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I don't think we quite know yet how global warming will affect hurricane landfalls in New England. There seem to be factors in play that would make landfalls both more likely and less likely. I think the only thing that's truly increasing our chance of a hurricane making landfall is each year goes by that it doesn't happen, lol...

I agree with you in principal but disagree with you in regards to The Rolling Stones. I'm not a huge fan myself, but their fanbase spans all ages. A lot of college students that are still into rock/alternative are fans, and I know current college age fans that have attended their shows. I don't think they pretend to be pop-relevant, they know their current place in the world of music. They were probably more irrelevant in the mid 1980's than they are now. Their most recent tour, which is still ongoing (and delayed at times due to COVID), has grossed almost a half-billion dollars. I don't see them stopping even with Watts passing away - he already had to bow out from the current tour for his medical issues and they continued with a different drummer. There may be a compromise where they may still tour on occasion but there may not be any more new recordings now that he has passed. RIP...

The Crab grass isn’t Henri’s fault!

76k in RI…

Man, look at this historical track on Henri… he was never strong and confident. From the beginning he was drunk after leaving the club in Bermuda, wandering around looking for a food truck, and accidentally ended up in Westerly, RI.

Yeah, with most of the energy pivoting WNW despite the eyewall over Westerly, we were mostly spared the heavier winds gusts… some trees and branches down here but nothing too major.

Most of western RI doesn’t have power. boring for some terrible for others…

I think we all knew that western turn was gonna happen after landfall… it’s been fun watching this storm zigzag itself through various atmospheric elements…

Newport, Jamestown, and Mt Hope bridges temp closed due to high winds. Probably just for a few hours…

This is just RI…

Heh you could walk to my office from there… thankfully I’m not there… but I’m sure the ocean is angry!

Gusts definitely picking up here…

Not sure why there’s so much anger towards tracking interesting weather in late August. Sure not as strong as some had hoped, but as a homeowner with a hurricane rider I’m quite happy it didn’t max out… I’ll repost this to lighten the mood since it’s still applicable, thanks to the forums AI software lol…

There was still some “West” nonsense overnight when it became viewable on KOKX radar.

Euro significantly east from 12z.

I think this storm has been tough on all the models... https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2021/HENRI_graphics.php?product=5day_cone_with_line

Maybe this is funnier than it should be because it's 1AM...

That's true... except 12 hours ago there were models in two different camps. Now the only one that's farthest west is the ICON. All the globals and regionals I can see on Tropical Tidbits have it coming in somewhere between E LI/SE CT and SW RI. That seems to be pretty solid evidence of where landfall might be 18 hours out... just waiting for the Euro to see what the trend is...

I just can't see it. There's a point on the map due north maybe a smidge nnw of the eye and it's moving right towards it, lol. Otherwise I don't care either the farther away from my house the better... but it's not looking like that.

0z GEFS...

Okay….

Looking at it on radar... seems to be going where it was predicted. NNW turn is required for E CT/W RI landfall...

HMON.. hot off the press...