Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Goes The Song, And The Forecast

Plants on my St. Albans, Vermont deck and the surrounding
trees got a drink of water this morning. Elsewhere in
Vermont, rainfall last night was less than most expected

 Most of Vermont had a disappointing amount of rain yesterday and last night.  We pretty much threaded the needled between a zone of rather heavy rain in northern New York last evening, and some robust thunderstorms down in the lower Hudson Valley and southern New England. 

Burlington only managed 0.07 of an inch, and Montpelier got nothing. Just the far northwest corner of the Green Mountain State received anything decent. 

My rain gauge is inaccurate and I have to get a new one, as it said I had an inch of rain. Judging from the amount of water outside my house, I'd guess precipitation was closer to half an inch. 

If you need rain, the good news is a little more is probably coming today, though it doesn't look like much.  And that hot, dry spell that had been forecast for this upcoming week is looking less hot and less dry. 

In general, most of today's showers will run from now until early afternoon, and then start tapering off northwest to southeast. It looks like most of us will see a quarter inch of rain or less, but as always, there might be a locally heavier downpour or two.

Tomorrow and Monday are still looking gorgeous. It'll be cooler and less humid tonight, and warm but not humid Sunday.  Monday's humidity will be reasonable. 

It's now looking like Monday might be the warmest day of the week. Heat and humidity had been in the forecast for most of the upcoming week, but it now looks like a wrong way cold front coming in from the northeast will win out. 

That means it will still be seasonably mild, with maybe highs in the 70s to perhaps around 80 southwest. 

This arrangement will open the door for weather disturbances to scoot down on us from the northwest.  That puts the chance of showers in the forecast Tuesday through Friday. 

I'm not impressed by the amount of rain coming up, and it certainly won't rain all the time. But the chances of showers and some clouds around will keep us from drying out too quickly. 

Looking ahead, the first 10 days or so of June are looking cool and somewhat showery as well.