On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:02:22 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:09:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

We are in the middle of a three to four day period of rainy weather here
in the northeast. I was commenting to my wife that it's the first
period of extended rain that we've had all summer. Prior to the last
couple of days I can only recall a couple of days that it rained but it
was short lived, not lasting more than a half day or so.

Also absent this summer were any heavy duty thunderstorms. Usually
there are several during the course of the summer but this year we may
have had one or two and they were not strong at all.

Could be a fluke. Hope it's not a sign of a severe winter.

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As you probably know we spent our summer on Long Island and the Cape
Cod Islands. We thought the weather was a bit on the cool side and
by early September were ready to head south again, somewhat emboldened
by the lack of heavy hurricane activity in the tropics. All went
well until we got into Virginia and the Carolinas, and then we had
about 10 steady days of cool wind and rain. Working around the rain
we managed to get south of Charleston, SC and at the first sign of a
good weather window went offshore for a 36 hour marathon run down the
coast. We pulled into Port Canaveral about noon time today and now
we are back in classic Forida summer weather with heat, humidity and
scattered showers that come and go.

A friend recently returned from a week at the outer banks, Nags Head,
etc. They got rained on for five of the seven days - downpours. In the
DC area we've had very little. The ponds at the golf course are
showing it the worst. But, for those who want them, there are a lot of
balls to be had.