moneypitmike Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Had a flash of lightning/crack of thunder around 9:00pm last night. That's the most exciting part of the event so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWx Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: My experience is 30 foot anemometer can't show true wind speeds that topple trees. Taller trees are more susceptible to a problem known as “windthrow” than their shorter counterparts. Windthrow refers to the act of strong winds fully uprooting trees. A tall trunk combined with full foliage turns your tree into a lever. Thus, when strong winds hit the upper part of the tree while exerting a considerable force on the lower trunk and roots, it can remove the entire root system off the ground, even if it is a large tree with healthy roots. Trees with Two Trunks Other trees most likely to fall in the wind are those with multiple trunks. A standard tree structure has one dominant trunk. If your tree has more than one dominant lead, it is more likely to suffer storm damage as the trunks offer blow away and towards each other. We've got a large silver maple in our side yard with a double trunk starting 18' off the ground. We just noticed recently that one side is hollow and has multiple squirrels living inside. Getting quotes to have it taken down, even though many of the wind events have been quiet overblown by some... 20 mph gusts here now and 56° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 .69 inches of rain. Had a wind gust over 20 which is twice what we got last week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 "As of 5:00 a.m., Eversource is reporting over 14,100 customers without power. United Illuminating reports 29 outages are affecting more than 2,500 customers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STILL N OF PIKE Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 How are the winds on L.I right now and S Ct. Edit looks like 41k out in NJ and gusting to mid 50’s along west L.I and NYC coastal areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 G44 at HFD ten minutes ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sey-Mour Snow Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Solid amount of trees and large limbs down. Had to do a little off-roading to get to gym. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick-02540 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Just hit my highest gust of the night...46mph. Winds starting to pivot to the south in the last 30 minutes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 56° +RA 1.16” 23mph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Gusts around 40 here, hopefully wild on the south shore in a couple hours! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 988.9mb Windiest event here since the grinch last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Absolutely roaring out there .. steadily increased over the last hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 1.8". Powered flickered Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 36 minutes ago, kdxken said: "As of 5:00 a.m., Eversource is reporting over 14,100 customers without power. United Illuminating reports 29 outages are affecting more than 2,500 customers" 42,718 in CT, 3.3%. Be safe bud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FXWX Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 49 mph gust here... 1,160' elevation... 10 meter tower. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 52,000 out of power CT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Shut em down! Take everything down! Let's goooo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: 52,000 out of power CT Steadily climbing. 14% of TOL without power. Hope you lose yours soon and see some trees come down. 2 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWx Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Quite a number of small limbs down heading to Simsbury this morning. More down this way than up in the Westfield area for sure. We had one large gust about 20 minutes ago but it's calmer now. 58 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 20 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said: Absolutely roaring out there .. steadily increased over the last hour or so. Did you do your morning jog? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 51 BDL 54 Meriden Edit: BHO 76 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said: Did you do your morning jog? I did not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Wwhhhhheeeeeeeeee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Just now, Damage In Tolland said: I did not Come on homie…Get out there and get after it! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 so far just a run of the mill storm with moderate gusts. we'll see if things ramp up but not holding my breath 34mph gust on my station 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said: 51 BDL 54 Meriden Edit: BHO 76 Wow some big forecast busts already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Lost internet. Since my davis communicates via wifi and I don't use my console anymore, can't capture the wind gusts. Sent from my SM-G981U1 using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 50-55mph LI/NYC so far. Windy but nothing memorable yet. Only a couple of hours to go for NYC. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Unreal out there right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxWatcher007 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Fairfield mesonet: 60 (4:55am) Stamford mesonet: 66 (4:58am per RadarScope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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