Some Of Those Vermont Storms Tuesday Hit Hard; Two More Cold Fronts Introducing Cool Blast

This map from the National Weather Service in South
Burlington shows the best rains from last nights
cold front went through eastern New York, northwest Vermont
and the Connecticut Valley.

 Tuesday was the last day of hot, humid weather we'll see in awhile. In fact, there's a reasonable chance it will be the hottest day until next summer. 

The heat broke in dramatic fashion in some areas with a fast moving cluster of severe storms that raced mostly northward through western and central Vermont. 

Some of the warnings ahead of the storms were more dire than usual, with the alerts warning of 70 mph gusts and ping pong ball sized hail.

The scattered nature of storm reports suggests the storms didn't get quite that bad, but some of them were certainly in the severe category.  

Reports of tree damage came in from Burlington's New North End, Malletts Bay in Colchester, St. Albans Bay, Georgia, and West Milton.

It seems the intense winds with the storms weren't fully able to mix down to the surface, except near the shores of Lake Champlain. 

I didn't manage to chase myself into any of the severe storms, but you can see snippets of what I did find in the video at the bottom of this post. Some people caught in the downpour, a free spirit enjoying it, some Interstate 89 drama and tree damage. 

The initial round of storms moved so fast that they didn't deposit much rain. But a slow moving batch of rain following the storms by several hours last night made up for it in a few spots, anyway. 

It looks like there were two decent swaths of rain. One, depositing an inch or more. extended from the Adirondacks through northeastern New York and northwestern Vermont. Another went from Rutland and Windsor counties, then up the Connecticut River Valley all the way to Quebec.

A flood warning was issued for an area around Tyson, Bridgewater and Plymouth as they had up to three inches of rain in less than three hours, but the flooding turned out to be minor. 

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It was still vaguely humid out there early this  morning, though better than it was yesterday.  A second cold front coming through between mid morning and noon will produce a smattering of light showers, but not change the air much more. It might lower dew points a bit for the afternoon.  

Tree damage from Tuesday's storms in Georgia, Vermont. 

Some sunshine breaking out ahead of a third cold front could create a few more showers and storms toward late afternoon or evening.  A few storms might be strong-ish in northern New York, but I don't anticipate anything that wild. In fact, most people will probably avoid any storms.

Nobody will avoid what comes after this front, though. The air behind it is much cooler and much more humid. 

Tomorrow is the start of meteorological fall. For organized record keeping, climatologists and others regard autumn as the period from September 1 to November 30.

Nature will match up with the start of meteorological autumn, as tomorrow will be the coldest day since the third weekend in June. Most of us won't get out out of the 60s for highs tomorrow,  under partly cloudy skies. Also, most of us will get down into the 40s tomorrow night, with the cold hollows reaching the upper 30s. 

It'll quickly warm back up Friday and Saturday, but this is a reminder that summer is just about over. Given forecast trends, we might have a few more very warm and humid days during September, but not many.  It's just about time to stick a fork in summer. 

Here's the video of yesterday's storms. Click on this link if you don't see the image below, otherwise, click on that image to view.