powderfreak

Orographic precipitation in NNE has to be up there on the list, ha.

Inside the danger zone is the Armageddon zone, ha. That’s how the public reads that.

Can you meh yourself back into 1”+?

Isn’t that how summer precip has been for a century? It’ll usually average out to near an inch per week, but you sure as hell aren’t getting it that consistently.

Ha, my first thought when I saw the post about 100F was, Vortex is going to have something to say about that. Good perspective.

We hit 44F this morning… felt autumn-ish.

First day that felt a bit more like fall. 67F off a high of 70F… Partly sunny, dews 48-52F.

The description of “Welcome to Logan: Boston’s Urban Asshole” has a nice billboard ring to it.

Yeah I’m not saying it couldn’t be historically bad… I’m just not going to brace mentally for the all-time bad outcome. I’d think 20-25% below normal could be a reasonable expectation, but I’m not ready to assume 50%+ or something like 2015-16.

That would've been great for interior Vermont... the picture for east of the Spine would be amazing with a radar site at MPV. Given the high terrain in northern New England, there really is no best spot. Ideally you'd have one east of the Spine, plus in the Champlain Valley, and another in the St Lawrence Valley... no matter the site, there are going to be limitations because of the terrain. Even if you put the radar site on Mount Mansfield, the beam is starting 4,000+ feet above the ground... when that beam will sample areas around it, the height will likely be even higher. Either way you are sampling 6,000ft+ in a lot of areas.

You learn to look for the signals in the radar, ha. Years of comparing ground truth to the various layers of echoes. 0.5, 1.5, 2.5, 3.5 degrees all tell a story, but it’s not as much fun as having a great low level scan. It’s part of the mystic though… not as easy to just glance and assume what’s going on at ground level.

Really? Mansfield has all sorts of radio and TV towers on it. There are wind farms on some ridgelines. I always thought they were just lazy and installed it at the airport and got what they got for radars coverage. The composite and 2.5 degree scans are decent as they clear the ridgelines. But yeah, over me the radar is hitting at 6,000ft up. Not ideal for tornados lol. The 2.5 degree scan though gets over the terrain enough to provide a picture.

Tornado Warning up here, huh. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service Burlington VT 741 PM EDT Mon Aug 10 2026 The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Northwestern Lamoille County in northwestern Vermont... West central Orleans County in northeastern Vermont... Central Franklin County in northwestern Vermont... * Until 815 PM EDT. * At 741 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Fairfield, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely. * This dangerous storm will be near... Sheldon, Enosburg, Fairfield, Bakersfield, Fletcher, Waterville, Belvidere, and Cambridge around 745 PM EDT. Johnson, Montgomery, and Belvidere Center around 750 PM EDT. Lowell and Eden around 755 PM EDT. Hyde Park around 800 PM EDT.

Relaxing at a restaurant or bar along the water on a summer evening… there’s nothing better.

Pool of ass sweat?