Monthly Archives: May 2018

When I looked outside my dorm room window this week, I was pleasantly surprised. The warm temperatures and sunny weather have finally produced buds on the trees, with many sprouting leaves. The mountains are beginning to look less purple and more green and the grass is starting to look very lush. Even though the winter felt like it would never end, all of the elements we love about warm weather are with us again. Everyone is so used to campus looking barren, dull, and cold. But with the trees sprouting their leaves, campus is much brighter and vibrant. People are outside much more often doing their work or enjoying lawn games, and many are tying hammocks on the trees, finally able to enjoy their shade. My favorite type of tree resides outside of Memorial Hall. I snapped a couple photos of it this week:

To learn about other tree types in New Hampshire, click here.

Posted by krb1038 in Significant events

This weekend is Spring Fling at Plymouth State! Will the events be able to survive the weather? On Thursday we had a battle of the bands that was supposed to be on the Alumni Green Lawn but was relocated to the HUB Courtroom because of rain we saw throughout the day. Friday campus saw even more precipitation, and there was a period in the evening where it down-poured as the winds gusted up to about 40mph! This only lasted about 5-10 minutes, but it was an intense taste we got of the line of storms that came east through New York and Vermont. Vermont was under a tornado watch all day on Friday and New Hampshire was under a severe thunderstorm watch. Vermont experienced very intense storms but they mostly traveled north by the time they reached us and we didn’t experience any thunder. Saturday night is the big EDM concert on Mary Lyon lawn, and is the main event of Spring Fling. Luckily, no more thunderstorms are being forecasted. By the time of the concert it will be clear skies and a mild 60 degrees.

Here is a picture of some threatening clouds I caught on campus Friday:

A recent site that I found for forecasting is turning out to be one of my favorites yet. To explore it for yourself, click the link below.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/ 

Posted by krb1038 in Significant events

Today Plymouth reached a high of 90 degrees F, a temperature that is usually unheard of for the start of May.  The average high temperature for the area around this time of year is about 63 degrees F. So, this was a very significant weather event. Tomorrow it will stay warm, but a front is expected to pass through. With the frontal passage, we could see some thunderstorms in the area throughout the afternoon tomorrow as well as throughout the day Friday.

We lucked out with a taste of summer-like temperatures today, but it looks like next week the temperatures will return to normal, seasonal temperatures of highs in the 60s. This is nice though, because sunny skies look like they will be accompanying these temperatures in the forecast.

Here is a photo I captured of flowers blooming on campus, in response to the warm temperatures and sun.

Posted by krb1038 in Significant events