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| Vermont's Labor Day weekend will bring a variety of weather, but we're hoping skies on Monday will look like they did here in St. Albans yesterday Note the hints of fall color in the trees. It's possible a little wildfire smoke might make the sky not quite as blue as this Monday, but then again, the smoke could miss us. Rain on Saturday, though. |
Weather always factors into the planning, of course.
So, overall here's the idea:
Saturday: Plan on doing something indoors, especially afternoon/evening.
Sunday: The beach day, with a big asterisk
Monday: Take a hike. Or do something outdoors.
Here are the details:
Yesterday, we unofficially declared summer in Vermont over. As if to emphasize the point, a strong cold front will take us from a brief squirt of humid weather later Saturday and Sunday to a classic autumn, crisp day on Labor Day itself.
If you're getting an early start to the weekend, today looks fine. We should see quite a bit of sun, and it will be a little warmer than yesterday. The warmest valleys could touch 80. It'll be kind of breezy, especially in the Champlain Valley as south winds are picking up
The main surge of wet air will come well ahead of the cold front. Saturday looks to be very nearly a washout, with high chances of rain all day. You'll also notice it getting more and more humid as the day passes.
Most of us will a half inch to an inch of rain, which all of our rivers and streams should be able to handle just fine. The only danger is there could be isolated instances in which heavy showers form in a line that hits the same spot repeatedly. If that were to happen, we'd see - once again - so very local trouble with water.
I'm not too worried, though. If that happens, it'll be pretty isolated, and not extreme like some of the storms we saw over the summer.
For Sunday, I said above it's the beach day, but you will need to be ready to scramble. We'll have a partly sunny, breezy, somewhat humid day as temperatures climb to near 80 once again. That's why it will at least start off as a nice beach day.
But that cold front will be approaching with at least a broken line of showers and thunderstorms that will come through mid to late afternoon, the National Weather Service office in South Burlington tells us.
So, if you hear thunder or see dark clouds coming, grab your beach stuff and rush over to the car. The thunderstorms probably won't be severe, though some might be strong with gusty winds. Enough to cause a few broken branches and a couple power outages in the very worst cases. Nothing widespread, though.
Monday will be that crisp autumn day we talked about. Perfect for a hike to the summit of Camels Hump, or an excursion to an apple orchard, or a boat ride on the lake.
Highs will only reach the 60s, and there should be a steady northwest breeze. Temperatures should fall back pretty quickly toward sunset, so bring a hoodie.
I'm hoping we see the type of bright, blue clear skies we saw during that refreshing burst of Canadian air we saw yesterday.
However, there are some pretty big fires burning in central Canada. It's possible the rush of cool air from Canada on Monday will grab some of the smoke and bring it our way.
If it does, we might be denied the bluebird blue skies, and it could turn out hazy on Monday. Dunno yet. But if some smoke does come our way, it will be mostly high overhead, so air quality down here where we live should be OK.
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