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Was delicious

Leaving Springfield now…be there in about an hour

Probably be there around 3:00. Bringing my girlfriend. Usually stay with her on weekends and she isn’t working today. Can’t wait to see everyone!!

Justin, Long time no talk! I hope all is well. I know you posted this over a year ago but I was just surfing through this portion of the board. Not sure what decision you have made or whether you're still deciding but do it man! The job prospects in the field are looking very positive, especially if you go a masters route and have a goal for the NWS. The private sector also has a ton of opportunities. Not sure if you're good at programming or have experience with GIS, but if you do that will help you big time. Anyways, I was 30 when I graduated with my degree in meteorology. I was extremely, extremely fortunate to have been presented with a job (which supposed to be an internship but it didn't qualify as an internship) before I even graduated. One of my professors told us a story of someone who was in his 40's who had gone there for meteorology looking for a career change and ended up getting a job. From what I remember you're a very smart individual. I struggled beyond belief with calculus and physics but grinded my way through. I'd be interested to know what your path has become in this past year.

I will be there!

are pants optional?

When the line starting pushing into western Connecticut and the warning got dropped for Litchfield County I was starting to wonder what was going on. I felt as if this wasn't going to transpire (I had a ton of confidence we would see a widespread damaging wind event based on the parameters moving through the morning). I was starting to wonder if perhaps the llvl winds were just a bit too weak. I was with my friend/roommate from school at the airport and we were talking and we were both wondering if none of the radar sites were fully capturing what was going on. We were frequently switching between ENX/OKX/BOX. I was also wondering if the storms would take off moving into the valley. When we got hit at BDL I was stunned there wasn't a warning out. Those winds were quite strong and even after the 54mph gust was measured I still don't think a warning came out right away. Through all of this, however, there were several intriguing radar signatures and you could see all the wind that was aloft on each radar site.

The TDS's going on were pretty wild...probably even helped some by the degree of leaves still on the trees getting sucked up. As always, Ryan did a phenomenal job providing heads up and warning viewers and using dual-pol to illustrate.

Up to 11-tornadoes add EF-0 North Bellport, NY EF-0 from Hampton Bays, NY to North Sea, NY

Looks like we can add a 9th EF-0 from Remsenburg, NY to Westhampton, NY

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