Latest Blog: Nice Friday and Saturday Before a Very Unsettled Stretch
Today will feature a noticeable drop in humidity behind last nightโs cold front. Sunshine will take over with highs generally reaching the mid to upper 70s across Connecticut. Dew points will continue falling through the day, eventually dropping into the 50s, making it feel much more comfortable by this [...]
Heavy Rain Returns Monday Before a Midweek Break
I sound like a broken record record, but we have more heavy rain and flood concerns to discuss. After a pleasant weekend across Connecticut, an unsettled and active weather pattern is returning to start the new week. Morning satellite and radar imagery already show widespread showers and thunderstorms developing [...]
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As smoke from Canadian wildfires drifts into the Northeast, creating hazy skies and prompting air quality concerns, many wonder why the fires are not extinguished immediately.First off, these fire are remote. Like really remote. Sometime the closest town is 50km from the fire origin. Canada manages its vast boreal [...]
Forecast Blog: Showers Late Thursday Night; Saturday Hangs in the Balance
After a sunny start, clouds will increase later today with highs near 80ยฐF. A few showers are possible this evening, but the better chance for rain arrives tonight into early Friday, along with a few thunderstorms. Doesn't look like a major deal, but cannot rule out some heavy downpours [...]
Aurora Possible Tonight (G2 Watch)
Once again, we have a shot at seeing the aurora tonight. The sun erupted again on Wednesday, producing a modest C6.7 flare. While the flare strength was very weak, especially compared to the M and X class flares over the last week and a half, the eruption had a [...]
Severe Weather Likely to End the Week
The second half of this week is bringing an unusual three-day severe weather stretch to our area. The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has highlighted the potential for severe weather with a level 1/5 marginal risk today in some areas, and level 2/5 slight risks for tomorrow and [...]
Aurora Redemption Tonight? (G3 Watch June 8)
The sun has erupted once again! This time, a relatively simple (not complex) region produced an explosion of plasma with an M1.8 moderate intensity solar flare. The eruptions the other day were produced by a complex active region of sunspots, with three large solar flares, reaching M9.3, M7.8, and [...]