weatherwiz Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 I guess I shouldn't be too shocked but I'm a little shocked there aren't even 2% TOR probs...most likely b/c activity is forming into a cluster/MCS, however, if any discrete cells get going helicity is decent and vertical shear is fairly strong....supercell composite parameter is 8 for a good chunk of the area with sig TOR slightly increasing as well. I just wish we'd get rid of these -6C 500mb temps here, however, it appears that cluster is riding right along the cold pool and some cooler temps aloft are actually beginning to get out ahead of the cluster slightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Some pretty sick wind reports coming from up north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 KBTV 042332Z 35011G52KT 1/2SM +TSRA FG BKN011 BKN055 OVC090 20/19 A2974 RMK AO2 PK WND 32055/2322 WSHFT 2315 RAB2258 FRQ LTGCCCG OHD P0065 RVRNO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Lightning every 4-7 seconds or so with that CON cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Those cells that moved out of the grafton nh area here into IZG had some hail with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 50-60kts of shear will do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerthyme Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Are there expected to be storms firing in eastern MA, or are the cells in NH and VT going to make their way and hold down into MA and CT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 The cell that was just to the NE of Bethel/Andover had some rotation in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collinsville Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 pic of the storm tower well to my Southwest, it was probably over Woodbury at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Sick storm just went through BTV and just south of I-89 into the Sugarbush/Warren/Waitsfield area. Watched that thing from Waterbury the whole way. Some amazing lightning strikes close by and bolts straight into the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Sick storm just went through BTV and just south of I-89 into the Sugarbush/Warren/Waitsfield area. Yeah it looked great on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 gusty winds here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Yeah it looked great on radar. Pitch black with that thing... just got back to Stowe but was south hanging with some buddies. Saw some awesome mammatus clouds overhead, too, on the northern side of the storm. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera because I wasn't thinking about the possibility of a good storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Heard a few branches and maybe a limb come down. 35-40mph, not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Sick observations out of BTV... check out those winds with that squall. Also the 1.00" of rain in 21 minutes is pretty solid. Looks pretty funny on the BTV homepage... impressive wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Pitch black with that thing... just got back to Stowe but was south hanging with some buddies. Saw some awesome mammatus clouds overhead, too, on the northern side of the storm. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera because I wasn't thinking about the possibYility of a good storm. Edit: ok maybe fringed isn't the right word. Wind and rain picking up. Satellite tv just blinked out. Getting fringed by this storm I think. Lots of thunder and just had a pretty close lightning strike. Only light rain at the moment. Starting to get heavier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Wow is an understatement to the storm that rolled through Monroe NH area around 5. We were heading back to Peacham from the Hanover area and had stopped in Woodsville. I could see dark clouds to our north but couldn't see just how strong things looked. We headed up the Ct river on the NH side on RT 135. Soon after I could see to the NW and saw a lot of cloud to ground lightning but hings looked manageable. As we got closer it looked to my untrained eye as a nasty storm with a nice shelf cloud. I pulled over at one point as I couldn't tell if there was a funnel while safely driving. Deciding it wasn't and going with the idea that it is NNE it can't be that bad, I mistakenly drove on. As we got closer I could sheets of rain on the hills on the other side of the river and was very nervous about hail. Suddenly the storm hit us but was not too bad at first. I turned around and thought of outrunning it to the south but that seemed futile so we headed back north. Things quickly got worse, much worse. the wind was very strong and branches were flying. Worst was a number of pine branches headed straight at the car. At its peak there was pea size hail and visibility was lower than I have ever encountered in a blizzard- maybe less that 25 feet. I didn't dare stop because trees and power lines lined the road and I was afraid we would get crushed. Eventually I noticed a town garage type building to the side of the road and pulled straight into someone carport. We stayed put for a few minutes until the worst had past. There were large branches down everywhere but from what I could tell it was all straight line winds- no rotation. We crossed the bridge in Barnet but the road to W,. Barnet was blocked by a downed tree. We eventually found a way over the hill and around Harveys Lake but came across other downed trees partially blocking the road and one side road near the lake which had multiple trees completely blocking the road. Eventually made it home safely. I am kicking myself for not taking pictures when I pulled over to look at the storm before we headed into it but not nearly as much as I am kicking myself for heading into it. Easiest my most scary weather moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct_yankee Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Looking at GRlevel3 from the OKX radar, it showed 3 mesos, one north of new haven, one at 91 in new haven and one to the north west of hamden, on either crappy looking cells or just nothing. What the hell was that? It's just an algorithm, it makes mistakes. Often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Wow check out the scenes on the Haze Cam from the top of UVM in Burlington as the storm rolled in from the northwest. hazecam.