Matt's Weather Rapport: A June tornado in North Dakota was just upgraded to an EF-5, the strongest, worst possible. We explain why it took so long for the classification and why the U.S. went 12 years without an EF-5. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/firs...

Matt's Weather Rapport: More October heat records fell in New England/SE Canada Monday. Cold front to end heat later today, but despite rains, drought to continue. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-re...

Matt's Weather Rapport: More record heat in #Vermont today as brush fires break out amid the drought. Quick update here: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/quic...

Only 1 p.m., but Montpelier, #Vermont is already at 81 degrees, breaking today's record high by 2 degrees. Burlington at 81, just 1 degree shy of record, which will be broken this pm. Fire danger VERY high today. #vtwx

Matt's Weather Rapport: Trump and his minions are tanking billions in clean energy projects, as they figure a government shutdown is a great time to mess with Democratic governors, instead of, you know, running the nation. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/trum...

Matt's Weather Rapport: All time record highs for month of October were broken or tied in #Vermont , Quebec, other places. More of the same today. Climate change making bizarro heat waves more likely. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/incr...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Leaf peepers in #Vermont will be sweating it out today in record warmth. Drought has also touched off a forest fire. This is part of a huge record North America heat wave. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-ve...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Hurricane Humberto is the storm's dead name. In another strange twist among many, it reconstituted itself into #StormAmy, It slammed the UK with winds of up to 96 mph. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/form...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Well done video depicts sadness and concern as homes keep falling into the ocean in North Carolina's Outer Banks. This will be a growing problem along East Coast as #climatechange brings up sea levels. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/two-...

Matt's Weather Rapport: A long-forgotten weird October, 1965 cold spell in Vermont were the first stirrings of my fascination with weather. It lives on, tinged with concern over climate change. A personal essay: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...

Matt's Weather Rapport: As the Vermont #drought drags on, it looks like we might be adding some record October warmth to the mix. Rainfall forecasts remain pessimistic. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/next...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Now Ex-hurricanes Imelda and Humberto are done with their hijinks, but have left a trail of destruction on North Carolina's Outer Banks. Waves from the storms toppled seven houses into the ocean at #Buxton . Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/hous...

Matt's Weather Rapport: #Drought did not improve at all in #Vermont and the rest of New England despite some rainfall last week. Wells are going dry, forecast discouraging. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/last...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The late, great #JaneGoodall was best known for her research and love in the animal world. But she was also a tireless advocate for Earth's sustainability and the fight against climate change. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/amon...

Matt's Weather Rapport: UPDATE: Frost advisory upgraded to freeze warning tonight, early Thursday morning in much of Vermont. Early fog around, too. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/upda...

Matt's Weather Rapport: #Vermont Sept. weather just made the top 10 warmest on record. Days were consistently warm, nights bit on cool side. Which is actually somewhat typical for a drought, which intensified during the month. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-be...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Today is a classic autumn day in Vermont. A chilly north breeze under bright sunny skies and crisp, dry air. Since this is hitting during a drought, the fire danger is very high today. Frost tonight, too. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/10/fire...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Last week's rain in #Vermont has dried out quickly and the drought plows on. Breezy, dry weather today and tomorrow will heighten fire risk. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/drou...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Hurricanes #Humberto and #Imelda find love after all, even if they end up eventually dying together in the open Atlantic. This means no horrible disaster on U.S. coast. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/humb...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda find love after all, even if they do eventually kill each other in open Atlantic. The good news is this means U.S. coast not badly hit. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/humb...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The National Weather Service pledged to rehire meteorologists, but they are still woefully understaffed. And the government might shut down, too. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/nati...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Another long stretch of dry, sunny weather has settled into #Vermont . That'll erase the slight gains from last week's rain. The drought continues and deepens. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/verm...

