More Scattered Vermont Flooding Friday; Beautiful Sky Heralds End To Rain Nightmare

After flash flooding caused damage in Enosburgh Falls,
Vermont Friday, this peaceful scene greeted 
residents as the storms departed. 

 As expected, locally torrential rains triggered renewed flooding in a few spots in Vermont Friday, but that's pretty much over, and I think we can start breathing a sigh of relief.  

Most of Friday's trouble was in northwestern Vermont, which had been mostly spared all the flood grief we've been through for the past two weeks. 

Flooding was concentrated in and around Enosburgh Falls and Richford. Two sections of Route 105 were temporarily closed. One was in the Richford and East Richford area. The other was near the Dairy Center just north of Enosburgh Falls. 

Route 108 just above the dam in Enosburgh Falls was also closed for a time The basement of the Enosburgh Falls Village Offices was flooded and being pumped out Friday evening. 

Other flash flood warnings went up in parts of Addison and Rutland counties, and I'm sure there were a few washouts here and there win that neck of the woods.  So far though, no reports of super serious damage. 

Perhaps as a sign from the heavens that the two week old flood siege in Vermont might be ending, the sky over the Enosburgh area turned spectacular after the flood. As black clouds rumbled with thunder to the northeast, brilliant sun cutting in from the west lit up the trees and farm fields in bright electric green.

Brilliant rainbows lit up near the mountains. 

Indeed, for a welcome change, there are very few signs of trouble in the Vermont weather forecast. 

WHAT'S AHEAD

Today will be delightfully cool, with many of us not even making it out of the 70s.  There will be some sunshine, but also the risk of showers

For once, there's no need to freak out over those chances of rain. For most of us, any showers will be light and brief. The "hardest hit" towns today might see a quick downpour that could drop almost a quarter inch of rain - far too little to set off any new flood worries. So we're good. 

Patches of fog glow in the sun on hillsides near Enosburgh
Falls, Vermont Friday after a flooding thunderstorm
departed the area. 

Tonight will be probably be the coldest night for many of us since the third week in June. Almost everybody will get below 60 degrees. It will be a wonderful sleeping night. 

No complaints about Sunday. Expect sunshine and temperatures in the low 80s with manageable humidity. Perfect! 

The only trouble spot I see on the weather horizon is Tuesday. But I'm not too worried. We have a pretty typical mid-summer weak cold front coming in, which will probably set off a few showers and storms. 

I suppose there might be an isolated wind or water problem with Tuesday's weather, but it shouldn't be nearly as worrisome as all the recent storms we had.

It'll be on the warm side all week, with temperatures possibly reaching the upper 80s for the second half of the week.  

Long range forecasts are hinting at - but not guaranteeing - some actual cooler than normal temperatures as we open the month of August. If that happens, we'll be an exception. Most of the rest of the United States will continue baking in hot - sometimes dangerous hot weather