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That’s a lot of shift for only one decade added on those dates...

3,300ft, that landing is the top of the old Big Spruce Double chair that’s no longer there.

Some serious southerly flow going on today... wind is just cranking up here. The dogs ears look like she’s got her head out of a moving car but she’s standing still, lol. Warm air advection in full swing. Has a vibe of like an impending cutter, with WAA and mid-level clouds streaming in.

It does seem like a summer month more often than not. Be interesting to see the different averages if frosts/freezes are later or if that’s just imagined.

Pretty crazy satellite of the fires in Cali...that’s when the lack of rain gets real in a hurry.

I can't believe it was 96F two years ago down there, ha. Looks like BOS hit 97F on today's date in 2018 too. That's impressive.

BDL's average high is 78F... it's 81F there. Like in January when the average high is 28F and its 31F, meh. They'll probably get another 3-4F today though. Two years ago in 2018 it was 96F today. That's a torch.

Wasn't that wet cut-off in late June? That one that kept pinwheeling rain in cyclonic flow for like 3 days?

It's ok, we try to tell him the definitions of chamber of commerce weather can change throughout the year... looks like it only took a week for a torch to go from 90F at BDL to 80F.

The diurnal ranges out west are hard to fathom... was just clicking around, saw Steamboat Springs had a high of 89F yesterday and right now it’s 40/28 with a forecast high of 87F again today. Just massive near 50F temp swings...wake up chilly at 40F and then have upper 80s by 2pm.

Not surprised. If it weren't for the 7" in June, this probably would be the driest summer in how many years? In Yore years.

I absolutely lost it in Jan 2014. That was my melt down on here, we all have one. Philly was on like their 4th winter storm warning and my yard was like 3-4” of clear frozen water....just huge puddles flash frozen in place. Skiing was ice skating while everyone on here cheered about Leon bringing snow after snow south of the Pike. F*ck Leon lol. I’ve never seen anything like that... we’d go from brutal cold (snowstorm down south) to inches of rain, back to brutal cold (another snowstorm down south) then more inches of rain. Its hard to fathom a month that averages so cold, with so much precip, could render so little snowfall. There wasn’t even any upslope behind the rainers either. Just flash freeze and dry.

Bodies wrapped in tie-dyed sheets with peace signs all over.

There’s gotta be some catch. 200k for 2,000 square feet a mile from the base of the ski resort and it isn’t a complete dumpster fire on the inside...

This weekend is out of control, lol. All restaurants have been completely sold out, people getting pissed they can’t eat out. Every parking lot full, cars parked on lawns, been like old times. Even parking along our driveway. Good for the economy.

@cpickett79 here’s your spot... probably 180” annual in your front yard. And you don’t have to sleep in a camper.

This has to be the busiest hiking day of the season, trails are just packed. Stowe Mtn Rescue responding to a leg fracture high on the mountain just below the summit ridge. They’ll have to take the patient down the steep Cliff Trail to the top of the Gondola, that’s going to create quite the traffic jam at the crux but hope the person is ok aside from the leg. Rough spot.

What a day, what a stretch. 60s north and 70s south. Comfy dews.

Who is this Mersky poster who stalks Phin? Never seen a post but leaves him weenies at every chance... Phin, you catch a fish that won't get off the line?

It does decline super fast. You'll be absolutely blown away one day, and literally 48 hours later it'll be all orange and faded with decent leaf drop. It'll go from all colors to all orange mixed with stick season very fast. The thing with "best color" will depend on if you prefer to have some green still mixed in, then it's definitely the last week of September. If you want no green and only yellow/orange/red then "peak" is probably in October, even there in Randolph. The great thing about foliage season is as it starts going, you'll have days where you are like wow, this is awesome what could be better. Then a couple days later you are like holy shit this is awesome, does it get better? And you'll do that until all the sudden you wake up one day and its over in a snap of the fingers.

Yeah this is normal based on photos from past year. FB keeps showing me memories so it’s easy to see where we compare to past years, ha. Mountain here usually peaks early October and then town peaks mid-October/Columbus Day weekend. The ironic thing is Columbus Day weekend is a huge leaf peeper holiday but by the time that rolls around the mountain foliage is past peak...a classic case of “should’ve been here last week.” It’s still really great foliage in the valley and under 1,500ft though.

Same, it got chilly fast this evening! Feel bad for those still installed and can’t close their windows.

Nice on the Stowe Cider! I live like a couple hundred yards from their brewery, ha. Exactly the same choices my wife and I usually have... Double IPA here, Stowe Cider for her. I think Tips Up is her favorite as well, she just calls it the "green can one."

She has no idea... a life of daily swimming in the river holes, climbing mountains, and generally outside endlessly exploring without a leash. She's living her best life one could say.

What a week of rooster COC it's been.