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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 12h

Matt's Weather Rapport: The Trump administration abandoned a key database on big U.S. disasters, because #climate change denial. The nonprofit Climate Central has revived it. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/clim...

Climate Central Takes Over Billion Dollar Disaster Database That Trump Administration Abandoned.

Climate Central has taken over a data base of billion dollar disasters in the United States. The federal government had maintained the data,...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 16h

Matt's Weather Rapport: Since at least August, anytime #Vermont managed to get a little rain, it would immediately get sunny and arid. This go around, clouds, dampness and showers lingered. A welcome new pattern? Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/gloo...

Gloomy Vermont Weather Is The New Gorgeous, As It's Preventing Drought From Getting Worse.

Lingering fall foliage brightened up the surroundings a little under a dark overcast in St. Albans, Vermont Thursday. Unlike in recent month...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 1d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Tropical Storm #Melissa is a meandering mess in the Caribbean, but seems poised to become a menacing monster soon. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/fore...

Forecasters Worred Tropical Storm Melissa Could Turn Into Catastrophic Caribbean Hurricane

Satellite view of Tropical Storm Melissa starting to get its act together over the Caribbean today. When we last checked in on Tropical Sto...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 1d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Recent calamitous flooding in Mexico killed dozens, but it hasn't really been on the news for whatever reason. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/mexi...

Mexican Flood Another Disaster That Did Not Get Enough Attention

Destruction in Mexico after deadly flooding this month. A huge flood and a series of mudslides last week in Mexico killed at least 76 peop...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 1d

Matt's Weather Rapport: New weekly U.S. Drought Monitor has only slight improvement northwest #Vermont not change elsewhere despite Monday rain. New downpours NW VT Wed., but only light precip in forecast. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/drou...

Drought Update Still Grim, But Wednesday Rain Over-Performed In Parts Of Vermont, Rain Turns Light

Drought conditions improved just slightly in northwestern Vermont, but stayed the same elsewhere despite Monday's rain Moderate drought is ...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 2d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Swatting mosquitoes in Iceland? For the first time in history, they're there, thanks to #climatechange. Elsewhere, disease bearing mosquitoes moving into formerly colder areas for same reason. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/mosq...

Mosquitoes In Iceland? Climate Change Adds Bugs To "Cold" Nation

Thanks to a warming planet, mosquitoes have been found for the first time in Iceland. The bugs, and the diseases they carry, have been headi...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 2d

A few lightning strikes in Champlain Valley, Vermont currently. One just now a bit south of Burlington #Vtwx

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 2d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Another rainy day in drought stricken northern New England, which is awesome. Here in Vermont, much less rain than Monday, but we'll take anything. Also, thunder, small hail? Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/some...

Some More Showers, Even Thunder Today, Adding To Needed Vermont Rains

After the rains in my back yard, St. Albans, Vermont on Tuesday. Got out there between the the rainfall Monday and today to get a little fa...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 3d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Tropical Storm #Melissa forms in Caribbean. Future track is super uncertain. But flash floods/landslides likely in Hispaniola. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/trop...

Tropical Storm Melissa Forms In Caribbean; Future Track A Toss Up

The forecast track of a tropical storm or hurricane usually takes the form of a "cone of uncertainty." The future track of Tropical Storm M...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 3d

Matt's Weather Rapport: A rain storm over-performed here in #Vermont yesterday, dumping more than two inches of rain on some towns. This will slightly dent the deep drought, which is great. Full report with forecast here: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/glor...

Glorious Rain Soaks Much Of Vermont, Slightly Denting Drought

One of a series of downpours approaching West Rutland, Vermont Monday morning. This one even had sort of a shelf cloud feature you'd see wi...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 4d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Two #climate tipping points? Global coral is super rough shape after 2 warmest years on record. And suddenly, in past decade, Antarctic ice levels crashing. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/cora...

Coral And Antarctic Sea Ice Climate Change Tipping Points Underway?

Coral bleached out from exposure to too-hot water If this goes on for too long, the coral dies. Coral reefs worldwide are now suffering fro...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 4d

Matt's Weather Rapport: After yet another dry, windy day, wet weather has finally arrived. No drought buster, but at least things won't get worse. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/dry-...

Dry, Warm Windy Sunday Yields To A Rainy Vermont Monday.

Lingering fall foliage near Proctor, Vermont Sunday, which might have been the last truly warm day of 2025 as highs got well into the 70s. W...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 5d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Can spreading crushed volcanic rock on farm fields combat climate change? Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/can-...

Can Dusting Cropland With Crushed Up Volcanic Rock Ease Climate Change?

A truck spreads crushed basalt rock over a Brazilian farm field. The idea is supposed to combat climate change by running weathered rock int...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 5d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Two VERY different weather days in #Vermont today and tomorrow, even if both are windy. Today, it's dry with a wildfire risk. Tomorrow, downpours. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/sund...

