HARDWICK – We’ve been treated to several days in a row of moderating temperatures and sunny skies, with highs reaching the low-to-mid 70s on Monday. Burlington reported a record high temperature of 77 degrees for the day, while we saw temperatures closer to 72 degrees here locally. It was a[Read More…]

HARDWICK – Cooler weather is seeping in from the northern half of Canada, as an upper-level low slowly spins just east of Hudson Bay, turning the flow northwesterly and causing lingering clouds and scattered light rain showers. That air-mass transition became especially evident Monday morning, after an evening of scattered[Read More…]

EAST HARDWICK – The colors are starting to pop across the region, as daytime temperatures cool. But we’re still treated to intervals of sunshine. We’ve avoided a significant frost so far and look to continue with that plan for the rest of the week, which is when the growing season[Read More…]

We’ve been socked in with several days in a row of alternating overcast and breaks of sunshine. Precipitation has largely fallen as light showers, amounting to just under an inch of rainfall over the past week, with temperatures hovering precariously close to freezing. Somehow we’ve managed to avoid accumulating snow[Read More…]

EAST HARDWICK – We are closing out another week with minimal, if any, rainfall across our forecast area. A few rain gauges reported totals of a trace from scattered showers that fell on Friday afternoon. Those clouds hung out longer than previously anticipated, with a couple of sprinkles during the[Read More…]

EAST HARDWICK – Zero. That’s the report across most local rain gauges through the last week as we remained primarily under the control of high pressure, with steadily moderating conditions going into the weekend. We topped out Monday with high temperatures of 84 in St. Johnsbury and Plainfield, with 83[Read More…]

HARDWICK – We are slowly settling into a new season around here as we ditch mild temperatures for more days with crisp, refreshing conditions and significant temperature drops overnight. Rain was present late on Saturday with the passage of a cold front. A lingering trough added to rainfall totals on[Read More…]

HARDWICK – Happy meteorological autumn! Yesterday was an excellent reminder of the change of seasons in progress, with several valley hollows reporting Tuesday morning low temperatures in the upper 30s. No widespread frost was observed, also mitigated somewhat by patchy dense fog. However, locations like Plainfield reported a low temperature[Read More…]

HARDWICK – Cooler and seasonal temperatures are becoming more frequent as we approach September, which is the beginning of meteorological fall. Our showers have become more scattered and we are frequently seeing temperatures drop into the upper 40s at night, with some scattered locations in the low-to-mid 40s. Rainfall amounts[Read More…]

HARDWICK – The traffic-jam pattern that resulted in very persistent weather patterns for days on end slowed down even a little more than first thought, leading to the bulk of the weekend’s showers not arriving until Monday. Even with that, some of the heavier rain showers managed to miss us,[Read More…]

HARDWICK – What a week of challenges when it came to last week’s forecast! The big confounder was the eventual track of the remnants of tropical cyclone Debby, which ultimately made the difference in our overall risk for river and flash flooding. Our initial forecast had Debby’s center just south[Read More…]

HARDWICK – A mix of showers and thunderstorms intertwined with breaks of sunshine balanced out the weather between Wednesday and the weekend. The influence of heat and humidity kept the atmosphere unstable, leading to the frequent appearance of precipitation, occasionally enhanced by the passage of a front. No record-breaking heat[Read More…]