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I think it's a decent look. Relatively steep mid level lapse rates, ~40 knots of westerly flow at 700mb, etc. I think we get some good bangers.

Yeah, there will no doubt be outbreaks in the south this summer with Delta but since the mRNA vaccines are quite protective there's only so much people can do. If you chose not to get the shot, that's your choice, but we shouldn't start locking stuff down because of it.

Sunday may raise some eye brows.

We put together this web page with some links and radar grabs. https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/weather-news/stories/remembering-the-2011-massachusetts-tornado/2495528/

Did Wiz go to a little league game today to commemorate 10 years?

Awful news. He was so passionate about weather. RIP James.

Definitely. Was surprised when I saw that look to see so little CAPE explicitly modeled. Worth keeping an eye on.

Has a decent look synoptically but very little CAPE as modeled. Will be interesting to see if this changes over time.

Yeah when he announced the 5/19 full reopening he sort of hedged on masks. I'm guessing that changes today - just depends on how quickly they can draw up the EOs and get them out.

Ha, a few I guess. But definitely will be nice to be at a bar and a crowded concert.

nightclubs, standing at a bar, 100% stadiums/concerts, <6ft distance at restaurants. Will be on the 19th.

He's gotta do it soon. Connecticut is 100% open in 6 days. 8/1 makes no sense with vaccines widely available.

Correct, they still have the wrong number for 95-96 as the data in April got thrown out as it was incomplete. So it's sort of a mess. At least they're not using zero to compute the normals (how that made it through QC is beyond me). I just go with a 50" seasonal average and call it a day.

The 1981-2010 normals for BDL incorrectly included two or three years as 0" at BDL because of the missing data. By the time the NWS was aware it was too late to change it as they were already published.

I have 80 because we had 85 yesterday. Didn't want to blow it up entirely.

Yeah I normally get one or two bad colds but have had nothing since the pandemic started. I actually had the flu in early March 2020 (tested + for influenza b and subsequently - for antibodies). Sort of like not getting sick lol

lol

This felt so good. Hopefully the side effects aren't too bad!

Getting my second Pfizer jab this afternoon. Cannot wait. Science is pretty awesome.

Two good friends of mine and their 3 year old daughter got it in March 2020 at the very beginning of this. The kid was totally fine as was mom. The guy was really ill for 10 days and it probably took him a good 6 months to finally get over the lingering stuff. He went from running 6-8 miles a few days a week to not being able to walk up a flight of stairs without being winded. Pretty scary stuff for healthy people in their mid 30s. Have my second Pfizer shot on Thursday. Can't wait to be done with all of this and see concerts, go to bars, and do all the stuff I've missed in the last year.

Can someone check in on Stein?

Yeah I think you'll see people just get more careless because you can't enforce that stuff in reality. Glad to see we're turning the page and moving on. Looking forward to concerts, bars, clubs, etc. Gonna be a fun summer.

Yeah I think it was there way for bars/clubs not to say they were restaurants and remain open with no one eating. It seemed to work OK though I can tell people are not caring nearly as much anymore. Was out in New Haven for drinks Saturday and didn't have any food.

Yeah. Most breweries wound up with a food truck on site and other places served sandwiches or something small and were OK. Glad that's changing.

Yeah CT says outdoor mask mandate ends 5/19 and they even hedged on indoors, "masking may not be required by those vaccinated" and "not sure yet if it will be a mandate or a recommendation". Not sure how you enforce mask mandates at an indoor concert or nightclub at 100% capacity.