Napril 2025 Obs/Discussion!

[Great Snow 1717]

2 hours ago, bristolri_wx said:

Ah yes, the 2 minutes it takes to reply while reading other posts and catching up on models and such… the anger consumes me.

I have a wall in my basement dedicated to printing out your misguided forecasts interspersed with the word DAMAGE! in different fonts.

Better get that restraining order!

A VERY strong contender for post of the year award!!

[Damage In Tolland]

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Tomorrow/tomorrow evening could get gusty. No flowers here yet on anything although I see some buds swelling. Hopefully we don’t get below freezing up here next weekend.

We must be 2-3 weeks ahead of you or so . Full leaf out 

[WxWatcher007]

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

YES! 

 You are something else.

[kdxken]

2 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

YES! 

Yes, May is shaping up nicely. 

 

[HoarfrostHubb]

And yet another downpour.  

[Spanks45]

Decent thunderstorm rolling through Bury right now, impressive lightning for sure

[DavisStraight]

35 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

We must be 2-3 weeks ahead of you or so . Full leaf out 

I was in your area today and noticed a difference from up here. Always why our first golf day would be in southern CT.

[ineedsnow]

35 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

We must be 2-3 weeks ahead of you or so . Full leaf out 

Still mostly buds here.. but it won't be long.. even driving to orange or worcester it's a big difference around here.. 

[ineedsnow]

21 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

 You are something else.

Lol it's only fair to post the coldest maps in the warmer months.. kind of like how people find the warmest maps in January and February and say winters ending.. 

[Damage In Tolland]

7 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

I was in your area today and noticed a difference from up here. Always why our first golf day would be in southern CT.

And we are behind even other areas in town . Always last to bloom and leaf out . I was there this week and you guys are a bit ahead 

[WinterSnow]

Random loud rumble of thunder about shot me through my ceiling. Lol But we keep on missing the heavier rain here. It's like all of the bands want to go around Bristol.

[kdxken]

37 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

And yet another downpour.  

Sprinkles get over it.

[kdxken]

23 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

I was in your area today and noticed a difference from up here. Always why our first golf day would be in southern CT.

Where did you play? Shoulder all better?

[H2Otown_WX]

4 minutes ago, WinterSnow said:

Random loud rumble of thunder about shot me through my ceiling. Lol But we keep on missing the heavier rain here. It's like all of the bands want to go around Bristol.

Yeah, I was out with the dog here in Terryville and I could see the storm just south of us. A couple pretty close cloud to cloud or in cloud lightning strikes, not much rain.

[Sey-Mour Snow]

Nice half inch drink from that line of storms. Final of .84 for the rain total on the day. 

[Hoth]

Nice boomers!

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Actually the forsythia did bloom here a few days ago. But the warmth and dews the past couple of days has everything accelerating. 

This is the lone flowering plant I’ve seen at the golf course

[cardinalland]

just got to stand on my porch saying "we needed this"

LFG

[Damage In Tolland]

Big banger just now! 

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

We must be 2-3 weeks ahead of you or so . Full leaf out 

Probably. I had to melt snow up here. 

[bristolri_wx]

37 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Big banger just now! 

Thunderstein!!

[powderfreak]

About an inch of rain today on the mountain.  Luckily things dried up between 1-4pm for some Saturday afternoon laps.  Then proceeded to rain hard from 4:30 onward.

Two rounds of 3-5 hour “showers”… but did get to enjoy the break in precip a bit.

Closing day tomorrow.  Time to shut ‘em down here.

Stake down to 65”… similar to the above pictured elevation band.

[FXWX]

1.25" here 

[DavisStraight]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Where did you play? Shoulder all better?

I didn't play yet this year, but the physical therapy seems to be working well, and I think I'll be able to golf. Our house in Maine is under construction so not sure how much time I'll have for a while but when I get some free time I'm going to give it a go.

[DavisStraight]

9 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

About an inch of rain today on the mountain.  Luckily things dried up between 1-4pm for some Saturday afternoon laps.  Then proceeded to rain hard from 4:30 onward.

Two rounds of 3-5 hour “showers”… but did get to enjoy the break in precip a bit.

Closing day tomorrow.  Time to shut ‘em down here.

Stake down to 65”… similar to the above pictured elevation band.

Still amazes me how much snow you still have there going into May.

[DavisStraight]

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

And we are behind even other areas in town . Always last to bloom and leaf out . I was there this week and you guys are a bit ahead 

Like you, I'm higher in elevation so wasn't talking specifically of your mountain but around the area, we went down to Rocky Hill and drove home from Hebron.

[powderfreak]

3 minutes ago, DavisStraight said:

Still amazes me how much snow you still have there going into May.

Definitely localized up there… the area serviced by lifts on the east side gets a lot of snow water equivalent in the winter.  Then it preserves it too.

It’s a microclimate zone on the higher elevation east side.  Avoids the direct sunlight in the afternoon that the west side gets in the spring.  The west side of Mansfield is pretty torched to the summit.

[CoastalWx]

Steiner with just over half inch here. Much more just to my south again like earlier this week. Good for the lawn at least. Will need rain later this week hopefully. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

1.45” looks to be it. 
 

overperformer.  

[Modfan2]

.73 here and low of 45F; will take it but will be wind dried quickly today.