weatherwiz

The summer's back breaking cold front at the end of July which smacked the SST's down pretty much ended any likelihood for a solid cane to impact our area should one come up the coast. Exception being something accelerates northward from the Carolina's and is a 3/4 strength.

Turned into a stunning day

Had a few rounds of decent rain this morning. Sun coming out now. Hopefully dry things up a bit b/c the dog is itching to go outside and play for a bit.

I hope we build up as much heat and humidity as possible, get an EML train going, and then drive in a powerful trough which brings us Fall...but before Fall comes Fall...Fall is in all the trees across the region falling down by a massive bow derecho which takes down every tree, forest, and chimney across the region and Santa is left having to knock on people's doors to deliver presents this winter

I'll join you

is it pet friendly?

there was a spider on the ceiling above the bed the other night b/c my girlfriend wasn't able to get it. There actually haven't been many spiders that I've seen this year inside. There are a few dead ones on the spider traps in the basement. I have had a few tiny ones run across my desk but they were tiny so I was able to get them. Anything bigger than a large period I find someone to deal with it

We use AC in the bedroom every night. For some reason it gets super warm inside. And you know me...if I'm using AC it must be hot. but it does end up getting chilly. I usually end up wrapping myself like a caterpillar preparing to morph into a butterfly

Holy shit...surge updated to 10-15 feet along the big bend

Best of luck!

I agree, I don't think TPA sees hurricane force gusts as well.

Only thing I like that well-mixed is rum and coke

Considering this storm is likely to continue strengthening right up to landfall the concern for a major at landfall is very high. Should Idalia take off this evening or tonight I could see a higher end cat 3 potential.

Franklin going sick

Wish we lived there

I think they opened another spot too somewhere along the shoreline. They’re finally starting to distribute some of their beers to stores.

Should venture to Five Churches in New Britain. They make some really good beer and add new beers somewhat frequently.

ehhh unfortunately, we can do worse than last winter...not saying we will but we have seen worse.

@WxWatcher007 Are there any products out there which are good to assess with forecasting wind shear? I know they have the shear maps and shear tendency maps on spaghetti models, but what about for forecasting shear?

I'm hoping to be able to string together an outlook or at least some thoughts by the end of September or early October. While I did have some hope that despite a strong Nino, we could see a pretty decent winter, some of that hope is slipping away, but that is just super general thoughts right now. I think it comes down to the Arctic and how much support we can get via blocking but I am slightly leaning towards the direction of very little support in this regard, but maybe we'd had some room earlier in winter. This is very basic and super generic thought though. I am hoping to be able to ramp into things over the next month (so long the tropics stay quiet...or at least we don't see any major US threats).

Isn't the elevation of those areas above the 850mb level (well above 5,000 feet)?

That is really cool!

ughhh damn it...I have a ton of quarters and I'm going next Saturday. I know they used to take quarters back in the day b/c my parents and grandparents would save quarters for the slots.

Accounts from Steve's ancestors?

Are you still able to use quarters at the slots in any of the CT casinos?