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Vermont-based climate and weather blogger/reporter Also, gardens, photography, nature, humor. Now on Substack https://mattsutkoski.substack.com

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Vermont River Ice Breaking Up Amid Mild Spell, Still Questions About Wednesday An ice jam on the Mad River in Moretown, Vermont Sunday. More ice jams are possible on other rivers the next couple of days amid warm weathe...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Ice jams cropping up in #Vermont due to warm weather. More of that today, tomorrow as valley highs get near 60. Still questions on Wednesday storm. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/verm...

09.03.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Loses Again In His Fight To End New York Congestion Pricing A court judge once again ruled against the Trump ad ministration Donald Trump lost yet another battle in his fight against New York City's c...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Trump and his minions HATE New York City's #congestionpricing. It's one of those weird things he's fixated on. The saga goes on. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/trum...

08.03.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sunday Morning Clouds To Clear, Allowing Vermont Rapid Thaw To Continue. HUGE Question Marks Wednesday Snow cover in my St. Albans, Vermont Β back yard during a sunny interval early Saturday afternoon..... Β The thaw is on, and it's impressive t...

Matt's Weather Rapport: A lot of snow has disappeared in #Vermont already and a LOT more will go over the next three warm days. But Wednesday #storm could be very warm, could be cold with snow. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/sund...

08.03.2026 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At Least Eight Dead In Tornado Outbreak, More Severe Weather Due Enormous tornado seen shredding aΒ  neighborhood on Friday across still partly frozen Union Lake inΒ  Michigan Friday.Β  Tornado season in the ...

Matt's Weather Rapport: U.S. #tornado season off to an early and deadly start. Michigan twisters especially violent for March. More severe weather looms. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/at-l...

07.03.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Big Vermont Thaw Begins, But That Doesn't Mean Winter Is Over A windy, rainy morning in St. Albans, Vermont. TheΒ  thawing is drawing us into the season of dirty snowbanks and messy, muddy lawns. The cle...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Raw, windy and showery this morning gets warmer this afternoon as #Vermont #thaw starts. Gorgeous Sun-Tues, but big questions on Wednesday storm. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

07.03.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friday Evening Update: Volatile U.S. Weather, Quick Forecast Changes Here In Vermont, Icy Overnight? A tornado tearing up buildings today in southern Michigan. More volatile weather is creating the risk of additional tornadoes over a large a...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Quick Friday evening update: Volatile weather and #tornadoes increasing in Midwest/Plains. Here in Vermont, another round of freezing rain early Saturday, this time in NEK. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/frid...

06.03.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friday Morning Vermont Update: We're Still Getting Our Warm Spell, But Now There's Complications, Of Course! The snow surrounding the shoveled paths to my shed should disappear over the next few days. But will it all come back later next week? Unfor...

Matt's Weather Rapport: After a hiccup, our Vermont warm spell is coming, but there's complications with that, too. All the details here: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/frid...

06.03.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE Barbie Is Out At DHS; But I'm Not Optimistic About How Replacement Will Manage FEMA ICE Barbie is out, and this guy, Markwayne Mullin is nominated as the new Secretary of Homeland Security. That position also oversees FEMA. ...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Kristi "ICE Barbie" #Noem fired from Department of Homeland Security, which among many other things oversees #FEMA. How will proposed replacement Markwayne Mullin do with FEMA amid disasters? Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/ice-...

05.03.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time To Say Goodbye To New England's Biggest Snowman Since Perhaps 2008 The giant snowman in Shirley,Β  Massachusetts, lit up at night.Β  The forecast in New England calls for warm weather later this weekend and ne...

Matt's Weather Rapport: With a New England thaw looming, it might sadly be time to say goodbye to Parker, this winter's largest #snowman in Massachusetts. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/time...

05.03.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Follow The Bouncing Temperatures As Vermont Freezing Rain Tonight Yields To Eventual New False Spring Yesterday I began my March ritual in which I spread parts of the deep snowbanks covering the gardens next to my driveway back onto the pavem...

Matt's Weather Rapport: March weather in #Vermont is usually all over the place. Hence yesterday's warmth goes to chill, ice in parts of Vermont tonight, rainy, windy warmth Saturday then sunny false spring early next week. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/foll...

05.03.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oligarchs' Horrible Plan To Turn Our Nights Into Never-Ending Days Tech companies want to launch a bunch of satellites that would reflect sunlight back to Earth at night over specific locations. Taken togeth...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The #tech #oligarchs want to take away our nights, or at least our ability to see the night sky as we've seen it for as long as humans have been around. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/olig...

04.03.2026 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minor Storm Brought Vermont Road Issues, More Ice To Come Then Huge "False Spring" From Facebook. Things got snarled up in the snow yesterday in far southern Vermont. I believe this is Route 9 in Searsburg.Β  Our little stor...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Small storm last night caused trouble on #Vermont roads. Nice today, more ice Thursday night, then "false spring" with very warm weather, river rises weekend and next week. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/mino...

04.03.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Abrupt Spring: Weird Summer Heat Spreading Across Much Of The U.S. Way Too Early. Severe Weather, Too! We didn't see forecast maps like this much during the winter. High chances of well above normalΒ  temperatures in the East between March 8-12...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The western U.S. has been strangely warm all winter. Things really got out of hand as February closed and March began. Now the heat is spreading east. Severe storms, too. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/abru...

03.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vermont Transition To Warmer Weather To Be A Little Messy Today and this evening's snow forecast. Β A few inches in the southern Green Mountains. Very little far north. This is part of our transition...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Some #snow in #Vermont today, part of an uneven transition toward a milder weather pattern. Real thawing starts this weekend. Ice break-ups on rivers? Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/verm...

