IrishRob17

7 hours ago, forkyfork said:

starting a collection 

For dinner?

20 minutes ago, Hitman said:

.69” here along with a tree limb hung up on wires blocking my driveway.

That’s a pain in the ass, hopefully no damage, that’s a bigger pain in the ass. 

.08" here as well, might add a hundredth or two this morning  

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 235
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   205 PM EDT Wed May 20 2026

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Southern Connecticut
     Delaware
     Eastern Maryland
     New Jersey
     Southeast New York
     Eastern Pennsylvania
     Coastal Waters

   * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 205 PM
     until 900 PM EDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
     Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible

   SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms will develop and track eastward
   across the watch area through the afternoon and evening.  Hot and
   unstable conditions will lead to conditions supportive of damaging
   wind gusts in the strongest storms.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 55
   statute miles north and south of a line from 35 miles northwest of
   Wilmington DE to 25 miles southeast of Groton CT. For a complete
   depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update
   (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
   Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
   weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
   warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

   &&

   OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 234...

   AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
   1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
   cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
   27030.

   ...Hart

 Mesoscale Discussion 0804
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1252 PM CDT Wed May 20 2026

   Areas affected...portions of the Mid-Atlantic into southern New
   England

   Concerning...Severe potential...Severe Thunderstorm Watch likely 

   Valid 201752Z - 201845Z

   Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent

   SUMMARY...Widely scattered thunderstorms will bring a risk for
   damaging wind gusts and isolated large hail through this evening. A
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be needed soon.

   DISCUSSION...Latest surface observations indicate that surface
   temperatures have warmed into the low 90s F across portion of the
   Mid-Atlantic. Coupled with mid-60s F dewpoints, this is supporting
   500-1000+ J/kg MLCAPE across the area, with further destabilization
   expected through peak heating this afternoon. Expectation is for
   ongoing thunderstorm activity across Severe Thunderstorm Watch 234
   to expand eastward, with additional development also possible along
   an approaching cold front. 20-30 kts of effective shear will support
   multicells, and perhaps marginal supercells. Steep low-level lapse
   rates (8+ C/km per latest objective analysis) and dewpoint
   depressions of 20-25+ F will promote the potential for damaging wind
   gusts, especially with any more well-organized clusters that
   develop. Isolated large hail may also accompany the most robust
   updrafts. A new Severe Thunderstorm Watch will be needed soon.

   ..Chalmers/Hart.. 05/20/2026

   ...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

   ATTN...WFO...BOX...OKX...ALY...PHI...BGM...

   LAT...LON   40567574 40837554 41157502 41447382 41547334 41607289
               41607231 41517205 41297181 41077177 40877191 40667263
               40517332 40347368 39997393 39627403 39217449 39127488
               39147530 39327557 39787578 40567574 

   MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...55-70 MPH
   MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...1.00-1.75 IN

94 yesterday, 95 today.  I'm good for summer now, 105 days until the 'ber months are back. 

1 hour ago, LoboLeader1 said:

DP 67%,  RH 60 as of 10AM.

Strike that, reverse it? 90/74 here now, RH 59%

Made it to 94, 91 now. 

1 hour ago, doncat said:

91/65 temp split today.

89/56 here

7 minutes ago, rclab said:

Rob within a few minutes of the beginning if my power walk I feel the pollen in my throat. Then clearing the throat and guarded choking begins. It eases as the warm season progresses. Presently it’s 89 in my slice of urban paradise.  The park, 8 miles to my north, is a NWS reported 84, as always …..

Yeah, this is peak tree pollen time, it will start to drop off soon but not soon enough for those of us who feel the symptoms. 89/55 here now with a breeze which on the one hand feels good but on the other is making the pollen worse. 

35 minutes ago, steve392 said:

Not allergic to anything plant wise so i never have allergies.  But this is the first spring that nothing was coated in green pollen from all the trees. 

That's the big heavy pollen which isn't nearly as troublesome as the microscopic pollen that gets into nasal cavities. 

15 hours ago, Brewbeer said:

No mow May well under way!

Going ALL THE WAY !

Look at all those dandelions for the bees! 

30 minutes ago, bkviking said:

Mid 60s on Memorial Day weekend smells like wet, cloudy weather., northeast winds, etc, .. that particular weekend usually has problems most years.

Summa?

1 hour ago, steve392 said:

Nice day out minus the strong winds! 

and pollen…

53 minutes ago, CT Valley Snowman said:

8 years ago.  Wild day for SW CT.  Thankfully I outran it and missed driving through it coming home.  

I needed roof repairs and a new window after that day, not fun.

9 minutes ago, FPizz said:

https://x.com/i/status/2054307314606186925

No more Nams, sref, href, etc come Aug 31.  Rrfs taking over.

 

 

@BxEngineis jumping for joy that the HRRR is not on that list.

1 hour ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Didn't make freezing this morning, 35.6 for the low, so I guess April 21st will hold as last freeze for the spring.

I can't remember a year where 23 degrees was our last freeze and no freeze after that, pretty extreme. 

Low of 35 for this morning. Agreed that this seasons last freeze is 4/21 and 24 for me but it isn't the coldest last freeze in my records. 2007 will still hold that record with a last freeze of 22 on 4/11.

29 minutes ago, ForestHillWx said:

Chilly morning out this way… but beautiful blue skies. 

The low was a bit cooler than expected here, got down to 35, up to 51 now.

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

It was sniffing out the mealies and seeds and then went on to the trash. I leave their fans running at night for noise…hopefully to deter. 

When does construction of the bear run begin?

48 minutes ago, winterwarlock said:

Anyone else notice that the freeze a couple weeks back after 90 degree temps ended up damaging and killing some oak and japanese maple leaves that were leafing out

 

Brown and shriveled. Doesnt happen often. Just a cae of bad tining Google says they will releaf but with smaller leaves

I noticed my ornamental grasses which had started growing in the heat turned brown after the freeze, they are slowly coming back now. They don’t look as nice as they typically do at this point. The second push of smaller leaves on trees is what we had here a couple of years ago thanks to the spongy moth infestation. 

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Spring and Summer are so boring

Bring on Autumn and Winter

How are your sweat pores holding up this morning?

.74" total, 3.54" for the month, about .50" below normal for April here. The hard freeze last week did a number on the apples around the New Paltz area. They're talking like 70% lost blossoms. 

.70", 3.50" for the month. 

16 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Whoa !

Who is she?

48 minutes ago, Hitman said:

Isnt it too cold to seed now?

My grass is terrible.

No, soil temps are warm enough now.