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August 10th Super Moon

The supermoon occurs when the moon becomes full at the closest point in its orbit to Earth, called a perigee full moon. Although there has already been a supermoon earlier this year on July 12, this one will be particularly striking. It will become full at the same time as its perigee, making it the most super of the supermoons this year. The moon is expected to appear 12% bigger and 30% brighter than it did in January 2014, when the moon was full at the farthest point.

super moon

8/10/14 Super Moon taken in Island Pond, VT

 

 

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

Longer days

We are getting more daylight now that we are closing in on mid February. The sun is also getting a lot stronger. The stronger sun is really noticeable when getting in to a car that has been sitting in the sun on a cold day like today. It’s not as frigid in the car as it was during the same type of day in the beginning of January.

Here’s an image from our webcam at around 5:30pm yesterday. A month ago it would have been dark at that time.

Longer days are starting to be more noticeable

Longer days are starting to be more noticeable