WxWatcher007

3.04” of rain at home today. By far the most since purchasing my VP2 almost a year ago.

I just missed it chasing the first cell. Saw some damage in East Hartford as well.

What part of Glastonbury? I drove through Glastonbury center and didn’t see any damage.

Lol I’m not touching politics with a ten foot pole but you should really take some time to go to the Midwest. It’s so hard trying to find a clear spot here and watch storm development.

Ended up pulling a Wiz and chased both TOR warned cells in between Hartford and Coventry. Pretty nasty storms that helped relieve the chasing itch for now. Not the best pics because..Connecticut..but this was Glastonbury looking east on the first one This one was near Bolton looking east.

That ended up being a pretty good storm. Fun stuff.

Pretty good lightning.

Hoth’s right—nothing extraordinary. It is a little interesting to note though that two of our named Atlantic storms had 30% or less odds immediately preceding classification. I think Andrea went from lemon to named storm too.

On cue Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 800 AM EDT Wed Aug 21 2019 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Chantal, located several hundred miles east-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1. An area of disturbed weather located over the central and northwestern Bahamas is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Some slow development of this system is possible over the next several days at it moves toward the Florida peninsula and then the southeastern United States. * Formation chance through 48 hours...low...near 0 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...low...20 percent.

Models have struggled a lot with tropical genesis so far this season, but signs of life on all the major pieces of guidance with some potential homebrew development in the next 5-10 days.

Couldn’t get to the outlook tonight, but hopefully I can hit it tomorrow. I really enjoy following both. Always learning something. Despite my last post, former 97L was looking objectively good much of the day. I posted in the SE thread that I thought it was a depression, and this ASCAT scan (source: Twitter) speaks for itself. Marked change from 24 hours ago. It really organized well today. Note that all three named storms found their favorable environment/developed in the homebrew region this season. ETA: NHC went from 10% odds to keeping this a TS for 5 days.

It’ll be an official tropical storm for like 6 hours lol. Not a single named storm has been impressive this season...so far...

Advisories to be issued on Tropical Storm Chantal at 11pm. Special Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1005 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. Recent satellite wind data indicate that the small low pressure area located more than 450 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has acquired a well-defined circulation and is producing tropical- storm-force winds. As a result, advisories on Tropical Storm Chantal will be initiated at 11 PM AST (0300 UTC). This system is moving eastward at 15 to 20 mph across the open north Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent. Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service, under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.php . Forecaster Brown

Hellooooooooo Chantal. Stalled fronts and the Gulf Stream FTW. Special Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 1005 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2019 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. Recent satellite wind data indicate that the small low pressure area located more than 450 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has acquired a well-defined circulation and is producing tropical- storm-force winds. As a result, advisories on Tropical Storm Chantal will be initiated at 11 PM AST (0300 UTC). This system is moving eastward at 15 to 20 mph across the open north Atlantic. * Formation chance through 48 hours...high...near 100 percent. * Formation chance through 5 days...high...near 100 percent. Additional information on this system can be found in High Seas Forecasts issued by the National Weather Service, under AWIPS header NFDHSFAT1, WMO header FZNT01 KWBC, and online at ocean.weather.gov/shtml/NFDHSFAT1.php . Forecaster Brown

I love the excitement and learning that comes with a chase, but sitting in front of the fire pit on a night like tonight is fantastic in its own right. I mean it’s all I got as I live without the daily severe outbreaks y’all are getting.