powderfreak

Feel like that applies to all aspects of society too. Just wading through the pool of bad posts for the few gold nuggets. 75/54 and just about perfect outside.

Is the CMC the same family as the CFS? Im assuming it’s just a typo but wouldn’t surprise me either if it’s a Canadian product.

Amazing day. Interesting that this past ULL was the first stretch of 3 sub-70 degree days in Burlington in 10 years. Key Message: * Beautiful weather through Saturday with plentiful sunshine and seasonable temperatures. We bid adios to a vertically stacked upper level low pressure system that has brought us an unseasonable fall-like chill and the first stretch of three sub-70 degree days in August at Burlington since 2014.

10% sounds about right from last year. This year isn’t quite as bad from what I’ve seen but still down from the first couple post-COVID years. I don’t think it’s all weather though like I said. I think we saw a post-COVID boom that pumped visitation for a couple years and water is starting to find its level too (no pun, ha). I guess the metric would be comparing tourism nationwide or in a variety of areas to the VT tourism metrics… if everywhere is down a bit, then I think it’s less weather and more outside economic factors. Inflation, less disposable income, etc. I know AirBnB nationwide has been down decently in advanced bookings and they are a good indicator. Their stock is down like 39% past 6 months due in part to a recoil in travel/vacations even worldwide. We expect winter tourism to be a bit muted too by a few percentage points even if weather/snow is normal… because of some of the economic factors going on.

Tourism is always booming, ha. To be honest it’s a little down but not much, following economic factors. Like AirBnB down nationwide slightly. Coming out of the COVID travel rush the past couple years too. Its always rained in the mountains in the summer… some more than others.

Good ol' sheet drizzle today. Cyclonic NW flow makes a lot of snow in the winter and just miserable weather any other time of year . 1.61" past few days in Stowe with 2"+ west of the Spine.

Can you wear a business suit without sweating through it? COC.

That should be my average mid-summer low . We still haven’t gotten into the 40s. 61/54 and 60/51 days. Rain and clouds. Still can’t get those mins down.

Thanks T-Blizz!

Locally here… Since May 1st: +9 or greater departure days… 34 (max of +18) -9 or lower departure days… 1 (-9) That should sort of sum up where we are at, haha.

Yesterday’s -9 departure locally at MVL was the lowest negative departure day since April 25th. We haven’t see this type of relative cold to climo in almost 4 months!

His next photo is two cord of wood just roaring with 20 foot flames.

Ohhh so that’s why this ULL came… it was your vacation. Makes sense now, you’ve had some tough ones over the years.

How far are you from BOS? *I honestly don’t know so it’s not a loaded question lol. Are you like the 128 belt?

It’s wild that we open for skiing in like 90 days. Well, maybe 105 days at +4 baseline, ha. It all goes by so fast.

So scarred by winter that every other type of weather that’s not 85/70 is catching all sorts of stay bullets . It’ll be warm again soon.

Man this place loses its mind over temperatures more than any other weather … hot, no cold, no it’s torch, it’s enjoyable, it’s cool, you have no idea, no you have no idea… We’ve come a long way over the decades.

51F at the office and 42F at the picnic tables. Its been warmer on some Christmas Eve’s recently.

Good point on the higher diurnal range being drier and a different vibe.

I jumped the gun there for you, but it’s coming. Open ‘em up and air it out later tonight. I may be going a bit wild , but it’s nice to see the atmosphere can do something other than humid/warm again as the seasonal change fires one across the bow. Don’t like the waning sunlight though.

That's fukking wild. It does dip below normal a few times, but just by a couple/few degrees. Getting -5 on the low is once a month... while then on the positive side it goes back up to +10 to +15 at least excuse possible. It's not like the highs haven't been above normal either, but August maxes have had those below normal rainy days. The overnight temperatures are driving the bus here. Top graph led to a +5 type month and bottom is +3 so far.

If the temperature during this stretch dips below 47F, it'll be the coolest reading in two months here. It still blows my mind that our mid-summer normal minimum temperature is in the low-50s and it has gotten below 50F exactly twice (49F and 47) since JUNE! Like only twice in 7 weeks has the low temperature gotten 5 degrees below normal.

Taste it.

See I think doing the exact same thing we have for the past two months is boring AF. The high excitement and adrenaline rush of 82/66 has worn off.

Nice change of pace, right?