Keith Carson
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- Sep 24, 2026
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Will a weekend nor’easter be enough to bust the drought? Keith Carson explores (opens the original)
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If you’re in Maine right now, two things can be said for you: 1. You’re casually but noncommittally browsing Halloween displays at retail stores while feigning outrage that they’re out already. 2. Your town is in some version of a drought. Literally 100% of Maine is in at least a moderate drought, with parts of the coastline in extreme drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The good news: We’re actually in better shape than we were last fall. I know that’s a bit of an odd graphic, but b
Portland just had its 2nd-hottest summer on record. No one really noticed. (opens the original)
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While most of you normies consider Sept. 22 to be the end of summer, meteorological summer (also known as “nerd summer”) ended on Monday night. See, for order and record-keeping purposes, the meteorological world divides the seasons into the following blocks: In Maine, these dates work well for summer and fall but are decidedly … optimistic … for winter and spring. (Can you imagine a winter that actually ended on March 1? What is this, Key West?) With “nerd summer” now over, we can say that the
Why is it so smoky outside right now? Keith Carson explains (opens the original)
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When I first descended upon Maine to ruin the proud broadcast tradition of WCSH-TV one skinny suit at a time, wildfire smoke wasn’t a thing I had to forecast. That was 2010 (and this is what I looked like. Don’t @ me). In the last few years, however, it’s become an accepted part of summer in the state. So what’s going on here? Our recent bout of smoke on Tuesday and Wednesday comes from wildfires in western Ontario. And that’s often the case for Maine – our smoke comes from Canada, or, with the
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