Still rising

We've raised the fire danger sign again this morning to VERY HIGH. This is very,  very unusual for central Massachusetts, let alone for March.
At 8:45, it is 59 degrees and rising. 87% humidity and steady.
The barometer is at 29.41 inches of mercury and steady.

I should also note that we are lucky enough to have some excellent sign work going on this week, thanks to intern Jacob!

Trail report in today

We just had a visit from one of our intrepid summer interns who was out on the trails checking things over. Aside from a sudden trash appearance at the north end of the Cascades trail (any chance you guys down the street to get to that?) and the omnipresence of...evidence of dogs, things look pretty good. We have not yet gotten to the River Trail; we're planning a work project on that.

At 9 am, it is 56.3 degrees and steady
97% humidity and steady
30.03 inches of mercury and steady
Raining

Saturday morning trail work

GWLT and our summer interns will be tackling trail work in and around the Cascades parkland. If you have time and interest in helping, we're starting this Saturday morning, 9 am, in the Boyton Park parking lot.
Help us recover from the ice storm, deal with ATV damage, and spruce up the trails.

We'll also be doing it 6/20, 6/27, and 7/11. Help wanted!

Rainy day

At 9 am, it is 49 degrees F and steady
98% humidity and steady
29.71 inches of mercury and steady
We've had 0.12 inches of rain since midnight (yesterday's rain never rose to measurable levels)
The stream is steady at 3.4 inches

The interns are soggily setting themselves up for the summer.

Drizzly

We got a total of 0.31 inches of rain yesterday; 'though we've had no measurable rain since midnight, yesterday's total was enough to raise the stream to 3.4 inches.
At 9 am, it is 48 degrees F and steady
98% humidity and steady; mist in the air
The barometer is at 29.91 inches of mercury and steady
The skies are overcast

It isn't clear if if the runner that just went through was running to keep up with his dogs or to keep warm!
The interns were here for their second night;we're hoping they were warmer last night than the night before! They'll be moving off to their summer (undisclosed) location tomorrow.

Enjoy it while it lasts!

Rain coming in later this week--yes, just in time for our interns to move into their tents for the summer--so get out into the sun while we have it!
At 9 am, it is 51.3 degrees and steady
48% humidity and steady
30.24 inches of mercury and steady
Clear blue skies
Despite the weekend rain, the stream is down to 3 inches. Summertime!

Busy place!

The new batch of summer interns for Cascades West are here today for their orientation. More about them to come!
We've also got a Worcester State College class meeting here; they're doing a survey of ice damage in the city (they were at God's Acre yesterday, and they're in Cascades Park and Cascades West today).
Will is here (it's his last week) working on signage.
And the DPW trucks are on the street, so we're making one last scramble to get branches out to the street. We've got plenty of downfall that we're just leaving in the forest--it is part of nature, after all--but we do need the trails and the cleared part of the property free of branches. We had a maple lose a limb in yesterday's wind that had been partly broken over the winter. It's still coming down!

At 9 am, it is 68.7 degrees and rising
44% humidity and falling
30.18 inches of mercury and steady under sunny skies
The brook remains at 4 inches even