Hitman Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 my paltry harvest of almost ripe tomatoes were decimated by a local woodchuck this past weekend. I saw the critter this morning about to munch on another tomato on the deck, but he caught me spying him and turned away, smirking, undoubtedly knowing I would soon be gone to the office, leaving him free to enjoy lunch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 7 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: LOL 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 7 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: LOL Looks like a winter precipitation map (The 00z map) , toss the 12z run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etudiant Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 11 hours ago, Hitman said: my paltry harvest of almost ripe tomatoes were decimated by a local woodchuck this past weekend. I saw the critter this morning about to munch on another tomato on the deck, but he caught me spying him and turned away, smirking, undoubtedly knowing I would soon be gone to the office, leaving him free to enjoy lunch. They are smart animals, they wait till you're about to harvest the crop. Did that to my corn too, when I lived in CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Lol rain isnt crossing the NY/NJ border in rockland. Fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I think the significant synoptic rains next week are real. Jack zone TBD, but that's some impressive blocking for this time of year. I have to mow today for the first time in well over a month. The grass isn't growing, but the ribwort and broadleaf plantains sure are. It's amazing how resilient and adept many naturalized weeds are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: I think the significant synoptic rains next week are real. Jack zone TBD, but that's some impressive blocking for this time of year. I have to mow today for the first time in well over a month. The grass isn't growing, but the ribwort and broadleaf plantains sure are. It's amazing how resilient and adept many naturalized weeds are. I had to weed whack for about 5 minutes, twice since I last mowed on 7/4. Will still be at least another week before I'll need to mow, if then. Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 6 hours ago, Juliancolton said: I think the significant synoptic rains next week are real. Jack zone TBD, but that's some impressive blocking for this time of year. I have to mow today for the first time in well over a month. The grass isn't growing, but the ribwort and broadleaf plantains sure are. It's amazing how resilient and adept many naturalized weeds are. I spun the mower and weed whacker through the front yard after that last little bit of moistness just to clean it up. I had a Great Mullein show up in the yard this year, I never watered or even touched it and it got 7 feet tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 I ran some numbers, looking at actual rainfall IMBY for met summer up to now (Jun 1-Aug 12) and it confirms this is the driest summer to date here: 2005: 5.79 2006: 10.39 2007: 13.06 2008: 8.49 2009: 18.26 2010: 9.91 2011: 14.65 2012: 10.08 2013: 21.34 2014: 7.61 2015: 9.42 2016: 11.62 2017: 10.26 2018: 14.21 2019: 8.41 2020: 8.28 2021: 9.99 2022: 4.39 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 9.99 last year? Couldnt find one hundredth somewhere? Sneeze into it or something? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Opened the windows upstairs hoping to freshen things up a bit. Only down to 72 but dews were in the 40s earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 It was 50° up in the hills between Binghamton and Middletown a few hours ago. Mmm, felt good driving along with the windows open. So 30-40% chance of showers Monday and Tuesday huh? Yeah, whatever. Time to give up on the garden and stop abusing our well pump I'll keep the herbs and strawberries going because they're a few years old now but everything else is on its own now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 50 for the low, got the house down to 60 downstairs and 65 upstairs, refreshing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 4 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: 50 for the low, got the house down to 60 downstairs and 65 upstairs, refreshing. 48 here. It does the psyche good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Despite the cooler air mass, the 80F+ streak lives on at POU and it's easy to see that we're in the upper echelon of such streaks. Not updated for today, so it's at 46 days now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 8 hours ago, Juliancolton said: Despite the cooler air mass, the 80F+ streak lives on at POU and it's easy to see that we're in the upper echelon of such streaks. Not updated for today, so it's at 46 days now. Looks Iike digital thermometers are to blame or placement or just bad record keeping perhaps… @Rjay thoughts? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 Its become evident over the past week the beating the trees are taking with the lack of rainfall and the heat, some trees turning early with faded colors and more and more yellow and brown leaves each day dropping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 37 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said: Its become evident over the past week the beating the trees are taking with the lack of rainfall and the heat, some trees turning early with faded colors and more and more yellow and brown leaves each day dropping. I'd been hoping to plant a few new spruces this fall to replace my dead ash trees. Maybe that's best put off until spring... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 The Wallkill at Gardiner was at 1.68 ft at 2pm... Low Water Records(1) 0.89 ft on 10/16/1984(2) 1.40 ft on 07/10/1991(3) 1.59 ft on 08/14/1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Stuff is dying everywhere throughout the area. I went up to Cape Cod last weekend and it's parched all the way up. This weekend we'll be in N Conway so I'll see what's up in interior New England. My yard is mostly dead. It's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 3:46 PM, Juliancolton said: I wouldn't worry... the lawn guys will be talking about abnormally dry conditions by mid-May. You guys never appreciate what you have 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 1.84" here since 6/17/22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I added it up recently and it was under 1.5 and I think I figured pretty well over 10" down since 3/1. Were those showers that only went through on radar all there is for today? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, gravitylover said: I added it up recently and it was under 1.5 and I think I figured pretty well over 10" down since 3/1. Were those showers that only went through on radar all there is for today? There will be some spotty convective showers backing in from the north toward the end of the day. Maybe something will actually reach the ground. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I got a quick light shower this morning. 18, maybe 20 drops. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, gravitylover said: I added it up recently and it was under 1.5 and I think I figured pretty well over 10" down since 3/1. Were those showers that only went through on radar all there is for today? I know I’m around what you have. 1.5 is a good number. Irishrob has a little more than me. It’s actually nice having some cloud cover currently. Had about 25-30 raindrops this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Hitman said: I got a quick light shower this morning. 18, maybe 20 drops. I guess it’s better than 10-15 drops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Sun is coming out here - there's a shot at keeping the 80+ streak alive (yesterday was a record 49 days at POU). Currently 77 at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 My backyard looks like early november. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, BxEngine said: My backyard looks like early november. Snow stake going up soon? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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