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I am coming

8-confirmed tornadoes thus far. EF-0 Branford, CT EF-1 Stonington, CT to Westerly, RI EF-0 in Cheshire, CT EF-0 Sterling/Plainfield, CT EF-0 East Islip, NY EF-0 Nassau County, NY (skipping) EF-1 Shirley, NY to Manorville, NY EF-0 North Kingston, RI

That blows ughhh

I am shocked there weren’t more in the way of widespread damaging winds. Maybe llvl winds were just a bit too weak?

I’m at BDL. Went there for the storms from Springfield.

Guess we can confirm a tornado in Branford. Great stuff from Ryan on Twitter

Also estimated gusts 50-55 mph

Pea hail!!!!!!!

TDS western LI

Rather surprised no damaging wind reports…all hail

Much sooner…probably more like 3:00-3:15 Just got to BDL from Springfield!

Crap RadarScope keeps crashing

This is going to be some serious stuff. Probably see lots of power outages too. Maybe winds in the lower-levels are just a tad bit weak for crazy widespread but those lapse rates are very steep plus the updrafts are looking robust. This is also crossing CT at prime heating

This could rival a serial derecho but may end up falling short of official criteria. We are primed for widespread damaging winds with this

Looks like we’ll see 100-125+ 3km CAPE with 3km lapse rates 7-8 C/KM. Strong signal for widespread damaging winds

Shaping up to be a big afternoon. Steep mlvl lapse rates and llvl lapse rates, strong shear, just enough moisture. Going to see lots of wind damage

Let’s see if we can muster up something today

Gotta watch that convective cell south of Long Island...that may head towards New Haven/Branford/Clinton areas over the next 30-45 min. Then need to watch the low-topped line as it works through central/eastern CT. It will encounter higher dewpoint/theta-e air and greater instability.

Dewpoints now into the lower 60's across southern CT. Strong convection south of Long Island. Radar sampling 70-80+ mph winds only a few thousand feet above the ground. Won't take much to mix into that given these dewpoints/llvl CAPE.

Should see lower 60's dews get into at least parts of CT, RI, SE MA over the next few hours. HRRR (per mesoanalysis) suggesting >175-200 J of 3km CAPE as well. 0-1km shear is pretty high. If any updrafts can tap into these we may see a few brief spinners today

Yet another late-season severe setup which has become a bit more of a common occurrence the past several years. Strong southerly flow will transport unseasonably moist air into the region with dewpoints potentially climbing into the lower 60's ahead of the cold front. This should contribute to 150-200 J/KG of 3km CAPE...more than sufficient for the potential of strong-to-severe thunderstorms given the degree of wind shear aloft. Damaging winds and even a few tornadoes are possible from late morning through late afternoon across the region.

I think so too. Maybe it doesn’t have a strong correlation to a specific region or area but if you’re looking to study long range and teleconnections you need to have an understanding of impacts on the global level…but just local b/c at the end of the day the global scale impacts the local scale

Indian Ocean definitely has my interest as well and something I want to study more. In fact, I want to do much more with that area of the globe...not just for seasonal forecast but for long-range (talking 7-21 days) winter forecasting as well. I think that if we have a strong understanding of how models are performing across eastern Asia and the Pacific and how the PAC may begin to deviate there...that can give us immense clues about what we can anticipate here. This kinda gets into things like the AAM and mountain torques.

Do you do much research or exploring other teleconnections or do you mostly focus on ENSO/Arctic/QBO/MJO? Just curious b/c with your ability I think you would be able to make some great findings.