MaineJayhawk Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 PWM recorded 1.47" for the day yesterday. Not an impressive amount, but it ties the record established in 1929. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borderwx Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 nice soaker down south! looks like were on the low end, sitting a skosh under 1" since yesterday, nice rain though, things are dripping and pretty happy about it. 10 miles on the long trail sunday, as dry as I have seen it in 10 years, all my favorite mud holes were supportive and the trial was dusty. not anymore. ETA: Barton fair opens tomorrow. summer is over up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 This is off topic, but since the Stanley Cup was discussed frequently in the NNE Spring thread I figured I'd mention it. I just heard on WDEV that the cup is coming to Burlington this Saturday - although many websites, including UVM's, have a date of Sep 3 for a visit. Perhaps there is going to be more than one event or there has been a change, but Bruins/Tim Thomas fans in the area might be interested. Nice. I remember hearing back during/after the series that Timmy might bring the the Cup to Burlington. At that time, I thought maybe I'd head up there and take part in the shenanigans. But, the wife and I are flying out that day for a week on San Juan Island, WA. That sounds pretty good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Still raining but the back edge looks close on radar. 59F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 2.46" looks to be the final total. Pretty impressive, but I think I'm ready for some 80's again. It was almost dark before 8pm yesterday. Devastating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Well guys, just down to sprinkles. Total in the gauge 3.22"! Some nice heavy rain late evening yesterday pushed the total up. Really needed that, brought up the pond nicely. Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Looks like the final total is 3.75". 66.8F with a few breaks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Hey guys, do you think I can pull my 2 window A/C units out? They make the house look ugly. No hot air on the immediate horizon. Brings us into the last week of August. Losing 4 minutes of daylight a day now so any heat in the last days of August or Sept is short lived and the nights are long enough that they cool off, no 70+ minimums.(Usually) I only hit 90F one time up here at 1100 feet (93.3F) so it is hard to get above 85F at my altitude late in August. Am I being too optimistic? Don't mind the heat during the day but hate the hot nights. What would you do? Gene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Hey guys, do you think I can pull my 2 window A/C units out? They make the house look ugly. No hot air on the immediate horizon. Brings us into the last week of August. Losing 4 minutes of daylight a day now so any heat in the last days of August or Sept is short lived and the nights are long enough that they cool off, no 70+ minimums.(Usually) I only hit 90F one time up here at 1100 feet (93.3F) so it is hard to get above 85F at my altitude late in August. Am I being too optimistic? Don't mind the heat during the day but hate the hot nights. What would you do? Gene I didn't even install A/C this year. In prior years I left them in until October out of sheer laziness but always found for my location that the beginning of September would've been a fine time to remove them. My vote? Take 'em out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Well, tack on another 0.26" for yesterday bringing the event total to an even 2.40" Not bad at all. I'll be indulging in a needed long shower this morning, lol. Hey guys, do you think I can pull my 2 window A/C units out? They make the house look ugly. No hot air on the immediate horizon. Brings us into the last week of August. Losing 4 minutes of daylight a day now so any heat in the last days of August or Sept is short lived and the nights are long enough that they cool off, no 70+ minimums.(Usually) I only hit 90F one time up here at 1100 feet (93.3F) so it is hard to get above 85F at my altitude late in August. Am I being too optimistic? Don't mind the heat during the day but hate the hot nights. What would you do? I'll second the 'take 'em out' nod. Of course we don't even have window units here let alone central AC. Summer's peaked, I would say. Sure, we'll have some more warm/hot days but with cool, lengthening nights and September around the corner, I'd reckon you'll be safe putting the AC away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Well, tack on another 0.26" for yesterday bringing the event total to an even 2.40" Not bad at all. I'll be indulging in a needed long shower this morning, lol. I'll second the 'take 'em out' nod. Of course we don't even have window units here let alone central AC. Summer's peaked, I would say. Sure, we'll have some more warm/hot days but with cool, lengthening nights and September around the corner, I'd reckon you'll be safe putting the AC away. Definitely agree... average lows at Morrisville-Stowe Airport peaked at 55F a little while ago and now are falling back down (53F right now). Won't be long till we are averaging upper 40s at night. Even if we get some warm afternoons (which are bound to happen), the nights cool off very quickly these days. I've been noticing its in the upper 50s by the time I go to sleep before midnight the past couple days. Fog is also taking noticeably longer to burn off in the morning, not sure if any of you guys notice that but we used to burn it off by 8am in mid-summer. The past two days its been more like 9:30 before it completely clears out with the lower sun angle. Yesterday Montpelier reported fog till 9:10am and Morrisville till 9:40am... definitely a sign of the changing strength of the sun. We always have a run of warm days sometime between late August to mid-September but even if it hits mid/upper 80s the nights fall back well into the 50s. Gene is up on a hill above 1,000ft so he may not cool off as well at night, but on the flip side he won't get as warm during the day as I will. I think its safe to say you can pull the AC, if you needed it at all. I can only remember maybe 2-3 nights I wish I had it this summer... during that one heat wave where we hit 90-93F for 3 days; but nights still were mid 60s which isn't *too* bad. The next few days look perfect... slightly warmer than normal high temps, average low temps: 82/54, 83/51, 81/53 A good ol' mountain valley 30F diurnal spread each day between roughly 12z and 00z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 brutal afternoon for Alton. what a deluge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Absolutely nothing here today. Not even a distant clap of thunder. Nice looking anvils here and there in the distance but that was about it. Very dissapointing with so much stuff to my west in Vermont that just couldn't make it east and then new stuff firing to my east. Next.