Harry Potter Fans With No Life

I'm house-sitting for friends, down in one of the Denver 'burbs and it was 80F here today.

The TV weather people are saying that out of the past 47 days, 40 have been above average by over ten degrees, most by twenty. And that there hasn't been 1/4 inch of measurable precipitation in all that time. Sure could use some actual rain. (Remind me of this when I'm whining about snow storms in a couple months...)

I caught a glimpse of completely green maples out the bathroom window yesterday that, if you didn't see any pumpkin-ish decorations around, it could have been any month all summer.

Seasonal temps. ending. Too warn this week.

This has been such a strange year, and the weirdness started this spring.
Some of my 'spring' flowers bloomed for the first time last week; my summer flowers didn't bloom for very long; and my autumn flowers were a month late in blooming.

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
348 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015

...DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...

.STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH SEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD
TO DANGEROUS FIRE CONDITIONS TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS...WITH
GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH...WILL OCCUR DURING MIDDAY AND THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY SUNSET.

348 AM CDT MON OCT 19 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS...

* TIMING...10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AT LEAST 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 23 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S.

* FUEL...CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL FUELS ARE OVER 90 PERCENT CURED.
THE MAJORITY OF WILD GRASSES ARE 60 TO 70 PERCENT CURED AND
COMBUSTIBLE. HARVESTING OF CROPS WILL PRODUCE THE LARGER
THREAT BUT GRASSY AREAS NEAR FARMLAND CAN EASILY START FROM
EMBERS CARRIED BY THE WIND.

* GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX/GFDI/...HIGH. CROPLAND FIRE DANGER
INDEX...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME.

* IMPACTS...ANY FIRES WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE VERY DIFFICULT
TO CONTROL IN THESE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS
HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

NOBODY light a match!


Seasonal temps here today.

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Wind and fuel...

* sees Peter Boyle as Frankensteins monster saying "fire" *

and hopefully no vehicle backfires while in a stubble field!

clouding over this evening; maybe we will get some rain tonight

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yup - rain during the night
rain for this morning, and it is suppose to clear up this afternoon

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going to be another beautiful day, highs of 16C, little wind, some cloud cover.

another day I won't be able to enjoy because I will be stuck inside working. Ugh!
it is the perfect day to drive around and get migratory snow geese photos!

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We has Sky Water!!!! Everything's gray and rainy, but its the first real rain in a couple months so the overall feeling is