Thursday, 2:10 pm: Well it’s snowing! Our woodstove is cranking out heat and I am upstairs typing away at a much overdue weather blog. Unless I forget to tell readers, I am still alive and there is another winter to look forward to. Somewhere I lost my blogging fuel. Enthusiasm has never been one of my driving virtues.

Friday, 9:50 am: Here it is September, it must be time for the blog for people who hate to read.

Monday, 3:10 pm: If I were any lazier I could be comatose, but luckily I haven’t seen my name in the obituary column in our newspaper, so I must be still alive. Now let’s see, I am trying to sort out where I left off in my last blog.

While extreme heat is affecting
much of the country, we here in the Northern part of New England are
suffering with one of the coolest and wettest early summers we have
ever had. In June of 2008 we had a little more than 4.5" of rain, while
this year we have had over 10.29". I suspect that may be a record. So
far this month we have had 0.95" of rain, and the temperatures have not
reached 80°F. That may change in the next few days, if the sun comes
out. The N.O.A.A. is suggesting that we may see some breaks in the

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A New Month And No Change In the Weather!!

Monday, 7:35 am: Ah yes, rain and the end isn’t in sight. There are some benefits; the plants in the garden seem to like it. On Friday we had a storm pass through, complete with lightning and thunder and one tornado warning from the NWS. Being a dutiful computer owner I unplugged everything that runs on AC, including surge protectors.

Thursday, 8:30 am: The weather is supposed to be changing and rain is, I’m pretty certain, heading our way. We may be dining al fresco [a cookout in the backyard] if the rain comes later in the day; if not, we’ll cook the same stuff inside, minus the mosquito bites and singed facial hair. Somehow it loses its rustic appeal when done inside.

For the overnight the N.O.A.A. forecast no precipitation for the entire period.  They did get that part right.  They also called for the cloud cover to gradually increase, which it did.  Right now it is a bit humid and the overcast is increasing slowly.  Currently my anemometer is not operating correctly, so the best I can report is the Beaufort scale based on observation of the wind's effect on the trees.  As soon as the anemometer is back on line I will go back to reporting from it.