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<v Speaker 1>The man who makes the weather. He cooks it up

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<v Speaker 1>right there at Fox thirty one studio and then unleashes

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<v Speaker 1>it on all of us day. Frazer, how you doing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's my concuction contract contribution.

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<v Speaker 1>There you go, there you go. Okay, let me just

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<v Speaker 1>get this out of the way right now and ask

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<v Speaker 1>the question that inevitably will be asked, Dave, how much

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<v Speaker 1>longer do I have to water my lawn several times

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<v Speaker 1>a week?

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<v Speaker 2>Did Anthony just wink at you? He asked me the

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<v Speaker 2>same question. He's struggling with moeing in the morning because

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<v Speaker 2>we have these cool Chris mornings and you got a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of dew on the grass and it's wet. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>what I told him. And you know, September is not

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<v Speaker 2>generally a wet month for us, So keep watering at

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<v Speaker 2>least through the middle of the month, maybe the sixteenth

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<v Speaker 2>or the twentieth, because if we do get dry later

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<v Speaker 2>in the fall, we want to keep things going as

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<v Speaker 2>much as we can right now. So I wouldn't give

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<v Speaker 2>up on the watering. But yeah, if you're going to mow,

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<v Speaker 2>mow in the afternoons, after the morning do kind of

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<v Speaker 2>dries off. But everything is still looking great. Let's not

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<v Speaker 2>shut things off just yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta tell you, Dave, we went hiking down in

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<v Speaker 1>Castlewick in State Park this past weekend and everything is

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<v Speaker 1>still green. Normally this time of year it's all crunchy

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<v Speaker 1>and brown. It was like lush down there. I was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of surprise. I'm not gonna lie, so you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Ahead, go ahead. I'm not gonna say it's interesting, because

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I get viewer emails all the time about

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we're on the air talking about, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>record setting rain three times. It happened in August in

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<v Speaker 2>Denver because the rain officially hit the censor at the airport.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'll give you your email saying, well, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we must be in a rain shadow because I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>getting it as much. And that's just the way it is.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the rain has not been uniformed by any means.

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<v Speaker 2>But where we've had beneficial rain, like Castlewood Canyon, the

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<v Speaker 2>southern parts of the Metro Denver, in some areas the

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<v Speaker 2>Northern Front Ranges had some decent shots. It really looks good.

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<v Speaker 2>And so we want to maintain that as much as

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<v Speaker 2>we can here for them, at least the next three

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<v Speaker 2>to four weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, so what do the next three to four

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<v Speaker 1>weeks look like? What are we looking at here?

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<v Speaker 2>Same thing we talked about last Wednesday. It's the tail

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<v Speaker 2>of the first half versus second half. So the thirty

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<v Speaker 2>day outlook for the entire month of September, which again

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't tell you anything about the day to day weather.

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<v Speaker 2>It's yes, when we're done, will it be above normal,

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<v Speaker 2>below normal? Will it be wetter or drier than normal?

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, that thirty day out looks stayed the same.

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<v Speaker 2>It's showing us being slightly warmer and slightly drier than normal.

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<v Speaker 2>That we're only three days into the month. However, the

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<v Speaker 2>first eight to fourteen days, so that includes our seven

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<v Speaker 2>day forecast plus the next seven days takes us out

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<v Speaker 2>to the sixteenth of September, and that pattern for the

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<v Speaker 2>first half of the month shows us being wetter and

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<v Speaker 2>cooler than normal. So you would think we've got to

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<v Speaker 2>flip the script in the second half of the month

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<v Speaker 2>end up being drier and warmer.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to tell you I've loved this

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<v Speaker 1>past week. This week has been this is my favorite,

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<v Speaker 1>which a Ron and I both want to know, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>because I feel like I can't remember last fall. Did

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<v Speaker 1>we even have a fall? I mean, I don't remember fall,

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<v Speaker 1>but fall's my favorite seat here, and I do feel

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<v Speaker 1>like we kind of get you, like janked out of

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<v Speaker 1>it every once in a while. What you've got to

