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Daily Catskills: 02/21/18

An even more balmy day after yesterday’s high of 62F. Humid and cloudy with lunchtime sunshine, a strong breeze and a high of 74F. Laundry weather for one day.

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Daily Catskills: 03/21/17

45F at 8.30am and 51F by mid-afternoon, humid, with large piles of snow trickling into rivers, ditches and gullies.

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Daily Catskills: 10/17/15

38F at 10.30am and a flurry of sleet. Windy with furious clouds and a dash of sun. Update: 50F by mid-afternoon and a bit nippy.

© J.N. Urbanski 10.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 10.30am

Daily Catskills: 09/14/15

50F at 7.30am, with overnight rain still drizzling and being shaken off trees, overcast and gloomy. 59F by 2pm and cloudy with periods of sunshine.

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

 

Daily Catskills: 08/22/15

A crisp, dewy 52F at 7.45am. Cloudy with fog rolling off the mountains. Update: 75F by 2pm with scattered clouds. Hot in the sunshine.

© J.N. Urbanski 8am

© J.N. Urbanski 8am

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© J.N. Urbanski 12.50pm

Daily Catskills: 07/26/15

73F at 9.30am with overnight heavy rains evaporating into the morning haze. Heavy grey and white cloud cover rolled through with thunder and stole the show mid-afternoon. Mostly sunny at 4pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

© J.N. Urbanski 4pm

Daily Catskills: 07/24/15

75F at 10am, bright sunshine with cotton wool clouds on the horizon becoming more burly as the day goes on. 78F by 2.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1.30pm

 

Catskills Art Event: Doodle with Ohiso

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This Saturday Ohiso is curating a public art event called Doodle. It’s no secret that the arts are employed as therapy and the specific benefits of doodling have also been examined in media outlets like PBS, Wall Street Journal and Huffington Post . Doodling is therapeutic. I once worked with the executive assistant of a prominent British CEO who continually worked on an intricate doodle on a large piece of cardboard whenever she had to be on the phone and her masterpiece grew to enormous proportions. It was her lifeline in a very stressful environment and it was something I’ll never forget.

I asked Ellie Ohiso what inspired her to found a doodle event. She says “we took to the doodling notion because sometimes as you do more art-focused events, you realize that some who are not in the traditional art world see it to the exclusion of themselves. Art becomes this kind of intimidating notion. Doodling is for everyone. It’s universal, non-judgmental, free. You don’t need to know anything about art, or art history, or even to be good at it for it to be classified as a doodle”.

Daily Catskills: 07/06/15

61F at 8.30am, partly cloudy with some bright sunshine, rising to 71F by noon.

Daily Catskills: 07/02/15

62F by 8.30am and overcast with mist rising off the mountains and dewy leaves. 72F by 2pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

Daily Catskills: 06/25/15

56F at 8am, clear blue skies. A crisp morning. 74F and rolling grey cloud cover by afternoon. Heavy rains late afternoon/evening.

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© J.N. Urbanski 7.45am

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© J.N. Urbanski 2pm

 

Daily Catskills: 06/24/15

60F at 8.30am, partly sunny, cloudy and breezy, rising to 74F by noon.

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© J.N. Urbanski 10.40am

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© J.N. Urbanski 11am

Daily Catskills: 06/20/15

70F by noon, breezy and cloudy with hazy sunshine. Rain forecast for this afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 12.45pm

© J.N. Urbanski 12.45pm

 

Daily Catskills: 06/18/15

60F at 9.30am, overcast with cloud, mist over the mountains and drizzling. A gloomy morning. Update: not much of an improvement, rising to 65F by the afternoon.

© J.N. Urbanski 10am

© J.N. Urbanski 10am

Daily Catskills: 06/16/15

70F by 9am, misty clouds moving quickly over the mountains and the wind gently shaking last night’s rain out of the trees. Humid, with gunmetal skies issuing threatening sprinkles by noon. Stormy weather forecast. Update: Rain late afternoon and into the evening.

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© J.N. Urbanski 11.39am

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© J.N. Urbanski 9.37am

Daily Catskills: 06/15/15

65F at 7.30am. A gloomy start to the day with heavy overnight rain having continued into morning, but stopped at 8am. 75F and humid by 10.30am.

© J.N. Urbanski 10.20am

© J.N. Urbanski 10.20am

Daily Catskills: 06/12/15

72F by 10am, cloudy, hazy and humid. A sultry morning. Update: a sultry afternoon at 82F by 3pm. Rainfall early evening.

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© J.N. Urbanski 11am

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Daily Catskills: 06/08/15

55F at 8am, raining, overcast and gloomy. Update: 77F by 4pm with low rumblings of thunder in the air. Rain late afternoon, with a tornado watch in effect for the Catskills.

© J.N. Urbanski 7.45am

© J.N. Urbanski 7.45am

Daily Catskills: 06/06/15

60F at 10.30am, overcast and breezy, rising to 70F and partly cloudy by noon.

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

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© J.N. Urbanski 1.15pm

 

Daily Catskills: 06/04/15

68F at 10am with hazy sunshine and damp grass. Last night’s unbelievable full moon yielded to a glorious day.

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© J.N. Urbanski 9.46am

Daily Catskills: 06/02/15

A brisk 50F at 9am. Foliage dripping and ground drenched with last night’s much-welcome rain. Update: no rain, but soggy and 55F for the rest the day.

© J.N. Urbanski 10.30am

© J.N. Urbanski 10.30am

Daily Catskills: 05/30/15

Already 80F at 2400ft by 10am, breezy and humid. Thick, rolling clouds interspersed with periods of sunshine. Scorcher. Update: at 7pm heavy, continual rains throughout the night.

