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My street is a disaster with twigs on it still and a street around the corner from me had no power for 2.5 days because of branches down on power lines. I definitely agree it was a disruptive storm. I just had power flicker a few times. A few years ago PSEG did a good job clearing branches away from power lines on my street after we had something similar happen with us so this time it probably saved us.

I'd just assume worm-hole to Columbus Day weekend...or indigenous ass-parade, or whatever in the hell the libs call it these days. PS: It's Columbus Day.....he sailed the ocean blue-deal with it.

Get me some washed up kelp

It’s actually sprinkling here and satellite loop looks like getting sun is gonna be a battle.

Very memorable storm. I can’t remember the last time my entire property was covered in live tree branches and leaves. Quite the cleanup

If we can switch to a more sunny days/crisp nights pattern I think it will pop. Definitely no lack of moisture.

I followed up on my initial posts tropical weather 9/21-23 and agree w the subsequent summaries here. My last on this... Well... it's done (not a subtropical storm but...big moderate, spotty major impacts with 2-8" of Rain I95 corridor, two surges of power outages (early Sat and early Sun), at least moderate CF and at least moderate dune damage). I sure hope everyone agrees it was VERY well modeled by the EPS/EC suite vs the United States GEFS back at least to 9/21..., a very good planner. Debris cleanup now. Will check back when we get some comparable headline extensive moderate or major impact coastal storms this winter. Helpful good posts. (I like how the 5H trough is repeating here in the east this fall---let's see if its cold enough to be dendrites).

Wettest September on record for ISP. This was the 3rd consecutive month with part of the area recording 10”+ of rain. So plenty of clouds and onshore flow kept the minimum temperatures up and the maximums down. 10 Wettest Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY - Month of Sep Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 2026 8.76 2 2 1966 7.50 0 3 2008 7.46 0 4 2023 6.78 0 5 1975 6.57 0 6 1996 6.41 0 7 2004 6.37 0 8 1974 5.95 0 9 1999 5.65 0 10 1978 5.56 0 Monthly Data for September 2026 for Upton NY NWS CWA Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. CT NORTHFORD 0.8 SW CoCoRaHS 12.33 NY CENTEREACH 1.3 NE CoCoRaHS 10.70 NY SELDEN 1.6 ESE CoCoRaHS 10.67 CT DARIEN 2.4 NW CoCoRaHS 10.35 NY PORT JEFFERSON STATION 0.3 SSW CoCoRaHS 10.27 NY RIDGE 1.8 SE CoCoRaHS 10.18 CT JEWETT CITY 3.0 ESE CoCoRaHS 9.98 NY RIDGE 1.5 SE CoCoRaHS 9.97 CT TRUMBULL 2.6 SSE CoCoRaHS 9.67 NY SETAUKET-EAST SETAUKET 0.7 SSW CoCoRaHS 9.52 CT DURHAM 1.2 W CoCoRaHS 9.48 NY MOUNT SINAI COOP 9.37 CT STAMFORD 1.0 S CoCoRaHS 9.35 NY RIVERHEAD RESEARCH FARM COOP 9.32 CT DARIEN 3.6 N CoCoRaHS 9.31 CT NORWALK 2.9 NNW CoCoRaHS 9.30 CT WALLINGFORD CENTER 1.9 WNW CoCoRaHS 9.30 CT NORWALK 1.4 ENE CoCoRaHS 9.15 NY SHIRLEY 2.9 N CoCoRaHS 9.15 CT NORWICH 2.5 NNE CoCoRaHS 9.14 CT CHESTER CENTER 2.7 WNW CoCoRaHS 9.11 NY ISLIP TERRACE 1.1 NNE CoCoRaHS 9.05 NY MANORVILLE 1.8 SSE CoCoRaHS 8.99 CT NORWICH 5.4 SE CoCoRaHS 8.95 CT LEDYARD 0.5 NE CoCoRaHS 8.85 NJ WAYNE TWP 2.3 ESE CoCoRaHS 8.76 NY ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP WBAN 8.76

At 2.10" MTD we will finish yet another month well below normal in the rainfall department. In fact, we have finished BN in precip in 12 of the last 13 months at my location (comparing to RDU average monthly totals). Falls Lake which made a huge recovery after the record wet July has tanked and is now more than 5 feet below full pool. Kerr Lake has continued its fall and not sits more than 11 feet below full pool. The fall is typically when reservoirs are at their lowest but these levels are well below expected normals and will set us up poorly for next year unless the pattern changes for the region. I know El Nino SHOULD produce AN precip during the fall and winter across the area, we are at the point now where we need it to produce. Fingers crossed this weekend is the start of the change

Well... it's done (not a subtropical storm but...big moderate, spotty major impacts with 2-8" of Rain I95 corridor, two surges of power outages, at least moderate CF and at least moderate dune damage). I sure hope everyone agrees it was VERY well modeled by the EPS/EC suite vs the United States GEFS back at least to 9/21..., a very good planner. Debris cleanup now. Will check back when we get some comparable headline extensive moderate or major impact coastal storms this winter.

Yeah we should. Plenty of rain/no drought and temps haven't been too hot. Looks like a really great stretch after this week too. As long as it's not stormy we should have a great season

I’ll take it after this disaster.

Driving up 287 into NY today from NJ I noticed some color starting to show up on many trees. I wonder if we will get some nice colors this year. Last year was blah imo, 2 years ago was awesome.

Temperatures can stay the same though. Dry and 70 please.

I could see a sneaky 90 around on Thursday or Friday

leaving methuen with rain or a few flurries...

Foggy morning here, maybe ~200m visibility off my balcony. it's been lingering for about 2 hours now, kinda surprising given the sun's been up

Fire up the muggy meters!

I have not had the AC in 3 weeks... Almost had to turn on the heat on this weekend.

Was this a bad storm? Absolutely. But we’ve seen plenty of those since especially around 2010. March 2010 for example was devastating for many because of tree/power damage and we’ve had many more since. For coastal flooding in the back bays I think it briefly hit Major status which is what was expected. Upton was a little slow to catch on but eventually upgraded the coastal areas to high wind warnings and flooding was about what was expected. For days models had the 4-5” rains a chunk of us experienced and Upton had a similar total precip map out. The wet grounds aided in uprooting trees vs if we had dry conditions this summer. The beaches got pounded due to the storm lingering for days and yes it’s rare we get these so soon in September. But compared to other storms we’ve gotten in the last 15 years or so is it that historic-no. Disruptive yes.

Yeah I thought today was supposed to be mostly sunny and in the mid 70s.

Some dews as well.