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| A likely tornado near Wilton, NY on Thursday. The storm was only about 25 miles west of the Vermont border at the time. The storm that produced the probable tornado ended up in northern Bennington County, Vermont later, but it had weakened considerably by then, causing little or no damage in Vermont, |
The only damage report I've seen in Vermont so far is in Westmore, not too far from the western shore of Lake Willoughby. A couple of pine trees were tossed down by severe thunderstorm winds very late in the afternoon.
Things were much worse early last evening a little west of Vermont in Saratoga County, New York
A likely tornado touched sown around Wilton, New York. The town is between Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls, New York and a little less than 30 miles west of the Vermont border near Rupert.
Video on social media shows what appears to be a tornado funnel looking north from Saratoga Springs amid what is clearly a severe thunderstorm. The video also appears to show intense rear flank downdraft winds behind the possible tornado.
The second floor of house in Wilton was damaged, and numerous trees were reported down. Additional tree damage was reported across several spots in Gansvoort, which is about five miles east of Wilton.
The tornado appears to have crossed Interstate 87 (the Northway) near Wilton and Gansvoort. Fallen trees closed travel lanes.
So far, no injuries have been reported.
The National Weather Service office in Albany, New York is headed out to Saratoga County today, especially around the town of Wilton for a look-see to determine for sure whether that was a tornado, or just severe, damaging winds.
The supercell that caused the likely tornado in New York continued on toward Bennington County, Vermont but weakened as it did so. I've not seen any damage reports out of southwest Vermont from the storm.
We have an interlude of calmer weather coming in. No more tornadoes for the foreseeable future. Let's get into the daily forecasts
TODAY
One last cold front with this latest weather system is coming through today. We started out with relatively mild air, along with moderately high humidity.
That won't last.
The front might fire up some widely scattered showers or even a rumble of thunder in a few places. But those showers won't amount to much and many places won't see any rain at all in the north. There's a high chance that almost nobody in southern Vermont will see any rain, either.
It's too bad there won't be widespread rain. we need it. Spoiler: I'll have more on the lack of rain in a separate post later today.
The bonus with this front is we'll get another whoosh of pleasant weather. This will arguably be the coolest air we've seen since early June. .Cold fronts are starting to have more oomph now as we get near September.
Highs today will only be in the low 70s north. Southern valleys could make it to around 80 degrees as they will be the last to see the cold front. Much cooler and less humid air will keep flowing in this evening.
SATURDAY
Still looking like a beauty. It'll start off chilly. Another sign of autumn. Most of us will be in the 40s at dawn. There could be a couple upper 30s in the coldest hollows of the Northeast Kingdom and Adirondacks. Readings near Lake Champlain will be in the low 50s.
As usual on calm mornings this time of year, we'll start the day with patchy dense fog. But that'll burn off quickly to reveal a sunny, comfortable day. Some puffy clouds will decorate the sky, especially over the mountains. If you are in the mountains, I guess it'll be only partly sunny. Highs should reach the 70s pretty much area wide.
No complaints, though. If you were planning an outdoor event for Saturday, the weather gods are totally with you.
SUNDAY
Another cold front should approach Vermont from Quebec and Ontario. It'll set off clouds and maybe some showers north, but it should still be an OK day, as it looks now. The front is expected to stall in a northwest to southeast orientation somewhere near the Green Mountain State Sunday night. This has implications for the weather next week.
MONDAY-WEDNESDAY
That stalled front will meander somewhere over the Northeast, but it's unclear exactly where. It's also unknown how little disturbances running along the front will behave, and whether this means any decent rains for Vermont.
A weather set up like this caused some flooding in Rutland County, Vermont in early September, 1985, but flooding from this coming weather pattern is very much a long shot. I wouldn't worry about it.
A possible second cold front will probably sweep it all away maybe next Thursday or Friday. Stay tuned.
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