Happy Vernal Equinox!

The venal equinox--the official start of spring!--comes in at 12:57 pm Eastern Daylight Time today. Enjoy your exactly 12 hours of daylight today...and the days are just getting longer!
We had some hail in the weather excitement last night, and in most areas, that is still on the ground. Thus the trails are fairly slick this morning.
However, more good news! It's warming up! At 9 am, it is already 35.1 degrees and it is RISING! The high today is forecasted to be as high as 48!
Right now it is overcast and raining with 88% humidity, but that should be clearing over the course of today.
The brook is running; the Cascades are as well, though there is still snow on the falls.
Happy spring!

Yesterday's Rains

So, yesterday's rains still have the world soaked through.

A few interesting thoughts:
1.) It didn't rain a drop over by Lake Quinsigamond!
2.) It only rained 0.26" up at the airport, very nearby to the Lodge,
3.) And yet here we had deep standing water on bare ground and a stream flowing through the grass out back.

Pretty amazing, localized, and the world is more green this morning as a result.

Also fun, driving north on Olean Street/Reservoir Road (Holden side) there were downed limbs and an occasional tree from the passing torrent of a storm.

Presently at 8:45 am the conditions here are:
69 degrees;
77% humidity;
29.23" of Hg barometric pressure;
(The Rain gauge was OF COURSE out of order yesterday (my luck!));
The stream is running at 6" of flow (up from 4.8" early yesterday);
The USFS Fire Danger Class is NONE;
and there is only a gentle stirring of leaves.

Hail forecasted

(not making this up)
The National Weather Service is predicting thunderstorms and a chance of hail this afternoon; you might want to get out there now (like the biker that just went by!).

At 10 am (sorry: sick kid, late morning)
It is 66.7 degrees and rising
50% humidity and falling
Barometer is at 29.68 and steady

Just in from the National Weather Service

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY IN THE INTERIOR.

THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL ON TUESDAY.