powderfreak

Yeah it’s sort of like sitting in -20F and saying “this is comfortable”… it does seem like those who want it, like it because it’s noticeable and noticeable is exciting in a sense. It’s the uncomfortableness that is the driving factor. That’s probably why some truly have no use for truly comfortable weather… it’s boring. They want to go to Grad parties or gatherings and have everyone comment on how humid it is, how smokey it is, how hot it is, how wet it is, how dry it is, etc. Pleasant is boring is how I understand it.

Yup. 330pm… 84/50 615pm… 82/61 More clouds high up too.

84/54. Trading some dews for higher temps. BTV at 86/52.

Yeah it’s swarming us… over the top and crowding in. The CAD crew may be last.

Yeah true, it’s all relative. I just still think the Sierra snow out there is bonkers for this time of year. Going into July and lakes still thawing. Even Utah melted pretty fast on the whole. Alta and Snowbird had 850-925” or whatever it was, but they melted at a faster rate than 2011’s snowpack (also a big year, but not as big) based on SWE graphs.

Yeah I don’t know if I was talking about it but I remember that Payne Stewart accident. The fighter jets found the windows all iced over or something, knew they were gone. Then followed it until it crashed into some fields hours laters.

Ha like this is 9,600ft in Colorado at a higher latitude. It's all sort of relative. But these guys didn't get 60 feet of paste last winter. That stuff in the Sierra is like how glaciers start.

Ehh they are at like top 10 percentile or higher right now. 800% of normal. One zone there on the Nevada/Cali border is 3,300% of normal. As someone who pays attention to a lot of the ski areas and snowpack out west… that’s nuts for almost July 1st. 8,000ft isn’t *that* high. Even 9-10k feet that’s ridiculous for right now. But I also get it’s the East and we just assume all west is buried all the time at elevation and hard to conceptualize when it’s wow and when it’s business as usual.

Could be in Mammoth Lakes for the summer. On the Solstice lol. That’s nuts.

My parents were there yesterday and I think they are going again today.

46F… last 40s for a while?

It's coming. We avoided it for another evening. Windows and doors may get closed later tonight as that air works it's way in. By 2-3am it gets pretty chilly inside. This next week will stay elevated at night while folks sleep. 59/54 off a high of 83F.

Would’ve been a great story, like the cave rescue. Sort of glad they just got eviscerated immediately though, instead of a slow 3+ day death. That was a news story that captivated the world. Likely because it plays to most people’s worst fears. Slowly dying under water. And unlike Malaysia Airlines, the public knows what happened, it makes sense.

Ha I was just thinking that. We had RH drop to 28% and 82F felt plenty hot in the highest sun angle. Raising dews by 20 will be felt.

63/55... these evenings will soon become like 73/70 with mist and valley fog. Happy Summer Solstice. Wife and I went out to walk the dog and watch the sunset.... which was 8:40pm in Stowe. This is the furthest north the sun sets and only time of year it does it right behind Mansfield when viewed from Stowe Village. Time for it to start heading south again.

What’s the preferred model today?

Nice day in the northern mtns. Mid-60s at the picnic tables, upper 70s in the valley. Light breeze keeping bugs at bay.

Looks about right. Torch in the winter and then as temps come up the departures go down. Trying for endless April/May year round.

It is going to be humid no doubt. The A/C will be running, temps/weather notwithstanding. Looking over the guidance, it’s been pretty unwavering in the Td forecasts for a couple days now. The public will notice the shift. This will be a big 24-hour feel shift from 5pm Thursday to 5pm Friday.

I truly believe DIT when he says he doesn’t care about the temp, as long as the dew is up, he’s in his glory. 74/72? He’s happier than a pig in shit as the windows condense and start dripping water.

It’s been a top 10 day up here, though starting to cloud over more. I just post from the Picnic Tables. 77/48 at 36% RH recorded in the valley.

No one should ever use a weather model that doesn’t show them what they want to see. That’s the first rule of weather forums.

Awesome. But 75/51 today and beautiful. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Earlier this evening the wife and I were walking the dog and it was a perfect June evening. 64/54. Warm enough for shorts, but refreshing at the same time. Whole Rec fields and Path were empty, on such a gorgeous day. I said something like why is no one around? My wife says “Because it’s 8:20pm. Folks have dinner and are home for the night.” It was so light out and I had lost track of time… this is 8:20pm, it’s brighter than 1-2pm in the winter. Sunset is at 8:40pm.

I just picture someone getting so angry and irate at pleasant, comfortable weather and it makes me laugh every time. Throwing things in the house, because it’s super comfortable. Then rejoicing and throwing celebrations as soon as the weather gets uncomfortable… like whew, it was too nice. Glad that’s over. Always makes me chuckle.