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BTV struggling to get to 75F on 7/30 is a decent air mass aloft.

Autumn like day vibes. Sitting mid-60s at the ski area with occassional sprinkles or light rain that barely wets the pavement. NW flow, low stratus, breezy, spitting drops.

Even had a couple passing sprinkles at the mountain. Very autumn vibe… lower stratus, breeze, darkish, temps in the 60s.

I find it easy to root for the O’s too to be honest. The farm system is starting to produce and there are more horses in the stable. Cloudy, breezy and cool up here today.

Min of 52F. Windows wide open.

Definitely some local bias with how comfortable it has been. It usually spreads SEward as shown by the height bags moving through, a mixture likely of mid-west record heat plus SE Canada trough. I don’t doubt the highs will over-perform. Minus 1-2 are the “cool shots”…. It’s hard to do low maxes without moisture/clouds/precip this time of year. I think this season gets recognized for low Td residence time. Its been dry relative to the recent experience over the past 5-10 years. The humidity levels have matched the precip amounts. Hot and dry. NE US desert? Does it feed back on itself?

Tomorrow looks like a winner. The NWS knows it. Love when this stuff lines up on a Saturday. && Other than saying tomorrow is about the perfect summer day for the North Country, there isn`t much to say about tomorrow. High temperatures will run a few degrees below seasonal normals as high pressure becomes established. Mostly clear skies with a light northerly breeze of 15-15 mph will make it an ideal day to take in all the outdoor activities that Vermont and New York have to offer. Just be aware of a high UV index tomorrow and protect yourself from the sun. &&

That lines up for sure. No air quality issues right now. Just puffy Cu and crisp blue this evening.

The heat and humidity has been on the increase lately from June and the first half of July…. But man it’s still been much different than recent summers where getting even a day of dews low 50s like today up here was impossible. This year they come in 2-3 day stretches. Tomorrow should be awesome.

78/52 at MVL. Chamber Day up this way.

Ha what a boundary. The two options are 82F here and 107F at BDL…. Or 62F while HFD is 100F?

Holy crap.

75/55 humidity gone. Breezy. Refreshing after yesterdays swamp.

It's awesome we are getting some posters under the small heavy rainfall footprints. Nice stuff guys.

No one is Wading into that River. Joking aside, it’s impressive how drought resistant most vegetation aside from lawn grass is.

I always love your backyard, ha. The rain was incredibly efficient this evening. I felt like we got grazed and still had 0.57” in short order.

It’s hard for here to get totally screwed in summer. Anything coming from the west can feed on the heat/humidity advected in on southerly flow up the wide Champlain Valley… then hits the Green Mountains after getting juiced up by the Champlain basin. Its like moisture pooling ahead of the topography.

0.57” and ~1.3” since Sunday night. Some big numbers in spots. Good swath of 2”+ south of BTV to west slopes.

BTV nearing 1.00” of rainfall. Just S/E of the airport has numerous stations of 1.50-2.25”.

That’s a sick grab! Thunder and lightning here with some torrential rain. I think someone 5-10 miles southwest of here probably got 2-3” of rainfall.

Looks like a little meso low along the line? The convection moving northward within the general easterly motion?

No ocean beach day, was just a quick trip to go to Fenway with my father after getting some free tickets. Was able to swim and float for a bit at the lake. Will be back down in late August for 7-10 days. Probably will try for Misquamicut a day when down there at that time.

Mesoscale Discussion 1606 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1217 PM CDT Thu Jul 28 2022 Areas affected...Central/eastern/northern NY Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 505... Valid 281717Z - 281915Z The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 505 continues. SUMMARY...An evolving cluster across central NY should continue to pose a threat for two-three west/east-oriented swaths of damaging winds. DISCUSSION...Deepest updrafts are located on both the northern and southern flanks of an emerging cluster from the Finger Lakes to the Upper Saint Lawrence Valley. 17Z mesoanalysis indicates MLCAPE has increased to 1000-1500 J/kg ahead of this activity as surface temperatures have broadly warmed through the upper 70s to mid 80s. The BUF VWP has consistently sampled 40-kt westerlies as low as 2-km AGL in the wake of the cluster, while strong mid/upper-level speed shear evident in TYX will foster organization potential, including a threat for small hail. With a 52 mph gust measured at 1635Z at the Penn Yan NY Mesonet site, expect a threat for 45-60 mph gusts within the deepest cells and small bowing segments as they spread towards eastern NY. ..Grams.. 07/28/2022 ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...BTV...ALY...BGM...BUF...

I will say being down there, there’s a lot of golden brown lawns everywhere. Driving to Fenway along the Charles River in Boston, every single park looked like something out of the dust bowl. Just golden wheat color ground, kids playing in dusty rags for clothes like the parents gave up washing them, and building sand castles where their soccer fields used to be. Tumbleweeds blowing across the rotary circles, men dressed as Jesus holding signs that say “Stein 7:22” like it’s a Bible verse. Handing out pamphlets. Store’s even selling “Stein Pants.” Forget Gore-Tex and moisture wicking technology… this material will keep you wet and damp all day long. The men’s Stein Pant by Obermeyer.

Back up north… 79/55. About how you draw up a late July day. Pretty much the whole drive from CT to N.VT the car showed mid-70s high spots on I-89 to low 80s on I-91 in Mass. 75-83F variety day.