Friday Thunderstorms Caused Only Scattered Issues; Gorgeous Weekend Ensues

Lightning crackles over Burlington, Vermont
Friday afternoon in this screen grab of
a video I shot during the storm. 

The severe storm setup from Friday played out pretty much as expected.

Severe weather was limited to southern Vermont, and mostly Massachusetts and New Hampshire, save for one rogue storm in and around Burlington, Vermont. 

 That one storm well north of the "danger zone" did cause a stir. As it moved over the Burlington area, the National Weather Service saw fit to declare a severe thunderstorm warning. The storm did knock down at least one large tree in Essex, and did away with a few other trees and branches.  The wind was clocked at 41 mph at the airport, and some gusts surely reached at least 50 mph. 

.I was in Burlington's North End during the storm, and I'd say more than an inch of rain fell in less than an hour. As you can see in the video at the bottom of this post, some street flooding resulted. 

All in all it was a borderline severe storm, and pretty fun to watch. Video of this storm is at the bottom of this post.

Further south, severe thunderstorm warnings popped up midday along and south of Route 4.  I haven't seen much in the way of damage reports in southern Vermont, but those storms did topple trees and pelt parts of New Hampshire and western Massachusetts with quarter sized hail. 

Now that Friday's excitement is over, we can look forward to a gorgeous weekend. 

It might look a bit murky in some parts of Vermont this morning with low clouds, areas of fog and maybe a patch of drizzle or two.  All that will get flushed out by northwest breezes, leaving us with a mostly sunny afternoon.

Flooding along Riverside Avenue in Burlington, Vermont
Friday afternoon after an intense thunderstorm downpour.

After the recent muggy weather, the air will feel fresh and dry, and probably give you a little energy you were lacking when the air was so oppressive. 

It'll be a delightfully cool night for sleeping.  Some of you might wake up to murk again early Sunday morning as dense fog will collect in some valleys. 

That'll quickly burn off to leave us with a sunny, warm, but not particularly humid day. Great for anything outdoors. (I'm having a garden party at my house in St. Albans, Vermont Sunday, so I'm really lucking out here). 

In almost a last hurrah for summer, another blast of very warm, humid air is due to strike Monday and Tuesday. We might have to deal with more strong storms and/or heavy rain on Tuesday. We'll have to see about that. 

It's getting into September, so cooler weather will surely follow that humid spell. 

Video.  Scenes from a powerful thunderstorm in Burlington, Vermont Friday. If you don't see the image to view it below, click on this link to watch it. I liked how the storm gradually built up and intensified in the video.