powderfreak

Holy sh*t. That's hard to even fathom.

Check swing for strike 3 as he slams his bat into the ground in frustration, while men in business suits run out onto the diamond to rake the infield dirt between innings.

I loved those... 89.9F "We never made it to 90F." Anyway, MVL with it's 12th 90-degree day at the ASOS, tying the record for most 90F days at that site. Looks like BML is at 91F for a max so far... I think they are also at the 12th day of 90F there too. MVL and BML have been pretty much lock step this summer with max temps. If one hits 90F the other one does too going back to May.

This whole summer is in rare air. I enjoyed the novelty of it in May and June. I'm so over this by now. The days following the TC were awesome... 70s/50s. Need much more of that.

lol... the caption could also be "Watch as convection peaks in the late evening across NY and W.NNE, and dies off by 3am as the front enters SNE..." If anything it looks fairly robust in CT for the time of day... that's like 9z/5am with some cells in CT.

90/74 at KLEW is a pretty steamy observation for an ASOS site... I think we got near that in the last period of heat though before the tropical storm. MVL here is at 90/70 now... quick dew jump from 66F to 70F. Odd to see the dews increasing as we get into the middle of the afternoon. We might join you soon at this rate for dews.

You guys live in another world. I remember that after the Police Officer/EMT/Teacher discussion from the COVID thread. Just insane salaries compared to other places, either that or you're fixating on the highest values down there. Up here it seems like they are lucky to get $25/hr in those public jobs.

BTV with 90/66 MVL keeps doing 88/68 or 86/70 type stuff the past hour. HHH.

Would it ever factor into your forecast wording or how serious your "storm prep" message is to viewers/public? The ease at which certain events that don't appear all that damaging elsewhere, might lead to bigger issues with the CT grid? I won't lie, whenever I go to the NE corner and adjacent areas, even the main state highways have very tall trees growing right on lines/roadway at a rate you don't see in VT or eastern NY. Can't really say for Mass, but CT just has a very dense tall forest overhead vibe that's aesthetically pleasing on windy country two-lane highways. It's easy to imagine how tree damage can lead to big issues when those tree crowns are over the powerlines everywhere.

Yeah, no thanks on no power in the winter. Especially since it's like pitch black out at 5pm. Don't under-estimate a few extra hours of daylight in the evening during a summer outage. But for sure as far as pipes freezing and such... I mean we don't use AC that much but I'd rather be uncomfortably sweaty if it came to that over pipes freezing. Seeing your breath inside (when it's actually light enough to do so) and wearing jackets, hats and gloves doesn't sound all that appealing either.

86F max here, closed it up tight when out during the day, now rain cooled air and fans pulling that in through the screen doors is working fine now that I've set up an early bear alarm system if he tries to get on the porches. Might need AC tomorrow though.

Some good thunder/lightning with this storm. Rain won’t be much, maybe quarter inch but a drink for the garden.

Ha! That’s happened at Stowe Mtn Lodge, but I think the valet got to him quick. He was hitting the loading dock there under Over Easy and wandered to the front of the hotel, ha.

Hopefully before that, ha. They are like large raccoons. They'll steal food off your deck, from your car, the dumpsters, anywhere they can get it.

It's incredible. "That's all you've got?" Their strength is really impressive and they aren't dumb. Nothing short of cementing these things shut will keep them out of it.

These bears are god damn savages. There's no stopping them. This was what a friend tried to do on advice of the Game Wardens. We got hit twice yesterday alone. Up at the mountain they removed a door, hinges, and the door frame right off a building to get to compost.

I mean I'm only half joking, mostly joking, but I still think it's a consideration given recent history... we keep thinking all the weak trees have been taken out, going back a decade ago, but then another event hits and CT gets crushed with power outages. For a meteorologist right now down in CT, it seems like it would be difficult to give the message if you think the power outage impact could be much more severe than the recorded wind speeds might suggest. Conveying this type of society interruption from the storm... like what would we or the public have said if a Met was talking about widespread week long power outages from Isaias 24 hours ahead of time? How many folks would've even considered that.

I've seen some rough comments towards teachers lately on social (but social media comments in general is a dumpster fire) but I never realized how many parents think of school as child care almost more than education. I mean it makes sense as I just never thought about it that way, but even in my hometown suburban Albany area, comments on remote schooling are like "I pay these high taxes so you will take care of my kids during the day, the education is a bonus. If you can't watch my kids then what's the point?" The overall tone was more like even if my kid's teacher is great, and he/she learns everything they are supposed to in 3rd grade remotely from home, I am not paying for that because I'm not getting child care out of it. It has to be incredibly stressful for families right now.

You have to wonder if the next time BOX issues a High Wind Warning or something, do they issue different statements for RI/MA as one and then CT as another... putting wording in with the CT advisory that sounds more like Katrina is coming "Winds may gust to 60mph, resulting in widespread power outages and critical grid failure. Be prepared to be without power for up to a week."

His second time through our yard today, this time he stopped at the Dumpster. Didn't seem to find what he wanted. The craziest part is when he's in the dumpster with the lids closed, he seems to be very quiet so you have no idea until his head just pops up and out to look around for a bit. Next year we will need a bear proof dumpster for the first time in a decade living here.

80/58 Damn near perfect for summer.

Crazy. I mean it gets to be a big deal at this point to still not have power from Tuesday. Did anyone call for “extensive and extended power outages” from the met community with this storm? This one will be memorable for the people of CT. With modeled low level jet, when do we believe it (vs plenty of cry wolf scenarios) and do we grasp how easily the electric grid can be interrupted?

That would make more sense, it seemed like a stark contrast from the rest of the state.

Looks like they are chipping away in DIT's area of N/C CT, Tolland County looks to have the biggest improvements. Also must be working hard and focused on clearing up that zone from Wallingford to Trumbull. That's still a lot of outages for 4+ full days after the storm.

Good find. So it wasn't manual. Still hard to believe 1.23" in 1 minute and only 2.84" in a 50-minute period. I would've expected a bigger 1-hour total from a storm dropping 1.23" in 1 minute. _____ "It is hard to imagine how an accurate measurement of precipitation over a 60-second period can be made. However, the U.S. Weather Bureau conducted several exhaustive studies of the Unionville, Maryland claim to 1.23” in one minute on July 4, 1956 and determined it to be accurate (see for the Monthly Weather Review summary). A recording rain gauge: A Friez Universal Type with a 12-inch capacity, dual traverse pen, and 24-hour clock gear on a chart drum was used to make the measurement. It had good exposure and measured a storm total of 3.60” between 2:50 p.m and 11:30 p.m. with 2.84” of this falling in a 50-minute period between 2:50-3:40 p.m. The minute that ostensibly measured the 1.23” total occurred around 3:22-3:23 p.m. Here is a copy of the trace: