Good Monday all-
We have quite a bit of rain in store for us over the coming days, but fortunately not today! The day today should be delightful, with highs in the low 70s likely for much of the state (with lower temps likely along the shoreline). Tomorrow is the day we have a big problem, and it will be pouring pretty much all day with highs only in the mid 50s. The rain could last into Wednesday morning before we clear things out for the afternoon. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible both Thursday and Friday afternoon as we have hot and humid weather in the works. The weekend looks a touch cooler, with highs generally in the mid 70s and some passing showers on Sunday.
Today in weather history- April 24, 2010- A massive long track tornado, with a width of up to 1.75 miles and a path length of 149.25 miles, strikes Mississippi. The hardest hit area was Yazoo City, MS where four people were killed. In all, ten people are killed. This is the widest tornado ever recorded in the state of Mississippi.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
4/19- Stormy Times
Good Wednesday all-
First off, I cannot begin to apologize for missing this long. Totally my fault as I had other things taking my time...and the weather has been rather uninteresting lately. With finals coming up...I cannot promise updates as frequently as I would like. I should be back to a regular update schedule by mid-May.
Today is going to be a miserable day at least in terms of temperature, with highs only in the low 50s, but at last any precipitation should hold off until later tonight, as a cold front moves through. It's a pretty weak one, but some showers are still likely overnight tonight. Tomorrow morning, some showers are possible in the morning, but the bigger story is tomorrow evening, when a far more significant rainfall event is possible with generally .5" to 1" of rain likely. As for the weekend, Saturday is the better of the weekend days, as rain appears likely for Sunday, and that could potentially be pretty significant, so I'll be watching.
In the Atlantic, a subtropical low is trying hard to become Subtropical Storm Arlene over the far eastern side of the basin, and it may succeed today as it drifts slowly east, but it poses no threat to land and will be dead by tomorrow whether it develops or not
First off, I cannot begin to apologize for missing this long. Totally my fault as I had other things taking my time...and the weather has been rather uninteresting lately. With finals coming up...I cannot promise updates as frequently as I would like. I should be back to a regular update schedule by mid-May.
Today is going to be a miserable day at least in terms of temperature, with highs only in the low 50s, but at last any precipitation should hold off until later tonight, as a cold front moves through. It's a pretty weak one, but some showers are still likely overnight tonight. Tomorrow morning, some showers are possible in the morning, but the bigger story is tomorrow evening, when a far more significant rainfall event is possible with generally .5" to 1" of rain likely. As for the weekend, Saturday is the better of the weekend days, as rain appears likely for Sunday, and that could potentially be pretty significant, so I'll be watching.
In the Atlantic, a subtropical low is trying hard to become Subtropical Storm Arlene over the far eastern side of the basin, and it may succeed today as it drifts slowly east, but it poses no threat to land and will be dead by tomorrow whether it develops or not
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
4/4- Get Ready for RAIN
Good Wednesday all-
A FLOOD WATCH is up for all of Connecticut.
Oh boy, tomorrow going to be a wet one! Thankfully though, we do get a one day break in the weather with partly cloudy skies during the day today as we get into a lull in the activity between the two systems. Highs will finally actually be a bit above normal, perhaps reaching the lower 60s, but tomorrow looks horrendous, with torrential rains all day and highs in the low 50s. This could be accompanied by some thunderstorms as well, and we likely will be stuck with some showers through both Friday and Saturday. All in all, I believe that most of Connecticut will see 1-2" of rain, with locally higher amounts. That's not great...but what is great is the weather early next week, when it looks as though temperatures could approach not 70 but 80 degrees!
There is likely to be a major tornado outbreak today in the area called 'Dixie Alley', which is northern sections of Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Keep them in your thoughts today.
With no snow in sight, I am ready to conclude the 2016-17 winter with a snowfall review. The winter was a strange one, because we would get a fair amount of snow, it would melt, we'd get more, etc. So where did we end up? Well, BDL's total snowfall was 60", which is 20" above average and is close to the all-time top 10. It doesn't necessarily feel like it right? When you think about it though, any time we get five named storms in a winter is likely to be above average in terms of snowfall, and we had two storms that dropped a foot or two of snow on the state (Chris and Eugene).
A FLOOD WATCH is up for all of Connecticut.
Oh boy, tomorrow going to be a wet one! Thankfully though, we do get a one day break in the weather with partly cloudy skies during the day today as we get into a lull in the activity between the two systems. Highs will finally actually be a bit above normal, perhaps reaching the lower 60s, but tomorrow looks horrendous, with torrential rains all day and highs in the low 50s. This could be accompanied by some thunderstorms as well, and we likely will be stuck with some showers through both Friday and Saturday. All in all, I believe that most of Connecticut will see 1-2" of rain, with locally higher amounts. That's not great...but what is great is the weather early next week, when it looks as though temperatures could approach not 70 but 80 degrees!
There is likely to be a major tornado outbreak today in the area called 'Dixie Alley', which is northern sections of Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Keep them in your thoughts today.
With no snow in sight, I am ready to conclude the 2016-17 winter with a snowfall review. The winter was a strange one, because we would get a fair amount of snow, it would melt, we'd get more, etc. So where did we end up? Well, BDL's total snowfall was 60", which is 20" above average and is close to the all-time top 10. It doesn't necessarily feel like it right? When you think about it though, any time we get five named storms in a winter is likely to be above average in terms of snowfall, and we had two storms that dropped a foot or two of snow on the state (Chris and Eugene).
Monday, April 3, 2017
4/3- April starts wet
Good Monday all-
Happy Opening Day, Red Sox Nation and Mets fans! And a belated one to Yankee fans (though yesterday was NOT fun).
The first week of April looks to be delivering on the promise of April showers...with total washouts likely tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. Today, however, will feature variable cloudiness with highs a seasonable 55 or so. Tomorrow will be much colder than normal with 1-2" of rain expected...ouch...but we're nearly out of our drought- and that may really be the case by the weekend as a storm system stalls out directly over us, washing out Thursday and Friday, whilst bothering us with showers even into Saturday. All of this precip appears to be rain instead of snow, thankfully, but I will hold off on writing my winter recap yet as there does appear to be one last cold shot possible with precip in the vicinity somewhere around mid-month. I'll keep you updated!
Prayers to the victims of the tornadoes in Louisiana yesterday.
Happy Opening Day, Red Sox Nation and Mets fans! And a belated one to Yankee fans (though yesterday was NOT fun).
The first week of April looks to be delivering on the promise of April showers...with total washouts likely tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. Today, however, will feature variable cloudiness with highs a seasonable 55 or so. Tomorrow will be much colder than normal with 1-2" of rain expected...ouch...but we're nearly out of our drought- and that may really be the case by the weekend as a storm system stalls out directly over us, washing out Thursday and Friday, whilst bothering us with showers even into Saturday. All of this precip appears to be rain instead of snow, thankfully, but I will hold off on writing my winter recap yet as there does appear to be one last cold shot possible with precip in the vicinity somewhere around mid-month. I'll keep you updated!
Prayers to the victims of the tornadoes in Louisiana yesterday.
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