Day #7 Stormy New England
Posted by Tim Kelley March 1, 2010 (2 weeks ago) at 8:42 pm
Simply amazing that we have a third storm merging with the upper low stalled over the northeast for 7 days now. The storm that tracked south of New Orleans Friday Feb 26, 2010, across southern FL Saturday, merged with our old Super Storm south of Nova Scotia today, Monday March 1, 2010. The resultant wind from the North ramped up to 50+ in gusts creating waves of 10′-20′ funneling to Massachusetts Bay. The combination of a weeks worth of onshore wind, Full Cold Moon High Tide, and wind from the right direction, brought the roughest seas to shores south of Boston since the April 2007 super storm. Here is the weather map for today. Some photos from the shore are posted below.
There is another storm with 3″ of snow in Dallam texas today. That low will bring another round of Gale Force wind to New England Wednesday. But the heavy precip should stay offshore. Believe it or not, Vermont may get the most in the next few days, from a storm passing way off to the south. Go Figure. About as logical as rain in Maine, and Snow on Cape Cod, that we saw today (another warm from the north due to block).
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Wow! Mild air makes its move…but so does the rain and wind.
Posted by Matt Noyes January 25, 2010 at 11:56 am
A strong storm has moved across the Great Lakes, and the intense counter-clockwise flow of air around its core has driven deep warmth and moisture northward up the Eastern Seaboard. The change in air was evident early Monday morning, as temperatures rose rapidly into the 50s, with Boston’s Logan Airport recording a 12 degree temperature jump in just one hour from 4 AM to 5 AM! This warmth comes with deep moisture direct from the Gulf of Mexico…
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Is First Storm 2010 A Blizzard?
Posted by Tim Kelley December 31, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Our Friday looks fairly quiet with mostly light snow (some rain at he shore). The snow picks up Friday Night, especially in Maine. The the storm way out at sea begins to intensify and back to the northwest, and eventually southwest. Some of the computer models deepen this storm to 962 millibars, that is stronger than Hurricane Bob in Rhode Island August 19, 1991 (Bob was 964 millibars). Though this extreme is not likely, it is within the realm of possibility..
Blizzard conditions are likely in Maine by Saturday afternoon. As for the rest of New England, we may see near blizzard conditions at the coast in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The worst of this storm looks to be Saturday and Saturday Night. Here is the latest forecast for the track of this long duration storm. We are still forecasting a ‘Blizzard Loop’ as discussed in the Monday Post.
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New England Hurricane History- Ophelia 2005
Posted by Tim Kelley August 20, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Great post by Matt below. This situation reminds me a bit of Ophelia in September 2005. While we all stared at Ophelia meandering around the Carolina’s, a band of tropical downpours set up with flooding rain for New England. Bill is a huge scary storm, but we are more likely to have evacuations in Vermont due to flooding, than near our coastline. Outside of 10′-20′ Ground Swells, Bill (like Ophelia) may be a non-story for New England. The National Hurricane Center Bill Forecast is below along with the Track of Ophelia.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Expired- Flooding Continues
Posted by Tim Kelley July 29, 2009 at 12:11 pm
This image from Berkshires.org web cam at Jiminy Peak in Hancock Massachusetts shows the deep puddles from 3″ of rain this afternoon.
We’ve been talking about the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms, and the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma issued a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of western Connecticut, western Massachusetts and southern VT was in effect until 8 pm. Now we have non-severe flooding thunderstorms click here to view the warnings that are currently in effect.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EXPIRED 7 PM
Posted by Tim Kelley July 7, 2009 at 10:14 am
Lewin Xu of Nashua New Hampshire sent this photo from a 2:30 PM today, July 7, 2009. This hail fell from the north side of a storm complex that blasted Hartford County CT, into Worcester and Middlesex Counties in Massachusetts. Radar estimates of 7″ Rainfall centered near Westborough MA, where moderate flooding and road washouts were reported.
Storms have weakened tonight. We are done with the damaging wind and large hail. However downpours and areas of fog will keep us wet into morning. New storms continue to develop to our south and west. With warmer than normal water south of Long Island, the potential exists for a repeat of last Wednesday and Thursday morning. That was when thunderstorms crossed southeastern New England with lightning , wind, hail, and flooding early in the morning. Damage reports from today are listed below. This is the 12th time in 13 days, we have flooding and hail in New England.
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New England Flooding Day #7- July 2, 2009
Posted by Tim Kelley July 2, 2009 at 7:53 pm
The latest siege of wet & stormy began last Friday, June 26, 2009. That makes today, Thursday July 2nd, the seventh day in a row with flooding here in New England. the heaviest rain today has been in southern and eastern New England, similar to what happened yesterday. This photo is from about 11 AM in Scituate Massachusetts, where the rain was falling at the rate of 5.1″ per hour. It only rained that intensity for a few minutes, but that is all it takes to put road under water. This same storm crossed Narragansett Bay, where rainfall estimates exceeded 3″ in less than an hour. A separate storm crossed Martha’s Vineyard with 2″ Diameter Hail at Lunch time. This is largest hail I have ever heard of there, resulting many cars needing a trip to The Autobody Shop for repairs due to hail damage. That storm raced across the upper Cape and into Capo Cod Bay, where lightning was reported all the way to Race Point, then on into the open Atlantic Ocean. This is rare due to the cooling effect of the ocean, it shows us how intense this stubborn upper level Low Pressure is. Read on for damage reports. See Danielle’s post below for more on our improved weekend weather forecast. A wind shift from east to west will really improve our weather.
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July 1, 2009- Too Cool & Too Wet
Posted by Tim Kelley July 1, 2009 at 7:38 pm
This is my home thermometer at 11 AM Wednesday July 1, 2009. Way too Cool! At the same time, the second cluster of flooding storms was crossing Westerly Rhode Island, where we measured 5.2″ of Rainfall at the Automated Surface Observation System, or ASOS. The three letter Identifier for Westerly is WST, to see the raw weather data from the WST ASOS, click here. The time is in UTC, or 4 hours ahead of New England. The high temperature for today was 64° here at NECN in Newton Massachusetts. This is the coldest high for July 1, in our 17 year history. The second coldest is 73° in 2007, the hottest 91° in 2001. More info below..
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