Napril 2026 Discussion/Obs

[Torch Tiger]

14 minutes ago, UnitedWx said:

I was trying to put it off... but had to install Today. Our living room was getting too warm for the Chinchillas, and we both slept like shit last night because the bedroom was a thousand degrees. At least we won't have to use it continuously yet

Good move

[kdxken]

3 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

ahhh yes, today is the 15th. I'm a day off  

How about 'dem bruins ? At least we get four more games.

[SJonesWX]

4 hours ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

The delusion in this place is amazing. Wonder if we could upload this place into the AI overlords and have them psycho analyze us all. 

we don’t need no stinking’ AI, we got Tip to psycho analyze us on the regular 

41 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Yes, but our oaks have zero leaves, and only some maples have the very start of some very small leaves. The flowering trees are flowering.  But Looking at the landscape…it’s 90 plus percent bare still. Another day or two of warmth will help more, but the incoming cool unfortunately will slow things down fast. 

We go through this every spring. DIT thinks leaf out is when there is a hint of green on the trees. the rest of us think of leaf out when there are actual leaves on the trees.

[weatherwiz]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

How about 'dem bruins ? At least we get four more games.

Playoff hockey! Nothing like it 

[OrangeCTWX]

Lots of flashes and thunder with the storm rolling through, but absolutely no wind and all the lightning seemed to be cloud to cloud. Odd. Not much rain either. 

[CT Valley Snowman]

Summer like night.  Temps near 70, dews over 60, storms popping on radar.  

[Hailstoned]

6 hours ago, bristolri_wx said:

I'll tell you straight up I think you're wrong for dismissing the data.

There's more than anecdotal evidence that shows the last couple of decades have been more humid in New England than previous years.  I have family members with roots in agriculture/farming who have noticed differences, and they aren't necessarily buyers of the global warming theories.  But they do know the climate is different than it was when they were farming several decades ago.  Not just humidity - in their location, but more wind as well, on normal summer days.

YMMV I guess...

We're not getting the refreshing cold frontal passages, as used to be summer breaks from heat/humidity for a few days. And with fewer of these frontal refreshers seems also fewer thunderstorms/severe weather episodes punctuating their passage.

[powderfreak]

23 minutes ago, Hailstoned said:

We're not getting the refreshing cold frontal passages, as used to be summer breaks from heat/humidity for a few days. And with fewer of these frontal refreshers seems also fewer thunderstorms/severe weather episodes punctuating their passage.

Midday Monday will probably be a chilly wake up call.

 

[vortex95]

Not bad for April w/ the storms in western MA/CT currently.

HRRR 18 and 00z insisting isolated long-tracked supercell NY into NH later Thu.

Then a :sun destroyed itself" day Fri w/ RW/TRW peppered all over the place by noon.

Best tstm week in April for New England I can recall offhand.  But somehow Scott will find a way to say MEH!  LOL.

SPC 2% tor western section Thu.  Only 3 confirmed spinners in April in New England on record.

                                                      Path   Path
                     Time(EST)          Width  Length
                     ---------          ------ ------

MA    APR 15, 1925    1700    0k   0inj   unk   unk  F1
HAMPDEN - Brief tornado in Chicopee.  One house and
five garages destroyed.  Damage $50,000.
 

CT    APR 26, 1961    1115    0k   0inj   unk   unk  F1
TOLLAND - Two silo roofs destroyed in Ellington.

 

CT    APR 21, 2021    1349   0k  0inj    30y  1.0m   EF0
LITCHFIELD - Sporadic tree damage in Kent.

 

 

Also in 2021, we have our first confirmed tor in Mar in

New England.

 

VT    MAR 26, 2021    1240   0k  2inj    75y  0.7m   EF1
ADDISON - Tornado associated with bow echo segment moved
through Middlebury.  Many trees downed and some
structural and vehicle damage.