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<v Speaker 1>dry September on deck? But are we seeing anything in

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<v Speaker 1>the you know that's going to indicate we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>have like a super early snow. Where is that too

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<v Speaker 1>far away to even begin to understand?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean the long range models for the three

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<v Speaker 2>months of September, October, November continue to lean to dry

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<v Speaker 2>and warm. We've been battling that all year, but we've

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<v Speaker 2>had some winning battles in there. For instance, like I said,

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<v Speaker 2>August at I think nine days of measurable range, three

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<v Speaker 2>of them were record setting. It was the third wettest

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<v Speaker 2>August on record, again with the point being at the airport.

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<v Speaker 2>For those totals of I think it was four point

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<v Speaker 2>one two inches. We had already had some dostens of

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<v Speaker 2>snow way up. High fee resorts are all announcing their timeframe,

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<v Speaker 2>so they're looking at the pattern. What they're looking for

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<v Speaker 2>right now is to get those overnight lows down so

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<v Speaker 2>they can start thinking about running their snow guns and

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<v Speaker 2>starting to build a base. That's still not going to

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<v Speaker 2>happen for weeks, but the process is underway. And I

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<v Speaker 2>heard from something I wish I could remember, the critter

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<v Speaker 2>somebody that works for the forestry or something like that,

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<v Speaker 2>that said that there's some critter that's up high in

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<v Speaker 2>the mountains that tends to burrow itself and build its

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<v Speaker 2>nest for the winter. They started noticing. No, it wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>the marmot, it was something else. I wish I could

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<v Speaker 2>remember it. But whatever this little creature was, somebody had

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<v Speaker 2>noticed that they were starting to burrow and prepare for

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<v Speaker 2>the winter earlier than they had seen. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we hear about that folklore all the time. People are

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the leaves changing in the mountains. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>necessarily a sign of an early winter. That's more because

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<v Speaker 2>of the drought conditions that it's out with. But overall,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, September is our first measurable month for snow,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's generally an inch in Denver. We can get

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<v Speaker 2>bigger snowstormps in that we've certainly had them in our history.

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<v Speaker 2>And I looked at the records. The last time we

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<v Speaker 2>had one inch of snow in Denver was in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty it was exactly an inch. So for the last

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<v Speaker 2>four years September has been dry for us. But again

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<v Speaker 2>it's just the beginning of the snow season if you will.

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<v Speaker 2>October can have wild swings. Still think it's one of

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<v Speaker 2>my favorite months, September and October me too.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a weather question for you, Mandy, Please ask

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<v Speaker 1>what causes dirt devils when there is no wind? And

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<v Speaker 1>to be clear, I want to make sure I know

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<v Speaker 1>what a dirt devil is. It's just like a little

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<v Speaker 1>mini tornado of just dust, right, I mean it just

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<v Speaker 1>maybe they come up a few feet, but they're not

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<v Speaker 1>ever going to like go to the sky kind of tornado,

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<v Speaker 1>just like a little baby tornado.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so it's a dust level basically dirt double dust level.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess it depends how much dirt is in the air.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, basically that doesn't have that doesn't come with

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<v Speaker 2>a wind across the planes or like that. That's heating.

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<v Speaker 2>So you have differential heating. So you've got a hot

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<v Speaker 2>spot on the ground and the air starts to rise. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>warm air rises, so you get the warm air rising

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<v Speaker 2>and as it rises, it starts to spin up a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit. They generally don't last long. But generally it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be in pockets where there's hot air that's

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<v Speaker 2>building at the surface that wants to kind of release

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<v Speaker 2>itself and rise up.

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<v Speaker 1>Could it be a peka? Is that the animal that

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<v Speaker 1>you are thinking of?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>No, they remain active all winter long, so that's not it.

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<v Speaker 1>And somebody just suggested that when should people close down

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<v Speaker 1>their pools?

