Vermont Escapes Storms For Once. Also, Fog Season Has Arrived, And Gorgeous Saturday

Weather radar late Friday afternoon showed some fairly
strong thunderstorms in eastern New York, but they 
barely brushed the extreme southwestern tip of 
Vermont, so for a change, no severe weather for us. 

 Some fairly strong storms developed in central and eastern New York yesterday with the latest weather disturbance, but Vermont for a change was left unscathed. There was some rain in southwestern parts of the state, but we ended our streak of three consecutive severe weather days. 

One strong looking storm (at least the way it looks on radar) barely brushed Pownal on the extreme southwestern tip of Vermont. That was it.

I've also noticed we've gotten into fog season in Vermont. In the late summer and the first half of autumn, the nights start getting cooler but the ground, streams, ponds, marshes and lakes are warm. 

The cool air comes in contact with the moisture emitting from the warmer soil and water. The cool air makes the moisture condense into locally dense fog.

We had areas of fog yesterday morning and even more so as we started today. The National Weather Service in South Burlington put out a special weather statement noting that locally dense fog was even more widespread than usual, so care needed to be taken on the roads.

The good news is this early morning fog always burns off quickly. By the time you read this, any fog in your area will be gone, or will be very shortly. We'll end up with our well-advertised gorgeous day. 

The forecast is the same as how I outlined it yesterday. Sunny, with highs generally in the 70s, very low humidity and maybe a slight, pleasant breeze from the north 

SUNDAY

Another pretty nice day, especially since they've postponed the arrival of some rain until a little later.  We'll start the day with clear skies. Except river valleys especially will see some early morning dense fog again. Like I said, tis the season.

Clouds should slowly  increase during the afternoon. But since the sun will stay out longer than earlier forecasts indicated, the National Weather Service has bumped up expected high temperatures a little. Most of us on valley floors should make it to near 80 degrees.

Some showers could arrive during the evening. 

SUNDAY NIGHT

If you're like Eddie Rabbit and you love a rainy night, you'll enjoy Sunday night. The entire state should enjoy a decent soaking. The uncertain part of the forecast is where potentially heavier rain might set up.  The National Weather Service thinks there might be a few streaks of an inch to an inch and a half totals somewhere in Vermont, but are unsure where.

Don't be surprised if you hear the roar of a downpour on your roof or a rumble of thunder, as you might be in one of those streaks of more drenching rains. If you end up outside of one of those areas of downpours, you should stills see a a quarter to a half inch of rain. 

Since this particular system looks like it will affect the entire state, then places that are too dry and avoided all of our recent wild thunderstorms should get some needed rain. Unless this storm pulls another surprise on us. 

MONDAY

The rain should taper off early in the day, and we'll be left with a damp, humid feel to the air for a few hours at least. An approaching cold front will take advantage of that moisture to set off some showers and maybe some garden variety thunderstorms. 

So far, we're not expecting any severe weather. The showers should tend to taper off in the afternoon and evening and we'll feel that humidity diminish again as drier air comes in from Canada.

REST OF NEXT WEEK

Basically seasonable weather as the hot and in many areas oppressively humid air stays locked in the souther, central and western United States. We should keep with our pretty average temperatures for mid-August, with no signs of terrible humidity creeping in just yet. Our next chance of showers is probably Wednesday or Thursday.