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60F/ .10" in lull for now
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West like in Bennington VT or West like Walpole
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You are not paying attention. Do you not see the isolated supercell to your W on the HRRR fcst I sent? Very disappointing you are downplaying this event.
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2026-2027 Super El Nino
snowman19 replied to Stormchaserchuck1's topic in Weather Forecasting and Discussion
Region 1+2 pushing over +3 -
0.15 of rain. It was odd hearing the rain. Been a while.
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Hopefully Monday maintains.
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It’s better in NNE closer to forcing and 500 temps that aren’t a torch. Never was a debate there.
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Morning rain event canceled.
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"If it's not in Weymouth, it doesn't matter!" What kind of attitude is that?
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Doesn’t matter. Meh here as usual. Congrats to the cows in VT.
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Steined again… Hoping Monday can produce. Looks like today is a north of CT/MA deal.
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It's going to suck watching that heavy rain and storms in WV dry up as it comes into the desert. Edit: Not falling apart yet. Maybe a morning miracle? We'll see..
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4.97”/hr rain rate right now
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04z HRRR suggesting "cells ahead of line." So 1-2 punch for some areas. Also, nice sliver of high 0-3km CAPE SNE and a second area for NNE.
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Hmmm, CoastalWx and WxWiz be like "???????." 5% tor risk? How can this be? No EML!
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...Northeast... Within a broader area of cyclonic flow aloft, a leading shortwave trough will move from the Lower Great Lakes into the Northeast, with a 90 kt midlevel speed max and cooling aloft moving across NY and parts of New England during the day. Low pressure will develop into southern Quebec, with a cold front extending southward into the region. Surface heating and gusty south winds will bring 60s F dewpoints into the area with up to 1000 J/kg MUCAPE expected. Relatively warm profiles will develop near 300 mb, somewhat limiting storm depth. However, ample midlevel cooling will still support sufficient destabilization. Strong deep-layer shear and backed surface winds ahead of the cold front will favor low-topped supercells. Cells should develop over northern NY by 18Z, and will move quickly east, producing marginal hail and sporadic damaging gusts initially. The low EL height may mitigate hail production somewhat. By late afternoon, a tornado or two will be possible as storms encounter a stronger SRH environment farther east.
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Ineedsnow will be "X-static" if we get 5% tor, but WxWiz will not b/c he can't chase!
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We have a lot of climo for TC tracks globally, so AI has a lot to draw from, so it should do well here. Intensity, not so much. There are still so many things we can't model well for the stronger TCs. The inner cores of the intense ones are basically mesoscale features. RI occurs often in such a short time frame and it is hard for physics-based models to handle. For decades, we have seen a steady improvement in TC tracks, but very little for intensity until the 2010s, when significant improvement occurred. So again, AI should do well for TC tracks. And TC tracks often are latitude/longitude dependent, so this variable is a solid base indicator for AI to use.
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This happens *every* time new technology becomes available. It is sold as the best thing since sliced bread w/ lofty claims. I recall in the 80s it was said "in 10-15 year advancement in computer modelling will make human forecasting obsolete!' Right, how did that work out? In fairness, computer modelling advancement has removed a lot of manual work a human used to do, but this is a *good* thing actually. Why?, b/c the shear volume of wx data now is enormous and keeps increasing. We need faster computers and AI to help sort and manage it all (do the grunt heavy lifting) so the human forecast can provide the insight/wisdom/understanding -- which AI does not have -- to give concise and clear messages to all. That's one reason why IDSS is so big in the NWS. Forecasts have become very good, but the real challenge is *communicating* it all effectively in this information overload and social media world. So I would not worry about AI "taking over," so to speak, anytime soon.
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E PA/NJ/DE Summer 2026 Obs/Discussion
Albedoman replied to PhiEaglesfan712's topic in Philadelphia Region
I am on it. As I thought LCA is defietely worried about the base flow conditions of the Little Lehigh. We are down bigtime and near emergency status. The Little Lehigh and its watershed is the primary source of water for Lehigh County LCA-WeeklyReport-DroughtMonitoring-Dashboard-06152026.pdf -
I would ignore that model and go off typical D3-5 lead in that "look" ;O I feel like it'll be a dousing for some but 1-2"++?, while most are .25-.50 BUT I have no idea what is going on, perhaps a pro can chime in.
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Not that bad of a look for svwx tomorrow from the 00z HRRR. Shear is great, and as we saw today in Indiana, >500 3k srh can make triple-digit CAPE work. I think a 5% could be added for tomorrow around the i91 corridor.
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Been reading Tip for 20 years. He gets the limitations of the teleconnections. Just pointing out the lag time between a strong shortwave traversing the region from upper plains to maritime.
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Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread
canderson replied to Voyager's topic in Upstate New York/Pennsylvania
It’ll be higher in the NW area but big winds for sure
