Something to sneeze at!

Hello! I wanted to pass a great site along for you! www.pollen.com This is a tough time of the year for many of us who deal with pollen related issues. Pollen dot com is a great source for today's pollen level and what level is expected for the next few days as well! Enjoy the sun and be prepared for the pollen! -Gil

Well Well...it's about time

I hope to finally wake up and start posting on here again! Spring is a busy weather time with cutoff lows, low topped convection, severe thunderstorms and rapid changes over Connecticut. Most Nutmeggers are ready for some sunshine....Thursday is our day!

Hot Temperatures Finally Arrive

Highs yesterday finally reached low 90s officially at Bradley International! Many folks have been waiting for some real "Summer" weather...today makes day number two!
Some of you may remember the weather back in April when the thermometer did register 90s. Much of this Summer has been dominated by a large trough in the east and associated cloudy skies, cool temperatures and plenty of rain.
It will be interesting to see what kind of pattern unfolds late this year as winter approaches!
I actually noticed some leaves changing up in Pittsburg NH this past weekend! Stay tuned! -Gil

Loop of Short Range Sea-level Pressures and Fronts

Loop of Short Range Sea-level Pressures and Fronts

First Snow!

Amounts range from an inch to about 3 inches across the state. It occured from 10PM through about 7AM. Snow fell right sown to the shoreline!

Here is a photo from New Haven's Wooster Square:

Snow Joke...The First Inch?

Here we are on the sixth of December 2008 and the first one inch of snow is a possibility during the next 12 to 16 hours for parts of Connecticut.
NAM and GFS QPF fields are not impressive. GFS....the "wetter" of the two models does have a >.10" swath up through Eastern Connecticut. The question is ....will this precipitation fall as snow down to the immediate shoreline?
As of 5PM Saturday, I am thinking dewpoints are pretty low and this is key for evaporative cooling. They range from 12 @ KOXC to 24 @ KIJD and even a low reading of 17 @ KBDR! The precip will occur during the "cold time" of the day and thicknesses are favorable for -SN.
I think dusting to maybe 2" will cover it. 2" may be a bit tall for this event......I think 1" will be common East of the CT River.
We shall see!

7-2-2008 PVA - NVA anyone?

Finally another update!

Time has really been flying by lately. We have had such an interesting pattern here across the NE United States. Our weather has been influenced by a deep trof for weeks. 500mb temperatures have been chilly since my last posting in May! (June temps actually averaged above normal for most Climo stations in Connecticut!)

I had to post an awesome example of PVA vs NVA. I was taught in Meteorology school back in The United States Marine Corps to make vorticity your friend. Today was a great example of how strong 500mb uvv's can combine with moisture and surface heating to make some big CBs that eventually led to severe thunderstorms.

Here is the modeled vort max for 18 z:

Here is a visible image shortly after the above analysis. Notice the convective clouds with TRW and hail to the east in the PVA area.

West of the axis, skies are sunny to mostly sunny associated with downward motion and NVA. Cool stuff! -Gil