dryslot Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 3 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: @eekuasepinniW https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1017241256609624064 I had actually witnessed similar a few years back but did not get it on vid of a bolt hitting a white pine and taking out chunks the size of 2x4's and scattering them 50+ yds at a golf course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 53 minutes ago, dryslot said: I had actually witnessed similar a few years back but did not get it on vid of a bolt hitting a white pine and taking out chunks the size of 2x4's and scattering them 50+ yds at a golf course. Trailcams weren't a thing back about 20 years, but I still wish I'd had one watching the 25" by 80 ft pine on the state lot in Topsham get struck. By the time I saw it in early October, the needles had lost half their green, but the scene was still spectacular. About 15 ft of the trunk was turned to gigantic splinters, some 100+ pound ones up to 50 ft from momma. The top 40+ ft was "planted" arrow-straight about 4 ft from the 25 ft tall "stump" (which decayed and tipped 6-8 years ago.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 12 minutes ago, tamarack said: Trailcams weren't a thing back about 20 years, but I still wish I'd had one watching the 25" by 80 ft pine on the state lot in Topsham get struck. By the time I saw it in early October, the needles had lost half their green, but the scene was still spectacular. About 15 ft of the trunk was turned to gigantic splinters, some 100+ pound ones up to 50 ft from momma. The top 40+ ft was "planted" arrow-straight about 4 ft from the 25 ft tall "stump" (which decayed and tipped 6-8 years ago.) I had a Beech right next to my driveway get hit a couple of years ago, left a perfect lightning bolt scar down to the trunk about 55 ft long, it died of course so we dropped it. I was on my deck when it hit, incredible noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 4 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: @eekuasepinniW https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1017241256609624064 epic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 When I was a young ‘un(...maybe 40 years ago or so?) I was camping with my family somewhere in Maine. As a diversion we went to visit Colby College and were in a museum there. A decent thunderstorm rolled through and we saw a massive bolt strike a big pine right near us. Blew bark and branches for yards around. Best strike I have ever witnessed. For years I kept a piece of the bark. It’s gone now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 It's fitting that on my first ever visit to Tree House today they were offering beers called "Tornado" and "Super Typhoon." CAnt wait to crack these babies later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 37 minutes ago, Hoth said: It's fitting that on my first ever visit to Tree House today they were offering beers called "Tornado" and "Super Typhoon." CAnt wait to crack these babies later Typhoon is phenomenal! Rip one back now . I went up Tuesday this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 29 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Typhoon is phenomenal! Rip one back now . I went up Tuesday this week Sweet! Got as many as I could. Will crack 'em tonight once I've arrived in the ADKs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Hoth said: Sweet! Got as many as I could. Will crack 'em tonight once I've arrived in the ADKs. Enjoy your trip, great spot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 4 hours ago, Hoth said: It's fitting that on my first ever visit to Tree House today they were offering beers called "Tornado" and "Super Typhoon." CAnt wait to crack these babies later “Damaging Sou’easter” and “80° Dews” are good choices as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 15 hours ago, dendrite said: “Damaging Sou’easter” and “80° Dews” are good choices as well. They do have Haze. And Alter Ego for summer and winter Kevin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Oh and happy Bastille Day @ORH_wxman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Anyone know what the heck this is.. it's about an inch long and has a lady bug body with long antennas.. my neighbor found it in their pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 55 minutes ago, ineedsnow said: Anyone know what the heck this is.. it's about an inch long and has a lady bug body with long antennas.. my neighbor found it in their pool Check this site to see if one stands out. https://www.insectidentification.org/beetles.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 6 spotted neolema? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 21 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Check this site to see if one stands out. https://www.insectidentification.org/beetles.asp Thank you 8 minutes ago, dendrite said: 6 spotted neolema? Adults Grow from 0.25 to 0.35 this thing was almost an inch long.. it's almost like a lady bug mated with something much bigger than itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimetree Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Check this site to see if one stands out. https://www.insectidentification.org/beetles.asp Could be red milkweed beetle given the spots on the thorax... https://bugguide.net/node/view/2966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 7 hours ago, rimetree said: Could be red milkweed beetle given the spots on the thorax... https://bugguide.net/node/view/2966 Still seems small this thing was almost double the size.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Not a drop of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&P Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: Not a drop of rain. How we roll lately hopefully models are right about possible upcoming wet period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 0.02” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Nope. Nothing. .36 month to date with more dry days upcoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Nope. Nothing. .36 month to date with more dry days upcoming Few storms around today.. Tuesday looks like a soaker, then starting next weekend the deluge starts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 9 days since last measurable but still over 1" for the month so could be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Muggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, ineedsnow said: Few storms around today.. Tuesday looks like a soaker, then starting next weekend the deluge starts Tuesday could be stormy. Other than that most rains stay to our west with WAR keeping us dry but dewed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedsnow Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 19 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Tuesday could be stormy. Other than that most rains stay to our west with WAR keeping us dry but dewed Euro and GFS ensembles soak us with a boatload of rain..I don't think it's west.. you will get your dews for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 19 minutes ago, ineedsnow said: Euro and GFS ensembles soak us with a boatload of rain..I don't think it's west.. you will get your dews for sure! I think Jerry and Tip and Forky have laid it out pretty well in why heavy rains end up west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Even though our friends over at NCEP/WPC did not analyze a back-door front approaching and passing westward through SNE late afternoon two days ago ... I beg to argue that at least in a 'diffused' form, one did, and here over eastern sections, we've been in it ever since. We have this ass-pack strata jammed up our butts ruining Sunday morning weather here in east sections, a classic 'morning-after' consequence of having BD air masses stranded in place during the ensuing overnights. Yesterday, all day, there was a steady diet of zephyrs if not wind notably moving westward ... E or ESE or SE, into this region, while S winds prevailed much deeper inland. Recently, high clouds have moved off ... as per visible hi-res satellite loops, exposing a rotted low-level dungeon of murk below the summer party that continues from 2 or 3 K feet up... Now that more direct solar radiation is reaching this layer... we should see it erode from the edges and so forth over the next two or three hours.. If one were to drive west on Rt 2 for 10 minutes from Middlesex sky condition would polar transform probably over the course of about 2 miles of roadway. Gray abysmal cool, to summer sun, warmth and early cu towers, almost immediately with an edge into open sky visible passing over the vehicle. I've always found that interesting how such a low, gossamer, yet impenetrable strata layer can lie so convincingly about the deep layer status of the atmosphere.. As to WPC? They have finally analyze a stationary boundary. It extends from due N to S ...cutting NE in just about equally in half. However it is that they generate those surface synopsis, it did not seem to pick up on this feature "moving in" during late afternoon the day before yesterday. I credit the NAM though... It's had T1 temperatures of Logan some 4 to 6 C lower then ALB during these two days ... and a wind trajectory supporting, so ... it's really more a nitpicky thing. I just find it interesting being that I am a nerd - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said: I think Jerry and Tip and Forky have laid it out pretty well in why heavy rains end up west The front is making it through your area with ease. Whether or not you get rain is another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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