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Reports from ME/NH/VT absolutely spectacular LTG show for April this evening, and still going strong Downeast ME as I type this! Find me an event in April w/ more CGs in several hours in New England! I checked the mid-level lapse rates plots on the NAM, nothing special, but that is 700-500. If you look at 750-600 on the soundings, they were as high as 7.0 C/km. so there you go. MUCAPE ahead of the SQLN were as high 1500, most of it elevated. 0-6 km shear 50-60 kt. Even CoastalWx *has* to be impressed! He recalls the crazy LTG shows that overnight in Feb 2016 RI/SE MA? Basically a ring of fire in April this week. Strong ridge SEUS and direct feed flow straight from Plains to put an EML into NEUS. BDF?, no problem!

This is insane. Back to back 90 degree days in April.

I was there tonight and plenty of us were outside in shorts. what an amazing light show earlier! Incredible non-stop flashes over the hills to my NW.

Brush fire in Westchester we spent some time fighting today

The price they pay for getting buried twice this winter.

Nah…I have many. But thanks anyway Robert.

Might be a little far (maybe 15-20 mins) from Columbia but... Mt. Pleasant (Howard Conservancy) (https://howardnature.org/mt-pleasant/) visited there once last summer and it had some nice trails/wildlife. Shrine of St Anthony (https://shrineofstanthony.org/grounds) has some nice trails in the woods. Very scenic views of the countryside (especially in the fall).

The NYC forum mentioned the STJ waking back up at the end of the month.

That's okay, because it's only a few seconds each day, and the sunset remains at 8:30 until like mid July

Was just coming to say the same thing. I jumped up and looked out was crazy.

The mid-state storms are starting to die out. I figure they will collapse before they get to my area. The mid state looks to be getting nice rains today though.

Half an inch leading to more soggy ground.

Wikipedia has the following up on Sinlaku’s article, based on sources like the Red Cross. It sounds bad. ” Sinlaku caused catastrophic destruction across the Northern Mariana Islands, particularly on Saipan and Tinian. With sustained winds reaching 150 mph (240 km/h), the storm demolished numerous wooden and tin-roofed homes and caused significant roof failures in commercial buildings.[36] The entire electrical grid on both islands collapsed, and toppled communication towers left residents without mobile or internet services for an extended period.[37] The storm's slow movement across the archipelago resulted in intense rainfall—exceeding 20 inches (51 cm) in some areas—and severe flash flooding.[38] In residential districts, winds were powerful enough to flip vehicles and stack them on top of one another, while many concrete homes suffered from water seepage through every crevice. Critical facilities, including Northern Marianas College, faced fresh setbacks as buildings still being repaired from previous storms were battered again.[39]”

I was surprised at the rain we had here this evening. Decent little storm with thunder and lightning. Picked up around .20, although I know some areas got more.

It just got crazy windy

Still 78F at 10:10pm in mid April...

My wife refused to turn on the AC. So since he’s in the Virgin Islands I broke into @Itstrainingtime’s place and cranked his AC down to 58.

Finally! Time to enjoy some petrichor! Sent from my Pixel 10 Pro using Tapatalk

After the heat in April 2002, the temp didnt exceed >70 again till May 5th. After the heat in April 2009 it stayed basically near avg utill May 8th After the heat in April 2023 it stayed above normal as a whole overall that month EWR: April DeP 2002: +2.6 2009: +1 2023: +4.6 EWR May Dep 2002: -2.4 2009: +0.1 2023: +0.2

LFG

91 yesterday 92 today for the highs. WTH is going on

Just had a thunderstorm roll through here. Pretty heavy rain and some rock salt sized hail. Earlier this afternoon and evening was very nice. Got my first 9 holes of the year in.

Not me. I’ll be in Aruba.

65 days until we start losing daylight. Lets go !

65 days until we start losing daylight. Lets go !