Birds~69 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Chuck's going with a really hot Summer prediction posted this morning. Yeah, he's nuts and all and may have forgotten to take his meds but he's made some good future calls in the past. Sure as hell hope this doesn't come true... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 ^ I was wondering if any summer predictions were out yet. Yeah, hope he's wrong...lol! Chuck's going with a hot summer until he isn't. I'm still not sure what his winter outlook was--I got whiplash reading his posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 2 hours ago, JTA66 said: ^ I was wondering if any summer predictions were out yet. Yeah, hope he's wrong...lol! Chuck's going with a hot summer until he isn't. I'm still not sure what his winter outlook was--I got whiplash reading his posts. Most of his predictions which I remember were "Winter predictions" which were sometimes good to very good. I really don't recall many/any Summer predictions (heat/temp) besides tropical storms (total). Or maybe I wasn't looking? Hopefully he sucks regarding summer patterns because 2-3 degrees above normal during the peak summer months would be horrible...Ben Franklin bridge jumping horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Flakes in Green Lane... falling now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 It seems like it has been years since the last cool and wet summer. I want to say 2007 or 2008? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenmsav6810 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 3 hours ago, The Iceman said: It seems like it has been years since the last cool and wet summer. I want to say 2007 or 2008? 2013 was on the cooler/wetter side. I remember because we but our central air in that year. Otherwise 2007... the first year for our pool..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 4 hours ago, The Iceman said: It seems like it has been years since the last cool and wet summer. I want to say 2007 or 2008? Last year wasn't bad at all through July, maybe not cool, but not overly hot. +2 or +3 like mentioned above doesn't even sound all that hot given most of the last few summers. I guess I'd gladly take it in lieu of +5 or +6, but at or a little below normal would be sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Received an email from my lawn guy at the end of Feb basically saying since winter was over, he'd be out in the next week or so to apply the first treatment. Nearly two months later, he was finally out yesterday for the first treatment. Hoping for some decent showers today to wash it all in -- looking at the first mow of the season this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazwoper Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 On 4/15/2018 at 11:45 AM, Sophisticated Skeptic said: 32.8 close but no cigar. 80's yesterday... It still wouldn't have been a "nasty ice storm" even if the temp dropped below 32 mainly due to the last this you posted above. The surface temps would still be extremely warm with temps only dropping barely below freezing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 First mow the last couple of days! Boatload of nutsedge out back - seems to have come from nowhere - wtf lol. It actually feels like spring now. Some trees starting to leaf out a bit. Pretty late this year, no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 For the last 3 years there's been a single lightning bug that shows up about 3 weeks early, usually the first week of May. This year he showed up about last Wednesday, so a little later, and this time he has a pal, lol. Obviously not the same one, but it seems to run in the family. Probably scouting the area . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 8 hours ago, KamuSnow said: For the last 3 years there's been a single lightning bug that shows up about 3 weeks early, usually the first week of May. This year he showed up about last Wednesday, so a little later, and this time he has a pal, lol. Obviously not the same one, but it seems to run in the family. Probably scouting the area . Out of curiosity, I ended up looking up these guys and apparently there are several genera of them here (including one that is the official PA state insect). I assumed that the variations of the wings (including striping and length) were natural variations of a single species but nope. So it's possible your "early" ones are a certain species. The adults last a couple months but the larvae last 1 - 2 years to reach maturity. They apparently like warm and humid air and moist/wet places, so this week will probably be a boon for the larvae given the weather pattern is conducive for bringing out their food (slugs, snails)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted May 15, 2018 Author Share Posted May 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Hurricane Agnes said: Out of curiosity, I ended up looking up these guys and apparently there are several genera of them here (including one that is the official PA state insect). I assumed that the variations of the wings (including striping and length) were natural variations of a single species but nope. So it's possible your "early" ones are a certain species. The adults last a couple months but the larvae last 1 - 2 years to