Rain Winners And Losers Continue In New England

A nice thunderstorm Sunday in the Adirondacks looms over homes in
Burlington, Vermont's Old North End, promising rain in parched
backyard gardens there. Alas the storm dissipated on approach
to Burlington, so only sprinkles hit those gardens 

The dry weather continues in New England, despite some local downpours that went way over the top in a few places on Sunday.

Thunderstorms and downpours sprouted all over the place, as expected, on Sunday.  While some towns got oodles of needed rain, other places went dry. Or only got a sprinkle.

A nice looking thunderstorm with heavy rain approached dusty Burlington, Vermont Sunday afternoon, but of course it dissipated on its way to town.

Only 0.03 inches of rain fell there Sunday. So far in June, Burlington is one of the really dry places with only 0.74 inches in June through yesterday. There should have been 3.44 inches by now.

Unless some great rains fall today and/or tomorrow, this will be one of Burlington's driest Junes on record.

Here in St. Albans, Vermont, I got about a quarter inch of rain overnight Saturday night, but just sprinkles during the day.

Elsewhere, a handful of places got bullseyed. More than an inch of rain fell around Stowe, and good chunks of Rutland and Windsor counties had nearly an inch of rainfall.

In Southern New England, a few places got too much of a good thing.  Flash flooding after five inches of rain in a couple of hours forced evacuations at a Norwood, Massachusetts hospital.

Today, tomorrow and to an extent Wednesday will be rinse (for some) and repeat (for all) as that upper level low parks itself near us.

In much of Vermont, including here in St. Albans, it was awfully murky this morning with lots of fog and a little drizzle.  Some of that will lift today but it will remain cloudy. Enough sunlight and warmth will get through the clouds to trigger more showers, and maybe a thunderstorm or two, especially this afternoon.

The weird part of today's showers and storms is that here in Vermont, they will move slowly from east to west, opposite the usual direction summer showers and storms move.

This is because the upper level low is a bit to our south.  Wind around any storm in the northern hemisphere goes counterclockwise. Since we're north of the storm, winds are generally from the east, so that's the way the showers get pushed.

As noted, the rain today will be hit and miss, but the best chances for good downpours are in the Northeast Kingdom, with progressively lighter amounts, at least in most places, as you head west and south.

Overall, though, it will be kind of an unpleasant day for summer. Which is OK, we could use any rain we can get. Temperatures will stay on the cool side (upper 60s and low 70s for most of us), there will be some occasionally stiff north breezes, and don't count on much sun.

Again, I'm fine with that, as long as it really rains. And the cool breezes are a big improvement over the oppressive heat last week.

Tomorrow and Wednesday will bring more of the same, with perhaps a few more breaks of sun, and temperatures slightly warmer than today.