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90 knots gate to gate there near Rockford

That slightly cooler/slight more moist air is going to help keep LCLs lower. We can already see the wind is having no issue reaching the ground, with several 70+ reports coming in.

There's definitely a residual boundary this TOR warned cell is about to cross. Briefly though, as it's more N/S than E/W based on visible satellite. Subtle, but 91/67 at IFA, and 85/70 ALO

62 knot gust at MCW

That decaying storm that went just N of CCY also put down a boundary that should be pretty effective as a focus later. Sun will continue to heat both sides of that. Maybe that convection upstream will be able to interact with it.

Had my eye on the area from CCY to OLZ earlier this morning, based on an area of low clouds (low level moisture) merging with an approaching OFB from MN/WI convection. That area still looks pretty good, though CAMs are trending later and more isolated.

And I’m going to the US Open Father’s Day weekend.

+1 for the CoD satellite page

Hmm, I’m angling for Father’s Day new set of clubs.

From what I remember of the lot prior to clearing, there were maples, white pine, and some white birch.

I'm guessing the water table isn't that far down, but the topsoil has dried out. But the spring was damp, like real mud season damp. But berries had crossed my mind too.

That's how it was labeled on all plots, but I'm not sure it's official wetlands as you might think of designated by a DEP or something like that. I just know we weren't allowed to fill it, or fill all of it (only 4300 sq ft could be filled). So I was wondering if I planted a tree, especially a native one, I'm not filling anything in. Also how would anyone know?

Water drains left to right and then towards you (which is towards the street).

As far as I know it isn't a detention pond, but sloped to drain all the water off towards the culvert in our neighbor's yard. I can see water actively moving through part of it in the spring during snowmelt, but right now even after a couple days of light rain it's pretty dry on the surface.

I'll just dig up CON and leave it in your driveway.

I did hear willow was good in that type of environment. Maybe it's time I start trading on my government position. Start an illicit aboriculture and weather equipment ring.

I need to figure out what the regs are, but we have some area that was marked "wetland" on our property that is basically the runoff for the neighborhood. Right now it's fairly overrun with weedy undergrowth and smaller trees that are more like large shrubs. Ideally I would like to plant some trees back there that could handle the wetter soil and "pretty" it up a little.

Upstate NY does a lot of wine making with vitis labrusca varietals (like Concord). I know I've had Catawba and Niagara wines.

NLSC might notice when a few SRGs go "missing" from GYX. But if anyone plans of moving to the North Woods, we're always looking for new Coops up there!

I'm pretty sure my wife would okay the 20 bucks for the CoCoRaHS gauge. Or I could sneak off with a spare 8" standard from the office.

I need a rain gauge at the new homestead. Davis for father's day?

It's difficult to attribute fatalities to storms in general (think of a swimmer swept out to sea by rips generated from a storm 1000 miles away), let alone with a storm like Maria. So many of these deaths are indirect, but attributed to the storm. The easy ones are due to falling/flying objects or flooding, but the hard ones are due to power loss and lack of resources following the storm. I could believe a number like 65 due to landfall itself, but no way did it end there. And that's pretty important for the NWS, because the after action reports will want to focus on why fatalities occurred. Was it a forecast problem, communication problem, etc?

Heavy, heavy

That's a key point. For the vast majority of CT, it was pretty meh. And for the next EML those towns may say mets always blow it out of proportion. In addition to the general knowledge of severe weather in the Plains, they also have the frequency. So while in any one event it's unlikely your backyard will be hit by a storm, over the course of a year there is a relatively high chance. People that experienced the severe weather Tuesday are unlikely to forget it, but it's still a tiny percentage of the state. And that's not even counting the parts of MA and RI that were also included in the watch.