‘BomboGenesis’ is What Happened Feb 25, 2010
Posted by Tim Kelley February 26, 2010 (3 weeks ago) at 7:29 pm
Hurricane force wind ripped through New England on the evening of Thursday February 25, 2010. Watching Weather Radar, it was clear we had a circulation tracking from Buzzard’s Bay to Boston to Worcester Massachusetts. Watching the Surface Observations it was clear we had an intensifying Low Pressure Center deviating from a forecast track and intensity. In fact the Midnight observation at Isle Of Shoals NH Buoy recorded sustained wind of 64 Knots, Gusting 78 Knots, 1 knot below a Cat One Hurricane! In this image below we use observations to deduce the track of this February 2010 SuperStorm. Feeding this storm was the 80° energy & severe storms in Florida Wednesday, combined with the -7° record cold from Des Moines IA. Tropical and Arctic air, with storms #1 and storm # 2 merging near Cape Cod.
Not Extreme Cold Here- Some Ice Still Not Safe
Posted by Tim Kelley January 12, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Though winter started fast with record snow in October, The cold and snow disappeared all together, with record warmth, in November. Our December was up and down temperature wise. So far, January has been close to normal weatherwise. Here at NECN we (especially Matt) have been straight out with weather and our new graphics system. So we have not been out to play to much until this past weekend. It was easy to leave the house after only a few minutes of watching the Patriots Game. So some of us finally got to play some pond hockey over the weekend.
We found this little pond in Hingham MA with safe ice, and many happy skaters. The ice surface quality was marginal at best, but at least it was thick enough.
But not all the ice is safe. Over the weekend we had a tragic snow machine accident in Southern Vermont.
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First Storm 2010 Breaks In Two
Posted by Tim Kelley January 4, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Our first snowstorm of 2009 began with a heavy burst of snow in Thursday December 31, 2009, and ended as light drizzle Monday January 4, 2010 at 7 AM. The initial snowburst hit Fairfield County CT, the result of a wave of low pressure from The South Pacific, leaving several inches of snow from Mexico, Arizona, & Texas- all the way to Maine. The most snow with that was 6″ in southern Arizona to 6″ in Downeast Maine. Most areas between saw 1′-3″. The next bursts of snow had to do with Low Pressure forming south of New England combining with Low pressure in Northern New York, and the surface trough connecting the two. We picked up a few inches more in Maine and Vermont with that on Friday.
Next we watched for the merging of energy south of Nova Scotia.
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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 Forecast Danny Saturday
Posted by Tim Kelley August 26, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Thursday 9 AM Update.
This morning the NHC forecast for Danny has shifted east. Therefore, the discussion below is a worst case scenerio.. as NHC now forecasts the center passing 100+ miles East of Cape Cod and Maine.
Resume Weds post here:
The National Hurricane Center forecast is for Tropical Storm Danny to intensify to a Category One Hurricane and pass near Cape Cod this Saturday afternoon or evening. If this track verifies, we have the first land falling hurricane in New England since Bob on August 19, 1991. This track means the heaviest wind will be from Cape Cod to Eastern Maine.
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More Heavy Surf For New England
Posted by Tim Kelley August 25, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Tonight we see a large area of the thunderstorms in the southwest Atlantic Ocean.. This tropical wave may soon become Tropical Storm Danny. This storm may have the impact of a strong Nor’Easter for New England Saturday. Here is an early estimate on the possible track of the storm likely to become Danny.
The National Hurricane Center has issued this statement on the massive thunderstorm complex north of Puerto Rico tonight, Tuesday August 25, 2009:
“AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING THE AREA
OF DISTURBED WEATHER ABOUT 350 MILES NORTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO
FOUND A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
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Two Days Between Storms! August 5, 2009
Posted by Tim Kelley August 5, 2009 at 7:49 pm
The weather gave us Two Days off from storms (What a Bonus!) before the Cumulonimbus returned today, Wednesday August 5, 2009. The boundary between the warm humid air flow around a Bermuda High, and colder air from the seemingly perpetual Hudson Bay Canada Cold Vortex of summer 2009, set off a few damaging storms from Maine to Massachusetts and Rhode Island. We have news of 9 people struck by lightning at one time in Coventry RI, WPRI has more here. This cold front boundary is now slowing near the south coast of New England.
This evening’s sunset image from the Hazecam.net at Acadia National Park Maine shows the back side of the storm clouds moving out to sea. The temperatures in southern New England closed in on, but mostly fell just short of, 90 degrees today. This is the hottest day since April.
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Severe Thunderstorms Diminishing Overnight
Posted by Tim Kelley July 27, 2009 at 1:52 pm
A Beautiful sunset at Ossipee Lake New Hampshire, from the CanoeKing.com cam. This beauty belies the severe weather in other areas, as slow moving thunderstorms hit hard in many New England Towns today, Monday July 27, 2009.
Damage from flooding, wind, hail, and lightning are being reported from Connecticut to Maine (see below).
This pattern is with us all week, as we are finally on the warm to hot side of a Bermuda High. With a boundary to colder air just to our west, New England is in a, battle zone thunderstorm, set up that repeats each day into Friday. The heaviest weather is likely Thursday and Friday, more flooding would make this the Wettest July in Centuries here in the Northeast. Rainfall Records from 1938 are being challenged.. and no one wants a repeat of what happened later that summer.
The Good News.. Saturday we may get slightly less humid for the Pan Mass Challenge this weekend.
Here are some of the latest damage reports from today.
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