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We just got a few drops of rain here. It felt good and smelled good. Now it's done for the next seven days. I have seen that music links are appropriate here. This popped into my head. Saw Violent Femmes while going to my little tiny college in Ohio. Small bar nearby (dating myself...ha).

Northampton: Chamber of Commerce every day since I got down here to set up everything for my move here. And, continues all week, crazily. This climate change disaster is producing some picture perfect weather, but think about the plants! You know...like think about the children? WTF does a puny human such as myself--and I live as low impact/low carbon emission as possible--have to do to get some fricken rain up in this place (New England, I guess). Do a rain dance? I am not Native American, but maybe one of the local Pioneer Valley tribespeople can help us out here. Sheeesh! Detailed Forecast Today A slight chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Light south wind. Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Calm wind. Monday Sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind. Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Calm wind. Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind. Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Calm wind. Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind. Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Light south wind. Thursday Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Light south wind. Friday Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

That the weather is f'd up?

It's OK, thanks. I usually go to Jay Peak or somewhere way north. Til then... Edit, oh BTW (I'll see if this works, from my Youtube page, old rip):

I noticed the same thing here, just now. Poof gone. Instead, beautiful, if you do not like plants, trees, the Earth, reservoirs, the Ocean, um...life. Ha. Detailed Forecast Tonight Mostly clear, with a low around 49. North wind 3 to 5 mph. Friday Sunny, with a high near 75. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the morning. Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 51. Calm wind. Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Calm wind. Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind. Monday Sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind. Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Calm wind. Tuesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind. Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind. Wednesday Sunny, with a high near 82. Light and variable wind. Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Light south wind. Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Yaaaaaaawwwwwwwn. When is the first snow?

Wow, nice shots! My favorite up that way is Jay Peak, but growing up and later in life I have been to Stowe more than several time. Always appreciate the photos!

Thanks, you said when I was posting a little (OBS, mostly) from Brattleboro that it was good to have someone up the road there, because no one else here was there. That sounded weird, but you get it, I am sure. This was before Primshine (?) moved there a couple years ago. I have a little more time during my move, but will get super busy again with work and everything once I get all resettled here in a few weeks. As I have said, between work, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube and just life in general I am kinda booked a lot of the time. I always have and will continue to read and will post more than I have been. I like to keep my social media down to a manageable level or it gets way too time consuming, I have learned over many years. For me, it's just those things, and here, really. I am just really glad to be back in my home state where I was born and raised, lived after college (all Boston/Newton), and would visit every couple years. Full circle and it is a good feeling. Now I can just chill more and travel to places I have lived and new ones when I have time. BTW, one of the many photos I have from my trip back to Boston for my birthday a few weeks ago, on my way, sort of, here. Weather: drizzle, light rain, and that city still kicks everywhere else's ass. Heh...

A little late here, but I just added up what we got from that ferocious front (just crazy downpours/wind/thunder for about a half hour), plus rain that evening and next morning: Total is 1.27 inches, if my math is correct. That's pretty good, but it is forecast to be dry, sunny, nice actually, but for next seven days. So...in summary, it's still wicked dry around here. https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?Northeast I knew it was drier a little to the North (old neighborhood--Braqttleboro), but anyway, too dry. Edit to add: Wow, way worse farther North. I hadn't seen the summary/graphic yet. Northeast Drought Summary On this week’s map, widespread degradations were made on the map including expansion of areas of drought in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. The most severe drought in the region is currently centered on areas of central Maine and northern portions of Vermont and New Hampshire. In these areas, numerous observing stations reported precipitation totals for the past three-month period that were in the top-5 driest on record including Barre, Vermont (-6.76-inch departure from normal; driest on record), Berlin, New Hampshire (-3.95 inches; driest on record), and Portland, Maine (-5.87 inches; 3rd driest on record), according to data from the Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC). Moreover, numerous streams and rivers across the region were reporting streamflows that are well below normal levels, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. For the week, much of the region was quite dry; however, some light rainfall accumulations (<2 inches) were observed across isolated areas New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Average temperatures were below normal across most of the region, especially in the southern extent, where temperatures were 8 to 12 degrees F below normal.

Just wanted to say, I am in the process of moving from downtown Brattleboro to Northampton (basically live in Northampton now). I always enjoyed up there seeing your OBS and stuff, the only other member who posted from that fair town. I lived there for 15 years (wow), from Boston, etc., now back in Mass., 40 miles down the road. I will still continue to go back and forth, so many connections in Bratt after living there so long, grew up going to Mount Snow, worked there a while back, Dad lived in West Marlboro and really like that town. It's sort of like a mini Northampton. I never post much but have been here since beginning of 2010, when it formed, was on, I think it was called EasternMassWx or similar, posting/reading from when I lived in Providence, Rhode Island ten years (2000 - 2010)...moved to Bratt in 2010. Man I feel old now...haha, not really. So...cheers!

