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Warm spell throughout the NEK

For the second day in a row we have reached the 80’s here in Island Pond. Fortunately there is a nice breeze to help keep it feeling a little cooler.  Even Coles Pond, at over 2000 ft of elevation if flirting with the 80 degree mark. We are expecting thunder storms later today and showers for the rest of the week. Early indications show a great weekend with temps in the 70’s on Saturday and low 80’s for Sunday.

Time Lapse Bird Feeder Close Up

It’s hard to see the birds at the feeders on the webcam, so I thought I would try filming a close up. So, yesterday I setup the Gopro camera to take a still image every 2 seconds, and then put them all together. As you will see, we have Goldfinch, Purple Finch, Chickadees, and Red-breasted nuthatch regularly visiting the feeders. It starts kind of slow, but picks up about a minute in to the video.

Snow slowly disappearing in the NEK.

Not much melting today with temperatures in the upper 20’s to low 30’s in the Northeast Kingdom. However, the past few days have seen high temperatures in the upper 40’s to mid 50’s throughout the region. On Monday we reached 57° here in Island Pond! That was the warmest temperature we have seen since a warm day back in December. Unfortunately there is a price to be paid for the warm weather, and that comes in the form of mud. Some of the back roads are in rough shape and may not be passable without 4 wheel drive.

Down to less than a foot of snow on the Island Pond webcam

Down to less than a foot of snow on the Island Pond webcam

Much more snow at 2200 ft of elevation in Walden,  VT

Much more snow at 2200 ft of elevation in Walden, VT