Summer Creeps Into Vermont, Right On Schedule

Clouds build over the Adirondacks on a full-on summery day last
year, as viewed from South Burlington, Vermont. Summer
weather is finally, grudgingly coming into the Green Mountain State
as the Summer Solstice also arrives

The Summer Solstice officially arrives just before noon Friday in our neck of the woods. For once, the timing of the solstice and the arrival of summer weather roughly coincide here in Vermont.

We haven't had much truly summer weather yet. We haven't had many days that got into the 80s not a lot of humid days, not a lot of summertime thunderstorms.

But that is beginning to change.  Unevenly, but it's happening.

As you might have noticed, the last few days have been seasonably warm and pleasant, at least in northern Vermont. (Southern Vermont has had to contend with occasional showers.)

Today will remind us of typical summer weather, too. It'll be partly sunny, and there is a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. It doesn't look like any storms will be severe, and not all of us will get a storm. It will be the usual warm season scattered stuff as a weak system comes through.

At least part of Thursday will feel slightly humid as a stronger system approaches. A good slug of rain will come through Thursday night, especially in central and southern Vermont. NOAA's Weather Prediction Center has Vermont and most of the rest of New England under a slight risk for excessive rain Thursday night. However, if there is any flooding, it will be minor and localized, at least in Vermont.

We will get a brief interruption to full-on summer weather on Friday, solstice day, and Saturday, the first full day of summer. Both days will be a little on the cool side, but nothing odd of this time of year.

Then, back to summer. Sunday looks sunny and warm. Monday might be a bit humid, and we get into the chance of thunderstorms again Monday and especially on Tuesday, at least as it looks now. It is too soon to tell how extensive next week's storms might be, if they happen at all.

Summer has been really reluctant to arrive this year, but all indications look like it is finally here.