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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.

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.

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

well tornado threat is just about done in CT outside of NE/E CT. Winds remained maxed for another hour or two then subside and gust 30-40 for another couple hours then quickly diminish

You see the wind through the objects which move

Branford. Almost got blown over a railing. I have video I'll upload and post later

This is some of the strongest winds I've ever seen

Holy crap....had to gust 55-60 there. WOW

yeah I'd watch those cells. Isaias is shifting east so the threat is moving through CT into RI over next hour

Nice area of blue sky with sun poking through...yikes with that LLJ overhead

Tornado warning near higganum

Very nasty couplet NE of Springs on LI

Over 75K w/o power in CT per NBC30

sun poking out with a wind driven shower

FWIW models have the LLJ max traverse CT for a solid 4-5 hours.

actually seeing some peaks of blue sky with sun trying to poke through.

yes

Latest HRRR still has 50-60 knots across CT with pockets of 65-70 moving through over the next 2 hours.

They've been going solid in NJ for about that long. the core of the LLJ just getting here now. Maybe 4 a bit long but I would think at least a good 3 hours of this.

TOR'S BEING TOSSED LIKE CANDY!!!

This is going to be a bit more than a few hours. NJ still getting very strong gusts. Probably looking at 3-4 hours