MaineJayhawk Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Refreshing 70/62 at PWM. Nice break from that nastiness down south Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Jayhawk nice hiking pics/description, keep sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Boo....................... Boo that most of that watch probably won't verify. It appears that the focus will be on that boundary across NH that was enhanced by early morning supercell outflow over the Gulf of Maine. Still going with a nice undular bore south of Nova Scotia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 looks like a nice little cell about to hit CON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Boo that most of that watch probably won't verify. It appears that the focus will be on that boundary across NH that was enhanced by early morning supercell outflow over the Gulf of Maine. Still going with a nice undular bore south of Nova Scotia. Yeah, Radar is not very impressive up here except over the golf course in leeds i play at, Looks like they are going to get hit again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Radar is makin' me rage. What's a man got to do to get some reasonable flooding around here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Heavy rain is here.. Not much lightning and no wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Clouds have been slowly breaking up around Mansfield this afternoon....at least below 4000ft it's opened up a little. Still scud and low level clouds passing by every so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adk Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Some sort of weak surface/ low level boundary has crossed the region. Winds more westerly. More stable airmass with some drier air def. filtering into BTV. Feels like it might stay decent tonight meaning I MIGHT ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY GOLF!!! OMG. (but then my rusty game will piss me off and I'll have wished it was raining) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Radar is makin' me rage. What's a man got to do to get some reasonable flooding around here? Looks like that show may be just to your NW, like south of the Plymouth area. Had a little cell nearly stationary, and now a larger batch of heavy rain moving that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Feast or famine here lately. Drove home in torrential rain an hour ago, but only a few tips here. Looks like this next batch won't bring too much either. Maybe we'll get lucky at the last minute like last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 More proof that my whining does in fact bring results. Scored a 4.80"in/hr with that tiny cell ahead of that ominous red blob that has decided to slink southeast to come at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 More proof that my whining does in fact bring results. Scored a 4.80"in/hr with that tiny cell ahead of that ominous red blob that has decided to slink southeast to come at me. zomg.gif Little meso in there too, just helping to increase the rain rates with that cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 That cell in Central NH came right over me for a change. Few claps of thunder and some nice rain but nothing too heavy. Picked up .52" which may be my biggest convective amount this summer. Temp down to 69.5F dew 68F. I would like to get those lower dews in Maine to back into here. Very happy I finally got some meaningful rain, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 filmed a little dramatic swirling and rapidly rising scud. 5.88"/hr bark mulch floating down the driveway. most excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Getting some ponding in the backyard again. Solid 2-3"/hr rates for awhile now. Picking up again and nearing an inch for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Yeah the backyard is pretty much a lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 That didn't take long. http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/cam.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 First photo is about 5 minutes prior to the second photo... these towers were exploding upwards and blossoming out to block the sun. A couple minutes later it looked like just one big cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 That didn't take long. image.jpg http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/cam.htm Congrats! How much on the day for you? Those storms just north and west of CON have been crawling. Radar estimates of 2" near I-89 NW of CON, and over 1" along I-93 (which I think is near you) north of CON.NH today is finally taking the most exciting storms instead of VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 That didn't take long. image.jpg http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/cam.htm How much have you had so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Turned into a pretty pleasant evening. Clear blue skies and decent temps. Too bad the golf tournament I was going play in got cancelled. Our course is relatively dry but I'm sure the thought of 80 golfers and the chance of more rain made the superintendent a little nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 How much have you had so far? His stuff is here: http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/weather.htm 1.38" for me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monadnocks Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 More proof that my whining does in fact bring results. Scored a 4.80"in/hr with that tiny cell ahead of that ominous red blob that has decided to slink southeast to come at me. zomg.gif OK, I'll whine and see if anything good comes of it. I've watched rain several times recently head across VT, get to the river and then slowly proceed up to Concord and/or the lakes region. Some water for the garden would be pretty nice around here after all the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 His stuff is here: http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/weather.htm 1.38" for me so far. Thanks! We're trying to calibrate the radar dual-pol estimates to ground truth since the radar has been pretty poor on storm total precip since this air mass moved in. Legacy precip estimation has been off by a factor of 2 in some cases. Dual-pol has at least approached reality with the KDP calculation for heavy rain. Seems to be doing a good job today for both you and dendrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 NNE always wins. I guess shear helped and a bit higher KI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 NNE always wins. I guess shear helped and a bit higher KI. I stand firmly behind my theory that if we have the CAPE we'll always have enough shear up this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I stand firmly behind my theory that if we have the CAPE we'll always have enough shear up this way. I had a similar discussion with a friend of mine. I like your theory of the westerlies. But even with minimal CAPE...things just pop. It's always justly enough shear or QG forcing, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Thanks! We're trying to calibrate the radar dual-pol estimates to ground truth since the radar has been pretty poor on storm total precip since this air mass moved in. Legacy precip estimation has been off by a factor of 2 in some cases. Dual-pol has at least approached reality with the KDP calculation for heavy rain. Seems to be doing a good job today for both you and dendrite. Here's all of my data links FWIW... Davis Data (5 min updates) http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/weather.htm 24hr Data Graphs http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/graphs.htm Cam Page (has most of the links) http://www.newenglandwx.com/cam/cam.htm Hourly obs/METARs http://coolwx.com/cgi-bin/viewobs.cgi?country=USA&state=nh&string=Northfield++++++NH&units=Default&amount=250&font=0+%28Default%29 MADIS QC Page http://weather.gladstonefamily.net/site/C7324 I'm KNHNORTH4 on Wunderground and C7324 for CWOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I had a similar discussion with a friend of mine. I like your theory of the westerlies. But even with minimal CAPE...things just pop. It's always justly enough shear or QG forcing, etc. I gotta imagine the widely varying terrain and local winds and nuances also play a role in at least getting convection to ignite over spots like the Adirondacks, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Often times, just like in the winter, all we need is some marginal forcing or instability in the low to mid levels and we get showers (snow showers or squalls in winter) with the undulating terrain assist...whether its a shortwave, trough axis, frontal boundary, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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