Still Goldilocks, But Maybe A Wetter, Cooler Version Coming Up

Debris from a large tree that fell on this perennial garden
on my St. Albans, Vermont property is long gone thanks
to husband Jeff. This morning, the fully recovered
garden begins another drink of water on a wet Sunday. 

The Goldilocks weather I referred to in yesterday's post continues in Vermont, despite the fact that this is definitely going to be an indoors kind of Sunday. 

Rain overspread the state this morning. Turns out this could end up being the wettest week we've had in Vermont for quite awhile. But don't worry, it's nothing dire.  

Plus, we'll have a little more of the type of nice weather we had Saturday early this week before it gets rainy again. 

First, today. It will feel rather raw compared to the placid weather we've had recently. The rain will hold temperatures during the day in the 50s That's a little cooler than average for this time of year, but nothing really out of the ordinary. 

Gusty south winds, especially in the Champlain Valley will make it feel worse, and of course the rain will make a day on the golf course or anything like that pretty challenging. 

Aside from the risk of brief embedded downpours, this won't be anything heavy.  It'll amount to maybe half an inch of rain, give or take, before it all tapers off later tonight. A nice wetting for the gardens, but that's about it. 

The best days of the week should be Monday and especially Tuesday. It should get sunnier and sunnier as we go through tomorrow. Tuesday looks spectacular, with highs up near 70 again. 

After that, the fast pace of spring we've seen will slow down. That wetter trend from Wednesday onward is part of a pattern change that will keep us on the cool side probably well into the middle of the month. 

National Weather Service radar showed lots of rain
overspreading Vermont Sunday morning. 

Between the end of the week and through much of the following week, high temperatures on many days will probably hold in the 50s. Again, cool for this time of year. 

Showers are in the forecast every day Wednesday through Saturday. It won't rain all the time during that period, but we will be dodging raindrops.  

If forecasts are accurate, most of the Green Mountain State will have had 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain between this morning and next Sunday morning.  This won't lead to any flooding, unless we get an incredible surprise late in the week. But it's still rather soggy. 

Last May and early June, it was beginning to look like Vermont was heading into a summer drought. Only a third of an inch of rain fell in Burlington between May 4 and 31 and the dry weather extended into the first few days of June.

You know what happened after that, though.  One of the wettest summers on record gave us repeated, sometimes catastrophic flooding. 

Especially with this upcoming week's weather, we're having anything but a drought.  I have no idea whether this summer will be the opposite of last year. 

But it will be interesting to see how it plays out.