powderfreak

Light and variable wind up here... 5mph or so. 66F already. Will easily be in the 70s again. You can almost hear the leaves opening it's happening so fast, lol.

Next 6 days in the NWS forecast are all highs of 70-80F with mostly sunny skies. That's pretty sweet. We finally got here.

Speaking of frost on a hill, a buddy in town here in Stowe was close to frost this morning but missed it by like 10 vertical feet. Lows were 33F here but looks like a shallow sloping yard is just enough to frost the bottom of the bowl... but 8-10 feet higher up no dice. Vegetation probably forms a barrier too?

Some good stuff. Can’t believe how nice this week will end up being. DIT’s optimism paid off. .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 240 PM EDT Monday...Not much to talk about for the remainder of the work week as surface high pressure anchored off the eastern seaboard and an upper ridge over the Northeast combine to provide the North Country with clear/sunny skies, dry conditions and seasonal temperatures. Really interesting to see model consensus of 1000-700mb mean RH values <30% through the period, showing just how dry the atmosphere will be. A slow warming trend is expected each day with highs Wednesday in the upper 60s to lower 70s, warming a couple degrees to low/mid 70s for Thursday and mid/upper 70s on Friday.

I wouldn’t do satellite. From folks I’ve known that have tried that route it doesn’t seem to be as reliable as they make it seem, not as fast as advertised either. If you have good 4G cell reception I would utilize that over satellite.

I mean 68/32 at 6pm without a cloud in the sky here... 26% RH. Sitting on the deck before dinner listening to birds. Feels like the warm season has finally arrived for real. I know Tip’s mentioned it but exercising or hiking/biking in this is awesome, your sweat seems to evaporate and dry immediately. Lastly, looks like someone’s burn pile smoke drifted into MVL as they had a random 5 mile haze observation thrown in this afternoon lol.

What a day. 57F at the picnic tables. 71/37 for 29% RH in the valley. Best hiking weather by far. Snowpack is starting to go fast. Lots of water getting released into the Mtn waterways.

That’s a good call. Certainly a candidate for low snowfall for a 3000ft or higher hill. The stand alone hill doesn’t get nearly the orographics as a cluster of peaks or larger ridgeline.

That would be an interesting game... like find that poor 1,800ft elevation that seems to get relatively shafted for that high el.

Best day of the spring so far! 67F at noon with a dew of 37F.... bright blue skies, not a cloud in sight. Two days ago the forecast was for categorical rain. Edit: Now 70F. This was going to be the worst day of the week.

That is absolutely nuts for snowfall in any area, and your elevation makes it crazy. I've always thought it's awesome to have someone dedicated live inside that snow zone. Driving through there, it always seems to be the hardest rates on I-89 or RT 2. May was one of the best I can remember...nothing like 10 days of sub-0C H85 temps and multiple snow events at that point in the year. An exclamation part on a colder-than-normal April. 16 of the last 17 days in April were below normal.

We came in a bit below normal here, and just ancedotally I'd say the area was 10-20% under normal snowfall (BTV was what, 13% under?) ... J.Spin though looks about spot on his average. The mountains were below normal though, but with some weird nuances. I read Sugarbush said it was one of their lowest totals in the past 20 years but most inhabited spots seemed to be maybe 10-15% below? Mansfield was solidly below normal by my count but still markedly higher than 11-12 and 15-16. If there's anything like a "normal below average winter" (not sure that makes sense) this seemed to be it. I still think the BTV to J.Spin gradient is one of the more extreme we can see in New England for comparable elevations.... 18 miles away, elevation change of only 200ft, and BTV 70" to J.Spins 140". It's legit too.

You’d be able to get some ridiculous time lapse loops from there. Big sky view to watch Tcu explode in July over the Presidentials. Fast moving squalls in the winter where it’s partly sunny then 0 vis then partly sunny... great potential there for weather vids.

When’s the high-def web cam going live?

That’s like a night of diamond dust when you find 0.3” of crystals lofted on your car from cold clear skies.

That is mind blowing. Sorry dude. I didn’t know it was *that* bad in NYC. Props for being the most optimistic and upbeat poster too... you never seemed angry or upset about it.

You can see it well on the RH plots for Thursday and Friday. Afternoon RH’s in the 20s% and 30s%, then nighttime in the rad valleys of 80-100%... some good low dew high diurnal spreads there. Looks like some prime days late week.

Took the dog for a walk yesterday and ended up at the Mansfield stake. Even after the heavy rain and high dews, still a solid 4 feet or a touch more up there.

It’ll be nice to get a dry stretch, ~2.6” here so far in May and it’s pretty swampy in the woods. I’m sure once the vegetation takes off it’ll suck most of that up though.

Marine layer banking in there all day? Forecast busted pretty good up here, looked like those clouds would clear but even good mixing this time of year couldn't do it.

We aren't glad we are up here today. Jealous of that Tolland Stem 73F max temp, my folks in Woodstock said it was really nice. High of 58F up here with slate gray overcast all day long. Still hasn't cleared out, this damn stratus layer just holding tight.

That's a legit T-storm. Always cool when an ASOS gets drilled.

Saint Lawrence Valley in Quebec stole the snow this winter, now stealing the warmth. What a run for them right up to Quebec City. Throw CAR and FVE into that too.

It looks decidedly nicer up here temp wise to CNE/SNE every day next week except Monday. Max Temps on the EURO... Canada looks to enjoy a nice week. Look at Northern Quebec... by Friday it's pushing 80F up at James Bay. Tuesday... Wednesday... Thursday... Friday...

Ryan's outlook looks worse than the EURO for Friday though. Thursday it's the other way around. But the gist is generally: Desired weather > Undesired weather