Pattern Change: Looks Like Finally A (Mostly) Dry Week In Vermont For A Change

My shed got a new roof last week to replace the leaky,

old damaged shingle roof. An inch of rain yesterday

and last night came down, but for the first time in

ages, no puddle inside this shed after a rain! 

 Flash flood warnings in southern Vermont from  last night have mercifully expired, and the threat of high water there is waning fast.   

In northern Vermont, which has been drier, moisture wrapping around the departing storm system dumped around an inch of rain yesterday and especially overnight. 

That's great news since far northern areas are still in drought, even if southern Vermont has been drowning. 

Now, a pattern change.  For the first time since probably June, Vermont is in for a largely sunny, dry week.  

For southern Vermont, this is great news, as they've had enough flooding for awhile. Vermont officials say that damage costs from the recent floods there easily top $1 million, and they want FEMA to come up and take a look-see.

This is a preliminary step toward another federal disaster declaration from Vermont.  Seems almost every year we do get such a disaster. 

On the bright side, although there was probably some damage from water in the flash flood warning zones of the southern Green Mountains last night, it appears as if it wasn't nearly as bad as Thursday night. 

Of course, if it does rain later this week, it's most likely in southern Vermont. Still, unless something dramatically changes, there will be no blockbuster rains down in that area for awhile

Today will also be the last day for awhile that is much cooler than normal for the season. 

A general southward dip in the jet stream has kept cloudy, wet skies over most of the East for weeks, leading to those relatively cool, cloudy conditions we've dealt with. 

More of a ridge is forming in the East now, aided by a resurgent Bermuda High.  A stalled front, held in position by that burgeoning Bermuda High, will probably drape the central and southern East Coast all week, but it won't affect us too much. 

Starting tomorrow, temperatures will be back to normal for this time of year, up near 80 in a lot of spots. By late week and the weekend, it'll even be slightly warmer than normal (lot to mid 80s by day) and it will feel more humid, too.

As advertised, summer is not quite over yet, even after our bout with "pre-autumn"