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That would get the job done in SNE.

4 hours ago, mreaves said:

And I thought I was the only one who felt like that. 

Their calling card is the sturdy, flat armrests that are perfect for resting beverages on.  

9 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Bayside sunsets never disappoint 

 

That’s the shot.  Sick.

2 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

Mother Nature has a sense of humor… or maybe it’s NCEP that does.

17 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Not gonna risk the well . Many in town are having big issues 

Imagine not having water for your family to drink, cook with, bathe with, flush toilets, etc all because you wanted to look at green grass.  That would be a tough spot to be in.  Responsible decision to let the lawn go.

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I’m just Bustin. I just already feel the blues with mid August approaching. I really have enjoyed summers lately.

Today it hit me too.  I think it’s the cloud cover, cooler temps and mostly the sunlight.  I love May/June/July for the daylight.  My body responds more to that time frame mentally, no matter what my weather desires are.  I also love May because you know you’ve got months of high-end daylight.

If it wasn’t for skiing, I’m not sure how I’d do winters these days.  The darkness, dreary days, etc.  It hits me differently in my mid-30s vs when I was in college, ha.  At least skiing keeps me sane.

13 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

80's here, real fall-like and crisp 

30 degrees lower where I am right now lol.

The wide range of weather in New England, something for everyone…. except rain I guess.

29 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

That’s good for September. We still summer.

Lot of hikers today on the hill, one of the busier ones in a while.  Great weather for staying cool doing non-water activities.  But yeah, it’s September air while @kdxken’s 84/40s sounds about perfect.

64F at 3:30pm at 1500ft base of the mountain.

MVL at 66F at 750ft.

Picnic tables 49-51F all afternoon.

Fall vibes.

Afternoon temps being below most of last week’s dew points .

4 hours ago, backedgeapproaching said:

I think @powderfreakhas mentioned this in the past for Stowe, but August is just crazy busy here.  Every night you need call ahead or reservations for most restaurants.  In July, almost never need that during weekdays. 

Maybe that is just the same every where in New England, AUG is peak vaca time I guess. 

Nice comfy 51.8F this morning for the low. 

August is bonkers in VT.  I’d assume it’s every tourist place from mountains to beach.  August is like the week-long family vacation time it seems before going back to school.

63/52 at 10:30am.  Like a breath of fresh air that actually feels fresh outside.  Doesn’t feel like you are breathing through a wet towel.

48/46

Lets goooo. 

64/63 at 10:20pm.

64/55 at 11:00pm.

That dew point drop is very noticeable and leads to doors/windows open.  Love the au natural air.

9 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

You can look behind you and it’s lush, but two miles ahead it looks like Mars. It’s crazy. 

Ahh, convection season in New England?

Highs 65-75F tomorrow in the North should feel good though.

17 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Front is through. Chamber time.

Front came through this afternoon but still elevated dews.

Its 64/63 currently.  Got 0.11” from the front today.

11 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah I always pause with mid season lows because we lack baroclinicity, but I think with that cutoff we’ll get something out of it. Kevin was worried it would be too far west, but if anything it may develop too Far East of northeast?

He will be worried any potential rain will be too far north/south/east/west until it’s actually happening and even then might not believe it.  Stein has a choke hold.

Cant say I blame him, persistence forecasting .

30 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Hype sells

all kidding aside, it’s been very dry here. I love how everyone thinks 1.75” in the last week is like a cure all. Most of that washed into the drains. We need a nice soaking synoptic rainfall 

Just busting your balls.

But no doubt we may see some folks who were begging for even a tenth or quarter inch of rain a week ago, feel like they’ve been “Steined” with *only* an inch of rain if other areas get three.

Everything in weather on here seems relative to other areas… beg for even 0.1” one day, be disappointed with 1.0” the next, all because we know someone else got more.

As a forum it seems like we may have even more of a jackpot fetish in summer than in winter .

