SACRUS Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Will - Rutgers said: The last few days have been one of the more interesting setups I've seen for the area, I'll give them that. Cell to my west is hammering Somerset County and has dropped many nice CTG strikes. Question for everyone: does anyone remember a day 2-3 years ago, incredibly hot and humid, where at some point in the afternoon the entire region exploded with thunderstorms crawling random directions? It was a very distinctive event. At some point in the afternoon, like 2:30 PM, the radar went from clear to cells gushing everywhere. There was no steering flow. Cells just appeared everywhere and drifted around, the whole state was covered by red echoes, flash flooding must've been everywhere. I don't even think it was due to a seabreeze front, they didn't really propagate along a front that I could see. The atmosphere pretty much rained itself out. Wish I could remember what day that was and what the setup was, pretty wild. Do you recall which areas might have been hit the hardest and was it 2018 or 2017? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will - Rutgers Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 minute ago, SACRUS said: Do you recall which areas might have been hit the hardest and was it 2018 or 2017? It might have even been 2016. I'd like to say 2017 most likely. As I remember the entire state was covered in a swarm of cells. Never saw anything like it before or since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stemwinder Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Will - Rutgers said: The last few days have been one of the more interesting setups I've seen for the area, I'll give them that. Cell to my west is hammering Somerset County and has dropped many nice CTG strikes. I just left north Princeton, and it was bearing down hard. Home in W Windsor, and I think that it will hit here. Means losing my poor DSL. Edit 9:48 - Looks as though the cell got nudged westward and is dying in Bucks Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestHillWx Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Had that storm hitting Princeton now. Got some good rain, decent lightening/thunder. No hail, no wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 15 minutes ago, Will - Rutgers said: It might have even been 2016. I'd like to say 2017 most likely. As I remember the entire state was covered in a swarm of cells. Never saw anything like it before or since. There was a day like 2 years ago in Union County. I was out in it as the cells were popping overhead with lightning striking within feet of my car. I think a downburst occurred in Cranford as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 This evening, thunderstorms passed across the Long Island Sound bringing some raindrops to Larchmont. One of the thunderstorms grew severe as it headed across Long Island. Two photos: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 3 storms here so far today-4th day in row being hit.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdrag Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Will post a multisensor two rainfall map. Saw the prelim LSR map. Surprised no 2" reports today and maybe a little less hail reported in NY forum area than expected but at least most heard thunder. Thanks for following up the past two days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, winterwx21 said: Yep, what else is new. Had just a couple of showers here. Radar looked good, but what was on track to hit us good weakened. Another cell developed and missed me just to the west, going into Somerset county. The rain got moderate for a brief minute as I was near the edge of that cell. Not enough to water the garden. Amazing how many different heavy storms just missed me today. The luck is so bad it's comical. I'm looking at radar now and seeing another batch of storms moving SSE through Morris county, but it looks as if those will miss us slightly to the west as they move down into Somerset county. One last miss to top it off! Total for the week .17 lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmillz25 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 21 minutes ago, Allsnow said: One last miss to top it off! Total for the week .17 lolz Crazy here we have 1.80” for the week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stemwinder Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 57 minutes ago, ForestHillWx said: Had that storm hitting Princeton now. Got some good rain, decent lightening/thunder. No hail, no wind. It missed me in W Windsor. Got nudged westward and it looks to be dying over Bucks County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Crazy storm here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, psv88 said: Crazy storm here I know-absolute torrent and brilliant lightning. LOUD thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, jm1220 said: I know-absolute torrent and brilliant lightning. LOUD thunder. Yea lots of CTC, thunder is rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eduardo Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 33 minutes ago, psv88 said: Crazy storm here 23 minutes ago, jm1220 said: I know-absolute torrent and brilliant lightning. LOUD thunder. 17 minutes ago, psv88 said: Yea lots of CTC, thunder is rolling. Agree! Unlike the earlier storm, this one held together nicely as it came across the island. Vivid lightning and gusty downpour. Overall, a solid a respectable storm here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Eduardo said: Agree! Unlike the earlier storm, this one held together nicely as it came across the island. Vivid lightning and gusty downpour. Overall, a solid a respectable storm here! Definitely made up for the misses for the week in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Picked up 0.83" of rain for the day. Current temp 68/DP 65/RH 90% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdrag Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Wrapping up this two day, mostly Wednesday 11A-10P event with a course but useful graphic of 2 day rainfall. Of interest via the legend...several pockets 2"+ rainfall. Saw the note from bluewave on Harrison NJ rainfall of 2.79 midday yesterday. A little surprised by big hailer e LI at dinner time yesterday. Apparently a few reports smaller hail in NJ. It rained and there were lightning strikes. fwiw, I only traced yesterday in this part of Wantage NJ..two day total 0.07"= summer convection and its extreme gradients. 554A EDT/2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPizz Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 .56" here. Northern side of town i saw some storm damage posted on the local Facebook page 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poker2015 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 1 hour ago, FPizz said: .56" here. Northern side of town i saw some storm damage posted on the local Facebook page Yeah, like a lawn chair knocked over, lol...someone asked if a tornado came through...I said not even close, the storm was mediocre at best...just alot of rain and thunder...I'm over on County Line Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwx21 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 14 hours ago, Allsnow said: One last miss to top it off! Total for the week .17 lolz Yeah it's horrible. I hope we finally have some better luck tomorrow with the scattered storms that are expected. Today the chance looks extremely slim (maybe a 10% chance) with very isolated storms but you never know. RGEM does keep showing a couple storms popping up close to our area today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Loving all the central jersey posters! Now all we need is a snowstorm lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 tomorrow looks mildly interesting 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allsnow Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 4 hours ago, winterwx21 said: Yeah it's horrible. I hope we finally have some better luck tomorrow with the scattered storms that are expected. Today the chance looks extremely slim (maybe a 10% chance) with very isolated storms but you never know. RGEM does keep showing a couple storms popping up close to our area today. Lol. Hit today with a nice shower! Go figure lolz. .13 and enough to keep the sprinkler off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofmiami Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Stormlover74 said: Is my cache on my browser messed up or is this a map from June 27th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 36 minutes ago, uofmiami said: Is my cache on my browser messed up or is this a map from June 27th? Ugh you're right 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathermedic Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Nice outflow with the storms over the lower Hudson Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwx21 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 6 hours ago, Allsnow said: Lol. Hit today with a nice shower! Go figure lolz. .13 and enough to keep the sprinkler off Yeah that shower missed me a few miles to the east. I was on the edge of it so only got a few sprinkles. RGEM did a good job showing a few storms popping close to our area today, but unfortunately nothing for me again. Much more numerous storms tomorrow so hopefully we'll cash in. I might lose it if I don't get a downpour tomorrow, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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