Mind Wandering in A Quiet Pattern

Posted by Pete Bouchard

Couple things bug me...

1) People who won't yield when there's a lane closure ahead.

2) Increasing EEE and West Nile threat.

3) Forest bugs, like the Emerald Ash Borer, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid and the Mountain Pine Beetle. (Bugs that, left unchecked, will ultimately mean the demise of those tree species.)

4) Early Season Winter forecasts

Numbers 1 and 4 we just deal with. I have no answers for rude people or those that fantasize about warm/cold or dry/snowy winters that are a season or two away. When our forecasts are keen enough to see a season or two ahead, you'll be the first to know.

But numbers 2 and 3 are something that the old timers say, "we never worried about". True, some may be climate change, some may be a decrease in natural predation, and some may be poor forest management, but it's really starting to effect the way we do things. Apple orchards, farms, parks and ball fields are closing early because of the mosquito threat, camping is full of restrictions about firewood and the way it's brought and bought, and some of the most essential trees to the forest ecosystem (rabbits/squirrels/chipmunks love hemlocks) are going the way of the elm and chestnut - antique lumber on display in the finest homes and museums. (As a woodworker, I don't begrudge this, I just wish there was more of it around.)

Whew! Thanks for that. Just felt like venting.

Anyway, the weather is certainly something we can all get behind. Plenty of sun and slightly warmer temps tomorrow. We'll peak in the low 80s before the slide begins. Temps will sag this weekend, and after that, I'm not seeing another day at 80+....but no frost either.

Keep up with the bug juice. And don't transport firewood in or out of state.

That concludes my diatribe.

Pete

Feet First

Posted by Jeremy Reiner

Right into summer. Warm & humid weather expected for much of the week. Good?.....Well, keep in mind that warmth & humidity are the 2 key ingredients for thunderstorms. The last being something to *lift* that warm/humid air. Usually a front is a good device to do such that. Today, we will have a cool front approach New England very late in the day & evening. That may lead to an isolated storm or two after 4pm but most towns just have a fair amount of clouds, warmth & humidity. Temps will climb to near 80 by afternoon.

Warming Up and Unsettled

Posted by Chris Lambert

Well, it certainly was a great weekend weather-wise until this afternoon when the temps dropped and light showers moved in from west to east.  Despite the cool down, the theme for this upcoming week is warmer with higher humidity.  It'll also be unsettled at times. 

Pulling The Fade

Posted by Chris Lambert

Our fun in the sun ends this afternoon as morning sunshine fades behind thickening clouds.  As those clouds increase, a few showers break out this afternoon from west to east, with the highest chance for rain late afternoon and this evening.  Most of the showers are light, especially the early afternoon ones, but a heavier shower or two is possible near day's end and early this evening.  Highs reach the mid to upper 60s around noon, then fall back to near 60 mid to late afternoon thanks to scattered showers.  These showers are brought to us by a warm front.

Back and Forth

Posted by Chris Lambert

Quite a few clouds in the sky at times this afternoon, but the atmosphere lacked ample moisture to produce showers, so we made out just fine with temps near 70.  Even the coast made it well into the 60s before the onshore wind knocked temps back.