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  1. About ten years ago the local Indian Creek Nature Center was selling rain barrels, so we bought one. It was 100 something $. The barrel cracked and leaked in a couple spots after a couple years and the manufacturer sent us a replacement. The replacement has worked well for several years with no issues. I use the barrel to water the pots and garden. It holds 60+ gallons. There is a faucet low on the barrel where you can attach a hose, but I just open the top and dip the 1.5 gallon watering can into the water to fill it. My house only has two gutter downspouts, with one draining into the barrel, so it only takes 0.20" of rain to fill the barrel. Because water flows into the barrel so quickly during heavy rain, I need to use two overflow hoses. The barrel only comes with one, but I kept the one from the first barrel so I have two. Even two hoses isn't enough when the rain is torrential, but that doesn't happen very often. Of course, if the house gutters emptied into more than two downspouts, less water would flow into the barrel. https://www.wayfair.com/outdoor/pdx/rain-water-solutions-moby-65-gallon-rain-barrel-rnws1001.html
    4 points
  2. Love these clear July evenings. Jupiter and Saturn putting on a show in the SE skies.
    3 points
  3. Funny thing. I’ve appreciated Jesse lately. He’s made some good posts, been nicer to me (thanks I have noticed). Just thought I’d mention it. Life is short.
    3 points
  4. My wife is all about the masks (she is high risk,and works in medical) but she hates the heat, especially since she has hit the point in her life where she has her own personal heatwaves. This week has been rough, and I have been dreading next week. If momma ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy!!
    3 points
  5. The Euro has one chance of rain around here through ten days. It at least appears we can forget about a long-duration heat wave.
    3 points
  6. That small circle of clouds and rain in Nebraska is kinda neat.
    3 points
  7. ORD only recorded a spattering of rain (0.03") while the southern burbs got soaked again. I'm looking forward to a couple days with low humidity and very comfy temps for Thu/Fri. The CF can't come quick enough to get rid of this humidity and usher in some cooler Canadian air. Great sleeping wx later tonight as temps dip into the low/mid 50's for many???
    3 points
  8. 76 here. Would have been a ruined day for Tim and Randy as there were several hours of morning clouds and mist.
    2 points
  9. Had some light 1/3" size hail falling around 2:50 - 3pm, while it was 90 degrees out. It was just light enough that it didn't drop the temperature. Later a brief downpour 3:50 - 4pm. Other than a few faint rumbles nothing major. It's 82 now and smells like rain. I hope I don't go the rest of summer without posting a video on my youtube channel. lol
    2 points
  10. My hundreds of pet slugs are still healthy as can be!
    2 points
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  12. For the month of July I am doing a bit better than the Omaha Eppley reporting station, with about an inch and a half or so of rain in my gauge (0.85" so far this week)... however the precipitation disparity between the really dry areas to the north and east of us and the wetter zones to the south and west is getting ridiculous. Our last chance of rain until the weekend comes in tonight, however it doesn't look to be too significant... after that the heat will be on for the rest of the week until some relief comes late Sunday.
    2 points
  13. I was on the southern edge of this as it came through about 8 AM. Rained hard for about 15 minutes. Humidity is oppressive with no wind to speak of. We actually now have a little standing water in places. Couldn’t say that a few days ago. Sounds like the next few days will be hot and humid. Just what you’d expect in late July in Central Nebraska.
    2 points
  14. I’d like to sip from whatever can their drinking from! Lol!
    2 points
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  16. Had a massive MP around 4:30 this morning with the wind blowing the inflatable unicorn all around the little kids pool. Currently light drizzle and 56.
    2 points
  17. Woah, what's this.....BN temp streak next week??? Where do I sign??? Boy, did the Euro come in last night with a large area of our Sub starting Tue through Fri feeling more like early Sept with day time highs for some of us across the GL's region. #relief The only caveat when you get a strong HP come down from Canada, it will dry up for a little while around here. Any rain we get during the Sun-Mon period will be a blessing bc I don't foresee to many chances showing up until later during the following week. Both the GEFS/EPS are starting to agree on a potential longer stretch of cooler weather for a lot of us....GEFS and CFSv2 sniffed this pattern out a bit better than the EPS in the LR. Actually, the JMA weeklies did a pretty good job as well.
