Allenson Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thought it was time for a summer thread for us NNE peeps. Not quite the solstice but it's summer out there all the same. The weather's been a bit quiet lately but I'm sure we'll have some storms & heat to talk about at some point. ULL swirling over PA at the moment & had a few showers pass overhead earlier in the afternoon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 One of the more ominous looking webcam snaps I've seen. The odd pattern is the reflection of the metal grill from a fan.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 69F out there this afternoon with a few sprinkles mixed in with some milky sunshine. Still glad to know there is some snow left on the mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Some very fast developing showers in Lakes region NH this PM. A cell developed a few miles to my SW. These 2 pictures were taken from my webcam Note the 2 time stamps, the 2nd one was taken just 3 minutes and 30 seconds after the first. . Center of the cell passed just to my westbut gave me.30". A friend of mine that lives just 2 miles west of me said it washed out a bit of their dirt road so must have put down some quick good rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 0.42" so far on the day. Hit 73.9F for a high before noon, but it's now a rain cooled 65.6F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 0.3" between 5-6am this morning... couple claps of thunder. Its 54F at the top of the Gondola, 61F here at the base. Gondola opens here in a couple hours for summer hikers and scenic trips. Feels almost like the winter routine, but much more relaxed, haha. The view from up there will likely be awesome this morning with lots of low level fog and scud filling the valleys. Enjoy your Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 0.42" so far on the day. Hit 73.9F for a high before noon, but it's now a rain cooled 65.6F. Had 73 for a high here yesterday too. Not bad. I'll take that any summer's day. Also had 0.76" of rain quite the downpour last evening--highest 24 hour precip total here since the middle of May. Good for the well, bad for the driveway--got trenched out pretty good in one spot. Guess I'll have to get the tractor out and do a little grading today. Beacuse, ya know, I didn't have anything else to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 0.3" between 5-6am this morning... couple claps of thunder. Its 54F at the top of the Gondola, 61F here at the base. Gondola opens here in a couple hours for summer hikers and scenic trips. Feels almost like the winter routine, but much more relaxed, haha. The view from up there will likely be awesome this morning with lots of low level fog and scud filling the valleys. Enjoy your Saturday. I'm very excited to get say "see you there" when the gondola re-opens for winter. It's an odd pattern the N/E has been in. I know there have been a lot of story lines so far- flash flooding, severe weather, Champlain flooding, but I don't get the sense that we've really seen this summers pattern yet. IDK. 09 was super wet and cool and we all agreed it wasn't changing until late august. Last year by this time it had hit the 90s a few times already and we knew we were headed that way all summer. This summer...just feels confused. Maybe "active" is the best and only word to describe. Good day, bad day. Hot day, cool day. "Variable" would be another suitable option in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 We just got crushed by a severe storm in Stowe... that was absolute madness for a while. The sky turned black over Mansfield and then all hell broke loose with high winds and large hail as the storm moved down the Mountain Road (RT 108) from the ski area, past my house, and into the center of town with the junction with RT 100. It was almost as if this storm was following The Mountain Road from the ski resort down to the center of town where the radar ends. I had my windows open at home and the strong wind/hail combo destroyed my west facing screens... all the sudden I had hail coming into the house as the wind-driven hail broke through the screens. Wow that was some wind! Lost power briefly but it came right back on. Hail stones inside my house now. Didn't even have to go outside to get some stones to check for size... just picked 'em up off the bedroom and living room floor. Max size was approaching the size of a quarter. Best storm of the season so far up here with the wind and hail combo... a nice direct hit of max DBZs. And to think I had just come back from the top of the Gondola... I missed that one up there by about a half hour. Bet it was wild but fun inside at 3700ft watching that black storm roll over the ridgeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I'm very excited to get say "see you there" when the gondola re-opens for winter. So I take it you'll be getting a Stowe pass...? or should I say "Mansfield Pass" because you get a lot more for your money than just what's on the trail map, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 249 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0200 PM HAIL STOWE 44.47N 72.69W 06/18/2011 M1.00 INCH LAMOILLE VT TRAINED SPOTTER STOWE MOUNTAIN ROAD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted June 18, 2011 Author Share Posted June 18, 2011 Didn't get that here, Powder--showers overhead now but more bark than bite. Lots of thunder, a little rain, a little wind and that's pretty much it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Impressive hail, Freak. I just finished my mowing as a shower started. Impeccable timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 It was almost as if this storm was following The Mountain Road from the ski resort down to the center of town where the radar ends. Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the mountain road follow a valley? I'm thinking if the steering winds are week the microscale winds in the valley could have driven the storm's path. And yes- the plan is a "mansfield" pass...it's pricey as hell but it seems worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Looks like Freak's severe storm is still at severe levels in NH. If it maintains its current heading I could get a piece of it. Doubtful I get quarter-size hail into my living room, though. lol Just got a peal of thunder, too, from a developing cell to the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 lol ... I may have spoken too soon wrt quarter-size hail in my living room ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... SOUTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN MAINE... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT... * AT 457 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STANDISH...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH WINDHAM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 And now Freak's storm is severe into Maine ... might just get clipped by the northern end of it. By my count there are currently 6 active warnings in southern Maine. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 517 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BELKNAP COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE... NORTHWESTERN STRAFFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE... SOUTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE... NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MAINE... * UNTIL 600 PM EDT... * AT 516 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSSIPEE TO 13 MILES WEST OF WOLFEBORO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSSIPEE TO LACONIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Radar says I got nailed from the warned cell but ground truth is less exciting... wind maybe to 35mph and very little rain, .06". Only one single distant rumble of thunder.... weird. Probably should have jogged up the street over to Governors Island. The gust front arrived unexpectedly and grabbed a glass storm door, snapping the closer-chain thingy and scaring the shiat out of a few dozen bikers huddled under the overhang... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Seems some of our best severe events happen when nobody is expecting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Seems some of our best severe events happen when nobody is expecting them. Looks like both warned cells will pass on either side of me rather neatly. Dryslot might get rocked up in Lewiston, though. Hope he gets off the 15th green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Looks like Gorham (just west of Portland) is getting the smakdown that Freak had earlier. 06/18/2011 0546 PM Gorham, Cumberland County. Hail e0.75 inch, reported by public. 06/18/2011 0541 PM Gorham, Cumberland County. Hail e1.00 inch, reported by public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Midcoast getting pwned today. No severe thunderstorm watch? hmmm .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 South Portland also reporting 1" hail. That cell was a beast as it traveled from Gorham to SoPo. Lots of hail reports from around the region today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Nice, Jayhawk! Yeah this was a nice surprise SVR day it looks like... scattered cells but boy do they mean business. BTV has quite a few large hail reports from their warning area. I'm impressed that some of those cells held together all the way to the Maine coastline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Nice, Jayhawk! Yeah this was a nice surprise SVR day it looks like... scattered cells but boy do they mean business. BTV has quite a few large hail reports from their warning area. I'm impressed that some of those cells held together all the way to the Maine coastline! Interesting little event, just enough ingredients to make things go. Despite marginal mid level lapse rates, warming to near 80 got us 2000 J/kg CAPE (plenty of that in the hail growth zone). Once the storms got east of the sea breeze they really just became elevated hailers (and with 2000 MUCAPE all the way to the coast we still got golf ball size hail in S. Portland). Some very nice supercellular structures on many of the storms, including one that went just north of the WFO with a great shelf cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Its 54F at the top of the Gondola, 61F here at the base. Gondola opens here in a couple hours for summer hikers and scenic trips. Feels almost like the winter routine, but much more relaxed, haha. We were in the Burlington area overnight last night, and around midday we went to a soccer game in Essex Junction – the temperature there was 80 F, with partly/mostly sunny skies. It was a little warm when the sun was out, but quite pleasant when the sun was behind clouds. Going home in the early afternoon though was when we noted a dramatic difference in temperatures. The temperature cooled steadily as we headed east into the mountains; it was 63.8 F at the house with a mix of clouds, sun and occasional thunderstorms/showers in there as well. The greater than 16 F drop in the span of 20 miles with little if any elevation change was certainly striking. On another summer weather note, I spent last week in the Sonoran Desert region of Arizona at a conference, where the temperatures were typically around 100 F each day and there was never even a hint of clouds. To have low 60s F back at home today was quite a treat. Yes it’s a “dry” heat out there in Arizona, but apparently not “dry” enough, because much of the day is shot for outdoor activities since it’s too hot and sunny to do anything. I’m sure Tip and others that have been looking for that coveted Sonoran heat would be happy if I’d brought some back, but getting a taste of how monotonous 100F, zero chance of clouds, and zero chance of rain can be for months on end certainly makes one appreciate what a great climate we have here. To be able to have today’s high temperatures of 60 to 70 F with a mix of clouds and sun along with reasonable humidity levels at summer solstice time is pretty nice in my book. Late evenings, nights, and early mornings were certainly comfortable for being outside out in Arizona, but overnight lows were still only down to about 70 F, which isn’t outrageously great for sleeping without some air conditioning in my book. Certainly the desert southwest is much nicer in the October through April period in terms of temperatures, but boy what a summer to get through if one doesn’t migrate! I just noticed that our point forecast for tonight is 45 F, with 43 F for tomorrow, and similar temperatures in the 40s and 50s F all the way through the extended next weekend, so after the desert heat that is going to be quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Not a drop yet here today. I've somehow managed to miss every cell completely. Even these little rinkydink downpours skirting by the area now. The ones to my SW had some beautiful towers around sunset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Not a drop yet here today. I've somehow managed to miss every cell completely. Even these little rinkydink downpours skirting by the area now. The ones to my SW had some beautiful towers around sunset. Missed everything here too. The towers were beautiful at sunset and I was surprised they seem to build even though the surface temperatures were cooling. One tower went over me around 9pm and around 9:30ish there was about 6 laps of thunder to my east. I was surprised. Sure cool and breezy this AM, still have not taken my first swim in Newfound Lake. I need to get the water in the 70's and doesn't look too likely anytime real soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Missed everything here too. The towers were beautiful at sunset and I was surprised they seem to build even though the surface temperatures were cooling. One tower went over me around 9pm and around 9:30ish there was about 6 laps of thunder to my east. I was surprised. Sure cool and breezy this AM, still have not taken my first swim in Newfound Lake. I need to get the water in the 70's and doesn't look too likely anytime real soon. The cold pool was dropping SE into Maine so even though we were losing some sfc heating we were cooling the mid/upper levels slightly to keep the lapse rates strong enough for a little convection around sunset. I love seeing the high cumulus towers amidst a clear blue sky during that time of the day.Anyways...it is beautiful outside right now. Low was 51.1F and it's up to a clear 59.5F. It'll probably end up in the M-U70s here with tds in the U30s at times this afternoon. The NW breeze over 10mph actually gives a bit of a chill in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted June 19, 2011 Author Share Posted June 19, 2011 Man-oh-man, beautiful morning out there. Nice & crisp--had a low of 45, up into the low 60s now, fresh breeze and narry a cloud in the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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