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63 and bluebird sky. Beautiful day!

At least those mid-60's are coming for us tomorrow, but yeah, today is in the shitter.

Nice couple of hours of rain down here. Still a bit of drizzle. Grass/weeds are happy.

Morch and the torch definitely sped things up this year.

Some of my Sugar Maples are lagging (still just flowers), but yes, surprised that the Oaks already have tiny leaves.

LOL. Ticks will survive the coming nuclear/AI holocaust. Mosquitos fortunately haven't hatched yet, but the black flies are definitely out already. I always notice if we have a mid-April freeze down here that the black fly population is significantly less the rest of the year.

Perfect for killing the black flies: Freeze Warning URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service New York NY 218 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 CTZ005>008-NJZ105>108-NYZ067-068-200230- /O.UPG.KOKX.FZ.A.0002.260421T0400Z-260421T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.FZ.W.0002.260421T0400Z-260421T1300Z/ Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-Northern New London-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-Putnam- 218 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2026 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures from the mid 20s to lower 30s expected. * WHERE...In Connecticut, Northern Fairfield, Northern Middlesex, Northern New Haven, and Northern New London Counties. In New Jersey, Essex, and Union Counties. In New York, Orange and Putnam Counties. * WHEN...From midnight Monday Night to 9 AM EDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

Fast movers. First line that moved up just missed me to the east. Some pretty strong gusts in the past 20 minutes. Roaring in the treetops.

Interesting heat island effect around NYC as the mank tries to push west. Very cool watching it in motion. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-New_Jersey-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Hoping we do get 3 or 4 hours below freezing Tuesday AM to kill of some of the black flies that are already buzzing around. Seems like the years that we do get a nice Mid-April freeze after the first hatchings, we then have significantly fewer black flies for the rest of the season.

5 minutes obs, so how to know if they squeaked in between:

89.6 a little while ago.

"There's more than anecdotal evidence..." Then proceeds to provide only an anecdote.

83 earlier, dropped back to 79 now. Summah!!

Same. Want to drop fert and lime and overseed, but the Stein is strong.

FYP.

Yore!

29 to 57 so far. Those mid 60's further inland look nice.

The usual suspect, which is why I asked here. Can't believe this point n click baloney.

So, what do we think, are we really getting some rain on Friday? Am I good to put down some weed n feed and overseed tomorrow? Already thatched and got rid of all the leaves, twigs and f*cking acorns.

GWDLT!! Sunny and 48 down here.

Couldn’t agree with you more. The purposeful imprecision of ALL of our media companies is appalling no matter what side of the spectrum one might be on.

Let’s do it!

Yeah, where are these 60's they speak of? Are they in the room with us now?