireworks smoke? lololol

37 minutes ago, dendrite said:

So I drove around a lot of CON the past couple hours…mostly 96/97 on the car and it’s historically consistently 2° too warm so 94/95 matches the ASOS obs well. But there’s always a warm spot on the north end that goes up a few degrees around the 93/393 split up to about the river…basically the NHTI area. Sure enough, went through there and the car thermo went from 97 to 100 to 96 (95 to 98 to 94). There’s definitely a little heat boost in that river terrain carved out by the old Lake Merrimack.

similar driving around MHT this afternoon. a couple areas hit 99 on the car thermo, but low to mid 90’s in others

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

87.3/77

YES!!

what will you be doing outside to enjoy your favorite weather?

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

It was a pioneer clump. I check for it every year because I'm paranoid. I think I got it early enough with all roots before it could send out the rhizomes.

good luck. i have seen knotweed in my area, but not in my 'hood. but i do keep a close eye out for it. I hate the invasive crap. meanwhile, pretty much every beech tree in my 'hood is either dead or dying. sad, as I really like the look of beeches.

3 hours ago, dendrite said:

Took a walk along each side of the road in front of the house…

Tons of poison ivy on boths sides. Noticed some last year, but it’s nuts this year and  is now trying to work into my yard.

Tons of ragweed starting

And a 2 stalk clump of knotweed about 2ft tall

They use bottom of the barrel fill along the road and let the invasives go nuts. Then they go around with chems spraying the shit a couple of years later.

Maddening

i noticed the PI is thriving this year. i try to stay on top of it and spray it with a targeted weed spray every year (I use poison ivy killer, only targets viney stuff including oriental bittersweet), this year the plants are bigger with huge leaves.

good luck with the knotweed, there are a bunch of different removal strategies out there (most are voodoo), but unless you use ROund Up or similar, you are unlikely to succeed

4 hours ago, Layman said:

Mother In Law visiting for a few days?

he said noisy, not nosey