June 18, 2008
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UNISYS Enhanced Infrared GOES East Satellite (12 hour loop click here)
There is also a 'hot spot' off the east coast of North Carolina.
June 17, 2008
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UNISYS Infrared Satellite of Northeast (12 hour loop click here)
The rotation system over the Great Lakes extends to the Eastern Seaboard.
June 16, 2008
Canton, Massachusetts
Photographer states :: boston costline as the storm comes in
June 16, 2008 12:55 PM
By Globe Staff
A cold front rumbling east may bring violent thunderstorms to metropolitan Boston early this evening, creating the potential for large hail and winds that could reach 25 to 35 miles per hour.
A hazardous weather outlook is in effect for all of Southern New England, with the greatest likelihood for thunderstorms in Western and Central Massachusetts. There is the potential that some intense, scattered storms may produce large hail and down tree limbs after 4 p.m. in Lawrence, Fall River, and Boston. However, the low clouds and fog over the coast may take some of the bite out of the storm, reducing the threat of thunder and lighting to simple rain.
"The rest of the week we are going to have this unsettled, showery kind of pattern," said Charlie Foley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton.
The long-term forecast shows a chance of rain and thunderstorms every day this week.
County weathers outages, flooding (click here)
By Amy Carr, Berkshire Eagle Staff
Article Last Updated: 06/17/2008 08:01:51 AM EDT
Tuesday, June 17A severe thunderstorm barreled across the county yesterday, causing power outages and flooding, and toppling trees.
An estimated 1,000 residents in Lenox lost power for a brief period as the storm caused a small fire on the top of a utility pole on East Street, according to National Grid spokeswoman Amy Atwood. The fire was quickly put out, and power was restored in under five minutes.
Outages were reported throughout the county by Western Massachusetts Electric Co. As of press time, according to the WMECO Web site, the following number of customers were without power: Becket, 1; Dalton, 48; Hinsdale, 3; Lanesborough, 45; Lee, 3; Otis, 30; Pittsfield, 53; and Windsor, 1.
According to the National Weather Service in Albany, the thunderstorm brought periods of large hail, high wind gusts and rain totaling 1 to 2 inches.
More than 2,500 customers were without electricity after severe thunderstorms rolled through eastern New York, knocking down trees and power lines and pelting some areas with popcorn-size hail. Hail fell in the Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse areas as well as the Hudson Valley.
Pittsfield Police reported downed wires and trees resulting from the storm. Wires fell at 356 Wahconah St., but the scene was quickly cleared by police. The wind toppled trees at the intersection of Peck's Road and Dan Casey Memorial Drive, on Cheshire Road and at Oak Hills Apartments on Crane Avenue....
