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    June Discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    4 deaths from that derecho yeaterday in NJ. 

    PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
409 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2020

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JUNE 3, 2020 DERECHO...

A DERECHO, DEFINED AS A LONG-LIVED AND EXPANSIVE THUNDERSTORM WIND 
COMPLEX THAT PRODUCES WIDESPREAD SWATHS OF DAMAGING AND OFTEN 
SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS OVER A PATH GREATER THAN 240 MILES IN LENGTH, 
DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHEAST OF LAKE ERIE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS 
OF JUNE 3, 2020.  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WERE SPORADIC 
IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, BUT AS THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX 
MOVED INTO INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE 
STATE JUST BEFORE NOON, WIND DAMAGE REPORTS BECAME MORE NUMEROUS AND 
WIDESPREAD. BY THE TIME THE DERECHO MOVED OFF THE COAST AROUND 130 
PM, OVER 250 WIND DAMAGE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED BY THIS OFFICE FROM 
EMERGENCY MANAGERS, TRAINED SKYWARN SPOTTERS, AND THE GENERAL 
PUBLIC.  MOST OF THESE REPORTS WERE LOCATED WITHIN A 50-MILE WIDE 
SWATH EXTENDING FROM BERKS COUNTY EASTWARD TO THE PHILADELPHIA METRO 
AREA, THEN FURTHER EAST TO THE OCEAN COUNTY SHORELINE IN NEW JERSEY. 
WIND GUST REPORTS BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH WERE COMMON, WITH SOME OF 
THE HIGHEST GUSTS AS FOLLOWS: 93 MPH AT BEACH HAVEN, NJ (OCEAN 
COUNTY), 92 MPH AT SURF CITY, NJ (OCEAN COUNTY), 83 MPH AT READING 
REGIONAL AIRPORT, PA (BERKS COUNTY), 76 MPH IN POTTSTOWN, PA 
(MONTGOMERY COUNTY), AND 76 MPH IN BRIELLE, NJ (MONMOUTH COUNTY). IN 
ADDITION TO DESTRUCTIVE WIND GUSTS, FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING 
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE ALSO EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. 

TRAGICALLY, FOUR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE NWS MOUNT HOLLY AREA OF 
RESPONSIBILITY FROM THIS DERECHO.  THREE FATALITIES IN MONTGOMERY 
COUNTY WERE DUE DIRECTLY TO FALLING TREES, WITH THE FOURTH FATALITY 
IN DELAWARE COUNTY DUE TO A HOUSE FIRE CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL 
MALFUNCTION FROM A FALLEN TREE.  THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF 
FATALITIES FROM A DERECHO EVENT IN THE AREA SINCE 1950.  

BECAUSE THIS DERECHO MOVED OFF THE COAST BY 200 PM, THE WARM 
AFTERNOON SUN WAS ABLE TO SUFFICIENTLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE 
FOR THE FORMATION OF ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER 
SOME OF THE SAME AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED THEM EARLIER IN THE DAY. 
REPORTED WIND GUSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY 
RANGED BETWEEN 45 AND 65 MPH, WITH A 68 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED AT 
THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE REMAINING 
THUNDERSTORMS THEN MOVED OFFSHORE BY 1000 PM, WHICH BROUGHT AN END
TO THE DAY’S SEVERE WEATHER.
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    May Discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    Midea now makes a $400 U shaped window ac with an inverter. Its basically a scaled down minisplit for your window but doesn't have heat. You can still open the window with it in. Its 9 times quieter and uses like half the electricity of a regular window unit. In New England with some of the highest electricity rates in the US it will pay for itself pretty quick.

    Your standard window unit runs on and off at full speed. The inverter units can regulate their capacity to exactly the load in the room. At low speed it might only be using 100 watts compared to 800+ watts of a regular window unit.

     

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    The 2020 Lesco & Lawn Thread

    in New England

    Posted

    1 hour ago, dendrite said:

    Yeah that was a post from me. They the need FDA/govt okay before they can release them since they are technically GMO...even if it’s only 1 gene altered out of 40k. Rumor is they’re hoping for the green light next spring. I’m on the waiting list to get one. They recommend that you have one growing on your property so that it can pollinate the transgenic tree when it starts producing flowers. That gives the nuts genetic diversity and only half of the nuts will carry the blight resistant gene. 
     

    Go Native Trees has some for sale right now. Gene and I have gotten chestnut trees from them before. I direct seeded some last year as well and I think those will perform better. 
     

    https://www.gonativetrees.com/american-chestnut/

    Thats right I think I read that here. 

    I have been tempted to plant a Tulip Poplar. They can get insanely big. I don't think they grow north of the CT coastline. 

     This one is around the corner from me and there are a few saplings in the ground nearby. It has to be 150+ years old. 

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    May Discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    My solar production is on course to set a monthly record. Had almost 10 straight days of sun here. Some people have noticed that the reduction of pollution is showing a significant increase of solar production as well. 

    May compared to April.

     

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    The 2020 Lesco & Lawn Thread

    in New England

    Posted

    22 minutes ago, dendrite said:

    Supposedly blue ash has shown the most resistance to EAB, but unfortunately that’s not native to New England. I have a bunch of ash growing here that hasn’t succumbed yet.

