6/9- Stormy

Good Tuesday all-

Is today going to be nice?...NO, not at all. Not only will it be mostly cloudy for most of the day today, as well as warm (mid-80s) and oppressively humid...but thunderstorms are likely in the afternoon. Some of these could be very severe with large hail! The SPC has put us under a SLIGHT risk of severe weather...which is about where I'd put it too...but it's insanely hard to get anything higher than that here. The next level, MODERATE...I have only seen in New England once or twice in my lifetime...so SLIGHT is pretty significant here. Otherwise, showers and storms now look likely on Thursday, and Saturday could now be a total washout...but it may only be scattered storms too as the models disagree on this at the moment.

In the Atlantic- Waiting for tropical development is akin to waiting for the Cubs to win the World Series (no development anytime soon)

In the Pacific- A low off Mexico is probably going to become Tropical Storm Carlos either tonight or tomorrow...and then head straight for Mexico...where it will likely make a direct landfall. How strong it will be at that time remains to be seen, however.

Today in weather history- June 9, 1953- A historic moment in New England weather history, and North American weather history. A strong cold front...coupled with unstable weather...prompts the first Severe Thunderstorm Watch in New England history. That's not why I'm mentioning this though...late in the afternoon, the most powerful tornado in New England history absolutely CLOBBERS Worcester, killing 94 people. The tornado was a full out wedge tornado (1 mile wide) and is very, very near F5 intensity, though is officially an F4, despite strong evidence that F5 damage occured in Worcester and other communities...because the structures were not built as strongly as they were today. In all fairness, we will likely never know just how strong this tornado was. Regardless of whether it was an F4 or F5, it is undoubtedly the worst tornado in New England history.