weatherwiz Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I have wed off...just saying ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If Wed turns out we are SO chasing. I have everything we need on my phone. I had weatherwall radar app where it has base reflectivity on top and reflectivity on bottom and there is a way to where I should be able to have our location on the radar b/c it's GFS enabled but I'm not sure how to do this. I also have echolink so if we see damage I can just HAM it up instead of calling the guys and distracted them by having them pick up their phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Hahaha Chalk up another L for the KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HoarfrostHubb Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If Wed turns out we are SO chasing. I have everything we need on my phone. I had weatherwall radar app where it has base reflectivity on top and reflectivity on bottom and there is a way to where I should be able to have our location on the radar b/c it's GFS enabled but I'm not sure how to do this. I also have echolink so if we see damage I can just HAM it up instead of calling the guys and distracted them by having them pick up their phone. No more sitting naked in a chair then? Times, they are a changin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Chalk up another L for the KFS I thought you left simply to chase which still is crazy, but you gave a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 What amazed me about today's supercell was 1... the classic flying eagle in the beginning of the supercell's life on the CT/NY border... but 2 the nearly constant track of severe hail with pockets of sig svr from the NY border to the mouth of the CT River. Impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 No more sitting naked in a chair then? Times, they are a changin' I'm tired of the rashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I thought you left simply to chase which still is crazy, but you gave a reason. I was at a cabin in Westminster West, VT about 1500' ASL and with absolutely nothing around. Went up there yesterday for a party...nothing else to do up there today except just sit around. Plus going up there creeps me out b/c there are vicious spiders, snakes, bees, some weird looking moths, bats, beers...when I sleep I wrap myself up like a mummy so nothing will bite me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I was at a cabin in Westminster West, VT about 1500' ASL and with absolutely nothing around. Went up there yesterday for a party...nothing else to do up there today except just sit around. Plus going up there creeps me out b/c there are vicious spiders, snakes, bees, some weird looking moths, bats, beers...when I sleep I wrap myself up like a mummy so nothing will bite me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 What amazed me about today's supercell was 1... the classic flying eagle in the beginning of the supercell's life on the CT/NY border... but 2 the nearly constant track of severe hail with pockets of sig svr from the NY border to the mouth of the CT River. Impressive. A little help from the rotating meso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropopause_Fold Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Huge area of severe hail from that supercell. Red is >1"... yellow is >1.75". While the supercell was a bit north of where I thought the threat was some ofthe higher instability that was modeled near the NYC snuck into western CT. Storms around HFD never really got going. Overall I'm pleased with the forecast... especially considering SPC/NWS had zilch here yesterday in the forecast. Very impressive cells. Just catching up on all of the reports. Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I was at a cabin in Westminster West, VT about 1500' ASL and with absolutely nothing around. Went up there yesterday for a party...nothing else to do up there today except just sit around. Plus going up there creeps me out b/c there are vicious spiders, snakes, bees, some weird looking moths, bats, beers...when I sleep I wrap myself up like a mummy so nothing will bite me. Yes, I have heard stories about those Vermont beers. Truly horrific tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Clinton That's awesome. I went out to get one and one of the dogs got out so I ended chasing him and getting bonked by a couple nickels, ouch. The shelf cloud prior was classic severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Oh, and my power is back on. Thanks for all your prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Huge area of severe hail from that supercell. Red is >1"... yellow is >1.75". While the supercell was a bit north of where I thought the threat was some ofthe higher instability that was modeled near the NYC snuck into western CT. Storms around HFD never really got going. Overall I'm pleased with the forecast... especially considering SPC/NWS had zilch here yesterday in the forecast. I'm surprised there wasn't a mention for those areas, including the Cape. While I figured we were toast up this way, it did look decent for srn areas. I feel like the south coast sometimes gets brushed off too quickly when it comes to tstms. There are setups that clearly favor them and westerly flow aloft is one of them. I've lived here long enough to know when to be excited. I'm sure Phil agrees. Those days where the front lazily crossed SNE and screwed central and western areas were my favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Oh, and my power is back on. Thanks for all your prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Tim Kelley excited about severe on Weds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Oh, and my power is back on. Thanks for all your prayers. Was it hard to survive the terribke heat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice1972 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I'm so bummed....I went out to Bethlehem today to check out the country and do some blueberry picking with the kids and my dad who is visiting from CA....had lunch at a pizza joint right at the green.....i forget the exact time but i think it was about 1:30 or so maybe 2:00 when we headed out......i knew crap was brewing NW when we left....pretty dark....we