powderfreak

Yeah it’s off now and windows are open. It was borderline but nice to cool it off when home from the after-work hike and dog walk. I’d have all three sliders wide open but the wife is worried about bears following their nose to food sources. Given what the they do around here to get to good smells, a screened door wouldn’t even be an inconvenience to walk into the kitchen. Regarding the bolded, I’d recommend the mini-splits to anyone. Even if you just want to alter the environment of the living space and bedroom, but leave other parts of the home or spare bedrooms out… it is so easy, quiet, convenient to cool or heat a space these days. Also the actual usage costs are very little. But there’s a large initial investment. Thats why I have no issue using it for cooling or heating even in short bursts. You don’t spend $8K to avoid using it. Pay for the installation and equipment? … might as well use it at every opportunity. If it’s hotter than you’d like, you cool. Cold? Then heat it up fast. It’s 2024, there are options so you don’t need window units or more intrusive, time consuming and loud units. Just remote controlled climate. A good alternative to central cooling.

It’s a given. Something has changed pattern wise that doesn’t let cP air masses sink down here enough to get low dews with warm days. Its all cT and mT air all the time… and if we do cool off it’s mP air and still elevated moisture levels. Melting the permafrost off/northward and changing the source region dynamics, along with prevailing global circulations lately, seems like it’s a slam dunk going forward for above normal temps and elevated dew points. Hit 85F up here today. We seem to have some high-end heat relative to climo in May over the past 5 years… only to struggle to those temps again for sometimes a couple months. Wonder if we can get near 90F as 850-925mb temps warm a couple degrees.

Agreed, that’s awesome. Dude could pass for 70 years old compared to some people.

Ha yeah it wasn’t chilly here. Max of at least 84F and full sun. ASOS dews 56-61F. Currently 61F dew. Mid-80s and dews around 60 is mid-summer climo here, lol. Definitely a touch cooler/drier down your way in E.MA.

I will say the heat pump makes it too easy, too quiet, and not expensive. I’ll probably have the windows open later but it quickly takes that afternoon solar heat build-up out. Odd to look up and still see snow patches glistening white from town and having some A/C running.

Turned the AC on this evening. The sun and mid-80s max temp baked the south facing rooms. The mini-splits have made me weak with their convenience. Just a button on the remote and it’s instantly 65F inside, lol.

83-84s now in the 5-min data here at MVL.

81F here, BTV up to 83F. +1 for NNE?

81F Getting warm.

Feels like it’s going to be warm today.

BTV hit 81F today while ORH hit 62F. 67F at BTV right now (warmest reading in all of New England). ORH at 53F.

Bear rolled the neighborhood dumpster in the daylight hours today. It has bear-proof locking bars and he must’ve been pissed he couldn’t get in, so tried to tip it over and roll it. Bear prints and scratches all over it. These animals are strong. Can rip a door off its hinges or roll a dumpster very easily to get to a food source. Unfortunately for this bear, the bar held and he pinned the dumpster lid against a tree. He’ll be back, always is. I need to set up some motion cams around here to catch them more frequently in real time. Scratches all down the front of this dumpster, would be awesome to see a bear push this over.

After 20 years on wx boards/forums, he’s like the family member that drives you crazy, but keeps you engaged with wild takes. The crazy (drunk?) uncle at the wedding that is always optimistic that good times are ahead, but will often say things that you feel the need to fact check.

It does feel good. Liking it a bit more each year. Back up home, 72F right now and despite 7pm, we’ve got another like 90 minutes of sun and two hours of light.

I will say when you say it about summer it seems like there’s a legit chance of it happening, almost likely. When there’s a hype up post about a long cold and deep winter, it’s like yeah ok sure, we’ll see. Summer has become the season where you can actually be confident in the weather you want happening.

Mostly sunny morning in ALB, hope it moves east for you guys.

Max of 75F here at ALB, currently 75F, beautiful warm season evening right now.

Yeah it’s turned real nice in ALB. 70s and sun. Out with the nieces at the local elementary school.

I was just about to delete that thinking, I really don’t give a shit either way. Not sure why I decided to fight that battle or stand on that hill . Really don’t care.

Pretty impressive ORH is at 1” of rain. That’s a nice deform band. Would be a crusher out of no where in winter for a narrow zone.

The grids looked like they had a chance of showers? Showers possible in any location, showers becoming widespread, CT River Valley may luck out with a primarily dry day sounds like a good call… dry obs and temps near 70F at BDL currently? Showers will become more widespread after 15Z today as PWATs surge to >1.0", aided by a weak 925mb jet of 20-30kt draped over eastern MA. General thinking is showers are possible in any location, but will be more widespread east of the Worcester metro area. In fact, the CT River Valley may "luck out" with a primarily dry day as weak high pressure attempts to nudge in from the southwest. While it will a dreary and rather chilly day, with little to no diurnal swing in temps from current obs (in the 50s and low 60s, west)

What is with this smear campaign of the NWS? Really haven’t seen anything wrong with their overall forecast… they said showers possible anywhere, then a more concentrated area developed in a narrow zone? What are we doing on here? lol.

See I think in the winter you would’ve taken the over and more snowy in this set-up with onshore flow. Would’ve been back to NY state with precip. But Murphy’s law says it wouldn’t have worked out in the winter, just as a mocking from Mother Nature. 3km NAM figured it out now.

I thought yesterday the rain looked to back decently west too on a lot of models I wasn’t sure where the east only or Dendrite only was coming from except for “positive thinking” like you said. Its onshore flow and wedged, easy to see it being chilly and damp. 12z Euro run yesterday looked regionwide showery. GGEM rotating stuff inward.

It’s like 55-60 literally everywhere. No one is “winning.”