What is your weather today?
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Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Looks like today and tomorrow are going to be the hottest days of the year, 87* followed by a couple of 82* days. After that back to the norm of high 60's and low 70's with some rain.
Going to get the outside work done by 1:00 then go work in the shop. 58 degrees in the shop will feel pretty good about then.
Going to get the outside work done by 1:00 then go work in the shop. 58 degrees in the shop will feel pretty good about then.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
100* today with thick haze from moisture from the coast being push over the mountains, smoke from the fires and dust from the wind. We are in extreme drought conditions with no chance of measurable rain this week, or next.
We are something like double the average annual rainfall. Been almost dry for a couple of weeks but . . .
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
That has a lot to do with it, I've read. Instead of basic west to east, it has a big southern bow that is making all the Gulf moisture fall as rain in the Mid-west. That is creating a huge low pressure area where you folks are and cloudless high pressure over the west. Average daily temp for July 2020 was 71*, for 2021 it was 81*. And the smoke is not letting day time heat radiate into the night skies.
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Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Man you guys are making me feel bad, sort of. As long as nobody gets flooded, or burned out.
We are have one of the finest summers in the 45 years I've lived here. It's flat nice.
But I'm thinking of you. Matter of fact I'll knock down a couple of vodkas on your behalf tonight.
We are have one of the finest summers in the 45 years I've lived here. It's flat nice.
But I'm thinking of you. Matter of fact I'll knock down a couple of vodkas on your behalf tonight.
L Ross
Well-Known Member
Beautiful day here. 59 at dawn and clear until late afternoon then puffy light clouds mixed with the blue skies. Got into the upper 70's.
Hoed the garden, then the beastly job of killing thistles in the prairie. This time I had Sue for help. I touched up the edge on a machete for her and I strapped on the back pack sprayer with a couple of gallons of Glyphosate mixture. She'd chop them off about a foot above the ground and I'd gently spray them trying to minimize the over spray, killing desirable plants. A lot of the big thistles have a big hole in the stem. I enjoy gently dribbling Glyphosate right down that hole. Die miserable plant, die. We killed hundreds.
After taking showers to rinse off the poison we took a half hour nap. Then jumped on the Indian and put a little over 50 miles on. Supper was venison burger patties and sweet corn.
Bulliet Rye and Dove dark chocolate for dessert.
Hoed the garden, then the beastly job of killing thistles in the prairie. This time I had Sue for help. I touched up the edge on a machete for her and I strapped on the back pack sprayer with a couple of gallons of Glyphosate mixture. She'd chop them off about a foot above the ground and I'd gently spray them trying to minimize the over spray, killing desirable plants. A lot of the big thistles have a big hole in the stem. I enjoy gently dribbling Glyphosate right down that hole. Die miserable plant, die. We killed hundreds.
After taking showers to rinse off the poison we took a half hour nap. Then jumped on the Indian and put a little over 50 miles on. Supper was venison burger patties and sweet corn.
Bulliet Rye and Dove dark chocolate for dessert.
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fiver
Well-Known Member
thistles will die if you let them flower.
then chop the head off before it seeds.
low 70's for about 5 minutes then it dropped off to the low 60's and hung out there while the rain knocked the flowers off the bell peppers and drowned the ones on the [first time I'm actually getting any worth mentioning] egg plants.
should be better weather later in the week.
at least the humidity won't be 90%.
I had to take a shower after cleaning off the cherry tree's, picking enough pea's and baby carrots for dinner a couple more cauliflower, the rest of the cabbage, and a couple dozen more onions.
if the weather picks back up I might just get a couple of artichokes.
then chop the head off before it seeds.
low 70's for about 5 minutes then it dropped off to the low 60's and hung out there while the rain knocked the flowers off the bell peppers and drowned the ones on the [first time I'm actually getting any worth mentioning] egg plants.
should be better weather later in the week.
at least the humidity won't be 90%.
I had to take a shower after cleaning off the cherry tree's, picking enough pea's and baby carrots for dinner a couple more cauliflower, the rest of the cabbage, and a couple dozen more onions.
if the weather picks back up I might just get a couple of artichokes.
Joshua
Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
I didn’t look at the forecast last night. It’s raining a little bit this morning. This is a good thing considering that it’s fire season right now.
I do most of my reloading later in the evenings after work, dinner, and family time. In the summer after I wash a batch of brass I take it out and set it on the picnic table that lives on our back deck. It dries out in the sun the next day.
Well, I didn’t look at the forecast, and it really wouldn’t have mattered anyway as it only called out a 7% chance of precipitation. When I get home all my brass will be sitting in water.
You win some, and you loose some.
I do most of my reloading later in the evenings after work, dinner, and family time. In the summer after I wash a batch of brass I take it out and set it on the picnic table that lives on our back deck. It dries out in the sun the next day.
Well, I didn’t look at the forecast, and it really wouldn’t have mattered anyway as it only called out a 7% chance of precipitation. When I get home all my brass will be sitting in water.
You win some, and you loose some.
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Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well the 80* temperatures are over for this year.
Prediction is rain for the next week and low 60's in temperature.
This is the week for the fair normally, and it normally rains most of the fair week. This year they moved the fair up one week and shuts down on the 8th. So only 3 days of rain for the fair.
Prediction is rain for the next week and low 60's in temperature.
This is the week for the fair normally, and it normally rains most of the fair week. This year they moved the fair up one week and shuts down on the 8th. So only 3 days of rain for the fair.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Had about a half hour of late morning sprinkles. Since then, mostly sunny.