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26 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

Yep, and still time for a WC run. Been the first season in a long time I am actually watching the Orioles. They are not there yet but they play hard and look like they are having fun out there which makes a big difference for watchability; it’s easy to root for these kids. Better than watching used up sluggers strike out and sulk back to the dugout. 

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.

52 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

So y’all gonna be below average by a “few” degrees. Hmm. It’ll be interesting to test that idea. I mean 1 or 2 sure. Sounds a little NNE Met love me some cool bias talk. Lol 

But it’s likely to be 2-4 above normal down our way. It would be interesting if that spread happened. 

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. &&

27 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Yeah the past few Summers were brutal. Seems the air quality has been better as well.

Based on data collected between March and September 2021, there were 23 days when ozone concentrations in New England reached unhealthy levels. By contrast, in 2020 there were 18 unhealthy ozone days in New England.

If I'm reading the data correctly there's only been one this year on the 24th of July.

https://www3.epa.gov/region1/airquality/o3exceed-22.html#ma

 

That lines up for sure.

No air quality issues right now.  Just puffy Cu and crisp blue this evening.

32 minutes ago, dendrite said:

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.

17 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

For what it is worth here are the Euro and GFS high temperatures for next Friday

Ha what a boundary.

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

14 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

93F @ TAN

88.4F @ mi casa

Holy crap.

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

30 minutes ago, MaineJayhawk said:

3" of gully washing rain.  Feast or famine

25 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

3.28". Wish I was home to see it

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

13 minutes ago, kdxken said:

 

No one is Wading into that River.

Joking aside, it’s impressive how drought resistant most vegetation aside from lawn grass is.

Just now, backedgeapproaching said:

Nothing severe by any means, but these dews let out some torrential downpours and put down a quick 1.12" as they rolled through SVT. 

Nice evening with some stratus hanging around the Ridgeline as everything clears through. 

 

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.

19 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Hey look, more rain for PF And Lava 

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”.

37 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said:

I have been getting off and on showers and thunderstorms.  About .20"

Cells are producing some good downpours.  I grabbed this picture a bit earlier from my friends webcam overlooking Newfound Lake

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?

8 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

Did you get a beach day in?

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.

What an enjoyable sleeping night in NE CT. Windows wide open and 50s right now.

21 minutes ago, mreaves said:

 

I think I've sat in pretty much the same seat, maybe a couple of rows back.  You have to keep your head turned to the left to watch the batter.  Sore neck at the end of the night.  

I love them, great view of the dugout and we are the section right behind the camera well.  I mean I guess you swivel your head but you do it to look in any direction.  I’m staring at Vazquez at 1st base.

The seats are angled in a bit but if they were angled more you’d have to look over your shoulder to see the outfield.

This is dead ahead.  Great view of the infield and Sanchez messing up that double play.  Dugout starts at the railing on the left.

Great weather for a ball game.  Wanted to see what a dumpster fire looks like, but it’s Ortiz night after his HOF induction so at least there’s something fun.  Free tickets help too, ha.  Hopefully not the last time I see Bogaerts.