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Nice backbuilding on radar, this could be fun. Congrats to BTV, I had a feeling that cluster would be severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Ryan, Do you think we can get some cells to fire here out ahead of the line? Like healthy cells? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Ryan, Do you think we can get some cells to fire here out ahead of the line? Like healthy cells? I think we have to wait for the VT action. Waiting on 00z soundings though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Several sig severe reports from BTV area. Not sure why the SPC has been downplaying this all day. They are so bizarre sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Some reports out of the local BTV area in Chittenden County... heavy rain and wind. 0700 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SE MALLETTS BAY 44.53N 73.20W 07/04/2012 M70 MPH CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC PUBLIC 0700 PM HAIL 2 SE MALLETTS BAY 44.53N 73.20W 07/04/2012 M1.25 INCH CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC PUBLIC 0700 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 SE MALLETTS BAY 44.53N 73.20W 07/04/2012 M2.00 INCH CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC PUBLIC 0710 PM TSTM WND DMG MALLETTS BAY 44.55N 73.23W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC TREES DOWN ALONG MALLETTS BAY 0710 PM HAIL PEASLEEVILLE 44.60N 73.67W 07/04/2012 M1.00 INCH CLINTON NY PUBLIC 0720 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WNW ESSEX JUNCTION 44.50N 73.12W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT FIRE DEPT/RESCUE POWER LINES DOWN ON PEARL STREET IN ESSEX JUNCTION 0722 PM TSTM WND DMG BURLINGTON 44.47N 73.21W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC TREE DOWN ON SAINT PAUL ST IN BURLINGTON 0724 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E SOUTH BURLINGTON 44.47N 73.15W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT TRAINED SPOTTER UTILITY POLE FELL ONTO A SMALL AIRPLANE 0725 PM TSTM WND DMG SOUTH BURLINGTON 44.47N 73.17W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT FIRE DEPT/RESCUE TREE DOWN ON WILLISTON ROAD IN SOUTH BURLINGTON 0729 PM TSTM WND GST BURLINGTON 44.48N 73.21W 07/04/2012 E70 MPH CHITTENDEN VT TRAINED SPOTTER KING STREET IN DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON FLOODED 0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NNW BURLINGTON 44.48N 73.22W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON N. CHAMPLAIN DRIVE 0734 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE SOUTH BURLINGTON 44.46N 73.17W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT PUBLIC TREES DOWN 0756 PM TSTM WND DMG SOUTH BURLINGTON 44.47N 73.17W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT BROADCAST MEDIA FOX44 REPORTS A TREE DOWN ON I-189 IN SOUTH BURLINGTON 0803 PM FLOOD SOUTH BURLINGTON 44.47N 73.17W 07/04/2012 CHITTENDEN VT BROADCAST MEDIA STREET FLOODING ON SOUTH WILLARD ST IN SOUTH BURLINGTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Wet Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hefty thunderstorm just leaving Portland ME area. Frequent lightening, approx. 40 MPH winds, and some torrential rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Another impressive wind observation. Less impressive than the airport though, which is all land-locked. I wonder if there was any local wave response to these types of winds blowing on the long NW fetch into Burlington southward. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 816 PM EDT WED JUL 04 2012 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0809 PM MARINE TSTM WIND DIAMOND ISLAND 44.24N 73.33W 07/04/2012 M75 MPH ADDISON VT MESONET DIAMOND ISLAND OBSERVATION PLATFORM REPORTED A GUST OF 65 KNOTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 It'd be really nice if those storms could hold together from VT and impact W/Central CT. Probably some gusts to 60+ in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 A tree was down into the right lane on 93N around exit 16. Drove through some very heavy rain and lightning from about the tolls until exit 17. Had nearly a half inch of rain at the house with a peak gust of 26mph. Nothing too bad though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Several sig severe reports from BTV area. Not sure why the SPC has been downplaying this all day. They are so bizarre sometimes. They looked great right from the get go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 They looked great right from the get go. What are you thinking for down here scooter lapooter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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