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Goods winds and a lot of lightning. Just a constant display of lightning. Just one really close strike. My wife thought she heard something come down in the woods but I was in a spot where the windows were shut at first. We are surrounded by hundreds of acres of trees however so I would be surprised if nothing fell. Winding down now. Best lightning display here in a few years.

That reminds me. About 25 years ago I was sitting in my apartment waiting for some storms to roll in. There had been a tornado outbreak in the Midwest a day or two earlier with the same system. As I watched tv, the rain had started and then I heard that noise that tornado survivors always say they heard "it sounded like a freight train" This sounded just like a freight train and I thought wow they are right about the sound of a tornado until after about two panic filled seconds I remembered that I lived 20 yards from active train tracks. Rain just started and can hear the wind in the trees.

First thunder. It just kept rolling and sounded so weird that I thought it was the washing machine upstairs.

This was just about when I left the office in Burlington and got on the highway. I was looking over my shoulder the whole way on 89 to make sure the storms were not catching up to me. It looks like we will get hit in about 20 minutes.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch for all of VT

Found it thanks. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1319.html DISCUSSION...Associated with larger-scale mid/upper troughing digging in the St. Lawrence Valley/lower Great Lakes region, forcing for ascent with a lead speed maximum (30-50 kts in the 500-300 mb layer) appears to be providing support for an ongoing, well organized cluster of thunderstorms across southeastern Ontario. Perhaps aided by an associated strengthening surface cold pool, this activity has accelerated some (up to 40 kt) over the past couple of hours, and may reach the Ottawa vicinity by around 19Z. Along trailing outflow into the vicinity of its intersection with a southward advancing cold front, additional thunderstorm development and intensification is now also well underway. Supported by moderate southeasterly low-level inflow of moist air characterized by CAPE of 1000-2000 J/kg, this seems likely to continue with the evolution of another upscale growing and organizing cluster/segment possible. This may begin impacting the Ontario shores of Lake Ontario into the Watertown vicinity as early as 20-21Z, perhaps a bit earlier and more substantively than suggested by the latest Rapid Refresh. Although low-level wind fields are generally weak, the effective downward mixing of higher momentum air aloft, associated with the well developed/maturing organized convective system and associated surface cold pools, probably will be accompanied by increasing potential for strong gusts at least approaching severe limits.

Nasty looking line of storms coming through Quebec in this direction. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-Quebec-02-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Oregon and California are contributing as well. Washington state too,

How Norm lost his job at the brewery:

Norm!

Whereas we had an inch during the day and another inch since midnight.

waves of showers today, no thunder but heavier rain at times. Around an inch so far. Another day without having to water.

the 2 closest online Davis stations are at .89 and 1.0 so far today. Seems about right or a tad low based on the water in the pots, etc. Sadly I sit pretty much in the middle of two stations and one is out. The 1.0 is a bit further away.

Before I met her, my wife was stung in her eye. 30 years later she still feels the effect at times but not because of the sting itself. When she was stung in the eye, she was driving. She promptly drove into a telephone pole and went through the windshield. Her neck and shoulders still get sore leading to headaches. I think once she hit the pole the sting was no longer the issue.

Is there actually a circulation with the fog bank off ME and NH? I don't know that I have ever noticed that before. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=local-Vermont-02-24-0-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Hint: do not go for a run until it has passed.

It is actually really nice in BTV at the moment. Sun is out and the wind is strong enough to make the air not feel muggy.

We went the route of a Concept 2 Rowing Machine earlier this summer as I am under orders not to run for the foreseeable future. I am really enjoying it, which I hope is not just the novelty factor, but am still at the stage of rebuilding my fitness and adjusting to the new stressor.

Nope, I'm male. When I hear about chafed or bloodied nipples it is with male runners. Off the top of my head, it could be for two reasons: a. The fabric with bras tends to be less of an issue for chafing than with shirts or b. men whine more about such things. 3 ways I would address it/prevent it: 1. run shirtless 2. use body glide (vaseline would stain my shirts and the marks would make it look like lactation stains) 3. band aids (often in addition to body glide)

The ingredients for me tend to be cool weather, longer run, shirt wet from rain or sweat. Bodyglide pre-run usually mitigates the risk, so does my podiatrists I can't run at the moment (9+ months at this point)

Staying with the Good Morning Vietnam theme:

Running in a warm rain, however can be fantastic, especially shirtless. One hazard or downside that can crop up however happened to me years ago. I was in the middle of a fantastic run a number of years ago while visiting my parents in Princeton. It was pouring and I was just carrying my drenched shirt at the point I reached campus. I looked down around that time and saw bubbles going down both legs. Apparently the last time I had washed them, my running shorts did not rinse properly so when the rain soaked into them, the remaining detergent decided to create a sea of froth down my thighs. I had to keep stopping to wipe them off with the drenched t-shirt. Lightning is dangerous, wind makes runs awful unless you can do a point to point with it at your back the whole way.

Glad you made it. Lightning and wind were the only two conditions I hated running in. (For different reasons)

As Kev channels Roosevelt D Roosevelt