Looks like around daybreak with the warm front and then near cold fropa. But in the warm sector mixing looks pretty good so could be pretty gusty then as well.
00z models definitely increased the wind threat here in CT some. Pretty nasty looking signal tomorrow.
Also, a bit more concerned about the coastal flooding with less of a lull modeled around high tide tomorrow morning.
If I was them I'd do the same. 125k is not a crazy outage number for CT.
They have to file the "Level 4" with PURA before the storm and they had a really hard time as it is getting crews in from outside because this storm was so expansive. Seems like a reasonable worst case scenario to me.
Yeah for sure they're overshooting. Most likely scenario is widespread advisory and scattered outages but there is definitely some potential for some higher end stuff with convection.
Yeah I have 50-60 mph gusts. Saying widespread outages as that's what Eversource is saying and to prepare people for the holidays.
I do think there's the chance for some bigger gusts in/around convection but that can always be tough to accomplish.
Probably not going to lose much pack up north but rapid temp drop is going to turn it to a glacier.
Maybe a bit better end of the week as temperatures warm a bit and the snow softens some?
I don't get the "wind forecasts always underperform" thing. I feel like most of our forecasts verify fairly well at the ASOS stations. If you're looking at the HRRR/Euro or whatever raw model output though and taking that as a forecast you're going to be disappointed.