weatherwiz Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 “Closest” TOR today might be over Ware. Very broad but worth watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 minute ago, weatherwiz said: “Closest” TOR today might be over Ware. Very broad but worth watching Distant thunder and darkness to my southwest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Just had a cloud to ground strike very close by and the storm is gone wth:!!!!!! Now I know why they say lightning can strike far away from the storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 ORH going to get smoked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Still some weak rotation in the ORH cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 That storm that came through here 45 min or so ago looked like it had rotation on the front end.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 57 minutes ago, ineedsnow said: Just had a cloud to ground strike very close by and the storm is gone wth:!!!!!! Now I know why they say lightning can strike far away from the storm... the CG's on the backside are the worst b/c they're typically +CG strikes (I believe) which are the most dangerous. But that's exactly what happened here. I'm still freaked out. I parked my car on the street in front of my house and as I get out I hear thunder off to the west-southwest and I wondered if something else popped. I checked the radar and saw it was (guess anyways) from a cell over Middletown. I debated on taking up the trash can but figured I'd do it later since I have to go back outside. I walk into my house and as soon as I close the door I saw an incredibly bright flash which lasted a couple seconds and instantly heard the crash. The house shook. I sort of peered out windows to see if I could notice anything hit but didn't see anything. I tried going outside a few times but as soon as I stepped foot outside I ran back in. After I'm done working I'll take a walk around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarloaf1989 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Raining again. No more please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Marlborough about 10 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Here's what your fun and games look like from my vantage point. Congrats all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 fizzled out nicely before it hit this area in eastern MA. looked great on radar, not so much in reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Pretty. Reminds me of Key West somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 1 hour ago, weatherwiz said: the CG's on the backside are the worst b/c they're typically +CG strikes (I believe) which are the most dangerous. But that's exactly what happened here. I'm still freaked out. I parked my car on the street in front of my house and as I get out I hear thunder off to the west-southwest and I wondered if something else popped. I checked the radar and saw it was (guess anyways) from a cell over Middletown. I debated on taking up the trash can but figured I'd do it later since I have to go back outside. I walk into my house and as soon as I close the door I saw an incredibly bright flash which lasted a couple seconds and instantly heard the crash. The house shook. I sort of peered out windows to see if I could notice anything hit but didn't see anything. I tried going outside a few times but as soon as I stepped foot outside I ran back in. After I'm done working I'll take a walk around. Just read positive strikes can happen 20 to 30 miles away from the storm.. Definitely had to be that.. pretty cool learn something every day Thanks Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 10 minutes ago, ineedsnow said: Just read positive strikes can happen 20 to 30 miles away from the storm.. Definitely had to be that.. pretty cool learn something every day Thanks Paul You're welcome. Those are the ones too where if you get hit by that...you're toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 My friend from Walpole, NH took some video from the July 28th. He was really intrigued by some lowering on the right hand side. The aspect of this time lapse with the amazing look of the structure begins around 26 seconds He also said in the photo that if you look at the lowering on the risk you see something dark lurking in the rain and was wondering if that could have been the beginning of the microburst? He also mentioned a few things about the damage...said that the trees on County Rd fell in the opposite direction than the trees on Kingsbury Rd. He said when he was on Barnett Hill he felt a wind shift as well...I think that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 11 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: My friend from Walpole, NH took some video from the July 28th. He was really intrigued by some lowering on the right hand side. The aspect of this time lapse with the amazing look of the structure begins around 26 seconds He also said in the photo that if you look at the lowering on the risk you see something dark lurking in the rain and was wondering if that could have been the beginning of the microburst? He also mentioned a few things about the damage...said that the trees on County Rd fell in the opposite direction than the trees on Kingsbury Rd. He said when he was on Barnett Hill he felt a wind shift as well...I think that That was the beginning of the cell that turned into the bow that raced across most of southern NH. Looks like a fairly classic evolution from a HP supercell into a bowing complex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Well that's intriguing. Another little mesolow makes a run at us Saturday. Seems like a severe weather/flash flood risk in a small area near it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Valley Snowman Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Several Reports of trees and wires down around town even a tree onto a house. Looks like the worst was a bit east and south of here. Impressive gust front and lighting/downpours for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 1 hour ago, OceanStWx said: That was the beginning of the cell that turned into the bow that raced across most of southern NH. Looks like a fairly classic evolution from a HP supercell into a bowing complex. That’s so awesome he was able to be in that position! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 That TOR for Queens seems awfully weak. What was nROT spitting out? EDIT: just saw Ryan’s tweet...a couple scans of pretty impressive couplet/velocity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: That TOR for Queens seems awfully weak. What was nROT spitting out? Had a couple of scans of 20 knots Vr shear, but NROT pretty meh on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: Had a couple of scans of 20 knots Vr shear, but NROT pretty meh on it. The terminal radar at JFK picked it up quite well! Saw Ryan’s tweet and I also learned something on Radarscope! You can do a capture of the animation. So I played with it and was able to see what Ryan posted. Wish it would let me upload it but I can only do 1.95mb ughhh. I’ll figure something out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: The terminal radar at JFK picked it up quite well! Saw Ryan’s tweet and I also learned something on Radarscope! You can do a capture of the animation. So I played with it and was able to see what Ryan posted. Wish it would let me upload it but I can only do 1.95mb ughhh. I’ll figure something out TJFK did have a great view. Maybe even a little donut in reflectivity. TDWR data can be a bit noisy/jumpy, but there was definitely a pretty solid 50 knot delta V anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 10 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: TJFK did have a great view. Maybe even a little donut in reflectivity. TDWR data can be a bit noisy/jumpy, but there was definitely a pretty solid 50 knot delta V anyway. Guess there’s some damage reports right where that couplet was. Numerous trees and wires downed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct_yankee Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Queens, wow, wasn't expecting that! I wasn't even watching the radar after the daylight stuff moved thru... Thought it was all over. Kinda stunned, actually... Completely missed it. That said, there were small-scale spin-ups along the southern fringe of the day's convection all along, Ansonia was just the most prominent of several examples... Assumed there was a boundary down there along the coast, probably seabreeze related... So I shouldn't really be surprised. Interesting stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ct_yankee Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Assuming a tornado is confirmed, it's very typical of the area that the WSR-88D's couldn't really resolve the action very well... That's a classic Southern New England type spin-up, flying almost literally "under the radar" as far as the 88Ds are concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 If Oceanstwx can just grant me sun all day up here inn Winni and then a waterspout, I’ll be content. I don’t think that’s asking much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Tomorrow looks very interesting for SNE. That triple point tracks right across the region. With all the shear in place, add in a little extra turning with the low and high dews, low lcl’s.. I’d expect some nice looking cells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Tomorrow looks very interesting for SNE. That triple point tracks right across the region. With all the shear in place, add in a little extra turning with the low and high dews, low lcl’s.. I’d expect some nice looking cells Guidance is all over with that. And then you have to see if that’s overdone too. But yeah, could be interesting if things go right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 The potential is certainly intriguing and certainly needs to be watched. It's such a difficult forecast and I have had several people ask me about tomorrow with some people traveling and having outdoor activities. Does anyone remember a similar type of setup several years back? Want to say like 2012 or 2013 or something? Not the day that produced the tornadoes (I don't think we had any this day) but an MCV tracked like right over CT but it happened just a bit too early (late morning) and we weren't able to sufficiently destabilize. But even like strong convective showers had weak rotation lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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