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<v Speaker 2>Dave, Well, that's for most hoas that's sailed over over

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<v Speaker 2>Labor Day weekend. You know, I always I'm always a

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<v Speaker 2>little frustrated the deck because we can have some great

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<v Speaker 2>September weekends. Yeah in the eighties, and you want to

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<v Speaker 2>go to the pool. But I understand the financial costs

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<v Speaker 2>and everything like that, but what about people season. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Labor Day is kind of dick. I mean, if

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<v Speaker 2>you want to keep it going for a few more weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's going to hurt. Well, obviously, what

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<v Speaker 2>you want to watch out for would be dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>any type of water, including your external pipes and all

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<v Speaker 2>that kind of stuff for your sprinkler systems. You got

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<v Speaker 2>to watch the overnight lows get high on the cold lows,

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<v Speaker 2>and if they start to get you start to see

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<v Speaker 2>our seven day popping up with some temperatures in the

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<v Speaker 2>upper thirties, it's time. It's not to throw in the towel,

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<v Speaker 2>but I still think if you have your own pool,

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<v Speaker 2>you can probably get a couple more weeks out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you know what, after those two weeks of super

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<v Speaker 1>hot weather, my herb garden is going insane right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So this weekend I got to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>cut all this stuff back and dry it. So I've

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<v Speaker 1>done it before, but not real successfully. But I'm determined

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<v Speaker 1>this year to make the most of my hand I

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<v Speaker 1>just so you know, Dave Frasier, my BlackBerry harvest came

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<v Speaker 1>in yesterday and my big porch BlackBerry bush, and this

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<v Speaker 1>year's harvest was a whopping four blackberries, the world's most

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<v Speaker 1>expensive blackberries. My husband enjoyed all four of them in

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<v Speaker 1>one setting. But there you go. It's time to start,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, winding down the garden as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it is. It is. It's sad because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we could potentially set a record we won't know for

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<v Speaker 2>another week or so of the earliest date of our

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<v Speaker 2>last ninety degree temperature. So once we hit a week

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<v Speaker 2>ago Friday, the rest of August was below average and

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<v Speaker 2>we actually averaged down. So of all those hot nineties

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<v Speaker 2>that we had in the middle of the month, we

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<v Speaker 2>were averaging ahead. We thought maybe we'd get into the

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<v Speaker 2>top twenty list for hottest August on record, and we

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<v Speaker 2>did not. The last ten days of the month we

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<v Speaker 2>had seventies and low eighties, and we averaged down. We

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<v Speaker 2>were only about to little less than the degree over

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<v Speaker 2>the average, and we didn't make the top twenty list.

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<v Speaker 2>And so you know, those cool temperatures during the day,

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<v Speaker 2>those morning lows down into the fifties, it's really been fantastic.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm not going to stay I'm forecasting eighty eight tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a little too close for me to be, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>copyacently saying we've seen our last ninety degree day, and

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<v Speaker 2>there could be some days next week where we'll be

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<v Speaker 2>knocking on that door. So I'm not going to say

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<v Speaker 2>we're completely done with ninety degrees. But ninety degrees in

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<v Speaker 2>September is not ninety degrees in August.

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<v Speaker 1>Real quick, because we were out of time. When does

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<v Speaker 1>this snoke go away? And obviously things are still on

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<v Speaker 1>fire in the west slope. I don't think it's been

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<v Speaker 1>as bad this year. But when do we see that

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<v Speaker 1>wind shift?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well we the last two days the wind's been

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<v Speaker 2>more northwesterly than straight out of the west. So I

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<v Speaker 2>just looked at a clear satellite picture and I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>noticing that in the air going across Colorado. Right now

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<v Speaker 2>we get more of a westerly win. Some of that

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<v Speaker 2>could transport back to our way, but right now, for

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<v Speaker 2>today tomorrow at least, it's not going to be that case.

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<v Speaker 2>All right. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Dave Frasier, our favorite meteorologist, you can see him and

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<v Speaker 1>his colleagues gave out the most accurate forecast on Fox

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<v Speaker 1>thirty one. Thanks man, We'll talk to you soon.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Maddie, all right, bye,