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In Holyoke, almost a coating on the grass 31.5/29.7

Hard to tell how much OTG from afar, but it does look pretty.. ETA: 29.4/28.9

51.3/50.5, light rain, 0.21" total so far in Holyoke.. just a cloudy, dreary day..

so near yet so far

thunder and blinking lights in the Holyoke Highlands now.. But nothing else.. no wind, no rain..

All week it's been hotter here than at the house in So FL.. including higher dew points.. strange..

91/75 in Holyoke, but no sign of rain

Daughter reports a rockin' storm, power out in Westfield. We're getting some blinking lights and loud thunder in Holyoke, guess it is on its way..

90/77 in Holyoke

Sun came out here in Holyoke, temp popped up to 85/77

cloudy but 81/76 here in Holyoke.. pretty juicy air..

Daughter in Westfield MA reports power is out in her neighborhood.

The 1PM Nicole advisory map showing tropical-storm force winds over the whole FL peninsula is just wrong. FLZ041-047-054-059-064-141-147-092000- EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS DAYTONA BEACH HVY RAIN 71 69 93 N24G32 29.96F FOG DELAND RAIN 68 66 95 N16G23 29.98F FOG JFK SPACE CTR PTSUNNY 74 64 69 NE23G36 29.88F TITUSVILLE LGT RAIN 77 70 78 NE20G29 29.91F FOG CAPE CANAVERAL RAIN 75 70 83 NE24G32 29.84F PATRICK AFB PTSUNNY 75 73 94 N30G37 29.83F MELBOURNE CLOUDY 74 71 91 N22G35 29.87F VERO BEACH RAIN 76 73 91 N29G37 29.81F

Here in roughly Aberdeen FL (PBC) I have things buttoned up and the generator is ready... but even the most orgasmic TV mets are only talking about 40MPH gusts.

Just finished a pretty good downpour here in the highlands of Holyoke.. about 0.9"