Yeah, mostly the same for next seven days? So much dryness, Brattleboro (old home/still there part-time) to Northampton (process of moving, here last couple weeks). I would say it's perfect if it had not been such a bone-dry summer. Anyway, I still prefer winter! Extended Forecast for 2 Miles ESE Northampton MA Detailed Forecast Tonight Clear, with a low around 43. Calm wind. Tuesday Sunny, with a high near 75. Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph in the morning. Tuesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Wednesday Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Calm wind. Thursday Sunny, with a high near 81. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North wind 3 to 5 mph. Friday Sunny, with a high near 76. Light north wind. Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Calm wind. Saturday Sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Monday Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thx, I read this board, and have since 2010 when I joined, after the old EasternMassWx or whatever. My recreational and professional pursuits require weather knowledge and have always appreciated all the expertise and aside from that, humor and such here. I don't have time, after some Facebook, work, Youtube, LinkedIn, work, surf, snowboard, work...haha. I always enjoyed your (and Powderfreak, I spend some time at Jay Peak and up there...brother in Burlington) and others Red Sox stuff too. I am simply baffled by these "sounding" graphics. I was an English major in college (literature, writing) and I am no "scientist. However, I have a thirst for knowledge and like reading stuff like Einstein's biography, even though it's so over my head. I still like it. So, I will contribute mostly OBS now from Northampton, as I did from Brattleboro, Providence when I lived there 2000 - 2010, etc. Have some time now because I am taking weekend off from move here from Brattleboro, landscaping full time, skateboarding, now get my first weekend off since like February (seriously). Cheers!

Um, on my doorstep, thunder and like a dark cauldron in the sky with gusts, Northampton, Mass.:

Hey, don't mean to "interrupt," but I just moved to Northampton, Mass. from Brattleboro, Vermont. I am from Boston proper, the city, not the burbs, although I went to Newton North High School. We have some weather coming here: Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 419 AM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 ...SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON... A cold front brings potential for scattered severe thunderstorms today to interior southern New England. Thunderstorms may begin to pop-up across eastern New York, along the border with Connecticut and Massachusetts early as 12-2pm. There after is prime time for storms to build develop,between 2-6pm, across the interior of southern New England. Expect thunderstorms to weaken as the line shifts to the I-95 corridor between 7-10pm. Thunderstorms will have the potential to produce straight-line damaging winds, hail, localized flash flooding in urban areas or locations of poor drainage, frequent lightning, and a lower risk of tornadoes. Whether you are heading to an outdoor event or hanging around the house, today is one of those days to remain weather aware, and have multiple ways of receiving weather alerts (cell phone notifications, NOAA Weather Radio, and broadcast meteorologists). $$ Dooley

Any Maine surfers here? I know there are other surfers/snowboarders, etc., fishing and boating people. I am mostly in Rhode Island, but also have/will all over Cape Cod, North Shore Mass., South Shore, Mass. Here is the NOAA wave/wind model for a couple of days hence...simply doesn't get any better, at least over past 30 years (and no, I am not worried about "jinxing" or attracting people to certain spots...the ocean will take care of itself):

Hello, Long-time member, rare poster except obs and such. Voracious reader of all of your expertise, however! I must say in this thread: Hurricane Erin has the making of an epic wave-producer for all my New England brothers and sisters who will hit it as it pulls away. National Weather Service Coastal Marine Forecast below (posted as plain text so hope it doesn't run off the screen to the right). -- Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 nm South of Block Island- 1004 PM EDT Tue Aug 19 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... . THU...NE winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft, building to 10 to 13 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: E 8 ft at 7 seconds and S 7 ft at 15 seconds, becoming S 9 ft at 17 seconds and E 8 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning. . THU NIGHT...NE winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft, building to 13 to 18 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: S 12 ft at 17 seconds and E 10 ft at 7 seconds, becoming S 14 ft at 17 seconds and E 10 ft at 8 seconds. . FRI...NE winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 14 to 18 ft, subsiding to 11 to 15 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: S 13 ft at 17 seconds and NE 10 ft at 8 seconds, becoming SE 10 ft at 14 seconds and NE 9 ft at 9 seconds. -- NHC track: Very reminiscent of Erin on 9/11, when I was out three different time around Narragansett, Rhode Island area. I'll miss this one. I am visiting family and friends in Boston for my birthday til Thursday, then back to Brattleboro, Vermont. Argh. Seriously, if you are not extremely skilled, do not try to play the hero. You'll most likely drown. Oh yeah, very nice seasonable weather of late, finally, in Brattleboro! I do full-time landscaping, and the 100 heat indexes and 90-plus and very humid for like six weeks kinda hurt.