WxWatcher007

A beaut

Wasn’t here for that but my benchmark Christmas storm is 2002.

Merry Christmas on the Euro.

I know. Just using the ole Torch Tiger & Kev talking point. Winter’s flying by.

Someday, I hope my great great great grandchildren can enjoy an EOR jackpot in a real storm.

It’s absolute crap that in these marginal events I’m .1 higher than West Hartford but when we get real snow they get like 20% higher totals.

Almost 1/3 over. Sad to see.

I’m not paying attention at all, but my gut says backloaded and dramatically quieter, particularly given the ongoing eastern MDR stability issues we’ve seen and possibility of a warm neutral ENSO. Way too early though as you said.

Mods should’ve given me the ability to really reap posters for the winter. Something about lawsuits scared ‘em. Wrongful death and such.

Deep deep trouble. Wish we had those problems. 57° here with underperforming wind and rain

Man, thank you for reminding me that I’m not losing my mind around here

Too true lol

Absolutely rocketing toward 60°

I’m at .64 total with dry slotting most of the day. Hard to believe most in CT won’t get 2” at minimum.

At least there’s hope two weeks out

Same

Anyway sorry for derailing mods. Been raining consistently here. Still sub 40 and at .53 on the day .60 total.

I agree in part. I think how we communicate wx definitely needs to continue evolving. A lot of people still think in a deterministic way rather than probabilistic. So if I’m a layperson and I read a NWS warning I’m going to (maybe) act on what’s in front of me. However, downplaying because of uncertainty or prior history is problematic too. You want people to take reasonable actions to protect themselves. It doesn’t need to be on the verge of disastrous to be bad. 80-90mph winds are an order of magnitude worse and would be catastrophic if widespread. But there would be a hesitation to say that. I don’t have an answer but I think it’s far more nuanced.

The devil’s always in the details though. Serious means different things to different people. If the NWS puts you in a HWW that says IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down numerous tree limbs, and scattered trees and power lines. Power outages are likely. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. What are you supposed to do when you’re responsible for the safety of your students and staff? Also, I don’t think the early dismissal days are pointless, but I’m not well versed enough to say what a half day looks like.

This is the definition of useless cold

1) Relative to the over 160 school districts in CT these are a handful 2) Some of these are in places with a high wind warning 3) They’re early dismissals, so it’s not like the kids aren’t in school for at least part of the day I usually don’t take a stance on this stuff, but I don’t get the pearl clutching on some districts trying to get kids home before a bad storm gets bad. Schools aren’t getting sued the way people here think they are.

Valley life lol 38.9° .54 storm total so far.

I won’t lie, a quick chase is tempting especially if we can continue raising the ceiling. Even Boston is toying with big gusts if the weenie 3k is close to accurate. I’m still a little skeptical of massive inland wind but each model suite is getting a little more buy in from me. Like Wiz said, 3k would be pretty big across the board.

Still quite a strong signal just off the deck

Eastern areas or back through CT? My guess right now is that Kev and points east are probably the highest risk zone.