powderfreak

Heavy end of the day. 911 call came into Lamoille Dispatch about a person working on the WCAX towers, located on the Nose of Mt Mansfield (at 4,000ft). The individual fell over 40 feet off the antenna tower; landing feet first saved his life by letting the lower body absorb the impact. Mountain Operations EMTs were first on scene, followed by Stowe Mountain Rescue (municipal technical team) and Stowe Rescue paramedics. He was brought down the mountain and then airlifted out of the Mansfield parking lot by helo.

That looks like some true Chamber weather right there. Deep blue except for a couple puffy Cu.

How much rain have you had since like May 15? You got shrooms growing out back yet?

52F at 3pm at SLK… without rain, just straight CAA. That’s impressive. MVL is 31 degrees colder today at 3:30pm than yesterday at that time (90 to 59F). BTV is 30 degrees colder than yesterday afternoon too (91F to 61F). I guess I didn’t quite realize an autumn air mass was following that Caribbean air from yesterday.

Yesterday’s 3:30pm reading was 90F at MVL. 24 hours later today’s 3:30pm reading is 59F. A 31F change in the last 24 hours is wild. The heat is going to want to kick on if you leave windows open after AC yesterday.

Damn man. How long ago was that? 15-20 years? I have heard stories about when they used to do Mountain Biking off the Gondola here which is just hard to fathom given how steep it is. I know they stopped doing it before my time due to the risk and it was just way above most peoples skill level.

It’s cold. I’ve been doing some stuff at the top of the Gondola here, it’s upper 40s and windy. Feels like an October day.

Yeah that bolder doesn’t sound too fun . Those type of things though have been happening more often… for a while like a decade ago, 90F was like a big deal here. Now we string 6 of them together in a row like last year.

61/54 at MVL with windows closing and hoodies on…. Yesterday it was 88/70. What a change. From Caribbean air to Canadian air. Somewhere between the two would be nice.

Yeah wow, can’t believe that radar resulted in zero measurable rain.

Damn dude. Best of luck on the recovery.

Yeah, it’s about the length of time it takes for an on-call electric company employee (probably two, a witness) to visit a power station and activate everything to normal levels. They live very locally. If you are on-call and know thunderstorms are coming in, you’re ready for some excitement.

Power back. About an hour outage. Stowe Electric is pretty responsive. They get after problems. 0.56” water here and 0.88” at the base of the ski area. Good soak with the line.

Just lost power and 4G service is out too, luckily there’s 3G to keep a weenie posting during weather. Very close lighting strike.

Getting rolling thunder now, hopefully a good drink. Moving ENE.

Yeah it was nice today as a novelty. Heat with a breeze always makes it better. Looking forward to tomorrow though, AC still cranking this evening despite the lower temps…it’s so muggy out. Thick air. && Cooler and drier air will help decrease the areal coverage of showers with a few lingering showers later on Tuesday over southern Vermont. Noticeable cooler temperatures will be on tap for Tuesday with highs in the 60s to around 70. Dry weather and no precipitation is expected Tuesday night with lows in the 40s, but some 30s in the mountains. &&

Nice yeah that’s a good drink! Only 0.18” here but looks like the second round should add some. I was guessing we got like a third to half inch judging by the downpour but went out and Stratus was like oh hell no, only 0.18” . Looks like stations in Stowe range from 0.05” to 0.80”… the classic convection wide ranging rainfall.

Fairly lackluster. Not a breath of wind, but guess I don’t have to water the garden this evening. Not even much rain, but enough to soak.

There’s a core of like 70dbz at 4,000ft going right over Mad River Glen ski area. Would assume hail with that.

Pretty good lightning show though as this crosses the Green Mountain Spine. Just started pouring.

Yeah seems fairly run of the mill thunderstorms with very heavy rain. This air mass can make some water though in short duration. Though nothing jumping out as overly severe.

Two TOR Warnings out by CAR.

I had no idea they were so obsessed with the color blue. Wonder if my dog would wear a blue bucket on her head?

88/70. About as unpleasant as it gets around here. BTV 90/70.

BTV 88/69 and gusting almost 40mph out of the south. Feels like the Caribbean when it’s around 90F and the flags are straight out in a hairdryer wind.