Saturday, July 18, 2026 Thunderstorm/Severe Weather Potential

[Cyclone-68]

Not that it necessarily means anything locally but at least it’s good to see lots of thunder activity on radar in multiple places 

[weatherwiz]

3 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Not that it necessarily means anything locally but at least it’s good to see lots of thunder activity on radar in multiple places 

Ramping up the elevated instability…not a bad sign. Just have to see if we can muster up enough surface instability. It’s going to be a short window but not impossible. Some of the bigger events happen when you’re rapidly increasing instability just out ahead of the approaching activity 

[CTSkywarn]

Do you have to be in an enhanced risk area now for the NWS to put "some of the storms may be severe" in the zone forecasts? Just curious.

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[Cyclone-68]

3 minutes ago, CTSkywarn said:

Do you have to be in an enhanced risk area now for the NWS to put "some of the storms may be severe" in the zone forecasts? Just curious.

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In the past I’ve definitely seen them under a slight risk 

[Modfan2]

7/10 split with the first round in CT? 

[Hoth]

11 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

7/10 split with the first round in CT? 

Fine by me. Took a week to finish cutting up the trees that fell during the 7/4 storm. 

[CT Valley Snowman]

Not a big recovery window and pretty late iin the day to recover.  Rains still out to almost BGM.   

[WinterWolf]

19 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

7/10 split with the first round in CT? 

Never understood how that means one is caught in the middle and gets nothing…?  If that’s even what that means?  

[HIPPYVALLEY]

10 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Never understood how that means one is caught in the middle and gets nothing…?  If that’s even what that means?  

[WinterWolf]

14 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Ahhh ok…makes sense now. Thanks Hippy. 

[Ginx snewx]

Smoke um if ya got um

[kdxken]

Rain and heavy smoke. For those on the spectrum enjoy.

[CoastalWx]

I wonder if this stuff is gonna screw up SNE later.

[Brian5671]

run of the mill thundershowers here-dropped about .75 but has ended

[dendrite]

Wow is his webbed grip strong. I apologize for the emoji. Please let it rain. 

[bristolri_wx]

Gotta love how that intial heavy cluster of storms will not cross Long Island Sound into CT.  Seems like you could be at the beach where it's dry and go swimming and it would pour on you.

[tamarack]

Still at cloudy 65°, not a great sign of convection to come.

[weatherwiz]

18 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I wonder if this stuff is gonna screw up SNE later.

Yeah real tough to tell. Looks like there may be some breaks behind this stuff so we’ll see. Probably going to struggle to get enough CAPE though unless we can really pump the dews 

[SouthCoastMA]

20 minutes ago, bristolri_wx said:

Gotta love how that intial heavy cluster of storms will not cross Long Island Sound into CT.  Seems like you could be at the beach where it's dry and go swimming and it would pour on you.

MVY and BID stealing our rain. Steins 2026 modus operandi 

[WinterWolf]

Pouring Here..but it will be over shortly. Then there’s a big open break before the cold front comes through later…and we’ll see what that brings? 

[hudsonvalley21]

26 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Yeah real tough to tell. Looks like there may be some breaks behind this stuff so we’ll see. Probably going to struggle to get enough CAPE though unless we can really pump the dews 

Dew pt. Up to 70 now here at KSWF. Was at 66 at 12z

[Damage In Tolland]

Overall Stein here round one with just a shower . Round two looks like another congrats NYC . Unreal 

[SJonesWX]

what is this wet stuff that appears to be falling from the sky?

[HoarfrostHubb]

This round has dropped around 0.20” here.   Not enough, but slowing down the crew putting a new roof on my house.  

[weatherwiz]

Might actually be encouraging for some breaks in the clouds 

[WinterWolf]

4 minutes ago, weatherwiz said:

Might actually be encouraging for some breaks in the clouds 

Yup..sun trying to come out now here. Got a good drink though from the first round. 

[weatherwiz]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

Yup..sun trying to come out now here. Got a good drink though from the first round. 

def a good drink here. took a drive to Enfield/back and ran into some heavy downpours on the way there and again on the way back. cloud tops warming quickly though on the back end...lets get some sun. won't take much to get temps to jump 

[dendrite]

19 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

what is this wet stuff that appears to be falling from the sky?

Bitched myself to some rain. Channeled my inner tblizz. No new wives though.

[Chrisrotary12]

Holy smoke ahead of this rain, 

[hudsonvalley21]

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/goes/sector_band.php?sat=G19&sector=ne&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24