one day of smoke only, luckily
it’s in the 80s now for about a week, after that back to the 90s-100s. I gotta go for a week to a wedding, so I set up sprinklers and such for my step son to manage while we’re gone. I know I’ll come home to some losses. I try not to travel this time of year but some things are unavoidable
the view from my studio parking lot this past week; a brush fire/wildfire closer to town. we got smoked good that day and the next
90F and humid yesterday, same today. Storms tonite. Severe stuff across Iowa/ S MN–strong winds/hail.— Much cooler next week looking at the models.
I think I saw a high in the 60s in my local forecast for next week sometime. Not great for tomatoes, but these low 70 dewpoints suck.
That would be refreshing . sticky as hell and upper 80’s in the forecast , then cooler by the weekend. my squash and watermelons are loving it and sizing up quickly. i bet if you sat there and stared at the end of the vine long enough i think you could see it grow. 
101F tomorrow these are the true dog days. By next week high 80’s. Much cooler!
trough moving right over the area this afternoon…showers off to the east causing flooding across central WI (training storms) — drier air this afternoon makes it a lot nicer than yesterday (60s dews vs 70fs dews early this morning). Judging by the GFS the cold air arrives in the Dakotas by Monday and moves south and east–looks like an extended stretch of much more comfortable temps.
its blowing through here sun night. tues night supposed to get down to low 40’s
That will feel nice. Do you ever make the trek over to the ocean? I’ve always wanted to visit the east coast (i’ve got a niece who lives in NYC). I’ve also got to get to Yellowstone, but want to go in the off season when it isn’t so crowded.
90F and hot again here today. Humidity so so. Weird summer to be honest. Seems like the first half was just a washout.
we havent this year but last year we towed the camper to Freeport and then drove all around on the coast. i have a friend that brokers seafood in Machiasport and he set us up with a marine cooler full of lobsters and steamer clams. if you want to avoid the crowds go east of Acadia national park.
I’ve been … a couple of times. Be aware that most of the infrastructure is seasonal, which is to say, “not open in the winter.” BTW, winter in the Yellowstone starts on Labor Day. They begin to get accumulating snow a couple of weeks later, and roads quickly become impassable.
… so things shut down until Thanksgiving while snow-roads are groomed. Then, there are some all-weather hotels, restaurants, and boutique shops open at the Old Faithful complex. Mammoth Hot Springs on the north side is open year-round.
Transportation from Mammoth Hot Springs may be arranged via snow coach. I believe snowmobile owners ride in for overnight stays from all directions: Cody, WY; Jackson Hole, WY; West Yellowstone, MT; Gardiner, MT; and Cooke City, MT.
In the winter, all roads aside from the one which enters from Gardiner, Montana, and extends to Cooke City, Montana, are closed to wheeled vehicles. Park roads are closed to wheeled vehicles from early November to mid-April, but some park roads remain closed until mid-May. The park has 310 miles (500 km) of paved roads which can be accessed from five different entrances. There is no public transportation available inside the park, but several tour companies can be contacted for guided (including self-guided) motorized transport. In the winter, concessionaires operate guided snowmobile and snow coach tours, though their numbers and access are based on quotas established by the National Park Service.
My experience of the Yellowstone in winter came years ago from a photography workshop organized by Naturalist Journeys under the auspices of the Audubon Society.
Uh, I should say I’ve never been to the Yellowstone when it wasn’t crowded.
Spur of the moment about 6 years ago hooked up the trailer and went and camped at Henry’s Lake ID for a week. Drove into the park four of the days. Beautiful. Went last week of June and crowds weren’t bad, but ran into snowstorm one of the days at higher elevations. I was glad I had 4x4. So if you don’t, stay lower. Lake Yellowstone, Old Faithful, etc hit all the major attractions. Highly recommend it, checked off my bucket list.
I think I actually was more impressed eith the beauty of God’s creation at Lake Moraine and the surrounding areas, Athbasca Glacier and Jasper in Canada.
Then Christmas before last, did an off season winter trip to Yosemite. Watch weather though! I got lucky and timed it perfect, Badger Pass was open and so were the ice skating rinks. Beautiful as well.
My best time of day right now is morning I go out and water my trees in pots. The dampness only lasts one full day. I have to water every other day. Two hours each time, for a good soak. After 11am we start climbing into the 90’s. Over 100 today and the rest of the week. Summer in the south of France is hard on fruit trees; and people!
I’ll keep that in mind. I just figure fall would be less busy, but winter does come early to that area. I wonder if people swim in that Yellowstone Lake. I suppose it’s probably cold all year.
90F again today… dewpoints are back nearing 70F. Pattern change starts tonite. Mid 70Fs for highs Tues-Sat…lows in the 50Fs. It doesn’t get much better than that this time of year.
There’s a rocky beach at the Yellowstone Lake Lodge. I waded in far enough to say I’d done it first week in Sept.
62 for a high tomorrow. Nothing warmer than 78 for a high in the 14 day forecast. My kind of August
I tried swimming in Lake Superior and that was like swimming in ice water, Kids do it. The river here was 84F when i was out the other day. Like bath water. Not really refreshing when it gets that warm. It’ll cool down in the next week.
Jun 29th 2017. Snowing coming down from lake Yellowstone.
We didn’t try swimming. 
cant wait! i got blues and currants to pick. noticed today the buckwheat fields are fully red and the oats are ready to harvest. that normally doesnt happen for another month.
I looked at a few Octobers for Old Faithful and snow is pretty common that month along with overnite temps of freezing and below.
Went for a walk at a local county park to search for an artesian well that i saw on a map and found it. Water was a little rusty but very cold and good flow. It just runs into the backwaters of the Mississippi River.
