eyewall Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Nice eyewall... that last pic is pretty sweet. You've captured some great thunderstorm pics so far. I will say the Champlain Valley is a secret "weenie" thunderstorm zone, usually with big, wide open vantage points and usually enhanced storms by the warmer/humid conditions in the valley along with low level wind funneling ahead of any front. There's usually some good low level shear with winds funneling more southerly up the valley ahead of a front, instead of SW like other areas. There are definitely some great vantage points and that is great for me because I love thunderstorms and chasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 There are definitely some great vantage points and that is great for me because I love thunderstorms and chasing. Get up on Spear Street south of University of Vermont while a squall line is approaching from the Adirondacks. Its only at like 400ft of elevation but its just enough for a great view out over the lake with wide views northwest to southwest. I always used to go up there to watch squall lines approach. Then once they pass, if there is clearing behind the storm, you get that awesome back-lit look of Tcu as it hits the Greens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I may not survive the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 From near drought conditions to having too much water. BTV and Chittenden County has gotten crushed lately and May will now come in quite a bit above normal in the precipitation department, especially with an additional 1-3" over the next 72 hours. 4.41" of rainfall in the past 60 hours at BTV if I did my math right... with this evening's rainfall producing 0.5" in 20 minutes, with 1.26" in an hour at the ASOS. Travel in the most populated county in VT is pretty tough this evening...bridge washouts, roads closed, etc. 000NWUS51 KBTV 240219LSRBTV..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON.....DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS..1033 PM FLASH FLOOD WESTFORD 44.61N 73.01W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT LAW ENFORCEMENT BRIDGE WASHOUT ON ROUTE 15 NEAR HOUSE NUMBER 805 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARYNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT1019 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON.....DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS..0700 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSW UNDERHILL 44.50N 72.95W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT TRAINED SPOTTER WATER RUNNING ACROSS BROWNS TRACE ROAD AND CULVERTS OVERFLOWING.0753 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 ESE UNDERHILL 44.52N 72.93W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC 2 FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER RIVER ROAD NEAR CHAMBERLIN FARM MARKET0833 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N UNDERHILL 44.54N 72.95W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT LAW ENFORCEMENT WATER FLOWING OVER ROUTE 15...CILLEY HILL ROAD...AND POKER HILL ROAD0835 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 N RICHMOND 44.44N 72.99W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT LAW ENFORCEMENT WATER FLOWING OVER GOVERNOR PECK ROAD0836 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 WSW RICHMOND 44.40N 73.01W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT LAW ENFORCEMENT WATER FLOWING OVER HUNTINGTON ROAD0847 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 W JERICHO 44.51N 73.02W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD PARTIALLY WASHED OUT0850 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S ESSEX JUNCTION 44.46N 73.11W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC 1-2 FEET OF WATER COVERING WHITE WATER CIRCLE0913 PM FLASH FLOOD SHELBURNE 44.38N 73.23W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC BAY ROAD IN SHELBURNE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING0916 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 SSW CLOVERDALE 44.60N 72.94W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT FIRE DEPT/RESCUE ROUTE 15 CLOSED BETWEEN COWIE ROAD AND SEYMOUR ROAD DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER ROADWAY...POSSIBLE WASHOUT.0923 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NE UNDERHILL CENTER 44.52N 72.88W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT EMERGENCY MNGR WATER FLOWING OVER PLESANT VALLEY ROAD0936 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 W JERICHO 44.50N 73.02W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC ROUTE 15 CLOSED NEAR WEED ROAD1012 PM FLASH FLOOD UNDERHILL 44.53N 72.95W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT LAW ENFORCEMENT WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES INCLUDING VT 15...CILLEY HILL RD...NORTH UNDERHILL STATION RD...PAIGE RD...AND DAUDLIN RD1014 PM FLASH FLOOD CLOVERDALE 44.60N 72.93W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT LAW ENFORCEMENT MULTIPLE ROAD CLOSURES IN WESTFORD INCLUDING VT 128... VT 15... AND OSGOOD STONE RD1016 PM FLASH FLOOD JEFFERSONVILLE 44.64N 72.83W05/23/2013 LAMOILLE VT LAW ENFORCEMENT VT 109 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING1017 