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Yeah all set with this today. Need the rain to stop today so I can get outside, ha. Hate being stuck inside this time of year. That over-the-top stuff is usually more of the higher diurnal range drier heat, at least to start the first couple days. Usually eventually gets humid but often a couple not dry hot days at the beginning.

Agreed. It won’t be a huge rain but it’ll soak. Give it time. Definitely a synoptic pattern where SNE cashes in on big precip and it drags out for NNE... but it’ll rain enough to matter. It’s damp for most of the day tomorrow.

Inches and inches. Although the timing sucks, good to see SNE getting a real healthy soak... long duration rains too. Best type for the vegetation and water table instead of 3-4” in 2 hours of convection and flash flooding. A true synoptic rain pattern.

45F and -RN. Only 0.21" in the stratus so far. But that's about what models have... seems we'll take 18 hours to get to 0.50-0.75" maybe? Like a winter storm where it takes 24 hours to get 6" on the NW fringe, ha.

Yup, Wentworth Road loop up there.... one of the weeniest snow spots out there, IMO. 2200-2300ft on the upper west side of the Green Mtn Spine. Going to get a lot of precipitation there. No wind direction is bad.

Yeah that's probably the top. That is way, way up there. Living at almost 2,600ft must be wild.

Yeah why is that even a question? Models and charts nailed this too, whether anyone wanted it or not though. Pretty impressive it’s working out so anomalously just like forecast.

Yeah our local theater has booze service too... great way to watch a movie when they keep bringing you local IPAs, ha.

Fantastic.

“Yankees have scored 3 or fewer runs in 29 games this season. The only MLB team to do that more is the Pirates.” Hate to see it.

Yankees swept by the worst team in the AL, and have lost 5 of 6. Rays won their 15th in last 16. I still have no idea how a team like the Rays just always seem to be very good with that budget. It’s amazing.

50F and been raining for a little over an hour. Not much, maybe 0.05” to wet the dust lol.

I have not seen a drop of precipitation yet. It was sunny yesterday, ha. Killington was the furthest north I saw snow on webcams. I did post a shot of my buddy in Dover, VT who had like 1/4-1/2” of wet snow on elevated surfaces. I think he’s around 2,000ft. This was Killington... Okemo, Mt Snow and Stratton all showed snow too.

Damn, they are so fun to watch right now, ha. I look forward to it every day after the past two seasons of wtf play by the Sox. Guess it’s good, get a rest day before Astros and Yankees series coming up.

Busiest I’ve seen town since 2019. Place is packed like it’s fall foliage. Traffic, every business seems full to the gills. I think this summer tourism season is going to be off the charts. Can just hear the economy churning in the sound of cash registers ringing. I haven’t been inside in a couple days but at least in the crowds outdoors there’s no masks. Honestly it doesn’t even matter either. Peeps can do what they want now.

I think we lucked out in NNE today. Lots of sun after 12pm and while it felt like September/October in temperatures... the solar strength this time of year felt like it made up for it. Sun was warm.

I think in Stowe there are some properties very close to 2,000ft but not sure any actually exceed that. I know the NEK has some 2,000ft spots. Jay Peak has residential units up to 2,400ft I think... same with Bolton Valley, as there's a residential road loop that goes above the base area even. Southern VT probably has the largest area of inhabited 2,000ft+ spots. Adirondacks are also way the hell up there. Lots of spots 1500-2000ft that are valley bottom locations like SLK and Lake Placid. Hard to fathom being at 2,000ft and in a valley with lakes around and 4-5kft terrain around. Easy to see why those spots are so cold.

No heat and no dews? You always surprise with your takes.

It was awesome to hear the crowd today at Fenway. Later innings were nail-biters but the crowd going nuts was awesome, great to see full capacity. Red Sox seem pretty good still, while the Yanks lost. Yanks rolled out 5 guys in the starting lineup batting under .200, hate to see it. https://twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/1398775363887579136?s=20

This second wave looks pretty damn wet too. 18z NAM products.

Some tried as hard as possible to wish it away, but the charts know. We also all knew synoptically what very high moisture levels on NE winds mean in SNE... misty, low cloud deck, etc. Impressive it looks like even BDL is staying below 50F... those are some steady NE winds even as far back as BDL, 15-20mph.

Listening to the Sox broadcast on the radio, first day for full capacity and they are talking about the fans doing the “wave” around the stadium for like 20 minutes straight. Just so excited to be back in full. It’s awesome, ha.

Yeah most businesses up here seem to be treading lightly. We are still wearing masks at work when in groups (though off-season, a lot of solo work and office stuff, people taking time off, much more relaxed) as it was basically like “the legal department is trying to figure out where we are with this and vaccination status per VOSHA, so masks stay for now.” I’ve seen some restaurants in town doing things like, we’ll be all wearing masks at work until July 1st. By that date, you all will have had ample opportunity to get vaccinated if you chose. If you don’t want to, that’s fine too but here’s the warning... get it done or don’t, one month. The rapid ending of mask mandates and such definitely threw businesses (big and small) for a loop a bit. Not really sure how to attack it while not getting sued for doing something dumb. Treading lightly like you alluded to.

I think most employers are trying to figure out how to work with the guidance without being allowed to ask about employee vaccination status. So if states still say unvaccinated should wear masks, businesses are trying to figure that out. But it’s at will employment, so if they want you to wear a bucket on their head, they can and you can not work there lol. Also heard a rumor about different state’s OSHA regulations may include mask recommendations in some cases.

Yeah it’s one of my routes around the hill with the dog. Nosedive ski trail, great view up there. Dog also just found a patch of snow, ha.