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Further west. JSpin on the Waterbury/Bolton line is probably the max point of upslope where all events (blocked and unblocked flow) sort of overlap. Like mreaves said, you can get streamers to squeeze down the Winooski River gap (climo favored streamer area I think due to the gap in the Spine) and follow the interstate... but upslope will have a gradient in there for sure. RT 100 is a good barometer for upslope reach. But on the flip side Mreaves and that area does CAD a bit better in mix events and stays frozen longer... and gets hit harder in coastal storms that have liked to stay SE in many recent winters. It’s a healthy winter climate.

The Rec Path thing is funny because while only 6 miles long in Stowe, the bears all last summer used that thing as their highway to connect all the businesses. They figured out what the humans did... build a non-motorized pathway that connects all the restaurants in town and along Mountain Road. I live on the Rec Path and that’s why we had them literally daily crossing through our yard. People would bike next to them, like they were large stray dogs just wandering around. Must’ve been amazing to them that this pathway went to all their favorite eating spots... like humans driving I95 and getting off at different exits along the way. “Well tonight I’m going to start at Piecasso for some pizza crust in their dumpster. Then get back on the path and maybe we’ll see if there are any tacos for desert at Tres Amigos. But wait, did Sushi Yoshi just dump the leftover fish skin?! Yeah that’ll taste good.”

Montpelier itself is like 600-700ft elevation I think but MPV airport is over 1,100ft. That’s a good solid snowfall area. Plenty of winter but your mileage will vary depending on elevation. If you live at 650ft on the Winooski River or up at 1300ft outside Montpelier will have a decent impact on snowfall. Vermont snowfall seems highly nuanced on the whole so it’s hard to say. Live up near Cabot and commute to Montpelier, those Cabot stations get very healthy snowfall on Cocorahs.

Yeah I saw it hit a high of 66F water temp before the lake turned over. 66F in May is bath water for that lake, but back into the 40s/50s it went. Cool stuff.

Nice documentation of the event dude.

That's awesome. Love bear encounters, they really are docile creatures on the whole. Or maybe nonchalant is a better word? Black bears notice you but aren't confrontational in the least.

Devers just absolutely smoked that 3-run homer... that was “a beautiful thing.” Love Sox vs Yanks. Summer weather coming in and baseball. ‘Merica.

Git ‘er done! Ha. I’m waiting for the Sox and Yankee game to start.

I thought radar might be Hail contaminated but maybe not?

Friday evening walk after work. What a great day.

Radar estimates look like you guys in Tolland, adjacent I84 and just south were jacked. Good stuff. Going to pump DIT’s backyard dews in this upcoming heat given the rainforest there.

A friend from the Hilton Hotel who’s the director of engineering/maintenance there shared these... I’m not sure I’ve seen a true fog bank like this off Champlain. Cold lake water.

Yup, that’s how I think of it. You are more prone to squeezing those extra few degrees out on either side (night and afternoon)... this the high diurnal ranges in those locations. Mid-slope elevations have a lower diurnal range in clear and non-advection regimes, less chill at night and more moderate afternoons. Often in NNE the radiator ASOS sites are also the ones that get hot/dry in the afternoon... BML, HIE, MVL, SLK even at almost 1700ft. Air moving down the mountain slopes into the valley, compressional warming and drying. Get that extra 2-3F while losing some dew point...those sites get that 90/57 while others are 86/62 type deal. SLK is probably the best example as it’s what like 1665ft? That elevation as a hilltop in New England might hit like 83-85F in a very hot period when valleys are ripping off 90s. Like 1700ft in SVT plateau, not very hot. But Lake Placid and SLK in that 1600-1800ft range is valley bottom surrounded by 4,000-5,000ft terrain all around. You’ll see SLK get 87-90F in hot patterns... probably 3-5F hotter than if that elevation is a hilltop. Then there are larger valley spots like BTV, ALB, MSS, etc that don’t radiate AND absolutely torch, ha. BTV probably doesn’t drop below 70F for 24-48 hours at some point early next week. King of 70F mins.

The radiators should hit it, along with BTV/CON/LEW. Probably avoid it at 1500ft and above?

Think you’ll hit 90F?

Yeah this is looking like a pretty legit period of heat for the North Country. Hadley Cell is devouring us all.

Is that some sort of antenna or are you just excited to see me?

No there’s a few scattered about. The terrain park jumps will be all thats left aim next couple days. BTV going hot: “Otherwise a largely dry and increasingly warm/hot forecast will be maintained with this package with highs on Sunday in the upper 80s to lower 90s, then upper 80s to mid 90s early next week.“

Mentally preparing for the heat coming up. I think we hit 90F at least twice in the NNE valley ASOS spots. For now enjoying a COC evening. The only problem is the black flies after the cold weekend have been programmed to super aggressive attack mode. Flesh eaters.

78/43.... the Chamber approves. Blue sky, a breeze, low dew points... that sun is hot though!

Getting a lot of pollen up here too now. Car has thing green film in the morning.

The funniest part is forum members remember severe events based on what Wiz was doing at the time. Selling hot dogs, score keeping, or inside working at the hockey rink during open skate?

Yikes. Healthy fall in Tuckermans over the weekend. Local medical helos like DART won’t fly in low clouds but they got the Coast Guard out of Weymouth, Mass to respond with a bird to transport critical patient to Portland’s level 1 trauma center. https://mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/sliding-fall-tuckerman-ravine-2/

Surprised to have it raining pretty good up at the ski area this morning. Looks like upslope rain on the radar. Forecast is for partly to mostly sunny with scattered afternoon showers. Hopefully this is just a brief flare up.

Happy Memorial Day crew. Thanks to all the veterans who gave to this country. Was a great evening as the rain ended and the sun came out. It'll be a weird night, good fake cooling conditions but warming aloft. It's been about as cold as it can be this time of year across New England. It's still insane to me that this scene occurs after 8pm. It's light out very late into the evening.