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weatherwiz

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  1. I was watching the radar before bed and it elicited a dream in which a line of storms EXPLODED moving across SNE. There were dozens of tornado warnings along it. The entire dream is a bit fuzzy but I recall a friend asking to pick me up...I think a bunch of people were going to the beach or something (even know it was at night) and I said sure. I went to go in the shower but checked the radar and didn't realize how close the line was. I look out the window and lightning was going crazy so I couldn't take a shower.
  2. Let's hope! Shear actually doesn't look terrible. If we destabilize as the NAM shows there should be some decent storms about. NAM showing some pretty steep low-level lapse rates which would help with wind potential.
  3. All that is pretty accurate minus the tripod camera. My camcorder broke in August 2020 severe storms and I haven't gotten a new one.
  4. Taylor Swift re-made her 1989 album (which is phenomenal BTW) so maybe the atmosphere too will re-make 1989
  5. It's one of those fake threats. Not sure there is much severe potential with it outside of maybe a few localized severe storms. Lapse rates [mid-level] are a joke which is going to hold back instability potential and the best dynamics and shortwave forcing is along and north of the international border. Everything will essentially be water-logged downdrafts with torrential rain and maybe some 30-40 mph gusts. Also looks like timing may be crap b/c pre-frontal moves through too early. The summer of crap continues to carry the torch.
  6. I don't do the cheeseburgers anymore. They blow. The fish Filet is the best.
  7. It seems that we're getting an increased number of cool season setups and it also seems like we're getting lower-end setups to actually produce. This gets into the EF-0 stuff but given the warmer waters we're seeing increased llvl CAPE values with higher shears in place. I think dual-pol has also helped sizably in identifying quick spinups but as "garbage" as those seem they are still important to identify. But I really do miss the 90's. I know sometimes our perception is far different than reality but it seemed we used to get several solid squall lines every summer. I always used to get pissed though b/c these things would get to Hartford, completely fall apart, and then sometimes rebuild east. But those years not only had solid squall lines...but we would also get some decent nocturnal events too (especially August). August 9, 2000 was wild.
  8. Let's do it...need this to happen. BADLY
  9. There's some hope!!! 7/10/89 repeat????
  10. Sitting outside playing cards and it’s super toasty. Very hot
  11. Maybe we can at least get some cold pool hailers
  12. Grass is grass and will do what it wants
  13. I think once you have a credit history built up it isn't as detrimental to carry some credit card debt. I was able to get myself out of $6K in credit card debt last year...took a while but once I got it way down my credit score shot up like crazy...got it close to 800 at one point. But I'm back in $5K lol...mostly b/c there was a huge debacle with insurance when I got 5 teeth extracted in May so I had to pay the $3,000 out-of-pocket. But hopefully I'll get some of that covered and I can put the reimbursement towards the debt.
  14. It highly depends on how much of your limit you're using/ If you have a $5,000 limit but carrying a $3,000 balance...that's going to hurt you vs. carrying like a $300 balance.
  15. Yeah drought talk gets way over-played in our region. I don't get the fetish. Even TV outlets within the region will show the maps and talk about it. I mean I guess it is a time filler with nothing going on but we are not in a drought.
  16. And just because people have to water their lawns and gardens a few extra times a week doesn't mean drought either
  17. Drought and New England should never be used in the same sentence. These "drought monitor" charts are brutal. There is a difference between drought and dry soils.
  18. It's coming down on the moderate side here in Springfield. This is miserable...absolutely miserable. It's so cold that my computer won't even display the temperature. It just says, "Rain to Stop"...when, Christmas???? This is terrible...I'm actually about to make a cup of hot cocoa
  19. Certainly seems plausible we could see some isolated activity given the presence of some weak instability and modestly cold mid-level temperatures, but I agree...sometimes these can yield some very nice crispy towers which are fun to look at. In fact, I really dig those. Maybe a better likelihood along terrain-induced influences for any development?
  20. maybe we can generate weak mid-level vortices and watch birds get caught and whirlwind across the sky
  21. Agreed...this could be overdone or underdone. I think there arguments that can be made for both cases. While we don't have those intense lower baroclinic gradients like we do during the cool season, we do have higher instability so the question becomes, how much does that compensate? But in the essence, PWATs are very high along a narrow corridor and you do have a strengthening southerly component to the llvl flow which should aid in convergence along the boundary. This may be a situation where western areas cash in again when it's eastern areas which need it most
  22. Major differences between some of the models. With these differences, however, it should be noted there is strong agreement that there will be a narrow north-to-south axis of showers and areas of heavier rains it's just a question of where the diffuse warm front and stronger llvl forcing setup. West of 91 obviously stands the best chance for some heavier rains but that could also be as far west as the HV. Really challenging forecast here b/c the warm front (as diffuse as it is) is quite sloped.
  23. This is just utterly depressing. I feel like Frosty the Snowman with someone slowly removing my top hat and laughing as I slowly melt away into a puddle of nothing-ness.
  24. I can access! Woah this is awesome thanks!
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