    2 points
  18. You absolutely would not have been happy with that. Reluctant, begrudging aquiescence, at best.
    1 point
  19. I remember July 2006 as being just a few months away from one of the greatest November events in my lifetime so far.
    1 point
  20. @Sparky...love the photos! Keep 'em coming...gorgeous landscape...btw, your garden and fields are immaculate! You must put your heart and sole into your garden and crop. The rolling hills of Iowa are a vivid memory of when I drove through back in Nov '16.
    1 point
  21. Average high for today at SLE is 84. Record high is 102 set in 1978 and 1928. Good winters followed.
    1 point
  22. In other news, I had a..close call today. Need to stop venturing outside during derechos.
    1 point
  23. Very gloomy start to the day today. No-sky July. Must be still deepening considering it is very slow to clear and it did not cover the whole Inland Empire this morning. Seems the clouds were at least 1500 ft thick.
    1 point
  24. It appears the Euro may be slowly caving to the GFS, regarding extended heat potential early next week.
    1 point
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  26. Good news is the pattern progression on the EPS looks nothing like the operational. Like, not even remotely close. About 40/52 members are in the troughy camp d10-15 as well. Which, given the state of the WPAC/tropics, would be a favored outcome, in my opinion.
    1 point
  27. Massive! One of my dogs spotted the unicorn moving/bobbing all about from the living room and started alarm barking at it to let me know that a crazed unicorn was about to break into the house!
    1 point
  28. You’ve got a better shot at precipitation up there than us folks south of Seattle the next couple days. You’ll get your wish!
    1 point
  29. 00z Euro was ridiculously hot. Heat builds right over me and just cooks the NW late weekend into next week. Yuck.
    1 point
  30. Yep, it starts up in the glaciers of the Rockies, but it moderates quite a bit through the warm interior valleys. It looks like it averages around 65F near Hope in the summer:
    1 point
  31. Once the heat misers stop whining for a few days you know it’s just a matter of time before things start spontaneously combusting.
    1 point
  32. There's been kind of a contrast between Omaha and Lincoln lately! Grass is green and corn is tall. KLNK is at 5.19" for the month - KOMA (northeast corner) only has 1.10", though I think the rest of of the city and surburbs have closer to 2". Hopefully you guys over there can get some decent banding soon.
    1 point
  33. Makes me ill. I don’t know if growing up on the water and my parents and grandparents teaching me about how to be responsible on the water...And witnessing first hand jetski and boating accidents right out in front of our place has made me a very cautious boater/jetskier. I have also taken boating safety classes and of course have my boaters license, but some people just get on these very powerful machines and just go crazy. Makes the rest of us responsible people look bad as well unfortunately. I will never forget when a 14 or so year old girl lost an entire arm from a jetski accident right out from our dock in the cove, that was about 20yrs or so ago but I still remember the screaming to this day...God awful.
    1 point
  34. Yep, a gap over my location AGAIN! Wonder how often that can happen? My brother about 6 miles se. got 0.30" this morning plus a bit more this afternoon. Radar estimates show over 1" in a few locations. I'm reminded of 2005 and other times. In '05 my area was getting missed most of the year with every month less than 2" of precip except for April and January, with January being the wettest month of that year, and 2005 was also the driest year of my 3 decades of records with only 21.41" which maybe beat 1988, but I don't have records for '88. Sure wish I would. Anyway, I've experienced this before and knew I'm in just as bad (maybe worse) a place to live as you other Iowans. PS: Oh, I forgot to mention the whopping 0.09" I got today which filled the small rain barrel at least.
    1 point
  35. I picked up 0.14" this morning and then another 0.14" last hour from another decent cell. I'm happy with today's result. I'm up to 2.78" in July. Sparky can't buy any rain.
    1 point
  36. Got just below an inch here last night. All of a sudden things are looking green again.
    1 point
  37. I did two seconds of research and it seems that urban development may be a big factor in Sammamish's temps. Think instead of a chill dense forest to slowly release the runoff flowing into the lake and replace it with water flowing through urban streets and sewers. I'm sure that is wrong though and Tim will correct me.
    1 point
  38. HIO reached 90. Wonder where Snowsquall is?
    1 point
  39. No-sky July for many areas north of Pt Conception today.
    1 point
  40. Deep marine layer and drizzle for the first day of meteorological spring. What a spring-like surprise!
    1 point
  41. Very cold and gloomy day, with lots of marine layer clouds despite the impossibility of any inversion. Still waiting for the rain.
    1 point
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