powderfreak

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?

As with much in life, there’s a lot more nuance than just the simple phrase/answer. If it was just that easy, everyone would do it.

Imagine taking offense to a post getting moved and then digging in sarcastically because you felt slighted…

Another one, loud cracks of thunder and torrential rain rolling off Mansfield into town. 1.40” on the day.

Dew is 64F here and the lowest it’s been in August so far. Yeah, it’s only the 4th day of the month, but before today the lowest dew was 66F over the past several days. Most of it spent 70-73F. It’s actually impressive how different a dew point of 64 feels compared to low-70s. Normal summer feel vs the tropics. Our average low is 55F and has been for a bit. We haven’t gotten below 65F in 6 days. Finished July at +4.9 and starting August off at +11.

It truly is wild how little rain it takes right now to blow out every little creek. Flash flood guidance is low and it’s real. Water table is so high.

That was enough to bring small creeks out of their banks here. Water flowing across RT 108 in several places. Just an inch of rain… 2-3” probably washes the road out again.

Ah the summit is well west of there on the zig-zag county line…. SW of the M in Morristown where the reflectivities got hung up. The Mtn icon looks like center of town. Either way, east of Barre looks to be getting dumped on in that loop. Stalled cell ahead of the line.

We definitely took the meat of that. I’m along the country club and river, my neighbor’s is the station 1.11”. The Stowe CoCoRAHS guy has the 0.66”. Wonder if his is slow to update or the bulk lifted just north of the true village center. That was a gully washer. Add another inch to the summer total.