Bubbler86

39 for the low this Am. 74 at CXY today?

I will be switching from heat to AC today.

According to @Itstrainingtime, it cannot be Indian Summer until we have a freeze in our pockets, so it had not started until now :-). With that said 1) Damn you Cautantowwit and 2) Make sure 'Myra's stockades are guarded next week! But according to these rules it can only occur over a 9 day period! In the fall, it seems that almost any warm day is referred to as an “Indian summer.” What is an Indian summer and where did the term come from? Find out… What Is an Indian Summer? You may hear the term used to refer to any period of unseasonably warm weather in autumn, but traditionally, “Indian summer” referred to something more specific. Here are the criteria for a true Indian summer: As well as being warm, the atmosphere during Indian summer is hazy or smoky, there is no wind, the barometer is standing high, and the nights are clear and chilly. A moving, cool, shallow polar air mass is converting into a deep, warm, stagnant anticyclone (high pressure) system, which has the effect of causing the haze and large swing in temperature between day and night. The time of occurrence is important: The warm days must follow a spell of cold weather or a good hard frost, but also be before first snowfall. The conditions described above also must occur between St. Martin’s Day (November 11) and November 20. For over 200 years, The Old Farmer’s Almanac has adhered to the saying, “If All Saints’ (November 1) brings out winter, St. Martin’s brings out Indian summer.” Why Is it Called an “Indian Summer”? In parts of Europe, a similar phenomenon is known as an “Old Wives’ Summer” or “St. Martin’s Summer,” but how did the term “Indian summer” come to be? There are many theories, but none is confirmed. Some say the term comes from the Algonquian people located in what is now the northeastern United States, who believed that the condition was caused by a warm wind sent from the court of their southwestern god, Cautantowwit (“great spirit”). Yet another claim involves European settlers in New England. Each year, they would welcome the arrival of cold, wintry weather in late October when they could leave their stockades unarmed. But then came a time when it would suddenly turn warm again, and the Native Americans would decide to have one more go at the settlers. “Indian summer,” the settlers called it.

Thanks. I figured the only morning with no freeze/frost warnings was bound to be the winner :-).

18Z GFS has two days where it gets near 80 daytime and stays in the 60's (at night) in the LSV. Keep the AC available.

64 or 65. You cannot tell until they post it.

I have heard stories of temps in the 20's at night and 80's during the day. The GFS and Nam would lose their mind over that.

Shit, that is the end of the growing season in Phoenix!

Hot Pillow is back!

If they start out on a real losing streak, it may get ugly.

Feels like some 70's tomorrow.

That fake fall down in game one was some top notch acting! Marcus Smart has the strongest hand on the planet!

It reached 64 around 2PM at both CXY and MDT. The latest GFS had them at 60 for that frame (or 61, hard to pinpoint exactly.) This has been a recurring theme on sunny days with the GFS being 3-5 degrees behind on temps.

Bryce Harpers bat is 99 degrees setting a record for being hot on Oct 21.

Up to 64 here. Quite nice.

It must be some kind of rite of ritual as nothing has stopped growing here and we got to 32. I guess intents and purposes are what counts. LOL. 32 is not cold enough to kill veggies. My blankets are at the ready for the next freeze. I am not technically in the LSV though, but the NWS AFD applied to me.

LOL, sounds like someone is getting lazy to me. The USDA says you may grow on for both potted and non potted plants. 28 or grow.

All good weenies get excited at the sight of a Skew/Soundings Chart.

Except I commented 850's and all other levels are warm (said UL too warm). LOL

Both NAM and RGEM takes LSV surface temps down to the low 30's Sunday AM as the low nears. UL too warm for snow but would be a darn cold rain if anything got in early.

Early bird nooners today....58 and Sunny.

I mowed yesterday as well...partly due to leaves but the grass was getting long. Grass is definitely not hibernating yet. The lack of precip is going to slow down growth though.

If one believes the designation of 28 then you are good I think. I covered up our veggies so we are good into Nov here. The grass will certainly keep growing.

Growing season?

It really seemed varied during this cold snap. I had not gone below 36 until this AM but it was windy here almost nonstop until late yesterday afternoon. Not at all crazy to see some people with frost tomorrow AM but then that is probably it frost wise for quite some time.