PM FLASH FLOOD WILLISTON 44.44N 73.07W05/23/2013 CHITTENDEN VT LAW ENFORCEMENT VT 116 CLOSED NEAR VAN SICKLEN ROAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Get up on Spear Street south of University of Vermont while a squall line is approaching from the Adirondacks. Its only at like 400ft of elevation but its just enough for a great view out over the lake with wide views northwest to southwest. I always used to go up there to watch squall lines approach. Then once they pass, if there is clearing behind the storm, you get that awesome back-lit look of Tcu as it hits the Greens. Thank you for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Some of the snow commentary from this morning’s BTV NWS forecast discussion is added below; it’s not every season that the mention of snow is this pervasive in the discussion covering Memorial Day Weekend. It sounds like there’s not too much to worry about in terms of vegetation damage down low where the trees already have a lot of leaves. The trees up high are either non-existent, evergreen, or haven’t put too much foliage out because they know it’s still only May: AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 721 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A DEVELOPING COASTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS WEEKEND. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LOCAL WATERWAYS...WITH SOME RIVER FLOODING POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH SOME HIGH ELEVATION ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. A WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL OCCUR BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A LONG DURATION RAIN WITH SOME ACCUMULATING MTN SNOW EVENT EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY...WITH SHARP RISES EXPECTED ON AREA WATERWAYS. .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/... SNOWFALL...STILL HAVING A HARD TIME BELIEVING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ACRS THE MTNS ABOVE 2500 FT ON SAT INTO SUNDAY. GFS/NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS AND ECMWF PROFILES HAVE INDICATED THIS POTENTIAL FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS...AS COLDER AIR IS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM. PROGGED 85H TEMPS DROP BLW 0C BY TONIGHT...WITH 1000 TO 500MB THICKNESS VALUES BLW 540DAM. THIS COMBINED WITH SOME COOLING FROM STRONG DYNAMICS WL HELP TO PRODUCE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACRS THE DACKS AND GREEN MTNS ABOVE 2500FT. WL TRY TO SHOW IN GRIDS...BUT IMPACTS WL BE MINIMAL GIVEN THE HIGH SNOW LEVELS. THINKING A DUSTING TO SEVERAL INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW WL BE POSSIBLE...WITH 6 INCHES OR SO FOR THE SUMMITS FROM MT MANSFIELD TO JAY PEAK AND ACRS PARTS OF THE EASTERN DACKS BY SUNDAY. BEST CHC FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WL BE SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Had another 1.07" of rain overnight. Up to 3.69" for May now and surely another 1-2" on the way. Still in the warm murky sector although I see the cooler temps off to the west. Can't believe it might snow in places. Haven't mowed the lawn in 10 days or so. Might just bail it up at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Had another 1.07" of rain overnight. Up to 3.69" for May now and surely another 1-2" on the way. Still in the warm murky sector although I see the cooler temps off to the west. Can't believe it might snow in places. Haven't mowed the lawn in 10 days or so. Might just bail it up at this point. Yeah about the same here, Over 1.00" looking in the gauge this am from last night and well over 3.00" for the month, The yard is a swamp right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Cooling off here now. Was 60ish when I got up, down to 53 now with some lovely drizzle. Gon' be an interesting few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Yeah about the same here, Over 1.00" looking in the gauge this am from last night and well over 3.00" for the month, The yard is a swamp right now Missed the heaviest stuff overnight, but was pretty much in the bullseye the day/night before. The 0.39" reported to cocorahs today brings May up to 4.65", with probably a tenth or two since then. That exceeds my May avg of 4.16" but we're still about 4" subnormal for the year. Might cut that in half over the weekend. Nice to see that we may salvage Monday. If we were to have clear nights early next week, my frosts-in-May count will probably increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Today has turned out rather nice... warm with breaks of sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Garden planting cancel this weekend, Been +RNSHWRS the last hour, Well over 1.00" since last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Back again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Well, yesterday's high was first thing in the morning. Temps dropped throughout the day, eventually getting down into the low 40s where we currently stand. 0.52" in the bucket. Light rain at 41F atm and the woodstove running, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Well, yesterday's high was first thing in the morning. Temps dropped throughout the day, eventually getting down into the low 40s where we currently stand. 