May 2025 Obs/Discussion

[Torch Tiger]

a few storms NW, near monads.  maybe Mason/Hollis can get something before it collapses just before ASH?

[powderfreak]

Windows and doors wide open all evening.

Down to 63F so may need to close up soon, but the warm season sounds of insects, peepers, is a different vibe than the past 6 months.

[Baroclinic Zone]

What a great day this turned out to be. Got woken up by what I thought was an explosion but ended up being that line of t-storms. It was not your typical thunder but more one of those static build-ups that leads to to tremendous bangs. Rain was nice too. Won’t go over well but we need the rain. The spring green-up just soaks up this moisture that it leads to ground level dryness and that leads to these flare ups of fire. Let’s quell that danger and also dampen the pollen.

Does not look great for outdoor activities for some for the next 3-5 days. We can all hold hands and get through this together for what we will receive on the other side. 

[eekuasepinniW]

Saw a nice lightning strike on the way home from Shaws. Checked radar when I got home and that did a truly exceptional job of pissing me off. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

Just now, powderfreak said:

Windows and doors wide open all evening.

Down to 63F so may need to close up soon, but the warm season sounds of insects, peepers, is a different vibe than the past 6 months.

Same here. Low 60s. Peepers are waning here but are still active. It’s a soothing chirp at night for sure. I’ll keep my windows open this time of year, even if it gets down into the upper 30s. Only time I will close em is if it’s windy and temps drop too low inside. I don’t mind it when it’s in the 50s inside when I sleep this time of year.

[HoarfrostHubb]

21 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

a few storms NW, near monads.  maybe Mason/Hollis can get something before it collapses just before ASH?

I can see some of the lightning from it from my house. 

[DavisStraight]

15 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Windows and doors wide open all evening.

Down to 63F so may need to close up soon, but the warm season sounds of insects, peepers, is a different vibe than the past 6 months.

Birds singing all day too, definitely spring.

[kdxken]

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Sunset was absolute fire tonight. 
 

Wow! Do you have a higher resolution image ? That's a keeper for sure

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Sunset was absolute fire tonight. 
 

It looked like the eclipse here prestorm…dark all around except some lit up midlevel cumulus directly overhead. It was creating shadows on the NW side of objects.

[Ginx snewx]

It's the little spiders ya need to worry about. Brown recluse.

Also @kdxkenI have an S 25 pics are fine. My old friend and I have been slamming trout and bass.

[ineedsnow]

1 hour ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I can see some of the lightning from it from my house. 

same.. hopefully a preview for tomorrow

[ineedsnow]

41 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It looked like the eclipse here prestorm…dark all around except some lit up midlevel cumulus directly overhead. It was creating shadows on the NW side of objects.

it was pouring here earlier and could see blue sky in every direction with the sun shining.. 

[Snowedin]

11 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Every friggin year, like clockwork! The zone of suck never fails to disappoint in coastal New England. Somewhere deep in the archives of Mayan mythology lies an entire book on this disturbingly predictable phenomenon that seems to occur with such regularity and precision that one could almost tune their half naked daily walks in the yard to its expected arrival! 

[Diggiebot]

1 hour ago, Snowedin said:

Every friggin year, like clockwork! The zone of suck never fails to disappoint in coastal New England. Somewhere deep in the archives of Mayan mythology lies an entire book on this disturbingly predictable phenomenon that seems to occur with such regularity and precision that one could almost tune their half naked daily walks in the yard to its expected arrival! 

Marine layer! Cape cod is the king of that. It drives me nuts every year. Fog bank drizzle and 10-20 degrees cooler Until may or June depending on the pattern. 

[Modfan2]

Ineed was  posting daily rainfall maps now we have spider talk, does it mean the heaviest rains the next few days have shifted west?

[codfishsnowman]

5 hours ago, Snowedin said:

Every friggin year, like clockwork! The zone of suck never fails to disappoint in coastal New England. Somewhere deep in the archives of Mayan mythology lies an entire book on this disturbingly predictable phenomenon that seems to occur with such regularity and precision that one could almost tune their half naked daily walks in the yard to its expected arrival! 

While someone someday probably in the not too distant yearly future is snowed in for weeks with feet and feet of snow in the zone of suck. Can't have it all.

[ineedsnow]

[ineedsnow]

late season flakes for some next week?

[ineedsnow]

...Parts of the East...
   The greatest relative severe threat within the broad prefrontal
   region across the East is currently expected from the Carolina
   Piedmont into parts of the Mid Atlantic and southern New England,
   where somewhat stronger diurnal heating/destabilization is currently
   expected. A belt of moderate midlevel southwesterly flow in advance
   of the slow-moving mid/upper trough will provide sufficient
   deep-layer shear for some storm organization within a moderately
   buoyant environment. 

   Organized cells/clusters may develop during the afternoon from the
   northern Mid Atlantic into southern New England, as a frontal wave
   and modestly enhanced low-level jet move northeastward across the
   region. These storms will pose a threat of damaging winds and
   isolated hail, and perhaps some localized tornado potential. 

[Damage In Tolland]

5 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

late season flakes for some next week?

Late next week looks warm and sunny with 70’s right into Mothers Day weekend. Maybe 60’s Friday 

[Prismshine Productions]

I’ve come to fully accept cold season QPF deficits followed by QPF bull’s-eye for warm season.  
I guess  I won’t do any planting this week because seeds will be washed away and roots will rot.

Idk Hippy... I hit 5 feet with a QPF deficit and feel really content, can't imagine how much we would get with the opposite scenario where our stretch of the valley gets a winter bullseye in this fast flow world

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[Prismshine Productions]

late season flakes for some next week?

You playing Schedule 1 with that kind of logic?

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[CoastalWx]

2 hours ago, codfishsnowman said:

While someone someday probably in the not too distant yearly future is snowed in for weeks with feet and feet of snow in the zone of suck. Can't have it all.

I think he was drunk because we were warm sectored all day. 

[CoastalWx]

Man summer is here. Feels good. 
 

 

[Prismshine Productions]

Man summer is here. Feels good. 
 
 

For 4 months at least...

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[CoastalWx]

29 minutes ago, Prismshine Productions said:

For 4 months at least...

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Right through October. Fall is fleeting now.

[ineedsnow]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Late next week looks warm and sunny with 70’s right into Mothers Day weekend. Maybe 60’s Friday 

Meh I wouldn't be surprised if the Berks and higher parts of Vermont saw some flakes at some point. That period around May 9th could be interesting for some 

[codfishsnowman]

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Man summer is here. Feels good. 
 

 

They had some good songs...Loved If I had no loot.

[Damage In Tolland]

9 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Meh I wouldn't be surprised if the Berks and higher parts of Vermont saw some flakes at some point. That period around May 9th could be interesting for some 

Op GFS?

Sell

[radarman]

11z hrrr backed off a little but prior runs and the 3km nam looked pretty good for some Btown bangers later on