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Had a good storm here. Plenty of lightning/thunder with several ground strikes that I observed on my commute home. Seems to have been some wind as my carpet near the windows was wet and the sills had standing water. Power also was out for an hour and a half. Checking out the mesonet, I may have had a half inch of rain. I'd have thought it was more. Wet August in these parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Nice purple radar in Belgrade about 4 yesterday aft, and Smithfield, to the NE, recorded a 60 mph gust. Nothing IMBY then, and the 8-9 PM warnings for southrn Oxford/Franklin Ctys were for a cell that turned north before getting here, then fizzled. It was very ice to get nearly 1.5 of perfect garden rain Mon-Tues, but for strong storms it's been since 2009 at least since we've had anything, despite al the action nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 We've had some stellar late-summer days on the mountain over the past 72 hours... nice, mild temps relative to normal but low humidity and stiff breezes. Feels great hiking around up there with temps in the 60s and 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 All's quiet now. Looks like some rain on the way for later today. Better get the outdoor chores done this morn! I'll be glad for some more rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Hot pixels incoming & thunder off in the distance..... :mapstorm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Almost solid line of storms now... looks like pretty much everyone in NNE will get to enjoy this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 NE of CON getting rocked right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Almost solid line of storms now... looks like pretty much everyone in NNE will get to enjoy this one. And on that note I was bent over and left with only 0.11". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 .30" worth of rain and might get another .10" Zero nearby lightning which is surprising given the impressive looking radar. Fair amount of rumbling coming from southeast now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 And on that note I was bent over and left with only 0.11". sry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Thunderstorm with very high winds just came through. Many trees down. Recorded 45mph on my Davis and that was a west wind and I have an evergreen just to the west of the station so I estimate winds well into the 50's. Didn't loose power at the house (unbelievably) but at our rental house on Newfound Lake 2 large trees are blocking the road and it is a dead end road so about 50 people are stranded not being able to get out and no power. Had to call 911 for the first time in my life. Poles are down too. What a mess. We have 8 people renting, no access, no power and no water. Going to take awhile to clean up. Gene PS Still raining but not much QPF. Just WIND! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Lots 'o thunder. impending storm is closing in. Hoping for a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Wasn't very exciting. radar looked impressive. A little wind (17 mph) and a lot of thunder, 0.3" rn, but not what I was expecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Thunderstorm with very high winds just came through. Many trees down. Recorded 45mph on my Davis and that was a west wind and I have an evergreen just to the west of the station so I estimate winds well into the 50's. Didn't loose power at the house (unbelievably) but at our rental house on Newfound Lake 2 large trees are blocking the road and it is a dead end road so about 50 people are stranded not being able to get out and no power. Had to call 911 for the first time in my life. Poles are down too. What a mess. We have 8 people renting, no access, no power and no water. Going to take awhile to clean up. Gene PS Still raining but not much QPF. Just WIND! Wow... congrats on the storm and sorry about the damage. The line looked pretty weak when it passed over you so I'm surprised it was so intense. You can now join my club of people who were distressed about missing out on the storms all summer and then got one which delivered more than you ever could have wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 And on that note I was bent over and left with only 0.11". Thought this one was coming right for you... now it's gonna pass well north of both of us. Tragic. Edit: I saved a 23 frame loop to show the motion better but the gif is showing 12 frames. It seems to do this no matter how many frames I try to save... weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 My poor hemlock. It is still blocking the road and 5 houses at the dead end. The rentors still have no power or water 7 hours later. Just brought them down ice. Has been raining pretty good with the second storm this eve. Looks like around .4" so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 0.44" in the last 24hrs puts me over 5" on the month. With the Euro pounding the Cape and the models in general showing a lot of rain from Irene up here it may be an interesting week. For now I'll enjoy the cool down for the next few days. First 40s maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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