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© J.N. Urbanski 3pm

 

 

 

Daily Catskills: 05/29/15

70F and sunny cloudless skies at 10am rising to 80F by 2pm.

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© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

Daily Catskills: 05/28/15

64F and damp at 7am with last night’s thick, post-rain mist lingering in the valleys.

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© J.N. Urbanski 7.30am

Daily Catskills: 05/27/15

70F at 8am, humid and cloudy: a steamy morning. 80F with thunder and showers by 2pm: a sultry afternoon with too much cloud and not enough rain. Update: with a crack of lightning, torrential rain began at 3.30pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 3pm

© J.N. Urbanski 3pm

 

 

Daily Catskills: 05/26/15

A very damp morning with dawn showers and 70F at 9am. The morning sun burned through the hazy cloud. More morning showers and 80F by 1pm, brightening up by 2.30pm with cloudy skies and breeze in the trees.

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

 

 

Daily Catskills: 05/25/15

72F by 11am and breezy with bright sunshine burning through very hazy cloud cover. 85F and mostly cloudy by 3pm.

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© J.N. Urbanski 3pm

Daily Catskills: 05/24/15

74F and warm in the sunshine. Hazy, wispy, cloud. Gorgeous Sunday for Memorial Day Weekend.

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

 

 

Daily Catskills: 05/17/15

75F at 10.30, overcast but still rather bright, light winds and damp from overnight showers. 80F, scudding cotton wool clouds and hot in the sunshine by 1pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm

 

Daily Catskills: 05/16/15

Much needed overnight rain ushered in a damp, overcast morning. 68F at 11am and humid with mist over the mountains. Update: 76F, overcast and humid at 4.30pm. Steady rain at 6.30pm dwindled to light showers by 8pm.

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© J.N. Urbanski 3.45pm

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Daily Catskills: 05/15/15

A crisp 58F at 9am, overcast rising to 76F and sunny by noon. The blossoms seem to have survived the frost intact, but half the tomatoes have died.

 

Daily Catskills: 05/14/15

36F at 6.30am, rising to 61F at 1pm with sunny skies. Too early to say if this morning’s frost ruined the blossoms. Burn ban extended to May 21st.

Spring Shoots Update

Green shoots are emerging from the raspberry sticks; the beetroot is flourishing; the cauliflower is shooting; the asparagus is prolific, as is the rhubarb; the hops are hopping, but the spuds and blackberries have yet to emerge. The dog is already too hot and has dug a mud hole under some equipment. His home for the summer.

© J.N. Urbanski 5/11/15

© J.N. Urbanski 5/11/15

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Daily Catskills: 05/12/15

64F at 8.30am, with a mix of sun and cloud. Much-needed rain expected this afternoon. The landscape is thirsty. Update: Rain! Late afternoon.

 

 

Daily Catskills: 05/11/15

76F at 8am. Warm and sunny with no breeze. Asparagus acting like a sundial will be later eaten for breakfast. Update: they were juicy. The crab apple tree in full bloom.

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© J.N. Urbanski 8.30am

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© J.N. Urbanski 9am

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© J.N. Urbanski 9.30am

 

Daily Catskills: 05/10/15

90F by noon, clear skies dissolving into a haze on the horizon. The hops wind slowly around the twine in the blazing sun.

© J.N. Urbanski 12.15pm

© J.N. Urbanski 12.15pm

 

 

Daily Catskills: 05/08/15

74F at 9am, clear and sunny, rising to 80F by mid-afternoon.

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© J.N. Urbanski 2.30pm

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Daily Catskills: 05/06/15

60F at 8am with hazy cloud cover and a light breeze rising to 70F by mid-afternoon.

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© J.N. Urbanski Noon

© J.N. Urbanski 2.30pm

© J.N. Urbanski 2.30pm

 

Daily Catskills: 05/05/15

59F at 7.30am with misty, hazy cloud cover and the landscape still damp with overnight rain. 78F by 2pm with the same hazy cloud. The magnolia has bloomed and is falling, but the wisteria waits.

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

© J.N. Urbanski Noon

Daily Catskills: 04/28/15

49F at 9am and sunny with clouds, rising to 60F by 2pm with light winds.

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© J.N. Urbanski 12.30pm

Daily Catskills: 04/26/15

50F at 9am. Mostly clear skies with a small armada of clouds on the horizon. 52F mid-afternoon with full cloud cover. A good sunday for a hike to Panther Mountain.

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© J.N. Urbanski Noon

Daily Catskills: 04/24/15

28F at 8.30am with overnight snow lingering in the scantiest of flurries. Overcast and gloomy. RIP Crocus.

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

Daily Catskills: 04/23/15

38F by 9am. A sprinkling of overnight snow lay dissolving into puddles. Update: Continual flurries for the rest of the day with 30F by 7pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

© J.N. Urbanski 9am

Daily Catskills: 04/13/15

49F at 8am, quickly rising to 56F by 8.45am. Beautiful, hazy cloud cover being burned through by the rising sun. Spring is here!

© J.N. Urbanski 8am

© J.N. Urbanski 8am

Daily Catskills: 04/12/15

55F and clear skies at 10am. 60F and warm in the sunshine by 1pm.

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm The first new shoots at a 2400 ft elevation

© J.N. Urbanski 1pm The first new shoots at a 2400 ft elevation

Daily Catskills: 04/11/15

40F at 9am and windy. The sun fighting through the grey rolling cloud cover. Stunning cloud cover all afternoon culminating in a gorgeous sunset.

© J.N. Urbanski 6.45pm

© J.N. Urbanski 6.45pm

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