Weather Rewind of the Week....

    This past week, mother nature treated us with a fantastic Columbus Day weekend that felt like summer.  Temperatures were warm enough to go to the beach in October!.  However, the week ended on a wet note as a warm front and low approached from the west on Thursday and brought heavy downpours and even thunder showers to the region.  A microburst occurred on Friday with one of these thunder showers in Eastern NY.

Here is a list of some warm and record high temperatures across the northeast this past week....


-Albany, NY 83 degrees
-Poughkeepsie, NY 82 degrees
-Burlington, VT  80 degrees (Record High)
St. Johnsbury, VT  79 degrees
-Saranac Lake, NY  76 degrees
-Bridgeport, CT  85 degrees (Record Tied)
-Hartford, CT  85 degrees (Record Tied)
-Worcester, MA 80 degrees 
-Providence, RI  86 degrees (Record High)
-Boston, MA  87 degrees (Record High)
-Portland, ME  85 degrees (Record High)
-Concord, NH  85 degrees (Record High)

Picture 1:  Random Southern New England Beach Picture
    -http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2007/01/24/500057/nausetlightfull.jpg
Picture 2: Lake Willoughby, Northeast Kingdom of VT.  Taken on Saturday, October 8th
    -Jeb Postle's  Iphone photo


Microburst at Sunny Hill Golf Course, Greenville, NY


The National Weather Service of Albany, NY reported a Microburst that occurred on Friday, October 11th at 5:45 P.M.  Microburst contained 95 mph winds and lasted for 100 yards.  No one was injured.  

picture 3 :  Illustration of a microburst
-https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtI1MbofF-K6qNR65xUp7CD2hjFkUQgvAL9jUoyP663DXqcgudnGbNPTv-NhlekO5HLrYYyUo-vXDeultjYW6QdtHpbhViygvnWiorwS_emlwBlv9atdJNjDHxGeJ8_3OOzDSJEiVBrMQk/s1600/Microburst.JPEG


-Here is a basic illustration of wind flow associated with a microburst.  One main distinction between a Microburst and Tornado is in the damage patterns from the winds.  In a Microburst, it is straight lined wind damage from a particular direction.  With a Tornado, the damage patterns flow cyclonically, or counter clockwise.  


-NWS
-Albany Examiner