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Based on the TDWR I can see at least three separate microburst signatures.

Nah, we attached the thermometer to a cup anemometer and let it spin around.

Big, big fan of the SSE peak wind at BOS. That's a real sign of a microburst, doesn't align with the mean wind.

What happens when lightning strikes a yellow jacket nest?

I don't like that MCV, not one bit. I'd watch that convection associated with it. Central MA into SE NH.

Looks like it has a little twist to me, so either some type of vorticity max or remnant MCV.

All I'm going to say is the WSO was at Bradley, so that's where the records were tracked. Well if we're hot and humid, the jet is most likely to our north. So in the absence of significant surface based instability to sustain convection it is tied to synoptics. And that would all be tied to the upper jet forcing. So it tends to be north as well.

I had seen in NWSChat that it was 5 kayakers that ended up in the water during the storm.

It had a wicked signature over the lake. Not a good time to be on the water.

I'm still waiting for Dendrite to pay me for the black market ASOS.

According to the station metadata they are still using a max/min thermometer and not the ASOS hygrothermometer.

Not sure why xmACIS is missing 2013-2015 but the last two summers have not been close to normal, nor were 2012 and 2011 since I moved back.

The closest we came was probably 2017 which was just a hair above normal (+0.2 at BOS) or below normal (-0.4 at BDL) depending on your locale.

I would guess you've probably discovered it in the middle of the growth of the nest. End of summer numbers would be in the thousands of individuals.

When we put our mulch beds down we noticed a fox digging around the soft ground. It looked smaller so we thought female, then saw a larger male hunting the tree line. It's possible neighbors landscaping (lots of earth moving equipment) disturbed a den, because we had never seen them before. It appeared to be a sandy morph though, not a traditional red color. Our neighbors are claiming they have seen a coyote (which wouldn't really be surprising in Portland) but I'm not so sure they just didn't catch a glimpse of an off color fox.

The RFD is a component of a supercell. Most simply I can put it is that the rotating updraft causes pressure perturbations in the vertical structure. A high in the middle of the storm and low pressure at the surface. This drives mid level air towards the ground, which is what we call the RFD. Now all supercells do not produce tornadoes, therefore RFDs are not only present when tornadoes are present. Some research does suggest the character of the RFD (i.e. warm, buoyant vs. cold, stable) can be a possible source of tornadogenesis. But there is other work that suggest that horizontal vorticity of the forward flank being ingested is a larger driver. Which is to say that we really don't fully understand tornadogenesis. But Dr. Orf's simulations are pretty jaw dropping FYI.

What I really need to do is just a wedge session on the range. A big problem is I have no idea what my stock distances are with partial and open faced shots, and clearly "just feeling it" with some practice swings isn't working. I definitely have some issues with swing length through. So while I think I'm swinging to my shoulder, the reality is that I'm more likely swinging full.

Yeah, I think that makes sense based on radar data too. Two tornadoes, one storm.

BDL peaks at 85 from 7/10-8/1 But that really isn't much different from the period of record. Obviously individual days vary a little bit, but the POR peaks at 86 (if you round up) on 7/17-18.

Ever since my dad played a tourney that gave away a wedge (Vokey 52) and skulled everything with it and gifted it to me I have been a Vokey convert. I have a 52/56/60. My problem is the stock distances are something like 120/110/100 and I just can't seem to dial it back enough on the shorter shorts. I rarely come up short on the partial wedges.

It would appear so.

Looks like BOX is going to call it one tornado but discontinuous path: https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=201907240141-KBOX-NOUS41-PNSBOX

My big takeaway was that I am nowhere near ready for a British Isles trip. So much chipping and pitching. I have the chips, but between that and a full wedge I'm a hot mess. I think my swing overall is too long, and so it's hard to hit a half wedge. But my nightmare is a 50 yard pitch.

Sea salt for whatever reason is very low CC too.