vortex95

Nashua actually can be a great area for tstms. In the very active year and hot summer of 1988, Nashua had 15 thunder days in July, and 43 total for the year. Those are numbers near the absolute max, at least for southern NH into central/ern MA!

Yes, I mentioned "embedded convective elements."

Sounds like a CoastalWx attitude!

Virga plume ahead of the upper low w/ embedded convective elements. A little odd for an upper low dropping from the N. Nice spiral in Quebec w/ decent tstms. Maybe Scott can get some rumblers in Ossipee!?!

Looking at KBED records that start in 1890 I got from a local wx company I worked for in the late 1980s and early 90s, and then using my own records and another's from Woburn (4 mi ENE), only 3 times has measurable snow occurred in May - 1917, 1977, and 2002. 6 other times a trace. 1917 0.3", 1977 9.5", and 2002 0.2" Weren't there flakes in the air in SNE, including ern MA, in early May 2020? This was after I moved to the DC area.

HRRR clearly showed at least ern CT was going to have good wind. NBM issue? NBM tends to smooth things out a lot, so it may not handle the more wild/high-end/atypical events?

That's what I thought. This late in the season, it is typically either rain or snow. Not that sleet doesn't occur, but typically not in significant amounts or for an extended period. Temps aloft steadily cooled in NNE well as the upper level low moved in, so there should have been no funny warm layers, esp. in a convectively unstable column. Any/all mix should have gone to straight snow in the mountains.

Improper wording on my part. It should say, "most of the time" not "always." If you go back months, you'll see the bias I am talking about. Look at his posts about Europe heat in the last few weeks. Why would an OCM that should be focusing on wx local to their DMA or at least the U.S. talk about hot wx/heat domes in Europe? Could it be that there was no sig heat in the U.S. at the same time, so one has to go find it elsewhere on the globe b/c that the "in" thing to hype b/c of global warming? What gets the most clicks/likes and promotes gloom and doom? These tendencies and biases are not hard to spot. All I am saying as a scientist, one need to avoid bias, hype, and report on things w/ balance and reason. When you are a public figure to millions, a responsibility comes w/ that. But you see far too many fall into hype and over-the-top/cheesy statements and graphics just to grab attention and proper perspective, reason, and facts be damned.

You'll find far more posts about heat and hot wx than cool/cold wx. Look at the mean/average.

The fact he is a well-known meteorologist is irrelevant. One being well-known doesn't make one right/better or unbiased. He is at WFLA in Tampa now and has been for at least a year. Take a look at his social media posts. They are over-the-top hype/clickbait, no contest. Always hyping every time it gets hot only, every ridge of high pressure is heat dome, and every anomaly is proof of climate change. Here is an example. https://x.com/WeatherProf/status/2056346965814726858 Having animated flames is hype and unnecessary. And the graphic only focuses on the heat when a large area of cool temps is present and replaces the heat in short order. That is not only hype, it is reporting bias. One should report on *everything*, not just cherry-pick certain types of wx that fit a particular narrative.

I was surprised MWN mixed w/ IP the entire event. Soundings by 06z showed it cold enough from the summit and above, yet it stayed mix. So probably funny warm layer still present.

Scott's mad it was not directly over GHG!

Any accumulation?

This guy is a super hype-master. Goes off the deep end w/ "heat dome" all the time. Every ridge of high pressure is a heat dome even if there are no sig warm anomalies present. Can't find big heat in North America? He goes to Europe w/ hot wx/heat dome hype, as if it having hot wx and anomalies somewhere on the globe at any given time is unusual?