headed west through Watertown and eventually picked up rt 6 to get to west Hartford....had we waited another 30 minutes we would have been crushed....damn Sounded real nice from all the reports.....did get some good close lightning in west Hartford but that's it....oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Waiting to grab some GR2 screenshots in a bit. Unfortunately I didn't archive as they were coming in so have to wait for NCDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 The 2" diameter hail in Clinton may have been largest in Middlesex County CT in quite some time? Nothing shows up in storm data post 2005. Can anyone else think of other events? I don't feel like pouring through the old storm datas lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 The 2" diameter hail in Clinton may have been largest in Middlesex County CT in quite some time? Nothing shows up in storm data post 2005. Can anyone else think of other events? I don't feel like pouring through the old storm datas lol. I know just west near HVN possibly had that size hail, but I can't recall that area getting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I know just west near HVN possibly had that size hail, but I can't recall that area getting it. Yup according to NCDC Storm Data... largest since 1995 super hail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yup according to NCDC Storm Data... largest since 1995 super hail Was that related to the 1995 derecho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct_yankee Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Was just going to say probably biggest since '95... I know some folks in Clinton, and will be seeing one of them tomorrow, I'm sure she'll have some tales to tell. Judging from that graphic, I was right in that middle yellow area near Wallingford, but I didn't see anything quite as big as the Clinton photo. Although I sure felt my car take some big hits before before getting back on I-91... But I wasn't going to stop and measure anything at that point, and I never actually saw any of those earlier stones at rest on the ground - who knows how large they were. The hail on the highway was quarter to half dollar size, and often quite irregularly shaped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Was that related to the 1995 derecho? June 20th 1995 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIcoastalWX Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I'm surprised there wasn't a mention for those areas, including the Cape. While I figured we were toast up this way, it did look decent for srn areas. I feel like the south coast sometimes gets brushed off too quickly when it comes to tstms. There are setups that clearly favor them and westerly flow aloft is one of them. I've lived here long enough to know when to be excited. I'm sure Phil agrees. Those days where the front lazily crossed SNE and screwed central and western areas were my favorite. Yes, we do get brushed off way too quickly... Training events are quite common - especially when storms moving ESE elongate and run more parallel to the coast once they reach the beaches. We can get inches of rain when this happens with hours of thunder. Not many folks are around here report these events so they virtually un-noticed. Today was a typical classic setup for us along the immediate coast... thunderstorms moved along to our north causing the outflow to push the marine air back out to sea - while additional storms formed to our north and were able to make it to the coast. This happens a good many times with this type of setup and can be very beneficial rain-wise if the storms get hung up along the coast. Nocturnal storms - usually LLJ induced - are classics as well. These get missed by a lot of folks since they occur usually after midnight and before 6am. I used to keep better records of these types of storms but if anyone is interested, I can easily go back and find dates of some incredible nocturnal storm events - or recent training events... I LOVE thunderstorms and am not the least bit disappointed in the storms we get each year along the south coast beaches. My neighbor - originally from Texas - said last summer that our coastal thunderstorms give some of those Texas storms a run for their money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Yes, we do get brushed off way too quickly... Training events are quite common - especially when storms moving ESE elongate and run more parallel to the coast once they reach the beaches. We can get inches of rain when this happens with hours of thunder. Not many folks are around here report these events so they virtually un-noticed. Today was a typical classic setup for us along the immediate coast... thunderstorms moved along to our north causing the outflow to push the marine air back out to sea - while additional storms formed to our north and were able to make it to the coast. This happens a good many times with this type of setup and can be very beneficial rain-wise if the storms get hung up along the coast. Nocturnal storms - usually LLJ induced - are classics as well. These get missed by a lot of folks since they occur usually after midnight and before 6am. I used to keep better records of these types of storms but if anyone is interested, I can easily go back and find dates of some incredible nocturnal storm events - or recent training events... I LOVE thunderstorms and am not the least bit disappointed in the storms we get each year along the south coast beaches. My neighbor - originally from Texas - said last summer that our coastal thunderstorms give some of those Texas storms a run for their money! Excellent writeup, agree 100 % Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Hail from a viewer, but no town given. very frustrating. assuming Watertown since the majority of the pics came from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 One big key for Wednesday will be whether or not we can maintain mid-level lapse rates that are near 7 C/KM. I know we may have to worry about cloud debris from a morning MCS, however, it's possible that latent release from this system could weaken lapse rates in the AM then the question becomes can they rebound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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