KoalaBeer

I’m certainly curious to hear people thoughts on the current tornado classification system. I mean as it stands the El Reno tor is officially an EF3. We all saw the photos of the Twistex teams car. So someone more knowledgeable then me...does the EF scale only apply to standing structures (barns, homes, silos etc?) The YCC article I posted states Doppler on wheels is recording winds speeds at the surface 43mph then suggested. Do we need to rethink how we classify tornadoes again in the near future with the technology we have now? I think we all know an EF3 isn’t leaving a ground scar like this despite whatever it did or did not hit on its path. 

Either way as we move later into June looks like this could be another pretty slow year for Tornadoes. 

10 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Overall it has been I think for several years. It's fair to ask if it's related to any CC. My guess is that the sample size is too small, but why can't CC be in the conversation? CC is usually associated with all bad wx all the time though. I'm sure CC and quiet tornado seasons aren't sexy for the media.

Good article here. Mostly pertaining to EF5 tornado frequency, but also touches on CC as well.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/05/its-been-a-record-long-time-since-the-last-ef5-tornado-what-does-that-mean/

Nice thunderstorm for the fish looking out towards Cape Ann. 

Ya I don’t know maybe Southeast MA gets in on some goods later based off meso models. Not seeing to much to go that aggressive on a discussion. Without looking at any data, these hot New England days rarely seem to produce hail, and more in the way of tropical downpours without way better dynamics. Paging @weatherwiz for a  take. 

Just now, Typhoon Tip said:

My point is... if one is basing the frontal position on DPs, that may not be right

Ya re read your post and got what you were referring to with the downsloping coming off the whites. But also Laconias DP has dropped from 62.1 -> 57.2 in 31 minutes. Seems a little much to not be the front no? 

5 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Yeah I dunno down here, even thought we're two to three ticks lower it still feels as brutal as the last couple of days ...

WPC's 16:50 update still drapes the front N VT/NH as a quasi stationary ..

there may be a prefrontal sort of dry-line deal with the wind coming d-slope too

Ya still felt brutal out there when the sun was fully out. Looks like it’s starting to move through the lakes region now according to mesowest obs. Current DPs for NH. 

Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

I always walk and carry my bag too so no thanks to anything 85/65+. 

Same, I always play better walking. More time in between shots to think and relax. Unfortunately I got a weird foot issue going that it’s tough for me to walk more then 9.

Looks like my wishes will come through and I’ll get some good downpours on the NH seacoast. Bunch of downpours forming on the NH/MA border! 

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

True but who the eff wants to play in this crap? We’ll wait for the return of the coc.

Ditto. Made tee times Friday/Saturday this week right when I saw the forecast. Personally I have zero desire in swinging them in this heat.

Really hoping we get some storms here later. Sleeping was brutal last night. Need some rain to cool my apartment down by tonight. 

Rogue supercell in Maine with 75dbz echoes!? 

What a brutal stretch of cold wind swept rain here. Past 48hrs of obs at Pease are just crap. Apparently it didn’t scare anyone away from coming to Hampton for the weekend. Bars are packed inside, hopefully most have there shots. 

https://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KPSM.html

12 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

I’m not sure why the quality is like that. I took the video with my work phone…it was the end of a 10:00 video when the strike happened. So I took an 8 second clip and texted it to my personal phone…maybe that’s why? 

Ya you got to email it or use a file transfer service if the clip is to large. Sending through text compresses it especially if it’s being sent from iOS->Android or vice versa. 

Edit: try using services like WeTransfer, Google Drive etc for this type of stuff. 

Hampton NH 

Not for our region, but imagine living in this area of Kansas right now  WTF do you do haha? Im hoping this line comes through right at sunset for some good photo opportunities on the beach!

That Winnipesaukee cell is nasty looking. Would want to be caught on the water in that one. Got family on Wolfeboro and Freedom I gave some heads up on that one. 

34 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

been getting these error messages on NWS pages so much lately.

embarrassing for government will not put funds/resources to fixing this stuff

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/03/30/nws-internet-infrastructure-outages/

Behind a paywall but it’s a good read. 

We’ll see if anything interesting gets going in Maine here in the next hour or two. If not I’m just staying put and watching whatever rolls through IPA in hand on my porch in Hampton. 

Good discussion from Gray. Maybe I’ll be taking a quick ride up into the Maine coast from my place. 

 While overall flow is SWly, local
convergence due to a seabreeze boundary attempting to push inwards
will also make the area from Lewiston south through interior
Cumberland and York counties and into Strafford county favorable for
tornado formation if any significant cells are able to form and
take advantage of this environment in the early afternoon.

Luckily Hampton FD caught this quickly. Could easily skipped over and caught my neighbors place or mine on fire with the heat and constant wind on the coast. 

I didn’t have many interactions with James on here, but they were always funny and lighthearted. The man loved his weather and his posts always got me excited for winter. Condolences to friends and family, it’s extremely difficult losing someone so young. 

Lol what is this fantasy world you live in that everyone works 8–4 or 9-5 and is sitting at the dinner table by 6? Good for you if you can do that, but that’s out of touch with reality in particular my generation (young 30s)

On another note, that’s one textbook supercell in TX. 

TOKC radar just got smashed by hail? Getting some funky returns...not sure I’ve seen that before. Go watch the radar loop it’s weird. 

Downtown San Antonio looks to be in for a hell of a ride. Going to be some big time hail damage if this supercell continues on it’s course . Going to look for some webcams could be a good show, hopefully the rotation on the cell continues to weaken and doesn’t cycle. 

Today marks 20 years since the Andover KS tornado. To this day I think it’s still one of the most amazing tornado videos ever shot, and that’s saying something considering we all have hd cameras in our pockets nowadays. Love how the guy just stays quiet and films the tornado and lets the storm do the talking. 

https://play.spokenlayer.com/this-day-in-weather-history <—— podcast on it, haven’t listened yet so no idea if it’s any good. 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/andover-kansas-1991-tornado-americas-103000141.html?guccounter=1

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

As long as folks run or get moderate cardiac exercise of some type 4-5 days per week and stick to 1200 calories of food intake per day , they can drink as much beer as they want. The weight gain isn’t from the beer, it’s from too much food , and not enough caloric burning by being sedentary 

Ha wow I say this as someone who drinks way more then I should,  but also runs 3 miles a day and consistently snowboards/surf/skateboards that this comment is the biggest load of BS. Do you have any idea how many high functioning alcholics are out there? I’m sorry, I enjoy your posts normally, but you are delusional if you think you can drink as many beers as you want without consequences. It defies science and the  anatomy of our body. 

33 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

For some reason when I look at this facade I hear a banjo riff running down a chromatic scale ...i.e., "Deliverance"

 

You a musician Tip or is this just part of your extensive vocabulary/knowledge haha? 

I should be up at my parents cottage in Freedom NH this weekend. Not much elevation there, Ossipee is like a big “bowl” as i like to say, but could do well. 

48 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Oh... heh Pittsburg NH

Top of wildcat looks fun. Cannon webcam looks pretty boring though