Anomalous Late Spring storm May 30 2026

[dendrite]

6 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

I was actually wicked happy   the wind was really strong on top and it was hard to even open my eyes at times lol This is just a test video to see if it works but will upload more tomorrow 

 

Props for getting out and going out after it, but please don’t tell me this is what you’re calling 60mph and +SN.

[ineedsnow]

Just now, dendrite said:

Props for getting out and going out after it, but please don’t tell me this is what you’re calling 60mph and +SN.

No i got better ones that I will post tomorrow.. that one was kind of sheltered and not on the summit 

[Damage In Tolland]

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Wow that’s pretty bad asteroid damage.

They literally just pay little to no attention to the CT zones . It’s so E MA/ RI centric . Thankfully we have the KFS

[powderfreak]

15 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Props for getting out and going out after it, but please don’t tell me this is what you’re calling 60mph and +SN.

That’s probably around 3sm -SN.

[ineedsnow]

11 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

That’s probably around 3sm -SN.

Ya trying to upload some of the good ones but getting a error.. this is another one from the parking lot

https://youtu.be/GzryYj5vYho?si=twKz5c4W0IVtw1Gf

[ineedsnow]

I keep having to put it on facebook messenger saving them there then putting it on YouTube and half aren't working.. im done trying for the night 

[Damage In Tolland]

7 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

I keep having to put it on facebook messenger saving them there then putting it on YouTube and half aren't working.. im done trying for the night 

Uploading stuff here from pics to videos to tweets is extremely annoying, difficult , and maddening . We get your pain 

[kdxken]

28 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Uploading stuff here from pics to videos to tweets is extremely annoying, difficult , and maddening . We get your pain 

Boomer

[Typhoon Tip]

4 hours ago, vortex95 said:

I was surprised MWN mixed w/ IP the entire event.  Soundings by 06z showed it cold enough from the summit and above, yet it stayed mix.  So probably funny warm layer still present.
 

Probably the June layer  Lol

[HoarfrostHubb]

Maybe Brian, or Will but he’s never on the boards anymore in summer, would know:

have there ever been any reports of snow later in the year in Mass

 

like ever?

[dendrite]

12 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Maybe Brian, or Will but he’s never on the boards anymore in summer, would know:

have there ever been any reports of snow later in the year in Mass

 

like ever?

Sure. It has snowed in June before. Boston had flakes in 1842. Then there was a decent storm in June over the interior in the infamous 1816 summer. 

[dendrite]

Of course we used to have a mile deep ice cap too.

[mreaves]

6 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Not a good golf day for sure

Au contraire. I got in 9 holes at 4:30. 

[mreaves]

We even had a little

up here. This was up by my golf course. 

[SouthCoastMA]

.37 total 

it does look like a twig/leaf massacre out there - winds were decent

[Typhoon Tip]

Car top frost overnight.   

Might be the latest I've personally seen that

[Baroclinic Zone]

Steiner here. Only about .15” of rain.

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

Car top frost overnight.   

Might be the latest I've personally seen that

6/1/09 we had legit frost here. FIT was 1F cooler than this morn. So maybe then? 

[Arnold214]

15 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

They literally just pay little to no attention to the CT zones . It’s so E MA/ RI centric . Thankfully we have the KFS

I literally forgot that CT was in the CWA when I was down there. 

[Damage In Tolland]

7 minutes ago, Arnold214 said:

I literally forgot that CT was in the CWA when I was down there. 

Except that one time  at band camp.. when you called out no icing for Tolland hills 

[Arnold214]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Except that one time  at band camp.. when you called out no icing for Tolland hills 

Yeah 2008. 

I have a feeling that in the next 5 or 10 years Upton will be forecasting for all of CT. I think it's being talked about as a possibility.

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, Arnold214 said:

Yeah 2008. 

I have a feeling that in the next 5 or 10 years Upton will be forecasting for all of CT. I think it's being talked about as a possibility.

Oh really? I’m not sure how well that would work either . So NYC centric . No way they’d understand the unique micro climates around here . BOX nowadays just doesn’t seem to care about CT. It seemed like a no brainer to have the wind advisories for their whole forecast region with 46-50mph modeled . With leaves on trees that’s enough for the tree damage the state had 

[Arnold214]

11 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Oh really? I’m not sure how well that would work either . So NYC centric . No way they’d understand the unique micro climates around here . BOX nowadays just doesn’t seem to care about CT. It seemed like a no brainer to have the wind advisories for their whole forecast region with 46-50mph modeled . With leaves on trees that’s enough for the tree damage the state had 

Something has to be done. Having CT divided up amongst 3 forecast offices has been a long standing complaint amongst emergency managers, media, etc. I honestly don't know what the right answer is.

If I was king for a day every state would have their own NWS forecast office.

[Damage In Tolland]

5 minutes ago, Arnold214 said:

Something has to be done. Having CT divided up amongst 3 forecast offices has been a long standing complaint amongst emergency managers, media, etc. I honestly don't know what the right answer is.

There’s not a great solution but I think the best one and one that makes the most sense is to give it all to BOX. But they would need to commit to actually spending time forecasting and caring about it . Theres enough smart people in that office that can work to understand the different climates . Going from hills to valleys to coasts . SW CT is basically NYC climate . They could do it the best out of the 3. Someone in ALB forecasting LES for the Dacks isn’t gonna have time to worry about rain and 42 in Groton.  

[dendrite]

Pretty good wind with this line of showers/downpours

[dendrite]

CT is the slightly further south version of the western 2/3 of MA. I think forecasters can easily handle it. 

[dendrite]

That was a pretty good 5 minute deluge

[vortex95]

21 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Nothing in the profile screamed sleet. . You’re not gonna get that with an upper level low moving in.

That's what I thought.  This late in the season, it is typically either rain or snow.  Not that sleet doesn't occur, but typically not in significant amounts or for an extended period.  Temps aloft steadily cooled in NNE well as the upper level low moved in, so there should have been no funny warm layers, esp. in a convectively unstable column.  Any/all mix should have gone to straight snow in the mountains.

[vortex95]

19 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

BOX once again misses the CT wind . Red headed step child . All guidance showed 45-50 mph gusts yet just ignore and no advisories or even mentions 

 

HRRR clearly showed at least ern CT was going to have good wind.  NBM issue?  NBM tends to smooth things out a lot, so it may not handle the more wild/high-end/atypical events?

[Damage In Tolland]

6 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

HRRR clearly showed at least ern CT was going to have good wind.  NBM issue?  NBM tends to smooth things out a lot, so it may not handle the more wild/high-end/atypical events?

I think partially that and the bigger issue is all they rely on is the HREF. Euro had 45-50 for CT for days