ORH_wxman

Here's 3 of the best pics of the tornado....followed by the "controversial" damage on Uncatena Ave which initially proves F5 rating....but then was deemed to be "weak structures" despite not having any engineering plans for those buildings. A lot of folks I've talked to over the years say it was not a scientific decision, but a political one. The top guys didn't want to admit an F5 was possible in New England at the time when the fujita ratings were coming out in the early 1970s. Kind of a fascinating discussion to have with many of tornado guys I've talked to over the years.

We tried to tell them. That sneaky high to the northeast ruined tomorrow’s chance for good heat.

Yeah 850 temps out there in the northern Rockies got down to around +2 which would lower snow levels down to prob 4K feet. Maybe locally lower.

Glad we don’t live there.

Looks like Scooter might finally get a good downpour.

Absolute deluge here with thunder.

I actually have an official coop rain gauge but I don’t really have a good spot to set it up. So many trees in the back. Maybe on the side yard I can manage but even there is not ideal as there is some overhang there from a big oak tree. Gotta convince Megan to let me put it more toward the front yard. Lol

Nearest pws had 0.53”. Rained pretty hard for a time in that line here.

I’m expecting muggy 78-83 here. NNE looks better for 90+. It will def feel summery but in the same way as yesterday. Wednesday is the day to try and sneak U80s-90 here if winds can stay more SW. The high nosing in from the NE turns the flow more SSE for Thu.

Made it to 79 but sun was too late for 80F. Back to 77 now. Still felt summery out there with the humidity.

Sun trying to break out here now. Currently 75F. Maybe we can crack into low 80s if we get enough breaks.

SNE heat bust today

Hopefully euro is right on the potential MCS coming through late tonight/early tomorrow morning.

I think DIT logged off until the heat waves come back on the models. Hopefully he at least gets a few good posts in for Friday's one day of hot weather.

The glory days are gone:

Poor DIT....we tried to tell him.

Euro kind of screws us for heat next week....that high in Nova Scotia is the culprit. We'll see if we get rid of it as it gets closer. It's on the ensembles too.

How's the 6/8 heat wave looking? I didn't follow the models this weekend.

64F with full sun here at 3pm. That’s pretty crazy this time of the year. Just saw Rangeley is 45F lol. That wouldn’t be so funny if it was a backdoor or east flow cutoff...but NW flow at peak heating that is pretty impressive.

Yeah there was widespread damage. Not sure if Tolland got hit specifically but there were a ton of other hail/wind reports and even a few TORs. A massive derecho hit the Great Lakes before he system reached NE. Wiz and Ryan may know more about the CT-specific impacts from that event.

Cranky said no big deal. Temps in the 70s.

Today is the 22 year anniversary of the ORH macroburst on 5/31/98. ASOS gusted near 100mph and a 104mph wind gust was recorded at holy cross. There were probably pockets of 110-120 based on the damage. I remember the event well. I think it hit between 10-11pm. Trees down everywhere the next morning.

Suits, ties, and sunglasses. No big heat in site through the next 10 days.

Those weren't even that bad here....1930s was mostly west of us and those other two weren't even real droughts, lol....the only real drought of consequence in NE was the late 1960s. Particularly 1964-1966.

I’ve played both Putnam and Thompson but it’s been a while. Good courses. One of them was pretty long...I think Putnam? I only got out once last year but somehow shot 83.