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Our first torch of 2011 April 11-12th


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There is a very warm plume around 3000' ASL evident on the model soundings yesterday and also evident on 12z soundings from OKX and ALY this morning. That's really keeping the inversion locked in, but I wonder if temps rebound around mid aftn..especially when the clearing comes in from the west. It's one of those things where the warmfront passed through, but not technically. Looks like the good stuff is in NJ and up through the Skills.

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CURRENT INDICATIONS

ARE THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY MID AFTERNOON OVER

PORTIONS OF NY/PA INTO THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS AND SPREAD QUICKLY

EASTWARD. ONSHORE FLOW AND ASSOCIATED MORE STABLE AIR MASS WILL

LIMIT EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF STORMS TO THE COAST.

thank you April

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There is a very warm plume around 3000' ASL evident on the model soundings yesterday and also evident on 12z soundings from OKX and ALY this morning. That's really keeping the inversion locked in, but I wonder if temps rebound around mid aftn..especially when the clearing comes in from the west. It's one of those things where the warmfront passed through, but not technically. Looks like the good stuff is in NJ and up through the Skills.

Yeah marine influence is going to kill surface based convection for most of SNE except for areas NW of DXR-BDL-CEF-ORE.

Model soundings look decent for severe across upstate NY and NE PA

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As far as I'm concerned it's hard to call it a torch unless it is over 75F. This is April 11th and real torches in Mid April usually bring widespread 80-85 by now. The record highs must be mostly over 80. A mild day yeah, but low/mid 70's on April 11th is just no big deal. That's kind of analogous to getting low/mid 40's in January and calling it a torch.

Yes, for the places that everyone expected to torch. The CT River Valley and W CT/Berkshires.

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As far as I'm concerned it's hard to call it a torch unless it is over 75F. This is April 11th and real torches in Mid April usually bring widespread 80-85 by now. The record highs must be mostly over 80. A mild day yeah, but low/mid 70's on April 11th is just no big deal. That's kind of analogous to getting low/mid 40's in January and calling it a torch.

Today's record at BDL is 79

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Yeah marine influence is going to kill surface based convection for most of SNE except for areas NW of DXR-BDL-CEF-ORE.

Model soundings look decent for severe across upstate NY and NE PA

Oh I meant good stuff as in "warm temperatures" but yeah Upstate NY could be a nice spot for some sizzle.

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As far as I'm concerned it's hard to call it a torch unless it is over 75F. This is April 11th and real torches in Mid April usually bring widespread 80-85 by now. The record highs must be mostly over 80. A mild day yeah, but low/mid 70's on April 11th is just no big deal. That's kind of analogous to getting low/mid 40's in January and calling it a torch.

I dunno... I tend to think of as torches being generally 10*F above climo...over a couple of days.

But an hour or two of +10F to me is not a torch.

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It appears the warm front is in the process of unilaterally mixing out throughout the interior ...

Conditions changing pretty quickly here in central MA... Westborough (near junction of Rt 9/495 just jumped from mirky 59 to 67F and gaining, with large sky-lights opened up.

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There is a very warm plume around 3000' ASL evident on the model soundings yesterday and also evident on 12z soundings from OKX and ALY this morning. That's really keeping the inversion locked in, but I wonder if temps rebound around mid aftn..especially when the clearing comes in from the west. It's one of those things where the warmfront passed through, but not technically. Looks like the good stuff is in NJ and up through the Skills.

You got that right... its been hovering near 50F between 3,000-4,000ft all morning while down here at 1,500ft we have been mid 30s all morning. Now up to a TORCH-like 41F at 1,500ft and 3,600ft remains near 50F. You can feel the inversion when you break through it riding the chairlift or skiing down through it... in a span of about 100 feet it goes from cool and damp feeling to almost oppressive/warmth and humidity.

These are the days that keep the snowpack around...snow doesn't melt quickly at 36-41F, but 60-65F is another story... we were progged to be 60F at noon down here but are currently 19 degrees lower than yesterday's 24 hour forecast.

And to end the torch, both GFS and NAM have frozen precipitation on the soundings for Wednesday morning. The GFS has KMPV (only state capital without a McDonalds) getting over 0.4" QPF as IP/SN on Wednesday morning. Could be borderline advisory snow/sleet/ice above 1,000ft.

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Very cool dave.

Busy day for me. One year appointment in boston at the hematologist. Bloodwork looked good. Also had a biopsy done. Sucked royally. My ass is killing me, literally. Now I get to wait the excruciating 7-10 days for the results.

Wow, one year?

I wish you the very best luck with that. Many hiking trips are in your future!

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It appears the warm front is in the process of unilaterally mixing out throughout the interior ...

Conditions changing pretty quickly here in central MA... Westborough (near junction of Rt 9/495 just jumped from mirky 59 to 67F and gaining, with large sky-lights opened up.

Yeah I think this is one of those things where we'll warm pretty good from early aftn, on. Not like we're hitting 85, but should warm through the 70s I think. The Mid Atlantic had something similar last week, where they absolutely torched in the aftn after being in the gutter all morning.

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Yeah I think this is one of those things where we'll warm pretty good from early aftn, on. Not like we're hitting 85, but should warm through the 70s I think. The Mid Atlantic had something similar last week, where they absolutely torched in the aftn after being in the gutter all morning.

Full sun here in Westborough... Light flag-extending SW winds. The last I checked it was 71F but I won't be able to check again until later on.

Noting some points in eastern NY over 80F now.

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I bet the next HPC surface analysis will have popped the warm boundary up into S NH...

Am aware there are meso scaled cool pockets but you/these don't reflect what's going on in the bigger scope. If you are in SE CT, you're screwed - sorry, but that's not failure on the heat for the day because nuances/permutations of such natures will always exist in transitioning scenarios. Also, CC and Island and the immediate S Coast as behaving according to plan with this wind direction. Everyone else cooks for the rest of the afternoon.

FIT:

111752 CLR 10 73 54 1911 020 001 73 58

111652 BKN090 10 66 52 1709 037

That kind of wind veering and temperature jump is indicative of warm frontal passage, and this is pretty consistent for everyone NW of SE CT to PVD and event BOS, line. I bet many make 77-78 for a high, with 80 not out of the question. If FIT pops to 77 by 3PM, 80 is doable.

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