August 2025 Summer Thread

[FXWX]

30 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

That would be nasty here now that I look at it. 

Obviously beyond speculation time frame, but the modeled back side winds usually don't verify; chop off at least 30%.

[Torch Tiger]

Yeah it's not even worth discussing.  But we do lol

[Torch Tiger]

Take 1954 Hurricane Carol and transplant 100  or 200? mi or whatever east/southeast, it'd cause a shitload of damage over SE MA.  It's not a halficane situation or what not, SST's are relatively warm.  If any system to were get caught up in that tropical environment, it wouldn't just go ET in a minute.

[WxWatcher007]

Yeah for fantasy range it’s slightly interesting. Less the storm than the overall steering pattern, which has looked pretty consistent (thus far) for an EC threat if there’s a wave that can ride into the SW Atlantic.

[bristolri_wx]

6 hours ago, tamarack said:

Depends on location, of course.  Gloria did a lot of damage between AUG and the midcoast.  At that time, I was commuting weekly from Fort Kent, having just begun my forester position for the state.  I'd drive south Sunday evening and home Friday evening, but Gov. Brennan sent the state workers home at noon before Gloria hit so I got to drive home in daylight.  Up north it was like a garden variety fall storm.

We lived in Gardiner for Bob, and i dropped 6.41", the biggest calendar precip I've recorded.  It brought 60+ gusts and is the only TC I've experienced that had backside wind as strong as front side, though 95% of the RA came before the switch.  It's in a near tie for 4th strongest I've seen, with Doria (Aug. 71) and the 1982 April damage.

In terms of tree damage from wind, Dec 18, 2023 was probably worse than Bob, even with wind ~10 mph less.  Bob's peak wind lasted less than an hour while 12/23 kept roaring for 4.  (Trivia note:  Last night's episode of Maine Cabin Masters was at Cobbossee Lake, a from-scratch build after pines obliterated the original cabin in that storm.)

I believe I've mentioned this in another Bob post/thread, but Bob's eye went right over Bristol.  We went outside and did some quick cleanup as the eye came through.  Pretty surreal - lots of tree damage in East Bay of RI with that storm!  No power for 3 days or so, at least at my apartment on 114.

[Torch Tiger]

8 minutes ago, bristolri_wx said:

I believe I've mentioned this in another Bob post/thread, but Bob's eye went right over Bristol.  We went outside and did some quick cleanup as the eye came through.  Pretty surreal - lots of tree damage in East Bay of RI with that storm!  No power for 3 days or so, at least at my apartment on 114.

the eye broke up and strongest sfc winds went way east. mid-lower cape had the strongest winds  BID aside. yeah it was a big'un, no power for two weeks in East Falmouth, MA.  Remnant eye went overhead.  Yore

[Torch Tiger]

41 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Yeah for fantasy range it’s slightly interesting. Less the storm than the overall steering pattern, which has looked pretty consistent (thus far) for an EC threat if there’s a wave that can ride into the SW Atlantic.

This. There's nothing worth tracking, but anything that pops could quickly become worthy

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

3 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

I'll stop when you tell the truth.. not every site is 68 to 70 in Tolland most are in the mid 60s 

just so everyone else can try just hit change station and a map will pop up with all the Tolland sites.. scroll down to see the dewpoints 

https://www.wunderground.com/weather/us/ct/tolland/KCTTOLLA105

A very good luck with that…

[weathafella]

3 hours ago, Torch Tiger said:

Take 1954 Hurricane Carol and transplant 100  or 200? mi or whatever east/southeast, it'd cause a shitload of damage over SE MA.  It's not a halficane situation or what not, SST's are relatively warm.  If any system to were get caught up in that tropical environment, it wouldn't just go ET in a minute.

I remember Carol.  Where I was (71 summers ago, age 7) in NNJ. Carol passed east of us.  The Beech tree in our front yard toppled-it was quite a big blow and got me hooked on hurricanes.  We were rewarded with 2 more hits that season!