1 hour ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Wow, those models look  here. Congrats Connecticut on the rain 

Now we will see the posts where anyone who doesn’t jackpot was Steined.  2” vs 4”?  Stein. lol

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Coaching my younger daughters High school summer league . This is our HS grass field. Also have a turf field last year this was under water. Tonight it’s asphalt. I have never in my 22 years in town seen anything close to this drought . No rain since Aug 1

 

You wonder if this is going to be more common… it feels like we never talked about drought on the forums until like the last 5-10 years.  Now it’s like a summer staple.

41 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Maybe more SC VT . You can totally envision the initial warm frontal push from the ESE drops some lighter rains/ showers over SNE and the boundary gets hung up right along the Apps with training., flooding downpours while we in SNE are left with  Bermuda Blues and spot quick hitting showers. That’s how I envision it ending up 

I could see it.  The 06z GFS was sort of like that.  It’ll depend on the mid/upper level low.  We do see it go both ways sometimes.  Could pour in SNE into Dendrite and up the foothills of Maine.  Could also blast a warm front through us all and boundary stalls with flooding from like PA through Binghamton and into NNY if it’s super occluded.  In the winter those are the systems where Utica gets like 30” while warm sector is into Maine.

At the very least, it’s some synoptic weather to follow.

5 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

That whole thing is going to end up soaking NW Jersey to PA and NY up to Freak. Models always underestimate strength of WAR. Just like in winter when it looks great for us 6 days out and ends up congrats Freak It just happened the last 3 weeks with the heat and dews. Models never had the WAR as strong as it ended up . This will get bumped and pushed west 

To be honest when they go west we don’t even really get it up here. It’s more like PA/NY.  SE flow really isn’t our thing, it’s either Adirondacks down through Catskills…or Whites down through Dendrite and SNE.

8 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Not really relevant for you guys up there but ... the last BD I recall was perhaps June - this one was "cloaked" in the other boundary, making it less obvious, but it was very real.   Spooky drowned sailor's shrouds ghosted across the sky under moonlight at 11pm last night as the smell of salt marshes penetrated the streets some 30 miles inland.  It was beautiful, actually...

But .. it appears it's terminating this hour as we speak.  There is a clear delineation on higher res vis loop that suggests the interior cloud level wind field is turning back W, while this roughly E of Worcester Hills struggle to pretend it has to give up ... heh. 

I have more direct, non-orb sun shining in splashed now and we've jumped back to 76 here in town.   Far cry from the 97 yesterday at this hour.  But, as I was pointing out this morning and is still the cast... this air mass on this side of the main/real synoptic front is still warmer than normal. We are getting a disproportionately cool enhancing by virtue of the low level NE jet that materialized over the last 18 hours of this BD fist.  But hydrostatic heights being 575 still and even 570 mb up where you are, in this air mass...is NOT a CAA environment.   So clouds and other nuances appear to be ganging up - so to speak - in making it appeal cooler than it really "should be" -

I'm noticing now LGA on the NAM grid is back to 26 C tomorrow, and 25 at ALB... That's upper 80s - really where today still "could have" been down this way if this BD didn't steal time.  Interesting...

We all will far in a way a more convincing corrective air mass this weekend though.   Probably upper 70s here to low 60s in the summits up there, with very low DPs... 

There after, I'm still thinking that the trough retros and we start considering a S EC parallel Bahama tap.   Something like this as we write the last couple chapters of summer.

Yeah absolutely still above normal in totality.  Our min last night stayed +5 despite feeling refreshing… which says something about the prior air mass.

Were it not for the thick summit level stratus deck it feels like it would get warm with sunshine.

Summit level registering 53F currently at MMNV1 so maybe it wouldn’t warm that much.  That fits with near 70F down here.  

GFS going drought buster days 5-7.  Just firehose of moisture on SE flow.

Up to 69F now at noon.  What a difference the past two days from the previous 3-4 days.