powderfreak

Already 88/61 at 12:15pm. Going for the true heatwave here shortly.

Past hour and a half has taken us from 88F to 73F... it feels like a summer evening. 73/64... certainly no need for a hoodie. It is wild that it's 8:50pm and still light enough to take the dog for a walk.

Ahhh so that's where the ground cloud cover came from. I was thinking it was smoke from a burn pile or something but seemed to be a bad idea to have a burn pile lately. Rain cooled air and fog/mist in the valley makes a lot more sense, ha.

There was a very brief rain shaft coming out of this one over Waterbury... but otherwise just a lot of tall skinny development.

That they did. It was like a Caribbean sky this evening.

There are no better sunsets than Lake Champlain sunsets in the northeast. The west coast of New England. What a photo!

Whoops, back up to 88F.

84/64... finally starting to come down from near 90F all afternoon.

90/63 A noticeable increase in humidity but it’s not bad yet... just going from real dry to standard summer. If that dew comes up another 5-7 it’ll be bad.

Go big or go home.

The clouds make a huge difference. My car has been showing anywhere from 82F to 92F based on full sun or shaded by cumulus. Jumping all over the place driving around town even at similar elevations.

My dog's in it.

88/61 Probably get 90F again easily.

Man, a min of 69F at FVE, that’s wild. We hit 53F here which was nice for sleeping last night. Already back up to 80F though.

We don't have them at home but once above 2,500ft they come to life. Up at this elevation was pretty rough without any wind.

They finally arrived here... the bugs have exploded in the higher terrain. Climo has risen enough for them to prosper. They are ferocious in this wind-less heat. Black flies mostly, but the dog gets an occasional deer fly. Anytime the wind blows they can't compete, but damn these light to calm wind speeds let them come to life.

Some North Country max temps now that the 00z 6-hourly obs are in: CAR... 95F FVE... 93F BML... 93F IZG... 93F BTV... 92F CON... 92F LEB... 92F MVL... 91F HIE... 91F LEW... 90F MPV... 89F SLK... 88F Compared to the usual cold spots... CEF...87F BDL... 86F HFD... 84F IJD... 82F

Everyone was tickling each other's testicles. Seems like the usual hiatus when he gets fed up... lurks but doesn't post. Need to get the Tolland Stem up to 90F for a return.

Yeah I have a big diurnal range fetish as many have noticed, but it's practical too. We left all the windows and sliding doors open last night and this morning the indoor temp was 59-60F. Before I left for the day I closed the south facing drapes and shut the place up tight. Even with a high in the 90s and full sun, the indoor temp late this afternoon when I got home was only 71F and very comfortable. It's already 72F off a high of 91F... we've lost 15 degrees in an hour and 15 minutes... so open all the windows and doors again and let the natural A/C work again overnight.

I’m moving in that direction but I’ll never enjoy high dews. I actually really enjoy this dry heat. Never would’ve even 5 years ago. Maybe not as drastic as you, I mean you violently hated dews/heat even just like 2-3 years ago it seemed...but I’m getting there. I think my bigger change in preferences has been in brutal winter cold. I want it to be 20-32F and snowing, ha. I have really started hating sub-zero cold the last few years.

BTV has been hanging at 25% or lower RH the past few hours. 91/47 for 22% would qualify as a dry heat afternoon.

Yeah it doesn’t have to be this hot... I definitely enjoy the novelty of big heat though in NNE. Certainly wouldn’t want this all summer though. I’m also a big fan of the drastic changes that seem to happen up here...from a weekend of highs in the 50s with folks lighting wood stoves, to going on a run of 86-93 style heat right after that. At least it’s been real dry with great sleeping weather and 90 doesn’t feel that bad when relative humidity is under 30%.

Even the bears are feeling the heat. Seen outside a Stowe Village business. He’s so over it.

Same as MWN at 6,000ft. 10 degrees warmer at 4,000ft at the picnic tables lol.

90/53 for 29% RH. The one big thing I notice with the low dews is that there’s still a substantial comfort difference between sun and shade. The shade feels 15F cooler and almost nice. Then in full sun you feel the torch. When it’s humid it seems not to matter.