Strong Low Pressure System Brings Wind Damage

Rumbles of thunder could be heard over Western and Central NY on Sunday. A powerful cold front had plenty of lift, which helped trigger the storms. A couple storms became severe, and produced wind damage to Western NY:

10/26/08


This storm later produced small thunderstorms in Central NY, but nothing severe was reported. Here in Albany, we got nothing special from that front. However, that system set up a strong coastal storm, which had a huge impact on NYS. More on this later as I get more details.

Research Project On Severe Weather In NYS

I'm doing research for one of my classes, and I chose to look at severe weather outbreaks in NYS that involves numerous wind damage reports. I have found three "cold" and three "warm" cases to study and compare. Results, as well as the full article, will be posted here. The paper is due in early November, and the presentation will be done by early December.

I've revamped my old site to make it more suitable for my collegiate needs. The linked page contains my research stuff:
http://www.albany.edu/~me381243/atm400research.html

Cold Grips NYS ... Fall Is Here

As we make the transition from fun Summer days to miserable Autumn weather, one thing stands out the most: It gets really friggen cold at night! Albany got down to a chilly 36F last night, and I'm sure plenty of areas in NYS got some frost last night.

Now the leaves will start turning, making everything all nice and pretty...the one consolation for having to turn on the heat for the first time in four months.

I hope everyone has their warm clothes ready for this week!

Ike Remnants Impact NYS

The remnants of hurricane Ike moved through NYS, which helped induce a severe line of storms as it propagated north and east. This line had little lightning, and only produced wind damage reports.

09/14/08


It stayed too far north of Albany to make it a concern of mine (and it went by around 4am... wasn't gonna get up for it). Hopefully we'll see one more thunderstorm before fall hits and temps go down, down, down.

September Brings A Lull

With high pressure dominating the weather patterns over the northeast these last few weeks, little has been seen in the way of severe weather. In fact, NYS hasn't had any severe weather in a few weeks. In the meantime, Pennsylvania had a tornado when Gustav made its way up, and a strong cold front came through on the 9th and brought severe weather to our south and east. We got thunderstorms, but there were no severe reports.

It's been pretty quiet, and I'm still waiting for that one last hurrah before the thunderstorm season ends...so long as it's not at 8am like this last line of storms was.

Isolated Severe Cell Moves Over Long Island

Strong winds brought down some wires in Suffolk County, bringing in the one and only severe report for the last week or so:

08/25/08


It looks like we have a chance for thunderstorms sometime this weekend. It would be nice to see a little action after having absolutely nothing for so long.

Severe Report Catch-Up Day... Last Time

It's been pretty hectic these last few weeks, and I had to neglect the site a bit. Now I'm back, and ready to keep this thing updated. Let's begin by throwing all the severe reports up:

08/18/08


08/16/08


08/15/08


08/14/08


08/11/08


08/10/08


08/09/08


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08/07/08


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08/01/08


07/28/08


As you can see, it was quite an active period. Tornado warnings were issued on a few days, including for areas in the Bronx, but no tornado reports came in.

Now we're under a nice high pressure which will keep the severe weather away for awhile.

We'll continue to watch Tropical Storm Fay as it works its way through the southeast, providing some much-needed rain to that area. There's also Typhoon Nuri, which is threatening southeast China as its outer bands push onto the coast. Luckily, it should stay well south of Beijing, so it will have a minimal impact on the Olympics.

Getting pictures up has been a bit of a hassle with the new camcorder, but I'm working my way through what I've got. I have been putting pictures up here and there, but I still have footage to go through. I'll let you know when I've gone through everything.