weatherwiz Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Now that winter has seemed to calm down and things are boring it's time to look towards more exciting weather, severe wx! Last summer was pretty cool, we had some decent events in May, including an EML-like setup in late May. Then we had the back-to-back tornado watch days on June 5th and 6th. CT ended up with 5 tornadoes...second on record only to 1973 which had 8, and 4 came on one day which was the most ever from one event...in fact that event on 7/21 also produced 3 tornadoes in ME for a total of 7. Hopefully this summer is active with lots of severe wx...a summer like 2008 would be preferred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I'm not as much of a fan of 2008 ... too many dreary days with the persistent UL cold pool. I would be fine with another summer like last year ... maybe just with tornado watch weekend actually verifying lol Regardless, I just have to say, I got my best thunderstorm in many years earlier this month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 I'm not as much of a fan of 2008 ... too many dreary days with the persistent UL cold pool. I would be fine with another summer like last year ... maybe just with tornado watch weekend actually verifying lol Regardless, I just have to say, I got my best thunderstorm in many years earlier this month! I loved 2008 just b/c there were like 3-4 severe wx days a week lol. One of the events in June too, I forget which one produced more severe wx reports in the BOX CWA than any other event...including 5/31/98. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortex95 Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 <br />I loved 2008 just b/c there were like 3-4 severe wx days a week lol. One of the events in June too, I forget which one produced more severe wx reports in the BOX CWA than any other event...including 5/31/98. <br /><br /><br /> The king of monster severe...July 10, 1989. Now that's an outbreak. New England record for most tornadoes in a single day. Rare case where a true EML was present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 How do you get things to line up into nice neat columns? I want to post some T-storm stats but all spaces just get removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 How do you get things to line up into nice neat columns? I want to post some T-storm stats but all spaces just get removed. Use the code tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 The king of monster severe...July 10, 1989. Now that's an outbreak. New England record for most tornadoes in a single day. Rare case where a true EML was present. '53 wasn't too shabby either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I loved 2008 just b/c there were like 3-4 severe wx days a week lol. One of the events in June too, I forget which one produced more severe wx reports in the BOX CWA than any other event...including 5/31/98. 2008 was okay for numbers. I'd much rather just a couple events and have them be violent than a string of cold pool small hailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Here you go wiz! # of Days with thunder for the last 14 years for far Western Hartford Co. Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1997 0 0 2 0 4 6 6 8 0 2 1 0 29 1998 0 1 1 2 7 8 5 5 4 2 0 0 35 1999 1 0 2 0 1 3 10 3 4 3 0 1 28 2000 0 2 6 2 8 7 4 6 5 0 0 1 41 2001 0 2 0 3 3 7 4 9 6 0 0 0 34 2002 0 1 2 6 5 9 7 4 2 0 0 1 37 2003 0 1 2 0 4 5 7 11 3 1 0 0 34 2004 0 0 0 1 8 5 5 9 2 0 0 1 31 2005 0 0 0 1 4 6 8 5 2 2 3 1 32 2006 2 0 2 1 2 8 12 7 1 3 0 1 39 2007 0 0 1 2 6 11 8 2 2 2 0 0 34 2008 1 2 1 3 3 14 11 10 3 0 1 1 50 2009 0 0 1 4 5 6 15 5 1 3 1 1 42 2010 0 0 0 0 5 10 8 4 1 1 0 0 29 2011 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avg 0.3 0.6 1.4 1.8 4.6 7.5 7.9 6.3 2.6 1.4 0.4 0.6 35.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 West coast getting the action today ...PACIFIC NW COAST... SHORT-WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED 90-100 KT MIDLEVEL JET STREAK WILL MOVE ONSHORE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF MORE INTENSE UPSTREAM SYSTEM WHICH IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE NRN CA COAST LATE TONIGHT INTO WED MORNING. DYNAMIC COOLING/HEIGHT FALLS ALONG CYCLONIC SIDE OF MIDLEVEL JET CORE COUPLED WITH SOME BOUNDARY LAYER WARMING AND CONTINUED...MOIST ONSHORE FLOW IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK INSTABILITY LATER TODAY WITH SBCAPE APPROACHING 100-300 J/KG. TSTMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE TODAY IN ADVANCE OF LEAD SHORT-WAVE TROUGH WITHIN KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY A STRONG VERTICAL SHEAR PER CURRENT MEDFORD AND PORTLAND ORE VWP DATA. AS SUCH...SOME POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ORGANIZED/LONGER-LIVED STORM STRUCTURES EMBEDDED WITHIN LARGER PRECIPITATION SHIELD WITH A RISK FOR LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND/OR A BRIEF TORNADO. THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS/STABILIZES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I still have some interest in Friday afternoon for maybe a rumble of thunder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Now that winter has seemed to calm down and things are boring it's time to look towards more exciting weather, severe wx! + "76 days until May 1st " = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 The king of monster severe...July 10, 1989. Now that's an outbreak. New England record for most tornadoes in a single day. Rare case where a true EML was present. Wish I was old enough to remember that one A total of 10 tornadoes in CT/MA alone...7 in MA and 3 in CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Here you go wiz! # of Days with thunder for the last 14 years for far Western Hartford Co. Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1997 0 0 2 0 4 6 6 8 0 2 1 0 29 1998 0 1 1 2 7 8 5 5 4 2 0 0 35 1999 1 0 2 0 1 3 10 3 4 3 0 1 28 2000 0 2 6 2 8 7 4 6 5 0 0 1 41 2001 0 2 0 3 3 7 4 9 6 0 0 0 34 2002 0 1 2 6 5 9 7 4 2 0 0 1 37 2003 0 1 2 0 4 5 7 11 3 1 0 0 34 2004 0 0 0 1 8 5 5 9 2 0 0 1 31 2005 0 0 0 1 4 6 8 5 2 2 3 1 32 2006 2 0 2 1 2 8 12 7 1 3 0 1 39 2007 0 0 1 2 6 11 8 2 2 2 0 0 34 2008 1 2 1 3 3 14 11 10 3 0 1 1 50 2009 0 0 1 4 5 6 15 5 1 3 1 1 42 2010 0 0 0 0 5 10 8 4 1 1 0 0 29 2011 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Avg 0.3 0.6 1.4 1.8 4.6 7.5 7.9 6.3 2.6 1.4 0.4 0.6 35.4 This is awesome! Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 + "76 days until May 1st " = I have to fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 This is awesome! Thanks for posting! after 14 years of thankless record keeping I finally found somebody who appreciates it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 after 14 years of thankless record keeping I finally found somebody who appreciates it Most definitely! I've been wanting to do something like this since I was 5 years old...but I have some sort of weird issue where when I want to start something it has to be on a certain day or date or I won't do it. For example, with the weather record keeping I always wanted to start it on January 1st...but I'd forget so I'd say I'll start next year....when I try to start an exercising program I have to start on a Monday...but Tuesday will come and I'll remember so I'll say next week. I'd really glad though to see someone else has done this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 This thread is worthy of at least 10 hot dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 This thread is worthy of at least 10 hot dogs. I went virtually the entire winter without even mentioning severe wx...since I've been posting when have I ever done that? Plus would you rather me start this or start talking about it in the other threads since I'm bored . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 new england has to be the worst region in the country for severe wx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 new england has to be the worst region in the country for severe wx What about the PAC NW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 one of the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 one of the worst. Perhaps I can get lucky at the conference this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Most definitely! I've been wanting to do something like this since I was 5 years old...but I have some sort of weird issue where when I want to start something it has to be on a certain day or date or I won't do it. For example, with the weather record keeping I always wanted to start it on January 1st...but I'd forget so I'd say I'll start next year....when I try to start an exercising program I have to start on a Monday...but Tuesday will come and I'll remember so I'll say next week. I'd really glad though to see someone else has done this Not too late to start this year. The only one I have so far is 1/12 during the snowstorm. Open a spreadsheet on the computer and get too it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 This thread is worthy of at least 10 hot dogs. I was the supreme severe weather weenie in SNE from 1995-2002, some of the storms I had the video camera rolling for were worthy of 20 buns. Since then my enthusiasm has waned and the crown has been passed to wiz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Not too late to start this year. The only one I have so far is 1/12 during the snowstorm. Open a spreadsheet on the computer and get too it. Not a bad idea I've wanted to keep everything though...snowfall totals, rainfall totals...I guess I can start whenever I want...although it will be hard for the rainfall totals and the temps...I don't have any place in my yard where I can place my rain gauge...when I measure snow I have to either go into a neighbors yard or across the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 I was the supreme severe weather weenie in SNE from 1995-2002, some of the storms I had the video camera rolling for were worthy of 20 buns. Since then my enthusiasm has waned and the crown has been passed to wiz What got me into severe wx or convection was when I was younger and I used to watch squall lines come this way they always seemed to die out before they got to me and I could never figure out why...after seeing this mainly time after time I wanted to find out why...not I know that Long Island Sound plays a great role but I just love severe wx so much...and winter wx as well...although nobody really knew that but I think this winter probably made some realize that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 What about the PAC NW Don't be hatin' on the Pac NW ... they're the only ones in the nation with a SEE TEXT today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Don't be hatin' on the Pac NW ... they're the only ones in the nation with a SEE TEXT today This time of year and into March/April is for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 What got me into severe wx or convection was when I was younger and I used to watch squall lines come this way they always seemed to die out before they got to me and I could never figure out why...after seeing this mainly time after time I wanted to find out why...not I know that Long Island Sound plays a great role but I just love severe wx so much...and winter wx as well...although nobody really knew that but I think this winter probably made some realize that. I might have to start posting some of my old videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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