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52 minutes ago, Twitching Trucks said:

Jesus H Christ. You know what I love? Wading through dozens of bickering fool posts about who wants the end of the world and who doesn’t, just to get the one out of 10 that actually discuss weather and the science behind it. I’m not even knowledgeable enough to be called a neophyte here, but I love the weather…all the weather. It also affects my job, so I come down to these first 3 layers of hell to gain further insight about it…but damn, it’s getting painful to glean the useful bits out. Kick me out if you want, call me all of the name, I don’t really care, but you guys are nearly intolerable.


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I come here for the meltdowns, and you can do a better job than that.

Agreed with others here. A slow moving cane will lose it's inner core once it passes the gulf stream. If it takes the left hook, it will become extratropical and have a larger, but less intense wind field. We'd need a Long Island Express type cane for big winds, and that's not happening. 

Lots of large trees down in Andover. Wife had to take alternate route home from Billerica due to tree down.

Buddy reported hail in Andover

Enjoy it in Methuen. I don't think I've ever witnessed so much lightning. Seemed like a flash every 3 seconds. A couple near misses, but I think not many were cloud-ground.

1.97" in the bucket today for house in Lowell, that puts me over 20" since June 1st.

Not sure if this post belongs in the 2022-2023 or this new one. I just got back from Valle Nevado (Andes Mtns, Chile). It's a long ass day of travel (about 18 hours total), but got in some great skiing. Even though they hadn't gotten much snow this year, they still had most of the trails open. They were also experiencing some much warmer than normal temperatures, particularly during the day. Each morning we stuck with the groomers. Temps were in the mid 20's, so we'd ski until about 10, go inside for an hour or so, so that by the time we went back out, everything had softening up. Afternoon temps were in upper 50's to mid 60's, but it felt hotter than that. It's so dry that the snow tends to sublimate more than melt, so it never got sticky sloppy. Met a lot of American's there. I'd say about 20% of the crowd were American's. The others tended to be local or from other South American countries and don't quite understand ski ethics which could be annoying at times. 

Overall a great time, and unique in a sense that there are no trees whatsoever. The road from Santiago to Valle Nevado has about 100 turns, many hairpin and closes in one direction on weekends, so plan accordingly. Also, English is not spoken by much, particularly in the ski areas. And one final thing, if you do go off piste, you can end up in another ski area (El Colorado and La Parva) and you'll have to bribe a liftie to get a chair lift back. 

88.7/76.3 in Lowell. Pretty swamp ass, but compared to the 126F actual temp we experienced in death valley last week, it's pretty pedestrian. Should be an interesting afternoon regardless.

Resurrecting this thread b/c the 2022-2023 season isn't done yet. We had a blast on a road trip that started in Vegas, through Death Valley (forecast high was 124F and van thermo read 126F (while driving), got a little scary when I smelled radiator coolant leaving Death Valley. Spent 2 days skiing in Mammoth (conditions were surprisingly good considering temps were in the 70's, but you got to get there early as it gets sloppy and they run from 7:30 until noon). Finished the trip driving through Inyo and Yosemite, and stayed a night in Marina Del Rey. 

Valley Nevado next week.

1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

That matches up pretty well with the 100 year event.

Winooski is still rising according to the gauge measurements at Essex Junction and Montpelier. The flood level has got to be close to the 100 year flood. 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1748961312202207

Thankfully there wasn't anyone in the car.

8 minutes ago, mreaves said:

I have water coming up through my floor drain in the basement.  I've lived here for 24 years and never had water in the basement,  

I'm sorry to hear about that. Break out the wet vac, you've got a long night ahead of you. Hopefully you don't lose power. 

1 minute ago, Hitman said:

That feeds into the winooski.  Its nowhere near the water level reached during Irene, thankfully.  Hopefully it doesnt get there.

I just checked the Mad River forecast and it is forecast to be a major flood, but just barely whereas it was much higher during Irene. Good luck to all. 

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=moov1&wfo=btv

I can only imagine what another 7-8' of flood will do. This will make national news tonight.

This is the closest webcam I could find. I believe it's the Mad River in Waitsfield:

Looks like they just updated the Winooski flood forecast: https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?gage=MONV1&wfo=btv&refresh=true

Good luck to all in central VT.

Yeah, it's not looking good for those parts of Vermont with another 2-5"+ incoming. 

Some of the photos coming out of Killington area are nuts. I'm guessing they may have gotten 6" overnight on top of the 6" they probably got on Friday. Has anyone gotten any official reports?

0.14" in the bucket. Just saw a flash of lightning last about 3 full seconds. Thunder lasted 36.

47 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Not even enough to wet in the shade or wash pollen off truck.

too funny, took a photo earlier of my car. 0.0001" rain, dusting of pollen. These new storms popping up look more promising. 

2 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

In Lowell, must be on east side?  Same, skunked so far, only a sprinkle. Also the close c/gs of a few minutes ago are mostly gone.

Yup, Belvidere. I did hear a couple rumbles. Lawn is thirsty. 

3 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

Chelmsford cell folded, but new one forming overhead. Let's go

Looks like I'm going to get skunked by that one as well.

14 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Blows. Absolutely blows.

Same situation here. 1.5" of rain under a nice cell to the immediate west of me. Nothing here but gusty winds.

9 hours ago, bch2014 said:

September is the toughest month, no?

It usually is. Every once in a while you can get enough snow on the top of MWN for a couple turns, otherwise, it's a trip to Mt. Hood... or that indoor ski area in New Jersey. That's the back up plan.

Season ain't over yet. Hit up Killington today for some sloppy turns. This years goal is ski every month. Booked a trip to Valle Nevado in August, but still got to figure something out for July. Thinking Mammoth considering they still have nearly half the mountain open which is absolutely insane for this time of year.