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Looks like the western us smoke has made it over here..very milky sky out.

Took out my ACs as well today. Wasn't the Herculean task some NE CT posters make it out to be..ha.

Looking at a topo map, looks like you could be in a decent radiating spot, elevated 1200-1300ft but in a slight depression surrounded by higher peaks what looks like on all sides.

Phin will be banished to the NNE thread by mid Jan. SNE will get sick of all his snow obs and will start hearing crickets on his posts a la PF when he posts upslope radar screen shots..ha. Ray will chime in with his "nobody cares about snow in deer labia and moose knuckle" comments to confirm the banishment.

Yea l, I saw your pics, that is really brutal man. Summer rain was probably close to average here, maybe a smidge below. There were some dry spells in summer where there was some browning, but nothing like that. 5 years here lawn has never really gone fully dormant. Always seems to be enough timely rain. We get those hudson valley tornado alley cells that die out and just rain here..lol

Heavy Sept lawn..been dry even up here though. Less then .50" for the month and nothing in the pipeline precip wise it seems..hopefully the cool weather keeps it green.

My wife grew up here (SVT) and has really no interest in weather or really any sense of climate norms, but the one anecdotal thing she always mentions is how warm it always is around apple picking season (mid- late Sept) now and how when she was kid in the 1980s she recalls wearing fleeces and jackets. Recently it seems like its always shorts and tees and swarming yellow jackets with side dish of back sweat.

Looking ay the most reliable COOP in SVT (Peru) snowfall is almost identical for the 1980s and 2010-20. Average snowdepth is a little higher in the 1980s. Interestingly, 2010-20 is the only decade without a max depth over 40". Records started in the 1940s.

They replaced the sensor over the summer (July 17th)and its had a noticeable cold bias since then. Its a known issue, not sure if/when they will be adjusting or changing it.

Yea, the real psychoanalysis that's needs to be done is in the Mid Atl and Southeast forums. I mean the weenies in the SE forum are dedicated l, I must say....and seems to be alot of members in that forum. Some of them track and have to wait 5-10 years for a 6"+ event. I guess part of the enjoyment is the "tracking" for sure, but we know up here the events will happen, done there who knows when. If I had to relocate to Greenville SC or wherever guess I would still track and be a weenie, just seems torturous..lol

Looking at cocorahs, seems to be a relatively dry summer at most VT stations for JJA. A few near 15", but also a good amount under 10"(those that have submitted 80+reports) Then Rutland 1.2N sticks out with only 5.84" through JJA, thats pretty damn dry, not quite BDL level, but still.

Nothing severe here today, nice light show earlier, but a nice soaker with 1.43". About 3" the past week.

He's definitely going through some type of metamorphosis....heat and dews first and now JSpin 50:1 fluff.

Outside of the tornado capital of the Northeast Hamden CT, Eastern NY seems to be a hotzone get an unusually high amount of TOR warnings. I think someone had a graphic a while back with warnings issued by NWS zones, don't have anecdotal evidence, just being in the ALY area seems like I notice they them popping up often.

I was out in Breckenridge about 15 years ago and did the Pikes Peak drive in NOV. Roads were somewhat snow packed and my friend was driving like a poor man's Pastrana....in a VW Passatt. Just remember holding the door handle so hard thought I was going to rip it out. He kept saying, "Its fine, I have brand new snow tires." Ha

SVR warned storm just went through here, nothing crazy, maybe 40mph-ish. No hail that I could see. 4-5 min storm, but put down .67" in those 5 mins.

Nothing but some distant thunder and lightning here. 0.00 in the books the past few days. Not too far NW from here today near the VT/NY border a slow mover dumped 6"+..if this gauge is accurate..radar are estimates are high also.

Its definitely a "walled in" feeling here that starts just north of DDH and continues up to here where you have 4k to the west and over 3k to the east and 3k to the north (Mt Aelous) with a relatively narrow valley. It certainly makes for some great views and interesting topography in all directions. But yea, I think most people think of VT as rolling hills and red barns and then with mountain views in the distance, which like you said, is certainly very prevalant in many areas.. There's so much topography variety throughout the state, makes any drive interesting. Was just out in the extreme western part of the state in Pawlet VT(20 mins) at my sister-in- laws yesterday and its gently rolling hills and fertile farmland, its like a different world from the valley here.

My daughter did her first challenging hike Friday up to Mt Equinox with me, pretty steep and not much flatness to recharge the legs. This is looking south down the valley towards Bennington in the distance a bit.

Got down to 46F last night. Tonight, we double IPA and fire pit..

50F last night, can't remember the last time I got into the 40s...guess some time in June. Prob get there tonight.

Well, your not going to be a king radiator---200" of snow will have to do as a consolation prize.

I've never actually done it with sand, but that definitely seems to be the preferred method. I would need a dump truck of sand to level my yard.

I can't speak for Western ME, but the real estate market is on fire here, maybe that changes come winter, but wealthy NJ/NYers etc. are gobbling up homes here. Maybe some are trying to unload their second homes, but there seems to be more than enough buyers to purchase them too. My wife's company had two familes from N NJ close this week on houses and already have their kids enrolled in the private elementary school here. Maybe more inventory pops up this winter if travel bans go into effect like you mentioned. In the 5 years I've been here the market has been turtle like slow, lots of stuff sitting forever and you could make real low ball offers, doesn't seem to be the case anymore.

How much are the normals going to change when 91-20 becomes official? 1.5-2F for most 1st order stations? Or more towards 1F? Guess its going to vary a bit.