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3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

2.40

That wave blossomed up into a widespread moderate rain.  A lot of folks getting at least some drink down there.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Don’t worry I’ll catch it.

Decent Tolland jackpot.

17 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

1.98 and still pouring 

Webbed hands let one slip through.

22 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

LOL how do you still have that?  

Is that when you went on a Jebwalk around the neighborhood and your wife went looking for you, thinking you were dead in a snowbank?

26 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

 I love their young core...but ownership and management needs to stop getting in their owm way, and need to start adding as opposed to just switching out pieces.

Cora needs to go.

Wholesale change time.  Beslow’s computer model is like the GFS.  Cora has run his course.  Let the young guys play.

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I do watch the Sox mainly for Anthony, though.

Nice to see a few multi-hit games in a row.  He hits the ball hard when he does.

8 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Can't wait until I see more PF pics of the Gondola shrouded in snow. The excitement is palpable.

C’mon now, you don’t want to roll the dice of having 4 more months of autumn or hitting the jackpot like this?

Just now, WxWatcher007 said:

Just hit 90 here

Close here at 88F currently.

11 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

LOL. I’m just kidding around. 

Unfortunately I’m doing yard work but at least the kids are enjoying. 

70 and hiking is definitely a good combo. Agree there.

Yeah I’m always joking around.  There’s good temps for every activity.  There’s a sweet spot where you can do all recreational activities and swim, like in the 80-85F range.

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

It’s what is known as the hippy smell. It’s something they all use . Everytime I’m up there on business , I smell it everywhere . I’d say it’s more women than men that use it .. at least that I’ve noticed . But man it’s everywhere up there 

Ahhh you are likely thinking of patchouli oil? That’s the hippy smell.

Patchouli is strongly associated with the hippie counterculture of the 1960s and 70s, where it was used to mask other odors and as a symbol of a free-spirited lifestyle. 

You do smell that from time to time.

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I heard you guys spray lemon on your armpits instead of deodorant.

I take a handful of granular snow saved from winter in bags in a chest freezer, and rub that on my body every day.  That’s the homemade version of Old Spice “Mountain Fresh” deodorant.

10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Don’t Vermonters use incense colognes and sprays for everything though? For body (albeit terrible smelling) bug spray, hair spray , sunscreen etc?

I have zero idea what incense cologne is .

35 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Pony O’s, Man buns and beads tucked into hoods and woven shawls on bike paths on Junorch 29th. With the heavy , sickly smell of incense perfume and colognes ..Yeah… no thanks 

Yeah, it’s definitely not the hot humid sweaty smell of BO mixed with endless bug spray, while getting attacked by half a dozen deer flies in stagnant hot air, as folks try to walk, run or bike outside.

35 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

That sounds great for April and May.

It’s really just how tied you are to water activities.  At the beach, this is horrible.  But really nice otherwise for just about anything else.

69F at 12pm.

Folks biking, fly fishing, running, hiking, golfing, Recreation Path looks like I-89 with traffic.  No one sweating.

Swimming is likely the only activity missing. 

16 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Suns been in and out . Should be fully out within the hour. Enjoy the rains 

We “breaking out” too.  A brighter cloudiness.

2 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I pulled it from this site and was the last frame in the loop 

https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-New_England-02-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Ha I’m sure it is, was more a joke as DIT says suns breaking out and then you post a satellite that looks mostly cloudy at best, full overcast at worst.

23 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

We’ve got sun breaking .. we’ve got dews!!

Go go go !

20 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Is that satellite current?

Torrential rain.

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Vermonters get suspicious of you if you don’t have and 802 area code, 

Same in W MA with 413

I’ve always kept the 518 upstate NY signal.  It’s like a badge of honor for where you came from, ha.  Even 20 years later, still have the same number.

It’s an interesting social experiment, from physical addresses being a specific phone number, to every person being a specific phone number.  Like a social security number.
 

18 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

July 4th won’t be Dewey, agreed. 

Did you read that on Twitter?

I just get excited to see some people still look at actual model data from actual model sites.

16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yes I’m obviously dead serious. 

It’s his first time here.

It takes special social awareness skills to read the room.

9 minutes ago, kdxken said:

He was right!

Is DIT really 61/54 right now at 4pm?

Yikes.

73/53 up here.

17 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I like his music, but this is why we have arenas (TD Garden etc).  Fenway blows. 

All I could think about was, hey it’s hot and I’m uncomfortable… but imagine having to perform with high energy for two hours straight in HI of 100F.  Dude was using a towel to dry himself after each song.  Major props for performing in that.

14 hours ago, Boston Bulldog said:

Couldn’t recall if that stat was just a single station or the whole state. I thought whole state, but the anomaly would be crazy high for such a large area. I’m assuming this is BTV or Morristown now that I’m thinking of it.

Insane statistic regardless, and pretty surprising that snowfall numbers were still pretty good up high. Lots of elevation dependent events that year

What's interesting though is that it is still plenty cold enough to snow at those departures.  It gets close, but it's just cold enough in the MVL climate.

Dec '23... +7.8 (37/24, mean temp of 31F)

Jan '24... +8.1  (30/17, mean temp of 23F)

Feb '24... +8.4 (37/15, mean temp of 26F)

Average... +8.1

So despite being +8... the climate is such that it is still salvageable for snowfall as the mean temps are all below freezing.  What's crazy to me is a +8 in January is still a solid 30/17 month that averages out well below freezing.

Add in elevation and the mountains are certainly still cold enough for snowfall even at those departures.  However, I go look at BTV, which was averaging around +6 to +7 during that time, and their mean temperatures show a more difficult to snow profile.  Which likely fits with a sharper low level gradient that winter.