weatherwiz

Has anyone used the ISU site for bufkit before? the PSU site has been having all kinda of issues. Was trying to load profiles into bufget from the ISU site, however, doesn't seem to work. 

https://meteor.geol.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/data/index.html

Friday looks like we could see quite a few downpours and thunderstorms 

5 minutes ago, JC-CT said:

Good job communicating the potential

There may not be anyone else on TV who does as excellent of a job as Ryan does. Not only does he communicate potential extremely well but he has the gift of being able to toss in science/meteorology and explain it so easily. Not too mention how he handles live events...especially severe weather...being able to show and explain dual-pol radar on air. 

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

And from a TS lol. Imagine even a strong cat 1 into BDR. Winds 50-55kts mostly too.

This is serious an extremely scary thought. I think the scariest aspect of it is how the general public would respond to these communications. 

17 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

2nd largest power outage in CT behind the Oct snowstorm. This one was a crusher 

Forecasts for this were 100% spot on. I don't think they could have been any better. You gotta put things into perspective...sure we get several 50-60 mph wind events a year...but just about all of them occur from fall - spring...when trees aren't fully leaved. When it became obvious how long we were going to be ripping 50-60+ mph gusts you knew we were in for some serious damage. Even an hour of 50-60+ mph gusts in the summer is going to do significant damage. All you have to do is picture what 50-60 mph t'storm gusts do...which last maybe a few minutes at most to understand what this was going to do. 

What a journey home. Tons of trees down in Branford/North Branford. I usually always take back roads from Branford to North Branford to Wallingford and catch 91 there so I avoid 95. Debated on not doing that tonight in case roads were closed or power lines were down. 
 

anyways, I said screw it and did it. As I was driving  I couldn’t believe the trees down/debris. I get to probably about a mile from the highway (of a 12-mile journey) and boom...tree across middle of road. So I had to turn around. Luckily, the detour wasn’t much...ended up turning down a side street I’ve always wondered where it led. Was basically just a tad longer loop to the highway. 
 

driving along 91 there were some downed trees along the highway. Getting into Windsor Locks...I was impressed by the 1.5 mile drive from highway to my house with the amount of trees/limbs down. Even a huge section without power. Saw a tree down upon entering the driveway to the complex and then this was in my neighbors yard 

Went to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and saw the wind messed up my hair. 

After that last post I made about the wind...BOOM completely died down 

2 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I was going to post some shots from around my hood but everytime i upload an image it gives me an error. All it says is "-200" whatever that means. 

too big

man...you can kinda argue these winds are about as strong right now as it was during "peak" that was an impressive burst with a bit of longevity 

3 minutes ago, Sn0waddict said:

It cleared out here, but suddenly it clouded up and now it’s gusting like hell again. I thought we were done with this.

yeah just had a pretty big gust. I even thought it would have started to calm down by now

1 minute ago, USCAPEWEATHERAF said:

okay thanks.  Do you think I have a shot at something in the next few hours?

yeah I'd keep an eye on the stuff as it moves towards you. 

Just now, USCAPEWEATHERAF said:

Hey WIZ, I wasn't going through the 12 pages I fell behind on, what happened with the TOR earlier?

 

not sure if there were any reports of OTG but I have heard that there is the possibility around Middletown. A friend of mine was there and was in a parking lot and said something strange happened...like a sucking and he looked and leaves and water going up in the air. He said something about some guy getting sucked in and he had to pull him...IDK but another friend said on the news they mentioned something about a possible TOR in the area. Didn't hear anything from the HFD one...although with these winds tough to tell damage from an EF-0 and winds which swirl in these situations. 

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Kevin is fine, said he guessed 65 in gusts. No power. 

Is he outside with the chain saw? 

quickly clearing in Branford 

1 minute ago, DotRat_Wx said:

Landslide

Wonder if he lost power. 

Haven’t heard from Kevin in hours. 

Just went outside at work and saw this 

Forgetting the comparisons to Sandy/Irene this has been quite impressive. gotta put it into perspective. 

1) an 80-100+ knot ULJ streak in early August is pretty damn impressive. Not going to see that all too often. With us in the entrance region of the jet that was going to help the storm maintain intensity. 

2) Gusts 50-60 mph may not seem that impressive...but again...taking into perspective...this is August, not January. We see what 50-60 mph gusts do during t'storms. Trees are fully leaved. Over 300K w/o power in CT and continuing to climb 

3) Not sure if we will get any confirmed tornadoes but the parameters we had in place for a tropical system...you don't see that often. 

4) Getting breaks of sun too...during peak heating and with a LLJ cranking. 

IIRC Sandy had the long sustained winds (25-35 mph) but i think for the most part the bigger gusts were held to the shoreline...this I think had higher gusts...also...Sandy happened late October when trees certainly didn't have the leaves they do now.I don't remember Sandy being overly big for winds inland...Irene OTOH I think was a bit more impressive inland. 

Just now, ice1972 said:

Holy smokes.....337k UI customers out....half a million plus out in CT....that’s oct 2011 territory inthink

Holy ****

did this track a bit farther east from the expected track? Seems like it did...would explain why perhaps the tornado potential didn't truly realize in CT despite the ingredients. I know we saw several warnings but I was envisioning a little bit more in the way of potential cells. 

Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Thankfully at the edge of the property. 

Did Steve help you take that photo?

Looks like EWR recently gusted to 51 knots again? 

can't believe I almost got blown over a railing