03.03.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If Skies Stay Clear, A REALLY Cool Lunar Eclipse Early Tomorrow Morning Get up early tomorrow morning to view the total lunar eclipse. The moon will look red like in this photo. It'll also be near the western hor...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Get up early tomorrow morning to see the total #eclipse of the #moon. It'll be extra good if skies stay clear because it will happen when the moon is near the western horizon as the sun is rising. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/if-s...

02.03.2026 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Greg Bovino, other federal agents investigated for Operation Metro Surge actions Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is already investigating 17 incidents involving potential unlawful conduct by federal agents.

The DA in Minneapolis is investigating Bovino and others.

02.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15268    πŸ” 3529    πŸ’¬ 346    πŸ“Œ 202
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How Henry The Weather Dog Endured His First Winter, Was Unimpressed By It, But Came Out Victorious Henry the Weather Dog, with a "What am I doing here?" look on his face in early December, the start of the first Vermont winter. He graduall...

Matt's Weather Rapport: How A South Texas #dog came to #Vermont and learned how to survive, and even tolerate a North Country winter. With video. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/how-...

02.03.2026 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another Below Zero Morning In Vermont. This Weeks Climb Toward Spring Features......Complications The nice thing about March is the sun is stronger than it was earlier in the winter so it makes a difference. The sunΒ  started melting a dus...

Matt's Weather Rapport: A frigid March morning in #Vermont. A warmup is coming, complicated by bouts of #snow and freezing rain between now and the weekend. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/mond...

02.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vermont Experienced Coldest February, And Coldest Winter Overall, Since 2015 Henry the Weather Dog makes his way down Β his St. Albans, Vermont driveway, flanked by big snowbanks. Snowfall hasn't been that much above n...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Yep, #February was cold in #Vermont. Chilliest since 2015 but still only the 56th coldest on record in Burlington. Missing February data an issue for some Vt towns. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/verm...

01.03.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After One Day Of Vermont "False Spring," Winter Is Back, More False Springs To Follow? The mild weather Saturday allowed me to start chopping up the annoying thick layers of ice that have been on my St. Albans, Vermont driveway...

Matt's Weather Rapport: A glorious "false spring" hit #Vermont Saturday. but it's now back to #winter. More "false spring" possible this week, but there's a lot of potentially chilly complications to that piece of hope. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/03/afte...

01.03.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If New England Isn't Snowy Enough For You, Try Buried Newfoundland A ridiculous amount of snow on the ground in St. John's Newfoundland after aΒ  month of record snowfalls.Β  People in much of New England can ...

Matt's Weather Rapport: If you think New England has a lot #snow, check out Newfoundland, #Canada.. It just keeps coming down in record amounts, and there's no place left to put the snow. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/if-n...

28.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Windy Warmth This Morning To Turn Into Frigid Sunday/Monday Chill Across Vermont A mount of snow partly obscures the view out of my home office window in St. Albans, Vermont. I hoping some thawing later next week restores...

Matt's Weather Rapport: Arctic blast coming to #Vermont but maybe last subzero weather of the winter? Warmer but several precipitation chances coming up next week. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/wind...

28.02.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Matt's Weather Rapport: It's counterintuitive e, but the #Blizzard of '26 but some of its power might well have been climate-change related. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/yes-...

27.02.2026 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Despite Current Endless Winter in Vermont, Winters Are Getting Shorter Nationwide A graphic from Climate Central shows how winters in Burlington, Vermont have gotten shorter in recent decades. This winter is an exception t...

Matt's Weather Rapport: This winter is an exception. A Climate Central analysis shows most places, including here in Vermont, are experiencing shorter winters due to #climate change. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/desp...

27.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another Week Of Vermont Winter, But Insistent Signs Of Spring? We've got more cold weather here in Vermont coming for the first couple days of March. But longer range forecast call for warm temperatures ...

Matt's Weather Rapport: March in #Vermont will start wintry, continuing the trend of the entire season. But forecasters are getting more insistent on genuine thawing as we get deeper into next week. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/anot...

27.02.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some Of The Best Videos To Come Out Of The Blizzard Of ' 26 Blizzard aftermath in Fall River, Massachusetts. This city reported the most snow out of the storm - 41 inches.Β  The Blizzard of '26 was cer...

Matt's Weather Rapport: That #blizzard earlier this week was definitely photogenic. In this post, some of the best videos from the storm: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/some...

26.02.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Desperate Idea to Rein In Melting "Doomsday Glacier" Map of Antarctica. The Thwaites glacier is seenΒ  to the left. If it melts global sea levels could rise dramatically.Β  Climate scientists for...

Matt's Weather Rapport: The so-called "Doomsday Glacier" in Antarctica seems poised to raise worldwide sea levels astronomically in coming decades. A wild plan is in the works to slow that risk down. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/desp... #climatechange

26.02.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Matt's Weather Rapport: #Winter in #Vermont will stubbornly continue into March and even intensify, but at least very little snow is in the forecast. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/more...

26.02.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hurricane Melissa Now Tied For Strongest Atlantic Hurricane On Record Satellite view of Hurricane Melissa just before it hit Jamaica in October. A National Hurricane CenterΒ  review, issued today, indicates Meli...

Matt's Weather Rapport: A post-storm analysis of last fall's Hurricane #Melissa shows it was even stronger than first thought. It's tied for strongest #hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/hurr...

25.02.2026 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Blizzard Update: More Snow, Power Outages Linger, Damage Assessments Begin Satellite views of the Blizzard of '78 and the Blizzard ofΒ  26 look eerily similar. The Blizzard of '78 was more destructive because it brou...

Matt's Weather Rapport: #Blizzard update: Unfortunately, more deaths reported. Will be an expensive disaster, Cape Cod still has no power, and maybe more snow on the way. All the details here: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/bliz...

25.02.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0