ORH_wxman

ne.weather is where it's at with DT sticking daggers into the Mid-Atlantic in March 2001.

He said he was going to be off by a day or two on his heat wave call when 6/8 wasn’t looking hot. Now the goal posts are going to have to be shifted to just “above average”. Gotta wonder if the BDL tarmac even hits 90F this week at all.

It's an interesting debate on that one....my gut says less people would die, but the areas in Holden where the tornado tracked definitely have a lot more people than in 1953. North Worcester area hasn't had a big population increase since those days....some....but nothing like Holden. Most of the neighborhoods in N ORH where the storm tracked were already built in 1953. People being caught in their end of day commute could offset the warning available nowadays vs 1953.

The interesting part about reading the dozens and dozens of accounts of that storm is how few knew it was a tornado coming. So many just described it as "this big black cloud" and it never occurred to them that it was a tornado even though most of these people knew what a tornado was. A lot of it probably had to do with none of them actually ever seeing a good picture of tornado. Though there were several who immediately thought of Flint when it was about to hit them...at first they were confused and then for some of them the "lightbulb went on" when they connected the two incidents. I remember reading about one guy who initially had his family inside on the first floor...but then he thought of the Flint tornado he had heard/read about earlier that day and immediately rushed everyone to the basement....and his house sustained very heavy damage. The last second move likely saved his family's life.

It was just south of the warm front and the prefrontal trough likely triggered it

Forgot to post this one too....this was I think the earliest known photo of the tornado....though it had been on the ground for probably 10 miles at this point.

For those who aren't as familiar with Worcester....the old Assumption College campus was where Quinsigamond CC is now up in Northern Worcester. You can still see the slight change in coloration on the bricks where they repaired the damage....or at least you could like 10 years ago....not sure if they ever did a full renovation since then.

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.