gravitylover Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 And... there it is. Lightning, thunder and heavy rain. Woot woot, dusty hardpan trails ought to be gone for at least a few days and the freshly cut lawn won't brown out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, gravitylover said: And... there it is. Lightning, thunder and heavy rain. Woot woot, dusty hardpan trails ought to be gone for at least a few days and the freshly cut lawn won't brown out. Ground is so hard and bone dry. Hope some of this soaks in. There's another cluster out to the west, we might get into some of that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, gravitylover said: And... there it is. Lightning, thunder and heavy rain. Woot woot, dusty hardpan trails ought to be gone for at least a few days and the freshly cut lawn won't brown out. Been watching that line. Expect not much in my area. QVC Xmas in July! Watch fargo etc Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 A quick 0.57" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 .77 in the bucket from the first round, well needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 hmm. got pure h2O falling at a steady clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Animal said: hmm. got pure h2O falling at a steady clip. radar is over reporting in my area. rain ..yes..brutal rain..no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 rain hard at the moment. ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 just called Mt Holly NES. thunder & the Lighting got a 0.5 of rain in the past 15 minutes & pouring rain at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 solid storm..thunder & the Lighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Wow did it rain hard a few times overnight. I think the long, rolling, booming thunder was the most impressive part of the storms and the frequent lightning was a close second. Closest local mesonet station has 1.01 but a closer WU station has 1.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I don't know if this qualifies as an interesting weather situation or not but figured I'd post it in case anyone wants to check it out. I go kayaking and paddling on the croton river which runs from the dam to the hudson where they meet at the metro north station. For whatever reason the DEP has been and continues to release water from the bottom of the reservoir, as opposed to allowing the warmer surface waters to spill over. This water is extremely cold. I was told the temperature of the water where the river becomes navigable is at 48f. way too cold to swim. So cold in fact, that fog forms in spots. The air, at least right above the water in the gorge is a good 20 degrees less than the surrounding air temperature. yesterday paddling through the fog was like out of a horror movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 33 minutes ago, Hitman said: I don't know if this qualifies as an interesting weather situation or not but figured I'd post it in case anyone wants to check it out. I go kayaking and paddling on the croton river which runs from the dam to the hudson where they meet at the metro north station. For whatever reason the DEP has been and continues to release water from the bottom of the reservoir, as opposed to allowing the warmer surface waters to spill over. This water is extremely cold. I was told the temperature of the water where the river becomes navigable is at 48f. way too cold to swim. So cold in fact, that fog forms in spots. The air, at least right above the water in the gorge is a good 20 degrees less than the surrounding air temperature. yesterday paddling through the fog was like out of a horror movie. Weather or not, that’s interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Reminds me of the caves at the foot of Joppenbergh Mountain. You can walk past them on the hottest of summer days and get blasted with frigid air escaping the depths, with surrounding vegetation constantly dripping in dew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The ice caves at Williams Lake are pretty awesome too. Ride the rail trail north out of Rosendale a few miles and the caves are right next to the trail, it's like air conditioning in a few spots. It's boomin' pretty good here now with a steady moderate rain coming down. Good timing too, I cut my backyard grass fairly short this morning. It's only the second time I've cut it so far this year so it was pretty high and it's thicker than it's been in 15 years. It actually looks like I have a lawn even though it's not really grass but as long as it's green it's good right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 It's actually pretty cool the way this storm is just sitting mostly stationary just to my SW. It keeps spitting off heavy showers in this direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Mesoscale Discussion 1064 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0935 AM CDT Tue Jul 17 2018 Areas affected...Portions of New England and southeast New York Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely Valid 171435Z - 171630Z Probability of Watch Issuance...80 percent SUMMARY...Bands of thunderstorms are expected to intensify through this afternoon, resulting in an increasing threat for damaging