Sunday In Vermont: Dry, Gusty Fire Risk: Monday In Vermont: A Quick Soaking

The latest National Weather Service forecast rainfall map for now through early Tuesday. A nice inch or so over central and southern Vermont...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 6d

Matt's Weather Rapport: A head's up: Fire danger will be sky high tomorrow here in Vermont. The drought, plus dry, windy weather on Sunday will make forest fires start easily, spread fast. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/head...

Heads Up Vermont: Fire Weather Watch In Effect Sunday Before Rains Hit

This is what you get in a drought. An autumn forest fire on Robbins Mountain near Richmond, Vermont back in 2016. Similar scenes are possi...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 6d

Matt's Weather Rapport: A new report says 170 U.S. hospitals are at risk for flooding. Try evacuating a hospital in that type of crisis, and you see the danger. #Climate change could make this more likely details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/at-l...

At Least 170 U.S. Hospitals At Risk Of Floods

Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, Tennessee submerged in floodwaters during Hurricane Helene last year. Researchers say 170 U.S. hospitals ar...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 6d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Finally! It looks like we'll have a wet week here in #Vermont It won't come close to ending the drought, but it will probably at least temporarily prevent it from getting worse Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/for-...

For A Change In Vermont, A Wet Week Is Coming, And That Will Be Glorious. (Drought To Linger, Though)

A blue sky view from South Burlington, Vermont Friday looking toward New York's Adirondacks. Many of the leaves you see in this photo will b...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 7d

Matt's Weather Rapport: This won't be the main focus of tomorrow's #NoKings rallies, but Kristi Noem, AKA Ice Barbie, is slow walking needed disaster aid across the nation. Even Republicans are mad. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/ice-...

ICE Barbie Has GOP Angry Over Her Micromanaging, Which Screws Disaster Victims

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, AKA Ice Barbie, is one of the people demonstrators will object to during tomorrow's N...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 7d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Cool, windy weather added urgency to the task of hunkering down for a Vermont winter. Sunny skies will help with the work next couple of days, then badly needed rain arrives. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/chil...

Chilly, Dry, Windy In Vermont To Yield To Warmer, Dry, Windy, But Rain Chances Sunday Night??

Ice in the bird feeder here in St. Albans, Vermont today. Time to take that in with everything else, as we are in the hunker down for winter...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 8d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Weekly U.S. #Drought Monitor, out this morning, shows no improvement here in #Vermont but things have gotten a little better in southern New England. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

New U.S. Drought Monitor Report Shows No Real Improvement In Vermont/New England.

This weeks's U.S. Drought Monitor shows little improvement over last week, despite some rain. Red area is extreme drought, orange is severe...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 8d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Lilacs are bizarrely blooming in #Vermont now instead of May. Weird weather and climate change are big factors with these strange, out of season flowers. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/comp...

Completely Backwards: Vermont Lilacs Blooming In October!

Lilacs bloom on the tree outside my house in St. Albans, Vermont this week. Stress from a wet spring, a blight and drought have caused this...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 9d

Matt's Weather Rapport: The horrible storm that devastated western Alaska coastal communities was not well forecast, likely due to DOGE cutbacks that prevented weather balloon launches. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/doge...

DOGE Cuts Turned Devastating, Deadly Alaska Storm Into A Surprise, Leaving Some Unprepared

Destruction in western Alaska due to the severe storm that hit over the weekend. Forecasting for the storm appears to be substandard because...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 9d

Matt's Weather Rapport: Vermont is normally a cloudy state, but our drought has given us some of the sunniest skies in memory. The clouds have finally returned. Rain has not. Will that change? Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/one-...

One Of Vermont's Sunniest Autumns Ever Finally Gives Way To Clouds

The setting sun briefly lit up these trees in St. Albans, Vermont late Tuesday afternoon, but you can still see the thick gray clouds in the...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 10d

Matt's Weather Rapport: It's been a weird, weird, Atlantic #hurricane season so far. But if we get lucky, this might be the first year since 2015 with no U.S. hurricane landfalls. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/its-...

It's Been A Odd Tropical Storms, Hurricanes Season And The Weirdness Continues

Powerful Hurricane Erin in the central Atlantic Ocean back on August 16. It's been a really weird hurrican We're nearing the end of Atlanti...

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Matt Sutkoski @mattweathervt.bsky.social · 10d

Matt's Weather Rapport: An odd, strangely early "winter" storm is hitting #California with bursts of heavy rain, flash floods, debris flows, mountain snows. Rest of Desert Southwest is oddly stormy, too. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/oddl...

Oddly Early Winter Storm Snarls California, And Additional Rough, Wet Weather Hits Other Parts Of U.S. Southwest

Workers try to clear storm drains in San Francisco Monday as cars splash through the deep puddles. An oddly early, strong storm is hitting C...

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