Todd Gross' Boston Weather and Southern New England Forecasts

Southern New England and Boston Weather

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MARINE FORECAST  MARINE GRAPHICAL    BUOY REPORT  NORTHEAST BUOYS

Hail and winds Tuesday afternoon in RI and southeastern MA. NWS Public Information Statement is ready HERE. From that report: DESPITE THE REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD ALL DAMAGE VIEWED WAS INDICATIVE OF VERY STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ALL FALLEN TREES AND DOWNED LARGE BRANCHES ALONG THE PATH OF DAMAGE WERE POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION... TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST. BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF TREE DAMAGE... THE SIZE AND APPARENT LACK OF ANY ROT ON PINE TREES THAT WERE SNAPPED OFF ABOVE THE GROUND IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT WIND REACHED SPEEDS OF 80 TO 100 MPH AT THE TWO AREAS WITH THE MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE. ALONG THE REST OF THE PATH WHERE DAMAGE WAS MORE ISOLATED WIND SPEEDS WERE LIKELY IN THE 45 TO 60 MPH RANGE. NWS storm report here.  (see first image second row for possible Acushnet tornado location)  More on micro versus macro bursts excerpted from Wednesday's discussion here: .SEVERE IN SE MASSACHUSETTS YDY... SIMPLE CLARIFICATION ON DOWNBURSTS PER T. FUJITA... A STRONG DOWNDRAFT WHICH INCLUDES AND OUTBURST OF DAMAGING WINDS ON OR NEAR THE GROUND. MICROBURST...LESS THAN OR EQUAL 2.5 MI IN DIAMETER MACROBURST...GREATER 2.5 MILES IN DIAMETER Cold start (lower 40's in the higher terrain). Sunny Wednesday, low to mid-70's. Lower 80's Thursday. Upper 80s Friday. 80's Saturday. Cape Cod Sunny mid-70's Wednesday. Lows to the 50's overnight. Near 80 Thursday through Saturday. For a full regional forecast and technical discussion also see the NWS website.

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