Skies Refuse To Rain In Ultra Dry Northern Vermont, Pours Elsewhere

You'd think a sky over northern Vermont that looked like
this early today would yield some badly needed rain,
but nope! The drought continues. 

 I bet a lot of you will be frustrated in northern and central Vermont today. Especially if your gardens are continuing to wilt. 

It was pouring just south of Vermont this morning. News of additional flash flooding from too much rain keeps coming in, mostly recently the past couple days in and around Chicago.

In most of the rest of Vermont, though, gray clouds covered the sky starting late yesterday afternoon. A gloomy dark overcast greeted us this morning. 

You'd think we're in for a nice soaking. But we've only had a couple of lonely raindrops north of Route 4, and that's pretty much all we can expect today. 

The drought rolls on.

The potent little storm that flooded Chicago is pushing a band of pretty heavy rain through New York's Mohawk Valley and into southern New England. I've heard forecasts that anticipated up to three inches of rain near Albany, New York, and well over an inch in southwestern Massachusetts and parts of Connecticut, 

Far southern Vermont is getting some nice rains, too. Along Route 9 between Bennington and Brattleboro, up to three quarters of an inch of rain could come down by the end of the day. 

That tapers off to an expected tenth of an inch along Route 4 between Rutland and White River Junction. Central and northern Vermont get basically nothing, 

It seems that once a drought starts, you can't get the clouds to produce any rain.  Some rain was coming out of the clouds last evening over northern Vermont, but the air was so dry, it evaporated on the way down. I think I counted three whole raindrops while I was in my St. Albans, yard last evening. 

It'll feel a bit strange watering the gardens under a chilly overcast instead of dry heat today, but there we are. 

THE DETAILS: 

It'll be the same story today. The clouds will hold on most of the day, especially central and south. But that overcast won't yield any rain to speak of in the northern half of Vermont   Some breaks of sun will probably break out in the afternoon along and north of Route 2.   

More than an inch of rain is expected just south of 
Vermont today but most of the state will unfortunately
stay dry. Only areas in the far south will pick up
anything signficant,

Because of the clouds, most of us will see highs only in the 60s, far cooler than normal for mid-August. 

The far north could see some low 70s with those breaks of sun.  Areas near Route 9 at the bottom of Vermont could hold in the mid and upper 50s, which is remarkably chilly for this time of year. 

It'll clear up tonight, and stay pretty much that way well into Saturday. The sunshine and low humidity will continue to dry us out. 

Since we'll start off cool this afternoon, temperatures will be able to crash overnight. By dawn it'll be in the 40s across most of the Green Mountain State. , 

We'll see a warming trend through Saturday with highs in the 70s Thursday, near 80 Friday and in the low 80s Saturday.

RAIN CHANCES? 

At the moment, meteorologists are predicting a slow moving cold front Sunday and Monday could give all of Vermont and the rest of the Northeast  a good dose of rain. But given the recent track history of rainless days, I'll believe it when I see it.