What's your weather like right now?

[Laura_in_FL]

spike , that kind of behavior is not limited to Ohio. We get plenty of spectacular pics and videos on our local news sites when there are tornadoes, hurricanes, or other weather craziness here. Plus we have lots of dumba$$e$ who try to go surfing or just run through the street with giant flags during hurricanes.

Sometimes it's the tourists, but usually it's the locals who don't have the sense to know when to go take shelter.

[paulf]

Thankfully we are not in tornado alley. Most twisters manifest themselves to the north and east of us. We did have a tornado pass overhead maybe ten years ago. Grandma (my wife) and four grandchildren were spending the night in our camper in the driveway. They all came running inside because the camper was bouncing around. Somebody was out there trying to tip it over and we should call the police! We lost seven trees that night.

Never before or since then have we had anything close to that kind of weather. I like calm sunsets for photos.

[pepperhead212]

Today was a near perfect day, sunny and 69° - the only thing I would have changed would have been that strong wind, which got even stronger when I when out later. Tomorrow is going to be much cooler, but much less wind, supposedly.

It did rain again, before I got up - .18", so I would have lost that, too, for the perfect day, since my soil didn't need any more moisture!

[Laura_in_FL]

We're getting a little tease of rain today. 0.03" so far, and we will probably get a few hundredths of an inch more. We might get a tenth of an inch in total if we're lucky. The rain is heading from west to east, but the heavier rain is passing just south of us; Apalachicola and the Big Bend should get a decent amount. But we're still going to have to water the trees this week. There's no other rain in the 10-day forecast.

On the plus side, since this is a "cold" front coming through, tomorrow will be a lovely day, sunny with a high of 74, low humidity and gentle breezes. The next couple of nights will be in the low 50s, too. Over the week we'll gradually return to more seasonal conditions (low to mid-80s highs, mid-60s lows, some clouds, and fairly humid).

So, working in the garden tomorrow should be a pleasant treat - there won't be many more mild days like this before fall.

[paulf]

Three nights below freezing hopefully for the last time this season. Wind has been whipping around like crazy...March in April. Next forecast is July in May. Today's wind speed is under 10mph so I better get the mulching done before Monday's 25 mph blows the straw all over the place.

Edit: The mulching program is completed…layers of newspaper topped by 6-8 inches of weed free and hopefully herbicide free straw. Bring on the warm weather.

[pepperhead212]

I'm in a frost advisory area, getting colder (41°) than was originally forecast, and even colder a couple of other nights. It was down to 43° last night, and maybe 37° Wednesday night. Only 53° today, but at least it wasn't windy. Nothing I have to worry about out there - only cold weather crops.

[pepperhead212]

I don't know if we got frost in this area, but the temperature on my thermometer in the back got down to 39° last night, and many places nearby got colder. The forecast lows will be lower for 3 days this week.

It drives me nuts every year when I hear all that crap about that "average" last frost date, getting people to buy and plant things like tomatoes, and other things that can be killed by frost. Do all those people not know what average means? That basically means that half the time you'll get the last frost before, and half the time after that date!!! But then, I guess many people like to gamble...

[paulf]

Apr 22, 2024 11:59:09 GMT -5 pepperhead212 said:

I don't know if we got frost in this area, but the temperature on my thermometer in the back got down to 39° last night, and many places nearby got colder. The forecast lows will be lower for 3 days this week.

It drives me nuts every year when I hear all that crap about that "average" last frost date, getting people to buy and plant things like tomatoes, and other things that can be killed by frost. Do all those people not know what average means? That basically means that half the time you'll get the last frost before, and half the time after that date!!! But then, I guess many people like to gamble...

Absolutely correct! When I was active in presenting gardening programs average frost dates were mentioned, but LAST frost dates were accentuated. That was the ideal planting date for tomatoes and peppers unless the gardeners felt they needed to give extra donations to nurseries. But then I fudge the date by a few days depending on the local forecast. There are still those around here who plant a week or two before the average not realizing even if the frost does not kill their first round, those in cold soil hibernate until mine get planted and actually fall behind because it takes a while to get going.