reach maturity. They apparently like warm and humid air and moist/wet places, so this week will probably be a boon for the larvae given the weather pattern is conducive for bringing out their food (slugs, snails)! Yeah, I've done some research too; the first year we were here (6 years ago) there were more lightning bugs than I've ever seen, and they were mainly up higher off the ground, up around the top 1/3 of the trees. Looked like hundreds of Christmas tree lights, amazing. So the next year we were all ready and there was no big show . Then the year after a nice turnout again, but at lower altitudes, which was also an awesome look. So we thought okay, maybe it's an every other year kind of deal. But in actuality not so much. Now we just take it as it comes, kind of like hoping for a snowy winter but you never know. We actually planted a row of bushes along one side in the back to block the light from our neighbor's light post that is on all night, lol. It will take a few more years for the bushes to get high enough, but we try :-). Light pollution is not good for the population since it gets in the way of mating (which is what the flashing is about). Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 39 minutes ago, KamuSnow said: Yeah, I've done some research too; the first year we were here (6 years ago) there were more lightning bugs than I've ever seen, and they were mainly up higher off the ground, up around the top 1/3 of the trees. Looked like hundreds of Christmas tree lights, amazing. So the next year we were all ready and there was no big show . Then the year after a nice turnout again, but at lower altitudes, which was also an awesome look. So we thought okay, maybe it's an every other year kind of deal. But in actuality not so much. Now we just take it as it comes, kind of like hoping for a snowy winter but you never know. We actually planted a row of bushes along one side in the back to block the light from our neighbor's light post that is on all night, lol. It will take a few more years for the bushes to get high enough, but we try :-). Light pollution is not good for the population since it gets in the way of mating (which is what the flashing is about). Good stuff! They apparently like to be near water. My sister in Wyndmoor has a backyard that slopes down to a creek (where the creek path is woodsy and dark) and her entire silver maple planted near the creek will be completely lit up during some summers. Will have to see if this year will be a banner one. If it verifies, CPC has an outlook for above normal precipitation and temps for MJJ (which might mean buggy happiness...lol) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted May 17, 2018 Author Share Posted May 17, 2018 On 5/15/2018 at 8:46 AM, Hurricane Agnes said: They apparently like to be near water. My sister in Wyndmoor has a backyard that slopes down to a creek (where the creek path is woodsy and dark) and her entire silver maple planted near the creek will be completely lit up during some summers. Will have to see if this year will be a banner one. If it verifies, CPC has an outlook for above normal precipitation and temps for MJJ (which might mean buggy happiness...lol) - They also like dead leaves and rotting wood for the larval stage....and I probably shouldn't publicize this, but one dry May a few years ago we watered the edge of the woods, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 3 minutes ago, KamuSnow said: They also like dead leaves and rotting wood for the larval stage....and I probably shouldn't publicize this, but one dry May a few years ago we watered the edge of the woods, lol. And why not? Nature's miniature spotlights in the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 On 5/17/2018 at 8:18 AM, Hurricane Agnes said: And why not? Nature's miniature spotlights in the summer! There have been a couple of lightning bugs around the last 3 nights - not the early birds, these are triple flashers. So it's starting, but about a week or so later than last year. There's a loose relationship between starting dates and degree days I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 Big uptick in lightning bugs tonight - from 2 last night to 11 tonight! That's how many at once, we don't slant stick the count, haha.... Also the honeysuckle is blooming now, so some nice smells going on. And of course the mosquitos showed up this week . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 9 hours ago, KamuSnow said: Big uptick in lightning bugs tonight - from 2 last night to 11 tonight! That's how many at once, we don't slant stick the count, haha.... Also the honeysuckle is blooming now, so some nice smells going on. And of course the mosquitos showed up this week . When I visited one of my sisters last week, her neighbor had some wild Japanese honeysuckle and I saw the bloom buds on those so I figured the heat and rain would pop them out! I have a cultivar of a native (semi-evergreen) honeysuckle ("Blanche Sandman") that is about done it's spring bloom now (it bloomed almost the entire month of May). It doesn't have the fragrance or aggressive growth of the Japanese one but by golly the hummers will zoom past the feeder and head straight for it in spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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