wind gusts. A watch will likely be issued within the next 1-2 hours. DISCUSSION...Regional radar data illustrate a broken band of thunderstorms extending from southern New Hampshire southwest towards the Hudson Valley late this morning. This cluster has persisted along the southeastern fringe of a subtle shortwave impulse (embedded within larger-scale cyclonic flow) over New England. Ahead of these storms, visible satellite suggests gradual low-level destabilization, evidenced by a slow decrease in wave clouds and an increase in boundary-layer cumulus. Amidst a very moist air mass (e.g., regional 12Z soundings sampled PWs around 1.6-1.9"), further surface heating should promote MLCAPE values around 1000-2000 J/kg through this afternoon. In turn, thunderstorms are expected to further intensify over the next several hours. Relatively uni-directional deep-layer wind profiles, combined with 30-40 kt of mid-level flow, will encourage lines of storms capable of damaging winds, especially this afternoon. Considering this growing severe potential, watch issuance will likely be needed. ..Picca/Guyer.. 07/17/2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 My house just had the repairs made from May 15th within the last week, New England can have this LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Middletown, near Tower Dr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Boom crackle bang and heavy, heavy rain. Good stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 10 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Middletown, near Tower Dr Seen the same while I was driving on 17 in goshen to Middletown. I thought I briefly seen a scud cloud, couldn't see much while driving. At home in New Windsor, 0.16 in the bucket not much in this area vs Middletown for precip. Edit, with frontal passage, 2nd thundershower came thru, total in the bucket for today 0.48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 14 hours ago, hudsonvalley21 said: Seen the same while I was driving on 17 in goshen to Middletown. I thought I briefly seen a scud cloud, couldn't see much while driving. At home in New Windsor, 0.16 in the bucket not much in this area vs Middletown for precip. Edit, with frontal passage, 2nd thundershower came thru, total in the bucket for today 0.48 Late night last night, saw Foo Fighters again at the Garden. If one wants to see a great rock show, go see the Foo, they don’t disappoint. Anyway, saw that I had .48” here too yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 7 hours ago, IrishRob17 said: Late night last night, saw Foo Fighters again at the Garden. If one wants to see a great rock show, go see the Foo, they don’t disappoint. Anyway, saw that I had .48” here too yesterday. Sounds great! It's always nice to see live shows at least once in a while, regardless of act or genre... the many folks who never do are missing a big part of the music experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Juliancolton said: Sounds great! It's always nice to see live shows at least once in a while, regardless of act or genre... the many folks who never do are missing a big part of the music experience. Violently agree. I’ve been to hundreds of shows some of which have exposed me to bands I would have likely never heard on my own, some not so good and some very good. I’ve also missed a few up and coming bands before they made it big because I chose to tailgate in the parking lot a little longer LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Get out there NOW and enjoy the last great evening for a while. I'm going for a ride then firing up the BBQ for some salmon burgers and ribs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 41 minutes ago, gravitylover said: Get out there NOW and enjoy the last great evening for a while. I'm going for a ride then firing up the BBQ for some salmon burgers and ribs. Enjoying some adult beverages in the deck right now, maybe a cigar later as well. Tomorrow is Freedom Fest here in the park with fireworks to close out the evening, looks like it’ll be a close call, I hate getting my beverage watered down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Yeah it was soooo nice out there and the dirt was sooo good. I'll hit a ride up in VT today but I have a feeling that's the last really great one until next weekend at best. Looking like most of us in this discussion are going to see between 2-8" of rain before the week is over. I am wondering how far inland this ends up being a real thing though. Some of what I'm seeing looks like I88 might be the break line between terrible and just a wet(ish) summer week. If that's the case I'm heading NW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Brian5671 said: no brown grass by the end of the week, that's for sure... Nope. There hasn't really been much (any?) of that here yet this year though. I know it's a different story in your 'hood but we had enough to get us through the dry period without the brownout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Upton.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 24 minutes ago, snywx said: Upton.. Pretty juicy, basically 3-4" for Orange County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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