[rdback]

Yesterday morning (4/22) was 28F, and this morning was 33F. Still a tad chilly in these here parts.

I'm still thinking mid-May for plant-out, just to be safe, but we'll see. I'd love to move that up to May 1st.

[pepperhead212]

Today was only up to 60° here, and tonight they have switched my area into a freeze warning, instead of the freeze watch last night. Still nothing I have to worry about out there - not until May. And the next few days it will be getting warmer faster, up to maybe 86° Tuesday! As always, crazy weather.

[pepperhead212]

Got down to 34° on my back thermometer last night; no frost, probably because it was still slightly breezy, and no dew in this area, so conditions weren't right (or should I say wrong) for the frost, but it was still the coldest it's been for quite a while, and hopefully, the coldest it will be for even longer! Today and tomorrow will still be a few degrees below average (69° avg), in the low 60s, but after that, it shoots up fast, getting too warm, too fast, at least for me, with 86° and 85° Monday and Tuesday.

[pepperhead212]

paulf I hope where you are in Nebraska is being spared! Stay safe!

[paulf]

Actually we are in Iowa City for grandkids track meet and baseball games. All the bad weather was west and north our home sixty or seventy miles. Thanks for your concern. I think the forecast rain will be very beneficial but will delay tomato planting by a week.

[Laura_in_FL]

I am so glad that you weren't affected by those tornadoes, paulf!

[pepperhead212]

It got to 90° here today - some areas a degree higher, for a local record. Not supposed to get nearly as hot tomorrow, and the next few days, but still in the 80s - well above the average of 69-70° at this time. Tonight, and the next two nights, have possible thunderstorms forecast, and some possible pea sized hail tonight - not like that large hail I hear about elsewhere, and don't wish on anyone! But these brief storms, with the the winds, are keeping me from planting the tomatoes, as well as other things.

[spike]

Yesterday was simply beautiful! All of my neighbors and myself were out mowing, got my first sunburn of the season, garden was tilled and it was an amazing day. Today it is raining lol

[Laura_in_FL]

Today's high will only be in the low 80s due to cloud cover. After that, highs are 85-87 for the rest of the 10-day forecast, with no rain in sight. Morning lows are in the upper 60s and climbing to 70-71 by the end of the 10-day forecast, and humidity is ramping up.

Our annual 4-month long 24/7 outdoor sauna - and the end of the tomato fruit set season - will be here in a few short weeks.

[Laura_in_FL]

We had some storms come through last night, then a pretty strong thunderstorm rolled through here about dawn, followed by some more periods of rain and thunder as the morning progressed. The early storms had some strong winds. I am not aware of any damage locally, but there was some minor wind damage (a gas station canopy was torn up, etc.) a couple of counties over. I haven't checked my garden yet to see if the wind damaged any plants. It looks to be clearing now, so I should be able to do that soon.

I am happy to have the rain, though! It probably totaled between 0.75" and an inch. We haven't had any rain to speak of for a full month, so things have been really dry. And it's been pretty hot (upper 80s highs) since the beginning of the month, with a pretty fair bit of humidity. Not the July misery, but it's been impossible to spend any significant time outside without getting sweaty, and nighttime lows have been mostly in the low 70s. The nights have been warm and humid enough to reduce, but not completely stop, fruit set on my tomatoes.

So it's welcome news that we are expecting a few nights of lows in the low 60s. Daytime temperatures won't drop much, only to the low-mid 80s, but the humidity will be lower so it should be considerably more comfortable. So it looks like it will be a nice weekend to get outside.

And there is MORE RAIN forecast for next week - I hope we get some.