Matt's Weather Rapport: This continues to be the Year Of The Flood in the United States. Another bad one in Arizona with at least 4 dead, others missing. Serious flooding in Tennessee, too. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/its-...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Super powerful Hurricane #Humberto and struggling soon to be #Imelda look like they might take their dance further offshore the U.S. If that happens, it won't be as bad as first though in Carolinas. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/humb...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The Pacific Ocean is experiencing a weird #marine #heatwave coast to coast from Asia to North America. It threatens wildlife could cause widespread weird weather, and is related to #climate change. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/paci...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Powerful Hurricane #Humberto and soon to be Tropical Storm Imelda are starting their dangerous telenovela off the U.S. Southeast Coast. Could result in Carolina flood or other unpleasant surprises. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/hurr...

Matt's Weather Rapport: In August, FEMA employees wrote a letter, warning of dangerous mismanagement under the Trump administration. Now there is an investigation, but it appears to target the whistleblowers. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/trum...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Yesterday's rains in #Vermont were welcome, with some places getting nearly two inches. But much of the state needs 10 inches or more of rain to escape drought, And new dry weather looms. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/frid...

OMG, this afternoon's ANTIFA Board of Directors meeting went on and on. I thought Jesus would *never* stop talking!

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Matt's Weather Rapport: Two tropical systems off the U.S southeast coast might introduce us to the latest dance craze called the Fujiwhara. It's causing big headaches for forecasters. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/danc...

Matt's Weather Rapport: As expected, weekly U.S. Drought Monitor shows worsening #drought in #Vermont . It's raining today, but that won't help much and another huge dry spell looms. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/as-r...

Matt's Weather Rapport: President Trump had some, um, interesting things to say about #climate and clean energy during his UN speech Tuesday. We unpack it here: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/dona...

Matt's Weather Rapport: A nice dose of rain is in the forecast for #drought stricken Vermont, but it won't really solve the problem. Worse, a dry weather pattern to return. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/one-...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Re-upping this with an update on ABC experiencing the FAFO stage of how Americans react to government censorship. But not everybody is listening, right Sinclair and Nexstar? matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/trum...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The first rain in 2 weeks this morning in #Vermont was nice, as is forecasts of a little more rain. But will we keep getting enough to break the drought? Spoiler, probably not. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/rain...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Marjorie Taylor Greene recently held a hearing on #weather modification and associated conspiracy theories. What came out of the meeting was, um, interesting? Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/marj...

Matt's Weather Rapport: After a weird, long quiet period during the peak of hurricane season, the Atlantic Ocean has woken up. Powerful #HurricaneGabrielle and two other disturbances to watch. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/afte...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Finally! A week in #Vermont in which there's a little rain in the forecast. We know it won't end the drought but will it help at all? Details here: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther...

Matt's Weather Rapport: #JimmyKimmel, my blog, and MUCH more importantly, your freedoms and what's at risk to your future ability to say what you want, when you want. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/trum...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Frosts and freezes scattered around #Vermont this morning as expect. Looks like the frosts might well be more widespread early Sunday morning. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/scat...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Fire and ice. Chilly Canadian high pressure is bringing up a high #Vermont fire danger today amid the drought. Also most widespread frost of the season so far. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/fire...

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

All of the unions in Hollywood should immediately boycott Disney/ABC. They only care about money, so go after that.

Matt's Weather Rapport: Weekly U.S. Drought Monitor is hot off the presses, and it has grim news for #Vermont and surrounding areas. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/to-n...

Matt's Weather Rapport: It might feel like summer in #Vermont today but it IS September. BOL for frost/freeze in many places over the weekend. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/verm...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Bad news if you're not a big fan of #climatechange, news from NOAA is bad. August was world's 3rd warmest, after 2023 and 2024. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/augu...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The toll of the #drought here in Vermont is widespread and deepening. We take an inventory of the harm so far: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/verm...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Continuing our week of #tornadoes in strange places, we go to Japan and Australia. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/all-...

Matt's Weather Rapport: NOAA confirmed that August in #Vermont was the driest on record, along with two other states. The drought continues and rivers are now at record low levels. Lots of details here: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2025/09/conf...