Snowcrazed71

So what is the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. This has to be very close to the strongest storm

I couldn't even fathom.

They've already upgraded it to a tropical storm. The storm is moving more on an east/ east Northeast direction.

My best friend lives in St. Pete, and some other good friends of mine live just south of there in Bradenton. I would hope they don't get a direct hit. Even Helene that just bypassed them caused them extreme damage along the coastline. It brought sand all the way in and buried cars and ruined properties right along the outer coastline. As exciting as it sounds to have something hit an area like that..... if you have a major storm come right in on them, it would be devastating for everyone, even many miles inland. Look what Helene did up into North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and of course Florida. It's a catch 22 for me. It's exciting to watch a storm coming in to see what it's going to be like where it hits, but then you think about the people that are affected, and it makes me think twice about watching a storm come in with devastating results. It's tough. When I was about 19 years old, I remember driving into Rhode Island when Bob hit... With most exhilarating experience, I've had being stuck in a hotel as a storm was hitting. Fast forward to now, and I don't think I'd want to do that, knowing what could happen as far as the damage and lives being lost.

Nothing's ever written in stone. The last two years, for example, threw a lot of us for a loop as far as what we thought was going to happen, especially for the lower half of New England and the tri-state area. I think what brings us all back is not only the Passion for The winter season, but also the excitement of the unknown. Just because there is a direction with the models of what is thought to happen for this 2024-2025 season, does not mean it's going to happen, which definitely gives us all hope on what we wish would happen. Phew.... Hope that made sense..lol

So, just a question. You have always been one to hope for warmth during the Winter months. Why come in here and constantly push for warmth/No Snow when you know you are on the " Winter Thread "? It doesn't make sense to me..... Not that I'm unnerved by you, just baffled?

I always knew you liked weenies

Has anyone noticed how healthy Isaac looks ( not that it's going to affect us )? I really think the National Hurricane center is too conservative with the strength of this storm. I'm wondering if they will revise their wind speed strength in the future as 105 seems wrong from the looks of the storm on radar.

Are you asking to see it, are you saying show something really good

Of course it's going to be BN .. we wouldn't want it any other way... Lol

Lol.. a bit dramatic, don't ya think? All jokes aside.... Imagine how the people in the Pennsylvania, New York Metropolitan area feel ( even where I am which is just west of Hartford ). Snow here has been quite crappy!

I've learned to not expect much, but also expect to expect surprises.

To answer your question about dry for the foreseeable future.... NEXT WEEK... We’ve been forecasting, optimistically, dry weather from the weekend to carry over to next week. That no longer seems to be the case, with a model trend to the wetter. Specifically, Monday now features periods of rain. Thereafter, as we see it now, we can’t rule out a chance for showers Tuesday into Wednesday. The First Alert Weather Team

Lolol... Starting early I see.

So I went through both Gloria and Bob. My parents lived in Norwalk when Gloria hit. My brothers and I were standing outside of my parents donut shop taping up the windows. And my brothers and I were standing sideways in the wind while it was holding us up. We had a huge oak tree get uprooted in our yard with a few others that came down as well. When Bob hit, my ex and I drove into Rhode Island, and got stuck there as they closed the borders. Borders. So we found a motel and stayed there while Bob was doing his thing. The winds were pretty strong. We were stuck on a road looking for a place to stay and I remember seeing trees getting just leaving the ground and getting blown across the road. It was pretty intense. But I know back in Connecticut, Bob didn't really do anything at all

It seems the Tropical Atlantic season is not turning out to be a " Way above normal " season. I believe they have already scaled down the amount of storms we should see coming out of the Atlantic. I mean.. we still have 2 weeks left in August, all of September and also most of October...so anything can happen. Just bring on Winter already ( although This winter's also looking to be lackluster ). I believe nothing when it comes to the long-range forecast for winter. Look what's happening already with the hurricane forecast for this summer.... So far it's a bust ( as far as the amount of storms go ).

Chances of this. Making it to the east coast at this point are pretty slim. Course. I'm not saying never or not happening, but very slim. I don't think this is the one.

I know it's of touch, but hoping that La Nina is going to be a weak one and we have a better Winter than in last.

Actually, looking at the current radar, you can start noticing it's shifting back North when you watch the radar loop over the last 2 or 3 hours. I think within the next 2 or 3 hours we'll see a lot of that heavy rain moving into Central And even northern Connecticut

So if they're going to see 7 to 10 up in Vermont, it's gotta be pretty bad here in Connecticut?

For Friday?

I'm still wondering if they're going to expand those flood watches that are along the south southern end of Connecticut into Westchester and New York City. I'm surprised they hadn't brought them North a bit, But between tonight and then especially Friday Saturday there's going to be some flooding going on around these parts

It's looking like we may be affected by that tropical disturbance heading into Florida in the next couple of days. Right now they're looking for that thing to make its way up the coast and become stationary. Sending rain into our area for several days. But that could change. Something to keep an eye on though

I had a nest in the ground of my backyard 2 years ago. There were so many of them. I got a huge pot of boiling water made my way over to where the hole was in the ground and poured it right down the hole. Killed those Bastards. Then I stuffed it with rocks and they were never back again!!

It's funny you mentioned it. I have not seen any myself either. Been to several barbecues and they're usually always there and I've seen not one. It's okay with me. I hate them because they're so aggressive. But strange. On A separate note, I've seen a fair amount of lightning bugs this year. Real nice to see. Reminded me of my childhood