Our weather remains benign to start the week, compared with the catastrophic flooding in the Hudson Valley on Sunday. Torrential rain brought 7.71 inches of rain to the hilly terrain around and near West Point in just a few hours. Roads collapsed, and houses were swept away into the Hudson. These flooding rains moved into western and northern New England on Monday.
The Weather Prediction Center placed Vermont in a rare high risk for flooding rainfall, again over hilly terrain, which can prove to cause highly destructive and potentially deadly flash flooding.
The eight hottest years on global record have occurred since 2016, the hottest year of all so far, when a strong El Nino added natural heat to the human activity-caused global warming, writes Don Paul.
After a comfortably mild afternoon Monday with a developing fresh breeze and moderate humidity, Tuesday will bring more sunshine, with a stiffening southwest breeze to make the 84 degree high with moderate humidity easy to take. During Tuesday night, an approaching cool front will trigger a few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms, likely ending during early Wednesday.
The Storm Prediction Center has all of our region at a 5% marginal risk for severe storms Wednesday. At this point, I can’t…
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