tamarack Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 8 hours ago, mreaves said: That last paragraph brings up an interesting point. With the advent of large biomass burning power facilities, wood pellet stoves and other uses for lower quality wood and wood chips, there is often a lot less material left behind on logging operations. Wood chippers are brought in to to harvest much of the stuff that used to be left behind. What type of impact, if any, has this practice had on forest regeneration and wildlife habitat? The legislature here in Vermont had the state Forests and Parks department conduct a study a few years ago but I haven’t seen any report on findings yet. Have you noticed any impact in Maine? Not much, especially since whole tree harvesting (WTH) doesn't necessarily mean whole stand harvest. A study of nutrient cycling after a clearcut, with different treatment of limbs and tops, was installed nearly 40 years ago at Weymouth Point, near Chesuncook Lake, perhaps 40 miles NW of MLT. The thinking had been that WHT clearcuts on infertile soils (like the study area) might result in deficiencies, especially with softwoods which (other than my username here) carry multiple years worth of nutrient-rich foliage. WTH in hardwoods, which generally are dominant on more fertile sites, were not thought to be problematic, especially with winter cuts. The study, and follow-up projects there (herbicide and precommercial thinning on a portion, re-measure last year) have not shown much effect, nor much difference in soil nutrient capital from the uncut control watershed adjacent to the clearcut watershed. A different study will look specifically at forest regeneration over the next few years with/without the slash being left in the woods. If one is interested in more details, a search for Maine CFRU (Cooperative Forestry Research Unit) can find out more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Warm in Ct. no sign of sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 42 minutes ago, dendrite said: Gypsies are so nasty not even my chickens will eat them. 65.8° today. Nice. You should see a pretty substantial outbreak up there this spring based on the maps of the ground studies they did and ones you had last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Looks like the black flies decided to arrive today. Can’t even enjoy the first nice evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmanmitch Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 83° F/ 77° F here in SW FL off a high of 87° F where I am for the weekend. Absolutely brutal, it's instant sweat on the forehead and sunglasses fogging up when stepping out of the AC into the sauna. Fortunately, I don't think I'll ever experience these kind of dews where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 2 hours ago, dendrite said: I can’t wait for a snowy stretch with multiple 32/25 type days strung together so that I can say we’re in a warm pattern and that it’s just the clouds and snow keeping us from 45F. All winter long you see warm colors at H5 and it's "luckily it's cold at the surface with CAD and wintry precip" as a response. The Gypsies start hatching and those same colors at H5 signify a warm pattern. Got to 56F here today and it felt downright balmy...shorts weather. Crazy to say that about mid-50s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Wet Sunday coming up for some...that wave looks juicy on the meso-scale models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Wet Sunday coming up for some...that wave looks juicy on the meso-scale models. Looks fairy meh unless you’re along the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Looks fairy meh unless you’re along the water Looks like the 12z run you've got there... I was looking at the 18z data... didn't check 12z, but I honestly don't care. Just looked at the latest stuff and it looked juicy. Who knows what is correct. This is the latest run of that model you posted. If it were winter, we know which one would be the favorite . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Just now, powderfreak said: Looks like the 12z run you've got there... I was looking at the 18z data... didn't check 12z, but I honestly don't care. Just looked at the latest stuff and it looked juicy. Who knows what is correct. This is the latest run of that model you posted. Yeah who knows. Scoots made a good point the other day when he said we’re at time of year when you start tossing big coastal qpf events to convective feedback. As they model high amounts too far north when its generally closer to the front and convection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianW Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said: You should see a pretty substantial outbreak up there this spring based on the maps of the ground studies they did and ones you had last year Crazy how localized they are. I have never seen any around here in the New Haven area. If the fungus doesn't kill them this year there are going to be massive amounts of them. Look at the egg mass increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 14 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Yeah who knows. Scoots made a good point the other day when he said we’re at time of year when you start tossing big coastal qpf events to convective feedback. As they model high amounts too far north when its generally closer to the front and convection Yeah I agree in the sense that a large uniform precip shield doesn't seem as likely this time of year. Precip is more convective wherever it ends up. Winners and losers, ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, BrianW said: Crazy how localized they are. I have never seen any around here in the New Haven area. If the fungus doesn't kill them this year there are going to be massive amounts of them. Look at the egg mass increase. Saw a couple crawling around my back porch today.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 29 minutes ago, BrianW said: Crazy how localized they are. I have never seen any around here in the New Haven area. If the fungus doesn't kill them this year there are going to be massive amounts of them. Look at the egg mass increase. Crushed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Looks like an 800+ lolli right over Ryan's house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastermass128 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 We had gypsies here last year. Devastating. July 4th looked like early April. Haven’t noticed them this year yet. Still no foliage yet on the oaks. Hopefully most come back to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, NorEastermass128 said: We had gypsies here last year. Devastating. July 4th looked like early April. Haven’t noticed them this year yet. Still no foliage yet on the oaks. Hopefully most come back to life. Yeah, hopefully they leave some foliage for next season as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, BrianW said: Crazy how localized they are. I have never seen any around here in the New Haven area. If the fungus doesn't kill them this year there are going to be massive amounts of them. Look at the egg mass increase. odd. I have never seen any here in my 30 years here (SW CT) however growing up outside of Philly they were everywhere-stripped whole trees clean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 3 hours ago, powderfreak said: Wet Sunday coming up for some...that wave looks juicy on the meso-scale models. Wow I finally jackpot lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 On 5/3/2019 at 8:29 AM, WinterWolf said: Diane, did you move away?? Or just on Vacation/trip?? I transferred for a year to Nashville. I will be back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 the birds here catch the dangling gypsy caterpillars midair. it's fun to watch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 11 hours ago, wxmanmitch said: 83° F/ 77° F here in SW FL off a high of 87° F where I am for the weekend. Absolutely brutal, it's instant sweat on the forehead and sunglasses fogging up when stepping out of the AC into the sauna. Fortunately, I don't think I'll ever experience these kind of dews where I live. You do get used to it, and there is always a breeze; like like NE when it's humid and stale with no air movement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 8 hours ago, Snow88 said: Wow I finally jackpot lol Looks like a nice high ratio rain too. Stack it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moneypitmike Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 I'm ready for a spring explosion the first part of the week when we have temps hitting the 60's and sun (!!!!). Looks like we get manky again after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, Modfan said: You do get used to it, and there is always a breeze; like like NE when it's humid and stale with no air movement. It’s been great. I’m enjoying it. Given the disaster up there, I’ll take this in a heart beat. Looking forward to summer weather soon hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 20/22 with measurable. Looking forward to Mon Tue Wed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 12 hours ago, dendrite said: Looks like the black flies decided to arrive today. Can’t even enjoy the first nice evening. They're just checking the menu. If it's warm next weekend, they'll be out for blood. Have not even seen the early midges yet here. Might see a cruising black fly next weekend. Reached 59 in the clouds yesterday, but humid enough to produce a lot of sweat as I hauled some firewood to the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Looks like not much of anything north of TAN-PVD-BDL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 53 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Looks like not much of anything north of TAN-PVD-BDL. We have had light rain/drizzle this morning. Just the tenor of the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Closing day at Sugarloaf 45 trails still open. Impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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