Autumn, Gottem

Here it is noon, but it's only 54°F.


Nope, it sure as heck ain't summer no more!
(not today anyway...)

My gals favorite time of year! Cooler, no bugs and fall foliage.

Yep Autumn is here.Nice temps,some sun and some fog.
Frank

I turned on my house furnace this evening, it's running now. Nope, not summer.

ski3pin said:

We are resisting the temptation....

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I tried to resist temptation -- verily, I did!
Me spirit be willing, but me flesh, alas... it be weak.

.01 so far this morning. Supposed to warm up next week but they've dropped it from the mid nineties to the low nineties. I can live with that.

Temps in the 40’s at night? Love it, windows open for sleeping again, yeah!

We had a toad strangler last night…


Flood Watch
National Weather Service Boise ID
119 AM MDT Sun Sep 3 2023

IDZ011>016-028>030-033-ORZ062>064-032115-
/O.NEW.KBOI.FA.A.0006.230903T1700Z-230904T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
West Central Mountains-Lower Treasure Valley ID-Boise Mountains-
Upper Treasure Valley-Southwest Highlands-Western Magic Valley-
Camas Prairie-Owyhee Mountains-Southern Twin Falls County-Upper
Weiser River-Baker County-Malheur County-Oregon Lower Treasure
Valley-
Including the cities of McCall, Cascade, Nampa, Caldwell, Idaho
City, Lowman, Garden Valley, Pine, Boise, Mountain Home,
Grasmere, Riddle, Murphy Hot Springs, Twin Falls, Jerome,
Fairfield, Silver City, Hollister, Rogerson, Council, Cambridge,
Midvale, Baker, Malheur City, Ontario, and Nyssa
119 AM MDT Sun Sep 3 2023 /1219 AM PDT Sun Sep 3 2023/

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT /10 AM PDT/ THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Southwest Idaho, including the following areas, Boise
Mountains, Camas Prairie, Lower Treasure Valley ID, Owyhee
Mountains, Southern Twin Falls County, Southwest Highlands, Upper
Treasure Valley, Upper Weiser River, West Central Mountains and
Western Magic Valley. Portions of Southeast Oregon, including the
following areas, Baker County, Malheur County and Oregon Lower
Treasure Valley.

* WHEN...From 11 AM MDT /10 AM PDT/ this morning through this
evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Thunderstorms late this morning through this evening will be
capable of producing very heavy rainfall.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings.

I'm up In Prineville for awhile. We drove to LAX yesterday...in the rain. Real rain. On Labor Day weekend. Very unusual for SoCal.

Rabbitbrush in bloom (this in my yard) is a sign of the season.


Rabbitbrush, which bucks the trend of the spring-blooming masses, not afraid to take its own path in its own time, solo.

Many times when I've camped in the Great Basin in autumn -- when temperatures are moderate, weather is fair and dirt roads are mud-free -- I've relied on rabbitbrush to provide splashes of color to landscapes.

We have a return to "summer" this weekend in Bend.

Good for some boaters and swimmers, I guess...but for me, even when I'm paddling my kayak, I don't need it warmer than 80.

Back to autumn seasonal temperatures early in the week.

It is the darkness in the morning that we notice. Too soon it will be time to hibernate.

...Too soon it will be time to hibernate.

Some critters hibernate, some migrate south.

But not quite yet... Despite shorter days, it hit 80F today here and similar highs are forecast through this weekend.

Here on the Monterey Bay we are experiencing some "now normal" HOT temps.
Yesterday in the 90s and maybe the same or higher today.
Darker mornings at least for another month then back to DST.
But winter sure is creeping closer.Funny how that happens every year about this time.
Frank

Starting to see more local autumn color, enhanced by a beautiful sunrise.