[pepperhead212]

Still had to put off planting the eggplants, due to two more nights forecast to be in the mid 40s. I got some more seeds planted inside, but most of what I got done outside today was running more irrigation lines. Several of the 1/4" "tees" broke, maybe when cold, and I was talking them down; whatever did it, I had to cut the broken parts out, and put new ones in, and put some other new sections in, softening the tubing in some very hot water (had to reheat it once in the MW). Still have to put the lines back around the deck,that I had to pull down to pressure wash and stain, but I got them all lined up - just have to put those "staples" in, to attach them again. And I'm still waiting for at least 3 days of no rain (image that!), so I can finish putting the stain on the deck!

Already started raining, around 10:30 pm.

[september]

Smoke in the atmosphere! So early! All was fine til this morning when I noticed a haze across the lake and had a whiff of smoke. We have a moderate northwest wind, so checked online and we are getting smoke blown from down from around Winnipeg and west of there. Forest fires. Even though we have a balmy 70 F today, I have closed all the windows so as to avoid getting smoke in the house. The wind is supposed to switch by tomorrow night, so I hope we will be out of it by Tuesday. With all the fires they had last year, I'm surprised there are any dry areas left to burn!

[pepperhead212]

Still only 52° @ almost 9 am, so I'll wait a while, but I'll be getting out there to plant that eggplant...finally! Supposed to get to 72° here, so a few degrees below average, and rain late tomorrow. But no more of those bad low overnight temps!

[september]

Air has cleared out today, smoke is gone. But the temps dropped to 38F last night. Days will be in the 60's this week. I had just lugged my potted citrus back outside yesterday, so between the cold, natural sun and wind I expect they will lose a few leaves as always. If only they could lose their scale infestations as easily.

[pepperhead212]

It got down into the low 50s this morning, but today is supposed to get into the low 80s. Fortunately, the humidity is remaining very low - yesterday had a dewpoint of 39°, with that 78° high, so it didn't seem that warm! It rained like crazy in early May, but it has been relatively dry since - the fronts from the midwest have fizzled out by the time they have gotten here, not even giving a half inch, by the time they got to my area, and yesterday, when I 'tilled the row in the garden for the butternuts, it kicked up a cloud of dust! Doesn't take long to dry out...I wonder if we're in an official drought again, in this area?!

[paulf]

We here in southeastern Nebraska have had plenty of spring rain. There has not been so much green around here in several years. The naturally occurring flora is really showing up along with the imported gardening plants. What we consider weeds have been here for thousands or hundreds of thousands of years and love it when it rains. Still, I love the green no matter what; just have to do a little more hoeing a little more often. We are officially out of the drought conditions for the first year in many.

[Laura_in_FL]

I am so glad for you that you're finally out of drought conditions, paulf. May your garden be bountiful!

[Laura_in_FL]

Yesterday was a rainy day here as well - which was good, because we needed the rain. Today is cloudy with a 60% chance of scattered thunderstorms this afternoon, then we go back to dry for most of the 10-day forecast.

We should be getting into thunderstorm season here in a few weeks.

[paulf]

Jun 2, 2024 8:56:25 GMT -5 Laura_in_FL said:

I am so glad for you that you're finally out of drought conditions, paulf. May your garden be bountiful!

Thank you! Everything in the gardens is looking as good as they have for years. Only problem with the extra rains is that my baseball umpiring gigs are being rained out...do I sound like a farmer? No matter what there is always something to complain about>

[Laura_in_FL]

It's (surprise! ) hot and humid here. With the southerly flow coming in off the Gulf we have a small chance of rain each day, but little to no rain is expected through the weekend.

But next week the forecast looks like a typical rainy season forecast: 30%-50% chance of a scattered thunderstorm each day, upper 80s to low 90s highs (depending on whether you get rained on that day), mid-70s lows, and lots of humidity, with still air in the mornings. Mid-June is right on schedule for the rainy season.

[bestofour]

Too hot already.

[mgulfcoastguy]

Hot and humid as Satan's armpit, same as it will be until late October.