powderfreak

Thanks man. You are completely right. It's the most underrated season by far. I love spring, especially late spring. The sky seems bluer, the trees seem greener, especially against the stick season background. The long daylight tops it all off. Winter sunny days are fun but it's dark by 4:30pm. The clear, Chamber of Commerce weather this time of year is the stuff you dream of. Where even inches of rain get sucked up by the exploding vegetation pretty easily. Dry air and thirsty, awakening plant life... sucks the water up and turns neon green. Fed well. 41/37. All closed up, not letting the heat kick on, ha.

The warmth and 3-4" of rain at the mountain over the past few days has really started to accelerate leaf out. The green line has made it to about 2,000ft elevation, and working its way up. Some of the cooler drainages (like the Hellbrook drainage on right side of the photo) are still waiting for anything green. Still stick season on the upper half of the mountains. Those areas should see soil temps warm quickly now that the snow has completely melted off except for the highest, sheltered pockets. Saturday's heat will do wonders to warm up the ground temps in those areas.

I know you asked Winni but I'm not sure if I've tried that. It's not ringing a bell. Our other cheese that we always had around was nøkkelost. Christmas morning was always nøkkelost and gjetost (brown goat cheese for Winni) on a warm rye bread or pumpernickel... with a side of smoked salmon. I've only been over to Norway once, but man the food is right up my ally.... cheese/dairy, fish, bread. Hearty but basic stuff that gets you through a long cold winter. Fiskeboller is always a favorite in my family... basically "meatballs" but the fish version. Fish balls.

I'm not sure if I knew you were Norwegian or not. My grandparents were born over there and as such, growing up my family would never, ever go without having brown goat cheese in the fridge.

Be special if parts of CNE/SNE could set some all-time May records after just two years ago several NNE stations set all-time May records. Coincidence? Probably not.

Ha, for sure. I am glad you guys are getting some nice weather, especially the south coast. It's a great time of year to be high and dry. Looks like a lot of SNE sites have had dews dip solidly into the 30s late this afternoon and evening. BDL, ORH, FIT, IJD, etc. Refreshing evening down there.

Looks like over a half an inch of water today as it keeps raining, nearly 3" in the past 4 days. Up at the mountain the 1500ft station looks like it'll make a run at 4" in 4 days. Cold season-like cyclonic moisture feed continues. Squally type stuff.

I really enjoyed that 9-day dry stretch where it was hard to even get clouds. Never have to plan outdoor time around the weather… just go whenever is convenient. Hike? Sure whenever. Biking or golf? Go for it, dry all day. Have had plans spoiled like 3 of the last 4 days due to rain, not a fan .

What a wet day, just a steady soaking upslope rain from like noon onward. 0.46” in the Stratus and just shy of 3.00” water past 4 days down in the village. Station at 1500ft base of the ski area has had 3.71” past 4 days. This foliage is going to go neon green with a couple sunny days.

It’s so filthy. This time of year you get a whole winter’s worth of debris, pine needles and dirt littered on the top. The more it melts the more crap riding on top of it, ha.

It's 48-52F around here, ha. Those 70s down E/SE look great. Complete flip from here and there from last week.

Fisher in for a surprise when they change that data. NWS reached out for confirmation because one had some doubts about the data. They've been under-reporting snow depth and might be correcting it. This was Saturday, they had 6" or something. Might correct back to 15-16"

We are paying for the beautiful 10 day stretch of no clouds today. 51F and a cold and breezy upslope rain.

Upslope in May. Miserable windy rain.

Just started pouring over here. It’s coming your way on NW flow.

55/43 sunny and breezy. Very refreshing. 0.93” total from yesterday and last night.

Get outta here. What a video, unbelievable.

Wasn't as much rain as it felt like, but it was quick moving. Only a few minutes of the truly 1/8sm style rainfall. Just took the dog out to the garden and the Stratus has 0.70" on the dot. Probably a half inch in like 5-8 minutes and then just meh rain for a while after that. Over 2" in the past 3 days though, Stein would be pleased by the puddles in the garden pathways, ha. Friend's station down near Killington at 2,200ft has had 4.6" in the past 3 days... those flash flood warnings down in Rutland County are real, the mountains around there have gotten some serious water.

Torrential rain. Maybe 30mph gust? Ha. But visibility is like 1/8sm in this rain. So much water.

Heavy rain and thunder here at the Mt Mansfield base area. Classic terrain initiation. Just forming right on the Green Mountain Spine and lifting northward slowly. Same from the Adirondacks and Catskills.

Today was the first day that you could feel it. All the rainfall the past 24 hours juiced dews to 63-64F. Yesterday was still in the 50s, but today has that cooler but humid feel. 72/64 type stuff.

And it continues until you’re like my grandfather or my 99 year old grandmother… sitting outside on the porch with blankets on at 90/70, wishing the dew was 82F like an Iowa cornfield so you can ditch the blankets. I’ll say I love the warm season a lot more than I did in my teens and 20s, but high dews still do nothing for me. Just makes all of the outdoor recreational activities I like less enjoyable, or at least more uncomfortable. But for boring daily life, it’s a bit more interesting to feel like you are stepping out into a rainforest between stints in the A/C.

I don’t look at his tweets aside from what’s posted here but this guy is all over the place. Loves beautiful sunny icons, while also hating on dry weather, wondering if it’s even worth growing a garden because he has to water it.

Earliest 90 on record for you, not sure what it means but it feels impressive, ha. And yeah woke up today to rain, fog and clouds. First time since a week ago Thursday not waking up to full sunshine. A solid 9-10 days. Got dumped on with rain this morning, 1.09” in Stratus after I emptied 0.31” late last night at like 11pm. Good drink for the neighborhood here around Stowe Country Club this morning.

1.09” so far today, just emptied Stratus as inner tube was overflowing, 1.40” between yesterday evening and today. Good solid soaker. The trees are going to go neon green after this. 66/64