powderfreak Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Glad to see you guys getting the light show...that was absolutely prolific up here. Best lightning in a long time, probably best storm of the summer so far overall personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Glad to see you guys getting the light show...that was absolutely prolific up here. Best lightning in a long time, probably best storm of the summer so far overall personally.For those missing out:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=72XQU7jZIY2gyASchoH4CA&url=http://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DBdhhUAZHNi8&cd=1&ved=0CCUQyCkwAA&usg=AFQjCNEwOd7XoIbNrlvJ6_NIcN_V98J7FA&sig2=uBzIKi38aAzXzANtG4IETw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christina311 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Still 83/73 here. The air conditioner can't keep up. We had 2 severe warnings for the northwestern part of the county but not even a rumble of thunder here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct_yankee Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Looks like two outflow boundaries are going to merge at right angles just before the line gets to my area. Could conceivably be interesting... Or, could be nothing much but a dying line of non-severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 NW CT has cleaned up this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartAnimal29 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Crazy lightning right now WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornadomachine Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Had some oddly big bangs on the back end, I've no idea what was making them. Overall not bad. Good wind on the front, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartAnimal29 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Lightning is firing up the whole sky right now steady rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornadomachine Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 What the heck. I'm in a 30 dbz zone mile behind the main convection and I had a strike within a quarter mile of me. Fourth one so far. I give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Anvil lightning can produce some of the most dangerous CG's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornadomachine Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Anvil lightning can produce some of the most dangerous CG'sMust be (yeah, + strikes build up bigger due to negative mid lvl charge). I've never seen this much before, especially after the storm passes through. Weird storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Had some oddly big bangs on the back end, I've no idea what was making them. Overall not bad. Good wind on the front, too. We had some nasty +CG anvil strikes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornadomachine Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I kind of wonder exactly why +CGs always seem so much louder than other strikes. Is it as simple as the fact that they have a greater discharge is a shorter amount of time, creating a greater amount of heat for a shorter time, I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I kind of wonder exactly why +CGs always seem so much louder than other strikes. Is it as simple as the fact that they have a greater discharge is a shorter amount of time, creating a greater amount of heat for a shorter time, I wonder? I would think maybe they produce hotter temperatures, therefore, leading to an even larger temperature gradient between the bolt and the surrounding air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tornadomachine Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I would think maybe they produce hotter temperatures, therefore, leading to an even larger temperature gradient between the bolt and the surrounding air?Yeah, I agree with that. More energy means more heat, and greater expansion of the air. Like a pistol vs a cannon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KartAnimal29 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Still a nice light show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I enjoyed watching the extra SAILS radar scans with the storms tonight via radarscope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashFreeze Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 It did seem like the storm had moved SE and after 10-15 minutes there were more large flashes very close, could actually see a few bolts, .5 in the gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Lightning has really dropped off to nearly none and we just had about 20 make that 40 raindrops. Looks like I will be getting out the hose tomorrow morning before work to water the bushes I put in this spring.How goes the star gazing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Garden variety here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-CT Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Garden variety hereLesco or Scotts? I agree, just some welcomed rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Surprised that the meso discussion says only a 40% chance of a Severe Thunderstorm Watch. I would think higher chance than that 7/15 MCD with 60% chance of watch. No watch resulted. 28 combined warnings for GYX, and a tornado and significant microburst. 7/23 MCD with 40% chance of watch. Entire CWA ends up in a watch. 9 combined warnings for GYX. I think sometimes SPC just tosses their hands up when it comes to New England severe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 So we got a call from local LEOs up in NH, about a 2 mile swath of trees down near the Starks/Stratford line. Now we don't quite know whether that's long or wide. Interesting radar around that area earlier today. Not the strongest meso in the world, but it had height continuity. Between these two scans the 50 dBZ core height jumped nearly 10 kft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Nice elevated mixed layer progged by the GFS on Sunday along with some decent 0-6km shear. Worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Nice elevated mixed layer progged by the GFS on Sunday along with some decent 0-6km shear. Worth watching. Bring it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Bring it EML.jpg That would be fun given the amount of shear. Euro doesn't really look great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 AWT...nada here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Pretty decent storm last night. It weakened as it headed thru but stll was quite the light show with a couple loud booms. Picked up .50 which was very needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 ??? They mean severe. You seem to be of the belief SNE won't see thunderstorms nadda here near BOS Couple pix from Concord as some storms passed by to the North about 30 mins ago. not many cars in that market basket parking lot lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 How many fantasy GFS setups have we had? I'll believe it when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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