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| As of this morning, "The Triplets" three large poplar trees in my yard, still have leaves, well past the time the trees are usually bare. A lack of wind, in addition to a warm autumn, has kept leaves on trees. |
It's all those deep storm system going through the Great Lakes, which we've said are typical of this time of year. Nor'easters can stir up a lot of wind, too. So can those blasts of chilly air from Canada that become increasingly common about now.
In the Champlain Valley, strong south winds typically get going ahead of strong, approaching cold fronts. Plus it's just generally breezy as departed storm systems up in Canada swing little disturbances through.
So far this month, though, we've been lacking in wind here in Vermont. I guess that's part of the reason why leaves are still stubbornly hanging onto a few trees, despite the fact we should be well into stick season.
In Burlington, gusts over 30 mph are very common this time of year, and 40 mph gusts happen fairly frequently, too. The last time Burlington had a wind gust of 30 mph was on November 1. Since then, only three days have seen gusts over 20 mph.
Wednesday and the day before, the highest wind speeds in Burlington were 10 mph. I don't think a lot of trees and power lines blew down yesterday, that's for sure.
The weather pattern is about to shift into one that is more typical of the season, so the winds will pick up a little bit.
It'll stay relatively calm today and tomorrow, with top gusts of probably only 15 mph or so. Again, that's really calm for November.
Ahead of a strong weather front late Thursday night and Friday, winds will pick up, finally, probably going over 30 mph in some areas, like the Champlain Valley. We're not expecting anything strong enough to produce any kind of damage, other than blowing some leaves around.
There's no real sign of any blockbuster storms for the foreseeable future, so the gales of November won't really be visiting Vermont anytime soon.
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