0.52" in the bucket. Light rain at 41F atm and the woodstove running, lol. Yeah...I have the heat on too. I can't believe I'm running it during the day in late May. I just put the feeders out and it feels like a November nor'easter out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Yeah...I have the heat on too. I can't believe I'm running it during the day in late May. I just put the feeders out and it feels like a November nor'easter out there. LOL--yeah, just a small fire to keep the chill at bay. Our hummingbirds don't look very happy out there. Cool bear shot, by the way. I haven't filled up our feeder in several weeks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 LOL--yeah, just a small fire to keep the chill at bay. Our hummingbirds don't look very happy out there. Cool bear shot, by the way. I haven't filled up our feeder in several weeks.... I take them down in the evening and put them back up in the morning now...I don't need to attract them and the feeder repairs became tiresome. I guess there was enough seed spillage on the ground though to attract it for a little meal. I'll have to look back at the pics from last week, but this one looks bigger than the previous at first glance, but it's still early and my eyes are probably playing tricks on me. 2.60" of rain since Tuesday. Drought fail here. Temp is up to 44.8 after dipping to 44.3. I'm hoping the midnight temp of 45.7 holds for the max today. If it's going to be miserable it may as well be epically bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Dendrite... You've posted more wildlife shots in your backyard than I see in the mountains over here. You are just missing a coyote or moose sighting. I've seen more wild dogs and moose than bear over here, so I'm jealous of all the bear sightings. We are at like 4.5-5" in Stowe Village for rain this week...but BTV is now at like 7" or maybe more. Definitely drought fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 +RN here, Been a miserable week, Going to make a run at 3.00"+ of rainfall this week it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Had 46 at last evening's obs time, 42 for the low, now about 45 with -RA and gusts into the 20s. Week's total 3.7", and 5.5" for the month. May avg temp here was +1.1 thru yesterday. Today thru Monday should tip it to a tiny bit below avg, but Wed-Fri will overcome that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Dendrite... You've posted more wildlife shots in your backyard than I see in the mountains over here. You are just missing a coyote or moose sighting. I've seen more wild dogs and moose than bear over here, so I'm jealous of all the bear sightings. We are at like 4.5-5" in Stowe Village for rain this week...but BTV is now at like 7" or maybe more. Definitely drought fail. heh...I'm < 10mins from downtown Tilton too and rt3 is about 2mins down the hill. I have 45 acres of untouched forest behind me though and the multiple fruit trees in the yard are appealing to them. We had a coyote a few times last year, but not yet on cam. We had multiple grey foxes the past couple of years too, but I haven't seen one yet this Spring. I think I had a red fox on cam one night, but it's hard to tell with the IR at a distance. What I really want to see now is a bobcat. A moose would be cool, but I don't think the terrain around here is appealing to them. I saw one about 5mi north of here in Sanbornton though. You still driving back up north today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Had 46 at last evening's obs time, 42 for the low, now about 45 with -RA and gusts into the 20s. Week's total 3.7", and 5.5" for the month. May avg temp here was +1.1 thru yesterday. Today thru Monday should tip it to a tiny bit below avg, but Wed-Fri will overcome that. We look to heat things up after mid week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Looks like a coating of snow up at Coles Pond (2200'): http://www.rlpwx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Looks like a coating of snow up at Coles Pond (2200'): http://www.rlpwx.com/ Yeah, he changed to snow in the past hour I think. He was 33F now 32F. Im at 43.2F and about to dryslot. .90" so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 41F here with some sleet pellets mixed in with the raindrops.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nittany88 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Rain snow mix now down to 1500 feet with light accumulations to 2000 feet. Full on snowstorm at the summits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Down to 37 an occasional cat paws mixing in at 1200 ft in Barre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Most of the obs/discussion for the event is in the Memorial Day Weekend weather thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 It has been snowing here in Peacham for about the past hour. Not sticking however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted May 26, 2013 Author Share Posted May 26, 2013 We ended up with about a half an inch sticking to the cars and barn roof. Some lesser amounts on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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