LongBeachSurfFreak Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Heard there was a 66 mph gust in Long Beach. When that bow moved across around midnight I guess? And yes this is the most impressive wind event to me since that little zephyr from a few Octobers ago. Innnnnnsane in wantagh trees bending branches cracking and breaking with the unusual wind direction. Best thunderstorm winds here since the Labor Day derecho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Most of Eastern LI prob won't be left out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Heard there was a 66 mph gust in Long Beach. When that bow moved across around midnight I guess? And yes this is the most impressive wind event to me since that little zephyr from a few Octobers ago. Yea Bill. It was one of the strongest thunderstorms I've had in my particular location in the last 20 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Calming down now. Props to the SpC on the high wind call. That was legit. You never forget that roar through the trees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Picked up 1.19" of rain yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Calming down now. Props to the SpC on the high wind call. That was legit. You never forget that roar through the trees Yea, we had it through the buildings here in the city. Heard it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Yea, we had it through the buildings here in the city. Heard it tonight. Got to hear it and see in the city (Manhattan), then Queens then Nassau at home. I'm pretty happy right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jims Videos Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Craziest weather since sandy at the shore. Was out (don't judge me) judging a karaoke contest in Asbury park. The 100 mph warning popped up on my phone went out the back deck to see what was going on. Saw the clouds boiling and racing due north. Sporadic lightning and then boom-transformers popping all over, closest to us was about 200 feet away with sparks landing closer. Prolly 70 mph wind gust made it out of the storm to the ground. In the same storm we have trees on homes in Neptune nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Yea Bill. It was one of the strongest thunderstorms I've had in my particular location in the last 20 years. there was a severe thunderstorm in 2009 in central park that knocked down 100 trees and damaged many more the winds were almost hurricane force i live near there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 there was a severe thunderstorm in 2009 in central park that knocked down 100 trees and damaged many more the winds were almost hurricane force i live near there... Sweet. My area rarely sees anything. The north shore always gets rocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycwinter Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Sweet. My area rarely sees anything. The north shore always gets rocked. i was surprised given the colder ocean temps.. that the storm held together over long island... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 but no thunder... On Long Island we had thunder. It was predominately "silent" lightning but we had a couple of booms mixed in there too. This really was quite the impressive event. I was pretty excited for this all day, but I was pleasantly surprised at how frequent the lightning was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 i was surprised given the colder ocean temps.. that the storm held together over long island... The strongest instability was elevated, so the surface being cold didn't matter. If these were surface-based storms, they wouldn't have had a chance. If anything the water provided less friction, allowing stronger winds to mix down as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The strongest instability was elevated, so the surface being cold didn't matter. If these were surface-based storms, they wouldn't have had a chance. If anything the water provided less friction, allowing stronger winds to mix down as a result. Thanks Doug. Awesome event.Post a winter grade while you're here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Thanks Doug. Awesome event. Post a winter grade while you're here. This almost could've raised my winter grade even though it isn't remotely wintry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 These little bow-like segments headed for eastern LI should pack a punch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Thanks Doug. Awesome event. Post a winter grade while you're here. Just did This almost could've raised my winter grade even though it isn't remotely wintry Haha yeah I was considering factoring it in as well, but I couldn't quite factor this in as part of my "winter" grade. It goes in my separate convection grade. Granted, though, we're not going to get a synoptic system of this kind in the warm season, so perhaps we needed this to be a winter entity for us to do so well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Another nice downpour moving in now. What a night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billgwx Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The strongest low level jet was along the coast too....80-90 knots only 1500 ft above ground level. If the low level inversion is weak then no problem mixing down anywhere from 1/2 to 2/3 of that. If you have a MAUL in place as with Sandy then mix it all down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 The strongest low level jet was along the coast too....80-90 knots only 1500 ft above ground level. If the low level inversion is weak then no problem mixing down anywhere from 1/2 to 2/3 of that. If you have a MAUL in place as with Sandy then mix it all down... Wow....I haven't even heard of a MAUL since Sandy. The VWP out of EWR tells the whole story Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billgwx Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 MAUL == Moist Absolutely Unstable Layer, basically a saturated layer whose lapse rate is greater than moist adiabatic. And they tend to live up to their name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billgwx Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I'm not saying there was a MAUL involved here, just commenting on gust potential in different low level stability regimes. Wow....I haven't even heard of a MAUL since Sandy. The VWP out of EWR tells the whole storySent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 MAUL == Moist Absolutely Unstable Layer, basically a saturated layer whose lapse rate is greater than moist adiabatic. And they tend to live up to their name I actually noticed a NAM sounding from last night showing a MAUL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I'm not saying there was a MAUL involved here, just commenting on gust potential in different low level stability regimes.Oh yes, I know. Just saying it's been a long time since I've seen that even brought up. Didn't learn that one in class. Very interesting though. Sent from my SM-G925V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 I'm not saying there was a MAUL involved here, just commenting on gust potential in different low level stability regimes. It was very gusty so it's was having trouble with the inversion. It was the pure strength of the winds aloft that did it. The clouds were racing as fast as anything I have seen since sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billgwx Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 No MAUL in the OKX 00Z sounding but there is a pretty decent surface-based inversion: Have to think that some combo of mechanical turbulence due to the very strong vertical wind shear, and wave ducting via the inversion topped by that moist adiabatic layer, helped set up the strong wind potential outside of any convection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Thanks for the input bill definitely above my knowlege level. Makes sense though. Winds are still gusting in the 40s here on the bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billgwx Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Funny to see the tropopause in that sounding up near summertime heights after descending to beneath 700 mb in the recent Arctic outbreak. And a precipitable water of 1.5" in February? Crazy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dsnowx53 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 It would be interesting if we had an 06z observed sounding, as 00z was still pretty early in the night. Tonight's 00z NAM soundings for NYC valid for 03z and 06z do show MAULs. At 03z, it looks like a very unstable MAUL, albeit a very shallow one, between ~820mb and ~780mb: At 06z, the MAUL isn't as unstable, but it's a much larger layer -- between 925mb and 800mb. By definition, it should be a MAUL considering the lapse rates are still well steeper than the moist-adiabatic lines. Of course, these are NAM projections, so this doesn't mean there was definitely a MAUL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 0111 AM TSTM WND GST STONY BROOK 40.91N 73.13W 02/25/2016 M67 MPH SUFFOLK NY TRAINED SPOTTER SEVERAL BRANCHES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WEST MEADOW BEACH TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1055 PM TSTM WND GST LARCHMONT 40.93N 73.75W 02/24/2016 M67 MPH WESTCHESTER NY WXFLOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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