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Upslope rain and gusty winds near the solstice. Interesting.

We had a good soaking, with standing water or soggy conditions in numerous areas of a 3-mile loop with the dog. The neighbor across the street along Stowe CC had 0.86” today in three quick moving downpours. The top of the golf course 200-300ft higher had 0.98”. Looks like the Lower Village and SE had just over a half inch. I appreciate how this area has so many PWS stations in a very small radius. Its always interesting how even 1 mile can add 0.30” of rainfall in these convective situations.

Quick 0.64” with a rain rate of 2.70”/hr to keep the mosquitoes fed.

I honestly don’t know how my wife and I used to do it with a couple fans all summer. I know it’s getting warmer and more humid, but the climate hasn’t changed that much in 10-15 years. Now with the mini-splits it’s like walking into a freezer when I get home, ha.

85/68 up here at MVL. What a summer day today.

Today was awesome. High around 80F. Dews in mid-50s. Sun.

lol

Got the lotion and tissues out for this stretch?

Yeah the days of nights in the 40s in the radiators in July seem gone. It’s been a while since we’ve seen one of those patterns where it actually cools of at times with dews. Now it seems to get down to average mins once in a while (like 52F here).

I’m down in Bedford for the weekend but it was raining in Stowe when we left this morning. Not much rain on the drive, just some mist at times. Looks about right for a Saturday.

That’s 12z too… the 18z is even drier.

Max of 64F today, sun, breeze. 63/39 currently.

ORH at a 35 DP. Little pocket of very dry air over highly populated areas… EMATT.

BOS at 75/37 for 25% RH after 10pm is awesome. That’s a warm, dry, well-mixed breezy vibe. Mediterranean.

High of 73F with low dews, and beautiful. 63/44 right now in the waning light. Going to miss it being this bright at 8:45pm.

“Man dressed in bear costume locks himself in vehicle, then destroys it” would be a much more catching story .

We’ve been seeing a ton of bear break-ins around Stowe. They are getting into vehicles and even homes (all by opening doors). I wish I could post videos… there’s two ring camera scenes of bears walking up to front doors in Stowe and just turning the handle and walking inside. They have mastered car doors with an incredible efficiency. 7 cars got broken into last night in a condo complex. The most startling one was at a local hotel, a bear broke into a car by opening the door, but then the door shut behind him. Locking him in the vehicle. The front desk got calls at 2am about a horn honking outside in the parking lot. They find a bear in there honking but it absolutely totaled the vehicle on the inside. He was trying to remove the door panels to get out. They ended up popping the trunk and it barely got over the back seat and out.

If I can't be near the mountains, I think I'd want to be near the ocean. The power of the water and just knowing it's there, I've always been fascinated by the ocean. I definitely do not have the money for it, ha, most folks don't. But there's a reason why many of the Stowe crowd head to Nantucket for their summers. Only 0.27” of rain today. Haven’t had to water the garden once since planting.

It's a solid New England tourist town... and for a reason too. It can get too busy but the natural environment between the Spine and the Worcester Range helps lead to that mountain town vibe. If you are used to the Lakes Region of NH though, I don't think it's any busier than that. Plenty of restaurants and breweries. Mansfield and Smugglers Notch is fun geography too.

It’s a Ray “Mooseknuckle Village” location for sure.

Looks like a weak tornado touched down late this afternoon in Beekmantown, NY just near I-87 in Clinton County (Plattsburgh, NY area). There seem to be a variety of videos of it... weak spin up but looked legit in videos. Line came off the Adirondacks and must’ve hit some low level veering in the western Champlain Valley to spin one up.

Getting a quick lap in between the synoptic rain and storms later.

8pm Sat to 8am Sun looks good for outdoor activities there . Its like surgically positioned during the overnight hours.

+ crack. It’s raining again, too. Awesome.