Jenkins

Looks like around 2” so far in East Greenwich.  

Saw the fuse pop on the power line outside my office. Loud blast when it tripped. Power out in East Greenwich. 

Spring cankerworms did a serious number on the oak trees on my property. I was surprised that many of the leaves grew back. Hopefully the cankerworms don't come back because I'm not sure how many years of that abuse they can handle. Especially after the gypsy moths from a few years back.

2.13" in East Greenwich 

0.62" in the gauge in East Greenwich. My dad down in Westerly had 1.49" as of about 20 minutes ago.

23 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I get the sentiment from folks that winters can drag, especially if it’s not a good snow year. However, there isn’t much that’s appealing to me about being confined inside with AC because it’s 95/79 10 months out of the year either.

5 years in NC and I can tell you the heat and humidity are relentless. The same way people feel about getting depressed when the sun sets early, cold, etc, up here is how I was starting to feel about summer down there. 4 months or so of pain.

29 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

Ever see Mission of Burma?  I got to hang with guitarist Roger Miller a few times about 15 years ago when my band rehearsed at the Sound Museum in Brighton MA.  He actually listened to our demos and albums and gave us advice, really good dude and a legend

Vs. by Mission of Burma is one of my favorite albums of all time.

0.91" overnight in East Greenwich 

Looking over the bathymetric data for that area, it's crazy shallow so large diurnal swings with high maxima don't seem too crazy to me. Like Dendrite pointed out, we only have recorded data for about 4 years so who knows if its common or uncommon. Unfortunately the NDBC owned stations don't have temperature sensors which is a bummer since they would likely have datasets stretching much further back.

3 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Maybe it's super shallow...that's the only way you could get a 7F diurnal range, and also have the readings that high to begin with.

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

That’s my guess too.

7 minutes ago, radarman said:

These have nearly the same diurnal range as the surface temp sensors.  Seems a bit odd.  Or maybe it's normal,  not sure.

"Sea temp depth: 1.5 m below MLLW" at JKYF1

10 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

No one's happy it happened, but I would certainly be excited and into it

"Exciting? People are dying out there! I don't think 'exciting' is the word I'd choose to describe it!" - President Thomas J. Whitmore

Basement window exploded and sent a torrent of water in to the dryer area. File that under less than ideal. 1.61” from this round of storms. 

17 hours ago, kdxken said:

What's up with the oak trees? I think this was almost in to hubbardston. Looks like something's been eating them. Of course a tree guy would notice.

Most of my 3 acre property looks like that. Cankerworms have devastated the oaks and beech trees. The property is heavily wooded so hopefully they can make a recovery or else I’m going to have a lot of trees to take down. Someone from DEM stopped by because the damage was so noticeable from I95. She said it’s the worst that she’s seen in the state. For about 2 weeks, everything was covered in worms. Lots of turkeys and other birds showed up and stayed close for the buffet while they were in full swing. 
 

Pea sized hail on Warwick/EG line

1 hour ago, drstuess said:

Someone brought the literal torch to RI this week. Lots of brush fires.

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My brother’s property is on the eastern edge of the evacuation zone and he’s been watching National Guard blackhawks fly overhead scooping water from local ponds. 650 acres have burned. A fire in West Greenwich burned 200 acres over the past 48 hours. 

11 minutes ago, Jenkins said:

Mostly sleet with snow flakes starting to mix on EG/Warwick line

That was quick. Mostly snow now.

Mostly sleet with snow flakes starting to mix on EG/Warwick line

Just down the road from me, closer to downtown East Greenwich.

Edit: Still have power here

Flooding in Weekapaug per my dad. The causeway on Weekapaug road has a significant amount of water on it. He let a guy heading in that direction know that the road was flooded out and was told there was a van floating on Atlantic Ave. Not sure that is a reliable report but the beaches are definitely taking it on the chin.

1.47" on East Greenwich/Warwick line. ~0.75" in the last ~20 minutes.

16 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Anyone here ever have a hernia? I have what I suspect is a hernia on the right side of my belly button. There is no obvious bulge, but certain movements really irritate it, while others not so much.

I had an inguinal hernia about 20 years ago but it sounds like you might have a umbilical hernia but as SouthCoast said above, it might just be a muscle strain.

A breakdown of different types of hernias from the always accurate WebMD.

https://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/types-of-hernias

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Wow that’s cool. Is that the link at the bottom?

https://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/pfds_map_cont.html?bkmrk=ri

2.71” in East Greenwich