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  • Wednesday, May 09, 2018

    Chugging Along

    FIREHOLE RECORD
    Madison Coming Up
    spring rains imminent
    WALLPAPER:  POWER POLE & SPRING STORM
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    .. Spring is haltingly making it's presence known in the neighborhood.
    .. We got most of the garden in. It had a bit of nitrogen enrichment with a light dusting of snow: makes for sturdy plants.
    .. The wide swings in temperatures from nocturnal to diurnal have nearly broken the recorder on the Firehole River, (LINK-F.)
    .. The little stream is currently flowing at a new record for the day. It's up by more than 110cfs over the max that came just last year. Can two records in a row make a trend?
    WARM RAIN OVER THE DIVIDE
    .. The Madison River, (LINK-M,) has been rather recalcitrant in spilling over it's banks but, it will happen in the next 48 hours.
    .. It is flowing just below daily records and the gauge height is 2.70' above reference.
    .. We are under another hydrologic alert. The coming rains will be wafted this way on warm zephyrs and should bring absolutely no snow to even the highest peaks in the Continental Divide.
    .. It is wise to remember what the English author Douglas Adams has remarked: "The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood." We're scheduled to get a few up here.
    SPRING AMALGAMATED WEATHER
    .. The surface weather map shows an interesting amalgamation of systems and wind directions.
    .. This will make it hard for the ravens to precisely strike preferred targets with their fluid discharges. Don't look up today.
    .. Given the spud planting schedule just over the Divide in Idaho we may get a mud rain this afternoon.
    .. Or not, depending on how rapidly the Great Basin High builds back. The fluky winds of Spring are a capricious lot, indeed.
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    MOTHER'S DAY ?
    .. Time to visit the Post Office and the hardware store: rumors, gossip, pure political lies and, fish stories await our receptive ears.
    .. Our current sociocultural atmosphere provides for great entertainment in a village this small.
    .. Gossip, rumor and speculation are the unifying triumvirate in this little village. Out the door.
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    WALLPAPER:  BANANA LOAF WITH ZANTE CURRANTS & PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING