The weather on the Lake has been intriguing me as of late. I’m from the Midwest where South winds bring Texas warmth and Gulf rains. Winds from the West are gentle breezes left over from the Dakota plains, and weather from the North (well, NNW) is generally expected as a Arctic Jet Stream bringing cold, cold and more cold. But I’m not able to wrap my head around the weather here yet. I have gotten to see some great storms roll across the Lake from New York, and had the distinct pleasure of seeing the North East breeze blow in some crazy winds by way of Colchester Bay. This job is teaching me that the Waterfront Coordinators have become the front line for the campers and instructors to be weather hounds, watching, waiting, and warning when necessary of all possible issues that arise. This puts a great deal of responsibility on our plates to not only be aware by watching the clouds, winds, waves and radar but to learn what to expect from the storms moving our way. While we WC’s all can’t be as good as Tom Messner or Colin Davis, we are honing our skills as amatuer meteorologists and storm-trackers to keep the Community Sailing Center a safe place for us all to access the Lake.
As an aside, the average annual precipitation for Vermont is 40.13 inches and as of the end of June, we’ve received 17.83″, which puts us right on track for the yearly average but about an inch below where we were at this point last year (18.94″).
