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Didn't witness the pencil, but it seems to have brought a 46 mph gust. Plus, a cliff a temperature drop in it's wake.

https://www.clarksfuneral.ca/obituaries/Roger-James-Smith?obId=47411042 Pretty bummed to read this tonight. I hadn't seen any posts from him for a couple of weeks. Unfortunately now I know why. Didn't quite know how to take him at first. A guy from BC commenting on our local weather as much as he did, but you could tell right away he was informed, courteous and interesting. Just a general weather nut with a lot of knowledge that would engage with anyone. I'll miss his posts and contests. Proud to have won one of his last. Who knew, 76 doesn't seem that old anymore. RIP Roger you will be sorely missed.

Official NWS obs was 6.3”. We officially got to warning level out of this thing.

KBOS 170554Z 19029G54KT 62mph

I feel like every time we're under a warning winds under perform and don't meet criteria and the one time we're under an advisory we get to widespread warning

Eastern Mass likely in for a good burst of wind the next few hours. 60mph reported at Willimantic 58mph at BDL

59 mph here in Burlington CT

Go back up and click the video. You'll be happy that you did.

59 at Meriden and 55 at BDL in the last hour.

HFD just gusted to 55

Terrible news Anthony Thank You for letting us know RIP Roger you will be missed here

No thunderstorms this evening with the winds. Shocked.

Who ordered the hurricane in March?

Lost power. Was pretty drunk and went to bed. The wind was crazy with lots of branches falling. I'll assess(later) in the morning. Back to bed.

I've seen more bears in this area than i've seen in my entire life. In the past two years i spotted a bear or a pair of two at least 5 times and the 30 years before that i've never seen a single one.

The power went out at my house for about 2.5 hours. Power flashes- winds at hurricane force. Have not seen straight lines winds like that since Sandy. The low top squall line sounded like a freight train before hit - reminded of the tornados back in the 1980's in the MId-South. Over 28,000 residents without power at 11 pm in Lehigh County at one time. I spent 35 minutes just picking up tree limbs around the house that I could see. It was sleeting and snowing when I was cleaning but has now stopped. The power flashes was the dominoe effect from the fuses blowing all at the same time after talking to PPL guys near my house.

@Jns2183and fellows Convective chronicles. One of the youtube channels highly recommend along with Cameron Nixon.

Strongest winds I’ve heard in quite some time

KFRG 64mph gust

Another tree just came crashing down in the woods behind us. If I’m keeping count properly, that’s three so far this evening. Hopefully any non ravenous bears lurking nearby can kindly confirm these statements.

14° in just a few minutes here too. The rain was crazy, like a bucket got dumped on us, for 2 or 3 minutes. That was fun.

Yea this is big time

Impressive 72 gust at JFK METAR KJFK 170451Z 25036G63KT 1/4SM R04R/P6000FT RA BR SQ BKN004 OVC018 08/07 A2936 RMK AO2 PK WND 22063/0444 SFC VIS 6 RAE02B35 PRESRR SLP942 P0000 T00830072 401110072

Wow, that seems sudden. Rest in peace Roger, and thank you.

I have just read some very sad news. Roger Smith, who ran the annual hurricane season forecast contests in this forum at least going back to 2016, passed away on February 24th. He put a lot of thought into these contests as he came up with very carefully thought out scoring formulas and gave regular detailed updates on the standings as well as prospects under various scenarios. The large number of contestants is all one needs to know to realize how well run these were. May Roger rest in peace. https://www.clarksfuneral.ca/obituaries/Roger-James-Smith?obId=47411042