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"Zonal Flow" Sets up For New England This Week; Here's What That Means
This is one of those posts for people who want to know WHY the weather will be the way it is, not just WHAT it will be There are no...
Tim Dennis
Nov 4, 20233 min read
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Mild October Keeping the Frost Away From New England...For Now
October has generally been off to a mild start for New England. While daytime high temperatures have trended generally near average for...
Tim Dennis
Oct 21, 20233 min read
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How Much? New England Rain Totals September 29, 2023 (with highest NY total as well)
An extreme rainfall event centered over the New York City Metro area led to significant flash flooding and record rainfall in the city. A...
Tim Dennis
Sep 30, 20231 min read
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Leominster's Perfect Storm: Why the City got so Much Rain so Quickly
It's now been more than a week since a deluge dumped nearly 10 inches of rain on parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Recovery...
Tim Dennis
Sep 19, 20235 min read
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Hurricane Lee Takes a Swipe at New England
Hurricane Lee side-swiped New England on Saturday. While the storm's center stayed well offshore of most of New England, Lee's sheer size...
Tim Dennis
Sep 16, 20233 min read
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How Much? Massachusetts & Rhode Island Rain Totals September 11, 2023
A catastrophic flash flooding event unfolded in pockets of Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Monday afternoon and evening. This has led...
Tim Dennis
Sep 12, 20231 min read
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State of Emergency in Effect as New England Sees Significant Flash Flooding
"I've never seen anything like this." That is a quote from Leominster Dean Mazzarella. Leominster was ground zero of Monday afternoon's...
Tim Dennis
Sep 12, 20234 min read
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"Catastrophic" Flooding Has Occurred in Parts of Massachusetts
This is a developing situation. More updates may be added to this article. Heavy rain began falling across central Massachusetts just...
Tim Dennis
Sep 11, 20232 min read
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Thousands Remain Without Power After Severe Storms Roll Through New England
A round of very potent thunderstorms ripped across New England Friday afternoon and evening. These storms brought strong winds and large...
Tim Dennis
Sep 9, 20232 min read
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A Soggy, Stormy Summer is Drawing to a Close in New England
Just like that (meteorological) summer has drawn to an end. The unofficial closing weekend is here and there remain just two weekends...
Tim Dennis
Sep 3, 20235 min read
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Vermont Flood Recovery: Housing and Clean-up Remain Top Priority
It's been six weeks since a wall of rain dropped months worth of rain on parts of Vermont. This resulted in torrents of water spilling...
Tim Dennis
Aug 26, 20233 min read
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A Closer Look at Rhode Island's Tornado Last Week
Last Friday's tornado in Rhode Island was the strongest to touch down in New England in nearly a decade (the last EF-2 tornado occurred...
Tim Dennis
Aug 22, 20233 min read
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Floods, Quakes, Tropics, Extreme Heat: United States Weather Roundup
While New England is in for a very pleasant and mostly quiet week weather-wise, much of the rest of the country is facing more extreme...
Tim Dennis
Aug 21, 20233 min read
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'Like a Train Was Hitting the House': Eyewitnesses Describe New England Tornadoes
A rare (for New England) EF-2 tornado has caused significant damage in the towns of Scituate, Johnston and North Providence, Rhode...
Tim Dennis
Aug 19, 20233 min read
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Multiple Tornadoes Cause Significant Damage in New England
The National Weather Service has confirmed five tornadoes in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut on Friday in the busiest tornado...
Tim Dennis
Aug 18, 20233 min read
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Severe Weather Causes Damage, Flooding and a Tornado in New England
Yet another severe weather event this summer has led to damage and flooding. Three tornado warnings were issued across Rhode Island and...
Tim Dennis
Aug 18, 20232 min read
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Mt. Washington's Year of Records
It's no secret that New England's highest point can experience some intense weather. Every weather event that moves through New England...
Tim Dennis
Aug 12, 20232 min read
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Vermont Flood Recovery: One Month Later
It's been one month since a historic storm dropped over nine inches of rain on parts of Vermont and killed at least two people across the...
Tim Dennis
Aug 9, 20233 min read
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Storms Pound New England with Flooding, Damage and Tornadoes
Lines of thunderstorms and downpours have caused yet another round of flooding and damage across New England this summer. The biggest...
Tim Dennis
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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Connecticut's "Phantom" Tornado: What Happened Saturday Evening
On Saturday evening, the National Weather Service posted in a tornado warning that a "radar-confirmed tornado" was on the ground near...
Tim Dennis
Jul 31, 20234 min read
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