Ju-ply 2026 Obs and Disco - Kicking it off with heat, humidity, and ... severe?

[vortex95]

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I hear ya. But at least it was an already highly anomalous soupy airmass. There were some coastal 80s along the seaboard. Not saying that explains it or that JFK was correct, but at least we’re not talking low 80s vs 65-70 dews.

That's good you brought up the DP plot for the day.  That 81 on the NJ coast... I think that's KBLM?  That's an AWOS so that is likely very suspect.

[FXWX]

1 hour ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

Damn, I was at Plymouth Lake when this happened.  Just missed it.

By a matter of only a few miles...

[Damage In Tolland]

 

[Ginx snewx]

Nice long steady rain some booms

[dendrite]

15 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

That's good you brought up the DP plot for the day.  That 81 on the NJ coast... I think that's KBLM?  That's an AWOS so that is likely very suspect.

BLM and DOV were ASOS…AO2

ESN was manned in the evening

BLM did have TS without precip

METAR KBLM 131956Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM FEW044 SCT060 BKN110 34/27 A2988 RMK AO2 TSB00E16 SLP117 T03390272

[vortex95]

15 hours ago, Modfan2 said:

NWS was showing (whether or not it gets expanded) most of New England not even in a level 1 for severe; most was confined to SW CT. 

Wow, CT today sure over-performed.  3 discrete cells (one a supecell) lined up across the state, and then a honkin' SQLN sweeps through!  So who on this forum in CT got 4 separate thunderstorms today?  WxWiz????

[vortex95]

24 minutes ago, dendrite said:

BLM and DOV were ASOS…AO2

ESN was manned in the evening

BLM did have TS without precip

METAR KBLM 131956Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM FEW044 SCT060 BKN110 34/27 A2988 RMK AO2 TSB00E16 SLP117 T03390272

DOV is indeed an ASOS (DoD run).  BLM is a Federal AWOS,  AO2 shows up both on ASOS and AWOS.  Most AWOS are privately-owned, but that does not seem to change the equipment/sensor issues whether is Federal or private.

One way you can tell a non-Federal from Federal AWOS or ASOS is the SLP group.  if it is missing, that's a non-Federal AWOS.

About 10 years ago. all Federal AWOS got upgraded so they basically report just like ASOS. 

First Federal AWOS were installed in 1989 (KILE, KPWT, and KFOD were the first I think).

I attached a list of all Federal AWOS.
 

federalawos.txt

[WxWatcher007]

3k Nammy is absolutely hellacious in Connecticut Monday and Tuesday.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Barely a drop 

[WxWatcher007]

[dendrite]

12 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

DOV is indeed an ASOS (DoD run).  BLM is a Federal AWOS,  AO2 shows up both on ASOS and AWOS.  Most AWOS are privately-owned, but that does not seem to change the equipment/sensor issues whether is Federal or private.

One way you can tell a non-Federal from Federal AWOS or ASOS is the SLP group.  if it is missing, that's a non-Federal AWOS.

About 10 years ago. all Federal AWOS got upgraded so they basically report just like ASOS. 

First Federal AWOS were installed in 1989 (KILE, KPWT, and KFOD were the first I think).

I attached a list of all Federal AWOS.
 

federalawos.txt 5.62 kB · 2 downloads

Man times flies. I know most AWOS’s were upgraded to 3PT for precip ID and temp remarks (LCI and EEN got it up here), but I thought it was more recent than that. But now that you mention it I do remember the old 20 minute obs that used to come out of there with the original AWOS.

BTW, whatever happened with the 25k ceilometer rollout? I thought that was happening 10-15 yrs ago and instead only some of the manned sites report/augment it in.

There’s nothing more stupid in weather reporting than reporting an overcast layer at 13kft as “CLR”

[vortex95]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

Man times flies. I know most AWOS’s were upgraded to 3PT for precip ID and temp remarks (LCI and EEN got it up here), but I thought it was more recent than that. But now that you mention it I do remember the old 20 minute obs that used to come out of there with the original AWOS.

BTW, whatever happened with the 25k ceilometer rollout? I thought that was happening 10-15 yrs ago and instead only some of the manned sites report/augment it in.

There’s nothing more stupid in weather reporting than reporting an overcast layer at 13kft as “CLR”

I seem to recall a few sites got the ceilometer upgrade going back several years, but I haven't heard much since.  AWOS-4 does not mention it has this upgrade.

[tunafish]

Dodging drops in Henniker (NH) at sunset.

 

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Missing flooding rains by 15 miles 

[dendrite]

21 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

ICON has some big numbers too.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Steady light to moderate rain in Falmouth the past half hour.  Can definitely use it down here.

[powderfreak]

30 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Someone is getting destroyed by flash flooding.  It won’t be that widespread, but that signal means damage.

[WxWatcher007]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

ICON has some big numbers too.

Spread out over two days may help, but this increasingly looks like it has high end potential somewhere. 

[powderfreak]

Good wind crossing the Sound.

This is close to the radar site, so the radar sample is low elevation.  That wind is likely legit for those in its path.