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And I just came across this. An AWOS was just commissioned at the Pier 7 Heliport in Baltimore. https://www.airnav.com/airport/4MD So a site to compete w/ the furnace that KDMH is? LOL. The site METARs are not on the WMSCR/NCEP feeds currently. Not sure if they will be, but if they are added, I will let the forum know. No AWOS phone number was listed in the NFDD entry (see attachment).

And I will post this again for reference. Go figure! Washington DC ended a streak of 2867 days w/o 100 F reading on 6/22/2024. This is the 5th longest period on record since 1872.

DOV is indeed an ASOS (DoD run). BLM is a Federal AWOS, AO2 shows up both on ASOS and AWOS. Most AWOS are privately-owned, but that does not seem to change the equipment/sensor issues whether is Federal or private. One way you can tell a non-Federal from Federal AWOS or ASOS is the SLP group. if it is missing, that's a non-Federal AWOS. About 10 years ago. all Federal AWOS got upgraded so they basically report just like ASOS. First Federal AWOS were installed in 1989 (KILE, KPWT, and KFOD were the first I think). I attached a list of all Federal AWOS. federalawos.txt

Wow, CT today sure over-performed. 3 discrete cells (one a supecell) lined up across the state, and then a honkin' SQLN sweeps through! So who on this forum in CT got 4 separate thunderstorms today? WxWiz????

580 thickness? 60,000 ft I bet occurred w/ such a high tropopause/EL!

That's good you brought up the DP plot for the day. That 81 on the NJ coast... I think that's KBLM? That's an AWOS so that is likely very suspect.

I think we can all agree that the hype and gloom/doom everywhere is a problem. Find some common ground on an issue/debate, and work from there. If we do not quantify a problem/issue properly, then how are we supposed to handle/address it properly? Resources and $$ are finite/limited, and we know wasteful spending/graft are rife. You are not going act the best way if you are fired-up and we are fighting among ourselves! Emotional, knee-jerk reactions to problems/issues almost always end up counterproductive. Perhaps not at first, but the long-term, and the long-term is what counts. But it is a challenge for all of us to think more iong-term and in the abstract b/c we want solutions and things fixed now! Shortcoming and fallacies of human nature always are there causing their own problems. But realizing/understanding this as a base, make discussions/debates better IMHO.

Yes, I've notice that as well. The higher the DPs, the more error occurs. I looked at the the JFK obs string at that time for the 84 DP. Nothing stood out for any change for wind speed/dir or change in pres. No storms in the vicinity. Now if this was Hatteras and S, I can see DP spike up like this since the SSTs are so high, but not here.

It's a legit summer nor'easter. Sfc low not that strong, but the pres gradient N of it is quite good for July. Duration coupled w/ sig higher PWATs than other times of the year, and voila!

HRRR suggests it could be more than just those regions. I'm just talking decent tstms, not svr.

Thanks for the feedback/input. Climate hype is still rife on social media, and if you look at a lot of MSM news and wx segments, they are still pushing the gloom and doom narrative often. Also, even w/ politics shifted this country, look at a lot of rest of the world and organizations like the UN and WEF. The end of the word narrative from AGW is alive and well still. And going one step further, this is case of "bad news sells," which is apolitical, so that's what drives it a lot. The boogie man changes over time, but it's always there out to get us. In the 70s, it was pollution in general and the ice age coming, in the 80s, it was the ozone layer and acid rain, and by the 90s it switched to climate change and has not looked back. The deniliasm part is merely subset of any problem that exists and is hype or over-promoted. Par for the course. I don't like denialism as a term, as much as I don't like blindly embracing a narrative or ideology. That's a false dichotomy and suggests a lack of critical thinking. As w/ many things, the truth often lies in between. Not exactly 50-50 w/ every issue either, and things are often a lot more complex than they seem w/ no easy answers as well.

Pivotal shows a max of 7.87". Summer NAW'easter!

Looks decent for CT. Latest HRRR suggests a small bowing segment 7-9pm.

SPC has an ENH 45% for wind over parts of the region. While DCAPE is good, overall tstm coverage does not suggest widespread high winds. And deep layer wind shear is weak so you will not likely have organized short bow or line segments moving rapidly in one direction. This does not mean any wind event will not be significant or very damaging locally, but you do not need ENH for that. You do not need even SLGT, as low svr probs say nothing about the intensity of any given individual svr event in the outlook area. 30% for wind objectively seems better. The ENH and 45% area almost bisects much of Chesapeake Bay. I have to think due to it being the 4th of July, DC, and 250 events, the ENH is due to this. I have no proof of course, but let's honest w/ ourselves. I have pointed out before there is an odd bulls-eye for frequency of svr tstm watch center over the DC area. That's is not likely due to climo. The social/economic/political do influence alerts/watches/warnings at times. .

Scott rain PT.