May 2026 Obs/Discussion

[CoastalWx]

22 minutes ago, kdxken said:

It's my biggest fear. I'll take anything other than alpha gal

Beta gal?

[Damage In Tolland]

38 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Uconn grad is Sunday?

Both days but my oldest daughters is on Sunday . It’s inside at Gampel but you still want it nice . She’s off the books. My other one had two years left there . Moving her home Saturday for summer . Next year she’s in the new apartments where all the shops and restaurants are. 

[dendrite]

15 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Beta gal?

Alpha gal won’t do his laundry or clean his room

 

[weatherwiz]

3 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Wiz will like the NW flow potential at the end of the ensembles. 

Let's do it

[tamarack]

11 hours ago, dendrite said:

I’ve had 6 on me and 2 embedded. Batting .333

About 10 so far, including one I picked up this morning in the flower garden 2 feet from the porch.  3-4 got their mandibles into me but none have gotten a drink. 
I'm heading out in a bit to continue the re-inventory of the woodlot, so picking up a few more hitchhikers is inevitable.

0.62" from the latest event.  10 miles WNW in the NW corner of Farmington reported 1.47" - just missed the heavy bands here.

[metagraphica]

Pretty dry from the last week of March to the last week of April. Looks to have created a ~4 inch deficit compared to the 30 year average. Hopefully we'll get some decent rain on Saturday and early next week before the Steining continues.

[wokeupthisam]

1 hour ago, tamarack said:

About 10 so far, including one I picked up this morning in the flower garden 2 feet from the porch.  3-4 got their mandibles into me but none have gotten a drink. 
I'm heading out in a bit to continue the re-inventory of the woodlot, so picking up a few more hitchhikers is inevitable.

0.62" from the latest event.  10 miles WNW in the NW corner of Farmington reported 1.47" - just missed the heavy bands here.

I had 3 on my coveralls, 2 on my shirt, and one between my sock and work boot from 2 hrs of tree field work Tuesday.  Granted I'm sometimes laying on my side to base prune or saw stumps even with the ground, so I expect lots of hitchhikers when I'm out there.  I prep with tucked clothes and then change out in the garage when done where I can check clothes inside and out and do a quick body check so I don't bring any with me inside the house.  Permethrin sprayed on the outside of the workboots, socks, and field clothes then allowed to dry before using, has a dramatic effect.  I hadn't sprayed the work clothes yet this year after washing them and storing them at the start of last winter, hence all the ticks Tuesday.  Once I treat em I can usually crawl around the fields and woods and only see an occasional rider when I'm through for the day.  Caveat is to let the spray completely dry, and keep my field work clothes out of the house away from pets, re-spray after 3 or 4 washings.  PITA but better than plucking embedded vampires every day of the warmer months.

[weatherwiz]

I wonder if the below average precipitation departures (not just in our region but within the country), particularly the last several years are a product of what seems to be the peak of the +AMO regime. Or I shouldn't say directly related because there are always other factors but perhaps a large driver. 

[metagraphica]

23 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

I made an APP for us

https://synoptic-weather-lens.base44.app

feel free to download

Awesome Steve!  Some quick testing, the search field for locations might need a little work. I was able to change it to New London, CT from New York, but subsequent searches seem to be stuck with the little search icon in the right of the field just bouncing up and down instead doing anything.

[Ginx snewx]

11 minutes ago, metagraphica said:

Awesome Steve!  Some quick testing, the search field for locations might need a little work. I was able to change it to New London, CT from New York, but subsequent searches seem to be stuck with the little search icon in the right of the field just bouncing up and down instead doing anything.

Fixed 

[Ginx snewx]

Added GEFS AND EPS 

https://synoptic-weather-lens.base44.app

[weatherwiz]

4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Added GEFS AND EPS 

https://synoptic-weather-lens.base44.app

This is pretty cool!

[Ginx snewx]

2 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

This is pretty cool!

Looking for suggestions 

[weatherwiz]

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

Looking for suggestions 

what about adding NBM and NBM probabilities? 

[vortex95]

5 hours ago, dendrite said:

Alpha gal won’t do his laundry or clean his room

 

 

[Ginx snewx]

11 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

what about adding NBM and NBM probabilities? 

Done right now it cost me 20 month for this. After all the suggestions and its done right i will hopefully publish to the App store and ask for maybe $2 a month 

[vortex95]

So for the DEN snowstorm...

Max measured amount I could find was 33.9" 1.8 S Estes Park (about 8000 ft). Max estimated from SNOTEL was 33.8" 4 NNW Long Peak (about 9100 ft).  HRRR fcst snow totals were over 40" and odds are that did indeed occur above 10,000 (hard to verify tho since no in situ obs).  Global models fcst max amounts just over 30" in the highest elevations w/ their lower resolution for terrain, so a great fcst overall for the absolute highest amounts.

Yes, not a drought buster, but quite significant snowfall event w/ high LEQs, so this can only help.  You can choose to look at things the glass half empty or full. Emphasize the negative or positive. 

Just the MSM tends to focus on the negative, which is nothing new really, but social media and overall divide these days often amplifies it to the extreme w/ context and perspective lacking.

Denver officially had 5.8" but the climate location is 16 mi ENE of the downtown. SW suburbs had up to 9.5". Also, it seems that May snowstorms ranking for Denver is all over the place on social media.

https://kdvr.com/weather/wx-news/this-may-snowstorm-is-one-of-the-largest-in-denver-history/

The above link lists the biggest snowfalls for the city and it inclusive for the 3 different locations where snow has been measured (earliest event listed is 1931). It states this most recent snowstorm was the 5th biggest in the city's history, but that is incorrect. It leaves out 12.4" on May 5-6, 1978 and May 13-14, and 15.5" May 1-5, 1898.  And when I have mentioned this on social media posts, ppl have said, "that's what the NWS provided to me."  Yet you go on the NWS BOU site, and the 3 May snowstorms I just mentioned are listed.

NWS Boulder Denver Top 20 Records - May

It just goes to show how easy bad or incorrect information can spread. Too many media outlets and individuals just parrot what others say and do no fact-checking themselves!  This is important in the large pix when talking about wx and climate b/c the details count and can make a big difference in stories/statements.