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Pretty good structure on this puppy, just nw of the UMass radar

Thanks Jay great post. A lot of these microbursts are really just multicell collapses, particularly with steeper low level lapse rates in place. I don't think they are especially tied to enhanced shear areas that weak boundaries might provide. The low level shear algs are actually focusing quite often on the diverging winds near the surface as the descending column hits the ground. Also, they are pretty hard to anticipate the location based on storm structure alone, unlike with some other types of wind events, gust fronts, bowing segments, etc., and require a beam close to the ground because the sig doesn't extend up too high.

The TDWR program started after a downburst took down a plane at DFW airport 8/2/85 killing 125 people. The narrow beam they have was chosen to sense localized azimuthal shear. But the planes themselves do not have on board weather radar. Would be nice to have a TDWR (or similar) at BDL.

Good stuff there

Maybe some potential for small hail in Chicopee in the cell that exhibited some weak storm scale rotation, but otherwise have not seen a lot to be excited about... Heavy rains here at UMass ongoing at any rate, and some thunder. edit... gusted to 24mph

Not sure if you figured this out, but in general, post the error

New England beaches are absolutely world class. We've been stacking 10/10 days, great surf, perfect water temps... Folks of all ages looking like Cheshire cats. Sharks be damned, we play.

Rough ride on the MVY ferry

CEF was 94 when BDL was 100. Decent sized spread for those two similar sites. Now 95.

Media articles citing "at least 1 dead in heat wave" referring to the former OL that passed of heatstroke... While terribly unfortunate worth pointing out that LZK was 0 for the high and +1 for the low.

We were up in Petersham last evening and the deerflies were abominable. Not nearly as bad on this side of the reservoir for whatever reason. At any rate we're 81, mostly cloudy and a breeze at present.

Also, the veggies are going off like fireworks. Get your tomatoes, corn, summeh squashes, chard, kale, red onions, early garlic, new potatoes, blueberries, raspberries, etc, etc. BLTs simply cannot be beat this time of year.

Screenporch, fan, fireflies, and Perfect Storms tonight. Caught a nice outflow breeze from a cell just to my north. For my money last July 1 was way worse... Today felt quite pleasant on the whole.

The BOS one not so much. But unless something catastrophically changed after 97/98, that argues to me more of a sinusoidal like periodic function, indicating we might be poised for a drop here... granted with higher base due to creeping AGW influences.

That stepwise jump after the 97/98 super nino looks a bit suspect on this one.

Looked fairly ominous. Strong on radar but no sign of severe... Very little thunder and we caught maybe a brief 25-30 mph outflow gust out of the north.

View out the office window @ UMass Not terrible for these parts

Seeing a meso near like Conway/Goshen with decent winds lower down... probably some whitetail in the DAR state forest ducking for cover. The storm southwest of that though coming over the spine in Becket/ Chester looks like the one to watch for the valley, at least at this juncture.

Correct. Typically it melts off around Tahoe. Max elevation is not all that high at like 10.8k and most peaks are under 10k. The end of last August I took the pic below in Desolation Wilderness near Emerald Bay, and there were some lingering patches around 9k or so. Another pretty big snow year, but not as big as this year.

That was rock bottom for us coming off the brutal winter previous. But it all turned around 2 weeks later.

I hear ya... the drawbacks of running a radar network 24/7/365... thank goodness for smartphones

well obv one's activities shall be tailored accordingly

all about that breeze

A day we'll all remember, perfecto. Beach @ Weekapaug, Narragansett for fish sandwiches, Treehouse, Stone Cow for bbq and beers, and Quabbin for sunset. 10/10

Line ramped up as it came through here, but not anything overly notable in terms of wind. Good thunder and rains.