    I have been using a bottle of Dominion 2l that cost like 25$. Depending on the tree size its really cheap to treat them. The other Ash tree was like 2500$ to cut down so it seems worth it. 

    I read last year they genetically modified american chestnuts against the blight. I thought I read they were going to have them available soon. I am going to have the ash stump removed and plant another tree. Will have to look into doing a chestnut if they are available.

    The 2020 Lesco & Lawn Thread

    in New England

    Posted

    I had 2 100+ year old green ash trees that I have been treating with a soil drench of insecticide against EAB for the last 5 years. One didn't make it and the canopy completely died so I had it cut down last fall and the other one trimmed. I counted the rings on the stump and it was over 100 years old.

    The arborist from the tree company said he has seen some older ash show some resistance to EAB. Every single Ash has been completely killed around here from the Emerald Ash Borer.

    Nice to see this one still hanging in there. It's such a cool looking tree. It was also cool to see the shoot from the old stump come up this spring. 

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    May Discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, weathafella said:

    You guys installing every year should really think about central ac.  At the very least, if you ever plan on selling your house not having it is a negative.   Having sunny days is helpful this week!

    Totally agree. Having your entire home, especially the kitchen a nice even temperature is worth every penny. You also get air filtration. You can also get mini splits in different forms like concealed ceiling cassettes pretty cheap.

    My realtor friends in CT said many people won't event go look at a house unless it has central air. 

    May Discussion

    in New England

    Posted

    Impressive for Central Park.

    The month of April 2020 at Central Park was the first April since 1940, 80 years ago, where the temperature did not reach or exceed 70°.  The highest temperature was 68° on April 7, 2020.  70° was reached or exceeded 3 times in March, with the highest of 77° on  March 20, 2020.

    Fear and loathing April, 2020 discussion, obs, and the occasional derailment

    in New England

    Posted


    PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
    549 PM EDT WED APR 22 2020

    ...GUSTNADO CONFIRMED OVER THE HARLEM RIVER ON APRIL 21ST...

    VIDEO EVIDENCE INDICATES A GUSTNADO OCCURRED OVER THE HARLEM RIVER
    AROUND 230PM IN THE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY APRIL 21ST, 2020. THE 
    GUSTNADO WAS FILMED MOVING OVER THE HARLEM RIVER, SOUTH OF THE 
    BROADWAY BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS NORTHERN MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX, 
    BEFORE DISSIPATING OVER THE BRONX SHORELINE NORTH OF FORDHAM ROAD.
    RADAR VELOCITY ESTIMATES AND A MESONET OBSERVATION OF 71 MPH FROM
    FORDHAM IN THE BRONX INDICATES ESTIMATED STRAIGHT LINE WIND 
    SPEEDS OF 70-75 MPH.

    A GUSTNADO IS A SMALL WHIRLWIND WHICH FORMS AS AN EDDY IN 
    THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS. THEY DO NOT CONNECT WITH ANY CLOUD-BASE 
    ROTATION AND ARE NOT TORNADOES. SINCE THEIR ORIGIN IS ASSOCIATED 
    WITH CUMULIFORM CLOUDS, GUSTNADOES ARE OFFICIALLY CLASSIFIED 
    AS THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENTS BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LIKE
    DUST DEVILS, SOME STRONGER GUSTNADOES CAN CAUSE DAMAGE.

    A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS INITIALLY ISSUED BY NWS NEW 
    YORK FOR THIS AREA AT 212PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AS A SEVERE LINE OF 
    THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHED, WITH A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT 
    INDICATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO ISSUED AT 227PM. 
    STRENGTHENING STORM RELATIVE VELOCITY ROTATION WAS DETECTED BY 
    FORECASTERS ON BOTH THE NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND 
    JOHN F KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL DOPPLER RADARS, 
    PROMPTING THE UPGRADED ISSUANCE OF A TORNADO WARNING AT 233PM. AT 
    THIS POINT THOUGH, OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE IS INCONCLUSIVE OF A 
    TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. IF ANYONE HAS VIDEO OR PICTURES OF THIS STORM 
    FROM THIS AREA BETWEEN 220PM AND 240PM ON TUESDAY APRIL 21ST, 
    PLEASE SEND TO [email protected] TO AID OUR FURTHER EVALUATION
    OF THIS EVENT.

    THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, SPOTTERS, AND MEDIA
    PARTNERS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE DURING AND AFTER THE SEVERE WEATHER 
    EVENT OF APRIL 21ST, 2020.
     

    Fear and loathing April, 2020 discussion, obs, and the occasional derailment

    in New England

    Posted

    17 hours ago, dendrite said:

    Willow, thornless honeylocust (sunburst), and bald cypress will suck up the water too. I just don't want to grow any of those IMBY.

    My uncle had some trees cut down and one of them was a huge honey locust. I took all the wood for my wood stove. The grain was beautiful when I split it. Stuff burned so hot I could only really burn it in subzero temps. I later found out people sell slabs of it on etsy's for  hundreds of dollars...

     

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