powderfreak

I turned mine on for two hours today before this recent storm dropped the temp into the 60s. Now windows and doors back open as it’s colder outside than the 69F inside with AC.

Probably some tough driving on I-89 between BTV and Waterbury with 1.0-2.5” of rain estimated in short duration there. J.Spin with another inch of rain. I do think there’s something about the gap in the mountains there that leads to some high precip events driving right through the Winooski Valley.

Probably some tough driving on I-89 between BTV and Waterbury with 1.0-2.5” of rain estimated in short duration there.

Looks like Richmond/Jonesville got smoked with rain... lots of PWS in there around 2.0”. Looks like you are getting in on that training “tail” of the storm going down I-89. I’ve got around 0.4” up here.

Pretty good velo coming down the east slope of the Greens into the Mad River Valley.

Heavy rain and I’d estimate brief 35-40mph gusts on the front end. Nothing close to severe but a solid thunderstorm. Garden is ponding nicely so the veggies get a nice natural drink.

You look to take a good hit. Pouring here with some decent wind. Best wind looks south of I-89... like Duxbury heading for Moretown.

Inbound. It is very dark to the NW and all the golf horns just went off. The Vermont Amateur Championships are going on just on the other side of the little river.

Constant thunder... some hail just north of here. There is a very ominous line of darkness off to the north towards Jay Peak as viewed from the PicnicTables. You know it’s humid when all the rocks on Mansfield are just sweating with condensation. All rocks are wet without rain, ha!

It is gross outside. Cloudy, low 80s but dews near 70F at the ASOS.

It might be a concern... but the overall picture is warm to hot and humid relative to normal in the future. The later stages of the operational models show some FROPA's mixed with above normal temperatures. It might not be a record torch, but it'll be uncomfortable for a period of time here.

A lone ranger this afternoon... heavy rain and lightning just east of the Worcester Range on the horizon. Stowe Mountain Club course in the foreground, fairway at 2,000ft.

Ha, that's a pretty convincing graphic.

I have friends that have skied it in August. It was a weird end of the season... on one hand, there was very cold weather and pretty decent snows from April through mid-May. Then there was that obscene record heat like the 3rd week of May, but there were also some very cold shots relatively speaking in there too... we'd go from highs in the 90s to highs in the 50s and then back the other way. That usually meant the high ground was in the 30s or even sub-freezing during those cold shots, but they'd also be 65-85F during the hot times. To be honest, the piles of snow this year and huge drifts seemed to last just as normal despite the high heat times. There are just so many factors that go into it. I also think we managed to "average" normal for a long time despite the heat because of the rebound cool shots...it was weird how it evened out until recently when it's flipped decidedly warmer than normal in the means.

Gotcha, ok that’s what I was thinking but was wondering if there was more of a relationship between actual tornadoes and SSTs... but its more the relationship between convection and the marine layer. Can’t have tors if you don’t get convection and strong updrafts.

Purely curious, how do warm SST’s promote Tors? They don’t hamper convection like cooler SSTs? Anyone can answer, not directed specifically at Kev.

Ha yeah I think our average mins are in that range, 55-58F for warmest climo. The mins usually hit the afternoon mixed out dews around here.

So funny the bouncing between drought concerns and then mushroom concerns. Folks praying for rain, then we want hot and dry

Yup plenty of eye opening moments into thought processes. Open mind and being exposed to different takes is the way to learn though. The number of browsers in the sub forum decreased like 75% in the evening now, ha.

Starting off July with a nice +5.5 up here for the first 6 days and it only looks to get hotter. Probably crush ASOS records for 90F days from here to BML in the fake temperature zones that mix and then decouple well.

Sucked you had those cool days. Hope you get your heat.

What’s all this install talk when it’s 76F inside? Maybe direct sun? Thats warmer than inside my place and I really don’t run our A/C at all and have been ripping off mid-80s daily. But we do close the shades/curtains when we leave for the day.

Ha, I laugh because you and Ginxy going back and forth in the summer is always funny. Has nothing to do with actual ground conditions. Just the constant back and forth for the past decade. I figured your 70F was a Davis dew. The ASOS don’t look much lower though.

ALB at 25% RH... 86/46.

83/49 type stuff up north, man this is the weather to lock in. Plenty hot enough to swim but low dews so chilling in the shade actually feels like shade.