May Discussion

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Meanwhile, drought talk aside, it is a swamp here today.  80/70. 

[kdxken]

15 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Don’t you recall how much of SNE was running 10-20” deficits going back to like 2014? We have since made up much of it these last 2 years. It’s the reason why the gypsy moths exploded and caused so much damage from 2016-2019

Did you get hit on the head? That's absolutely true. Worst drought since the 60s that Will mentioned.

[powderfreak]

Just now, radarman said:

At UMass, 1.9".  Of that 1.15" fell on 5/1.  And another .4 in about 15 minutes on 5/15 with the line of thunderstorms, some of which runs off when falling so fast.  Only .1" in the last 2 weeks.

Yikes, yeah that's pretty low.  The last two weeks especially with a lot of full sun and low RH.

[Damage In Tolland]

13 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Did you get hit on the head? That's absolutely true. Worst drought since the 60s that Will mentioned.

He’s missing the ones mentioned . While not as severe, they were there and show up in the data .

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said:

Those weren't even that bad here....1930s was mostly west of us and those other two weren't even real droughts, lol....the only real drought of consequence in NE was the late 1960s. Particularly 1964-1966.

[Whineminster]

57 minutes ago, weathafella said:

Kevin needs to relive one of the years I was in Southern California when we didn’t see one drop of rain for 7 months...

Sounds glorious

[Bostonseminole]

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

He's big into gardening.  It is not a big deal for most folks

there is still water

[Bostonseminole]

Today must be glorious for the three dew Amigos and their fraternity

Dew, DT and still pledging Coastal

79.5/69.7

I hope they are spending all day outdoors soaking it in

 

[Torch Tiger]

hopefully no rain through August, we need some wx excitement and a drought would deliver

[dryslot]

81/68, Getting swampy.

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, Bostonseminole said:

Today must be glorious for the three dew Amigos and their fraternity

Dew, DT and still pledging Coastal

79.5/69.7

I hope they are spending all day outdoors soaking it in

 

There’s plenty folks here that enjoy this weather. They’ve admitted it

[Bostonseminole]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

There’s plenty folks here that enjoy this weather. They’ve admitted it

a day like today? no breeze and a bit oppressive? hmm.. well lets see if they come out of the closet and confirm.

[Ginx snewx]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

There’s plenty folks here that enjoy this weather. They’ve admitted it

How are you out enjoying the clouds and stiff breezes today. No steam baths down here

[tamarack]

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Drought talk in New England is nonsense.

Too young to remember the early-mid 1960s?  1965 is the driest year on record for 6 of the 7 coastal states DE to MA, with NY missing out due to the significantly drier climo on the southern tier counties.  However, 1965 is NYC's driest in their 151-yr POR (by more than 6"!) while '64 is #2 and '63 at #4.  1966 was close to the 1965 rates until 5.5" fell on 9/21 and was actually worse until that event, due both to drought duration and because met summer '66 was the hottest (now 2nd behind 2010) and driest on record.  One of my notable wx trivia memories is that some central/west VA sites got more rain in 5 hours from Camille's remains than NYC got in all of 1965.

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, Bostonseminole said:

a day like today? no breeze and a bit oppressive? hmm.. well lets see if they come out of the closet and confirm.

Damn it's very comfortable here with a stiff breeze . 

[Bostonseminole]

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

Damn it's very comfortable here with a stiff breeze . 

was just looking out just a minute ago trees are starting to sway more but earlier when I was out with my dog and doing some yard work at lunch it was calm..

[Damage In Tolland]

These wild chilly winds seem to only be in very small , select areas 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

7 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Too young to remember the early-mid 1960s?  1965 is the driest year on record for 6 of the 7 coastal states DE to MA, with NY missing out due to the significantly drier climo on the southern tier counties.  However, 1965 is NYC's driest in their 151-yr POR (by more than 6"!) while '64 is #2 and '63 at #4.  1966 was close to the 1965 rates until 5.5" fell on 9/21 and was actually worse until that event, due both to drought duration and because met summer '66 was the hottest (now 2nd behind 2010) and driest on record.  One of my notable wx trivia memories is that some central/west VA sites got more rain in 5 hours from Camille's remains than NYC got in all of 1965.

Yeah, I’m old but not that old. 

[rclab]

8 minutes ago, tamarack said:

Too young to remember the early-mid 1960s?  1965 is the driest year on record for 6 of the 7 coastal states DE to MA, with NY missing out due to the significantly drier climo on the southern tier counties.  However, 1965 is NYC's driest in their 151-yr POR (by more than 6"!) while '64 is #2 and '63 at #4.  1966 was close to the 1965 rates until 5.5" felon 9/21 and was actually worse, due both to drought duration and because met summer '66 was the hottest (now 2nd behind 2010) and driest on record.  One of my notable wx trivia memories is that some central/west VA sites got more rain in 5 hours from Camille's remains than NYC got in all of 1965.

I was in college that. year and houses In Brooklyn with accessible backyards were actually drilling wells. At that time the concern for the quality of that water was not a factor. The well water was used, primarily, for pools and gardening. As  always .....

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

These wild chilly winds seem to only be in very small , select areas 

It’s a warm,  humid wind here. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

53 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Meanwhile, drought talk aside, it is a swamp here today.  80/70. 

Eek.  It's struggling to hit 70F here. Dew 64F

[Baroclinic Zone]

14 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Damn it's very comfortable here with a stiff breeze . 

Same breeze as yesterday.  10-15mph steady with gusts close to 20mph.

[ma blizzard]

15 minutes ago, Bostonseminole said:

a day like today? no breeze and a bit oppressive? hmm.. well lets see if they come out of the closet and confirm.

add me to the dew crew 

very tolerable out this way, upper 70s and mostly cloudy with a nice breeze so far. hopefully we can get some sun and get those temps into the 80s 

 

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 hour ago, radarman said:

Semi agree. Seemingly not a year goes by when the local paper isn't quoting a farmer blaming climate change for whatever the most recent conditions are, as though the 'right mix' year you describe used to be the norm.  But the fact is that it's been one of the driest Mays on record, with a quite a bit of sun and low dews (save the last few days) and more en route.  So they'll be hurting and the fact it isn't a threat to the public water supply in metro boston is irrelevant.

Most farmers have been at it awhile and have irrigation figured out.  More effort and $$$ but unless it gets real bad they will figure it out

[powderfreak]

Torching pretty good again... 84/65! 

This week has all had days that are above our normal max summer climo.  Our max climo highs are like 82-83F in late July and the last 4 days have been 89/93/84/84.

The only way to cool off is to find some glacial pond at elevation.  The dog knows how to cool off.

 

[HoarfrostHubb]

ORH is at -1.98” for precip this month

[dendrite]

85/69

We swelt

[Baroclinic Zone]

[dryslot]

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

85/69

We swelt

We bake.

[Damage In Tolland]

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

85/69

We swelt

Furniture getting up with you and walking to the kitchen?