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Storm the Field

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  1. Yeah, it's a "backdoor" mass of drier air coming from the northeast, rather than the typical front coming from Canada and heading south through the panhandle.
  2. Just going by what the models say. Dewpoint projections for Wed-Fri:
  3. 93/74 forecast for tomorrow in Houston. That's 7 above the average high and 10 above the average low for 10/7. No sign of any legit fronts before next weekend maybe, but by this Friday it should feel a bit nicer than the early part of this week. Dewpoints drop back into the low 50's this weekend, so it will be unseasonably warm, but not miserable, and should be pretty nice in the mornings and after sunset.
  4. I prefer the original meme:
  5. Might soon need to go dig up my old meme posting of "Friendship with WTI ended, Now nat gas is my best friend"
  6. High of 90-93, low of 71-74 every single day for the next 10 days. Next Saturday might, just barely, be the next day where the high drops to 89 or less. Looks like the trade-off for a pretty mild Summer was that it's just gonna stretch into November.
  7. NOt yet. Will probably end up waiting closer to the holidays. Good looking watch there.
  8. Good call. Ended up stopping at Lavaca in PL. Just got the classic 2 meat plate. Brisket was top notch. Big Red ribs also good, but just a tad too sweet for my taste. Jalapeno cream corn was the best of the sides we ordered. Place is tiny, but we got there at the perfect time. One group of refinery workers were just finishing up and leaving and another group of 15+ came in right after we ordered. They were still in line ordering when we were pulling out of the parking lot.
  9. Gonna be stuck in this "warmer than it should be but not awful" pattern for a while. Nary a hint of the next cooling front until late next week at the earliest. Highs will continue to run about 6-7 degrees above average until then.
  10. Ended up just being 2 dove hunts. Guide for the teal hunt called us Thursday evening as we were finishing that evening's dove hunt. Said we'd just be wasting time and money as he hadn't been seeing any birds. So we just went back out to the same dove field the next morning and shot a few dozen more. Work weekend at the deer lease ahead. Gonna haul my golf cart up there for Fall, fill feeders, clear brush....etc. A damn weed grew up and been swaying in the wind in front of my game camera, causing me to receive dozens of pictures of nothing the past week or so.
  11. "Seasons Over" lineup today, might as well.
  12. On top of bringing in a new training staff, we may want to hire some sports psychologists and maybe a witch doctor/exorcist to remove whatever curse fell upon on MMP/Daikin post '22. We started this season 32-14 in the friendly confines of downtown Houston, then went 14-21. 3rd straight year where we struggled at home late in the year (including the infamous 4 home losses in the '23 ALCS and getting swept out of the wild card last year). Despite having an overall winning record at home, we ended up a with a significantly negative run differential. Doesn't help that Walker was a completely different player on the road (.772 OPS, 18 HR) vs home (.623 OPS, 8 HR)
  13. Nightmare season is finally over. Amazing that we were still in playoff contention until Game 161, considering: Blanco started in 9 games before needing TJ, Garcia got 2, Wesneski got 6, Walter got 9. Arrighetti avoided TJ by missing most of the season due to a freak accident during BP. The Ghost of Cristian Javier didn't start a game until mid-August. We had to give 15 starts to a JAG named Colton Gordon. Framber pitched like an ace until late July then went 2-7 in his final 11 starts, with the team losing 9 of those games. Our all-star closer's shoulder spontaneously exploded just in time to miss the final 30 games. Meyers' calf exploded, wiping out 2 months of a career-best year. Paredes' hamstring exploded, wiping out 2 months of an all-star year. Pena's multiple injuries cumulatively cost him almost 40 games in a career-best year. Yordan basically missed the entire season aside from the 2 1/2 weeks preceding his ankle injury. It's abundantly obvious now that he was physically incapable of swinging a bat with any oomph during those first 30 games of the season. Due to a lack of OF depth, Cam was rushed into an everyday starter role despite having ~30 games as a professional and never playing anything even remotely close to 162 game season. Christian Walker led the team in HR and RBI despite waiting until the the final series of the season before registering a positive WAR (0.1). Yainer was our 3rd highest run producer despite becoming the worst pitch-chaser in MLB and seeing his OPS drop below .700. Over 700 AB's went to has-beens and never-weres (Hummel, Rodgers, Trammell, Chas...etc) or guys not ready for the show (Brice, Melton). Of the few fill-ins that performed above replacement level, one didn't make it past May before season-ending injury (Dezenzo) and one didn't even appear until Game 148 (Cole). ^^^ That's somehow the condensed version. I've got more!
  14. Getting busy with hunting season. Heading to a buddy's hunting club down near Corpus for a dove hunt tomorrow evening, then a teal hunt Friday morning. Work weekend/hog hunting at the deer lease next weekend.
  15. Still a couple hours away from reaching the coast. Heat Index is currently 103 in Houston.
  16. AI click-bait horseshit:
  17. With the crazy humidity and a dewpoint only a few degrees below the actual temperature, we set a new record for the highest low ever recorded at the IAH weather station. Only got down to 80 early this morning, breaking the old record by 2 degrees.
  18. JD Vance and Ken Paxton already immediately rushed to Twitter to moan about "disgusting attack on our brave ICE agents" before bothering to learn anything about the shooting. The insane wing of MAGA twitter is pumping a conspiracy theory that it was a jihadi attack on ICE for arresting a muslim brotherhood member yesterday.
  19. Blastfurnace has about 16 hours of gas left in it. Heat index pushing 100 at 11 am tomorrow right before the front starts rolling through and dragging Summer out kicking and screaming. It should really start feeling much improved over the course of Thursday as drier air settles in.
  20. Denver, right? I saw that some areas on the front range got a light dusting of snow today.
  21. Today looks to feature the highest low temperature by a good 8-9 degrees for the next 2 weeks. It's barely going to get below 80 in Houston, even with storms forecast for later this afternoon. We're getting close to the finish line folks! More "this ain't so bad" days ahead, fewer "this shit sucks" ones.
  22. Thanks, Lavaca BBQ in PL might actually work for us.
  23. Best bbq option between Houston and Rockport? Heading down to that area Thursday morning for a hunting trip and we're planning to grab lunch on the way.
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