Maine weather thread (Portland, Bangor, Rockland: swimming, engineer, blossoms)

[Cambium]

90° here. Watering plants like it was the dog days of Summer. This is wicked!


Water temps are in the 50s off the coast here, 40s off Maine..


Reason for this heat is it's VERY warm at 5000', west wind, and full sun.


3pm Temp Map. HOT WOW. 90s in Southern Maine





Zoomed out. Historic Mid May Snowstorm in CO and WY while New England is as hot as Florida.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

On May 16 it was 36 degrees at sunrise. A few people reported patchy frost, but none at the "official" stations.
On May 18 it was 90 degrees here at 2 PM. People on I 95 reported 94 degrees on their vehicle thermometers
On May 19 this morning it was 66 degrees before sunrise.

BAM! Summer. That magical period between mud time and fly time has shrunk to three days.

Lest anyone forget, the first quarter of 2016 was the coldest and snowiest first quarter ever.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

On May 16 it was 36 degrees at sunrise. A few people reported patchy frost, but none at the "official" stations.
On May 18 it was 90 degrees here at 2 PM. People on I 95 reported 94 degrees on their vehicle thermometers
On May 19 this morning it was 66 degrees before sunrise.

BAM! Summer. That magical period between mud time and fly time has shrunk to three days.

Lest anyone forget, the first quarter of 2016 was the coldest and snowiest first quarter ever.

Yeah, was looking and remembering some stuff.. NYC, Hartford, Boston all had heatwaves this week (3 consecutive days of 90+). Just few days ago they were struggled to pass mid 50s. lol


This heat was seen 8+ days out but not an official heatwave until couple days ago.


Cold front passing northern Maine today. Back in the 50s while near the coast its still in the 70s.

[slyfox2]

I guess I can be sure now thst my favorite season won't be coming back for another 7 months for so.

[maineguy8888]

I would rather have 60 degrees than 90 degrees any day.

[Cambium]

Frost advisories and freeze warnings for parts of Maine amd New England tonight.

https://twitter.com/joejoyceweather/...78091285860352

[Northern Maine Land Man]

I saw my first mayflies on Thursday.We put the dock in today. The lake is unusually high. The only time I saw it higher was following "Hurricane Bob" about a decade ago. There was not much wind up here, but it sure did rain.

[slyfox2]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

I saw my first mayflies on Thursday.We put the dock in today. The lake is unusually high. The only time I saw it higher was following "Hurricane Bob" about a decade ago. There was not much wind up here, but it sure did rain.

Last year everyone was complaining about the never ending drought we were all having caused by global warming. Probably now people are blaming all the rain on ---you guessed it---global warming.

I believe in climate change. The climate has been changing since the earth was created. After all, the drought of the 1930's dustbowl years is legendary, of course , its history, and no one seems to remember anything about history. The middle age warm period is much warmer than it is now. 5000 years ago the Sahara desert was a lush tropical forest.

Climate is always changing.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

There is a great city about 60 miles northwest of Alexandria, Egypt. It is about 200 feet below the surface of the Med. The Nile spilled into the Med down a great cataract. The Black Sea spilled into the Med down a cataract and at the outlet of the Med into the Atlantic there was the Colossus at Rhodes. The Med was fresh water. Then the ice caps melted - again. All the oceans rose and there was a great flood written about in all the ancient religions.

Maine fishermen dredge up wooly mammoth bones and skulls on a regular basis. The animals did not swim out there and drown. They were hunted and killed for their meat by the Red Paint People around 12,000 years ago.

[slyfox2]

Originally Posted by Northern Maine Land Man

There is a great city about 60 miles northwest of Alexandria, Egypt. It is about 200 feet below the surface of the Med. The Nile spilled into the Med down a great cataract. The Black Sea spilled into the Med down a cataract and at the outlet of the Med into the Atlantic there was the Colossus at Rhodes. The Med was fresh water. Then the ice caps melted - again. All the oceans rose and there was a great flood written about in all the ancient religions.

Maine fishermen dredge up wooly mammoth bones and skulls on a regular basis. The animals did not swim out there and drown. They were hunted and killed for their meat by the Red Paint People around 12,000 years ago.

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