powderfreak

Absolutely glorious up here. 74/53, a breeze and puffy Cu.

Yeah I can’t figure out the multiple water spouts? But it’s been going around today so assume it’s legit.

Photo by Sam Wear on Lake Champlain yesterday… pretty wild.

There’s 100% a downslope component. The RT 100 corridor in the valley mixed out the best locally between Waterbury-Stowe-Morrisville. Downsloped off the Worcester Range (3,000-3,600 feet ridgelines) and elevated piedmont across eastern VT. The VT side of the Champlain Valley was the wind “jackpot”… downslopes off the Green Mtn Spine and funnels up the valley at the same time. Strong southerly LLJ mixes down in the CPV more than any other locations.

From Jankoski... he's one of the best locally. He gets the passion. Important to note this is outages in the local NBC viewing area. There are a lot more power outages in NY as a whole. We missed the flooding, but another hazard filled the void (wind).

I’ve been looking for obs or photos, can’t find much though I have no doubt it’s out there. They have to be getting smoked.

Why wait that long? Today was nice, not boring. Some rain, warm sector coming through and turning more tropical, gusts of 40-50mph in a humid environment for a couple hours this evening… felt like a tropical storm. Lots of power outages and damage, especially west of the mountains and through the Champlain Valley with 60mph winds and wet soils turning trees over. Frame grab from a sh*tty/blurry zoomed-in video, but Stowe Village had some damage on Main Street. I can’t believe we didn’t lose power here to be honest, but saw 32% of town was out. Guess enough white pines have been taken out in past events that we can take these winds now on our line.

Also interesting it was in the 60s and a "chilly" rain prior to 12pm... all afternoon was low-70s and now BTV just popped 81F at 7:30pm.

Very windy, I’m fairly impressed. BTV gusting over 60mph now. METAR KBTV 092315Z AUTO 19030G53KT MVL at 48mph. 40-50mph here sounds right. It’s really roaring. Can hear wood cracking in the forest during the strongest gusts. METAR KMVL 092255Z AUTO 18024G42KT

We’ve got damage. Tree down out back. MVL to 44 mph. BTV to 49 mph.

Received about an inch and a half last night. Of course the early rain overperformed. The initial warm air/moisture advection and associated anticyclonic jet over southern Canada has over produced rainfall amounts across portions of northern/central VT this morning. Radar and obs indicate an axis of 1.0 to 1.5" with localized amounts near 2.0" already from eastern Addison County into the MPV/Barre area toward St Jay. Already noted a 3.5 foot rise on the Mad at Moretown this morning. Elsewhere, rainfall has generally been under an inch.

Just a synoptic rainy evening up here. Its chilly. This isn’t a warm tropical rain. Feels more cold season type stratiform rain in this initial burst. In the upper 50s with steady rain. Warm sector/theta-e blast should move through tomorrow, before cooler air returns over the weekend.

Ha, back in the days when Pete would hit 89F at 1400ft and say it’s been “cool” while the departures were the same +8 as everywhere else.

Thats my #1 bucket list spot. Just to see the Japanese culture mixed with ski culture… add in insane snowfall with the best terrain/consistent pitch and incredible tree-skiing… I’m jealous here.

77/53 with puffy Cu… a rare top 10 day this summer.

We did 53F here off a normal low of 54F and folks around town this morning sound like we just had a frost . When you tell them this is a “normal” morning in August they seem like they can’t compute it. “Isn’t normal like 65F at night?”

See… I do get the real life implications but I’ve also been on these weather forums for maybe 25 years… and the one constant is that people who like weather, meteorology, and exciting weather are the ones who find themselves on these forums. Professional meteorologists love exciting weather. Hobbyists love exciting weather. They are going to cheer it on. Rooting for tornados, severe weather, hurricanes, snowstorms, ice storms brutal heat and cold… it all affects people’s lives. No one wishes it personally and in the moment, everyone on here wishes people are safe when the sh*t hits the fan. We all joke leading up to events but even during the last flash flood, posters were asking if we were all ok and to stay safe. I think back to about 15 years ago, my uncle was killed in an interstate crash in CT due to snowy/icy roads (I-395). We all root for snowstorms and winter weather, but no one is rooting for the human element. And I can’t not cheer for snow, because I love snowstorms, even knowing that it may cause fatal car crashes. The intersection between our love of exciting weather and real world implications is always a tough subject to hash out. But I truly believe no one here is actively rooting for human hardship, we just joke because sometimes there’s nothing else you can do.

72/52… even had dews sneak into the upper 40s briefly. Open ‘em up.

Need it more west. PA to Upstate NY problems.

66/55 and it feels like we are back home after a vacation to Florida.

Ha, it does… he tried to climb the tree but then thought otherwise and took off across the driveway in front of our SUV. Found him over by the garden a few minutes later when turning on the flood light.

The dew getting down to 63F this evening feels like a win. And that strange looking dog is back wandering around the yard this evening.

Re-install 12/24 too.

Is the Tuesday-Wednesday flood watch related to Debby? Looked like PRE wouldn’t even be until Friday or so?