The Wooden Nutmeg

I guess I should’ve started the morning reports for this year yesterday…

We had 4″ of rain in Brooklyn, CT over this past weekend and Boston area received 10″.  Storm damage in southwestern Connecticut rivaled what they experienced in Hurricane Gloria in 1985.  All thanks to a nor’easter that sat off of Long Island for several days.

Yesterday I had to put down the camera and work as a pump operator on a grass and woods fire that consumed 5 acres of grass, 3 acres of woods, and a couple chicken coops.  More on that later.

Connecticut Fire Danger:  High.

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
405 AM EDT FRI MAR 19 2010

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND SATURDAY.
A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL BRING MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY
WITH PERHAPS A FEW PASSING RAIN SHOWERS.  COASTAL LOW PRESSURE MAY
BRING A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN TO THE REGION LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.
DRY WEATHER RETURNS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES AT
OR ABOVE NORMAL.

MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT.

CTZ004-200815-
WINDHAM CT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHFORD...PLAINFIELD...PUTNAM...
WILLIMANTIC
405 AM EDT FRI MAR 19 2010

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      SAT

CLOUD COVER           CLEAR        MCLEAR       MCLEAR
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0
TEMP /24H TREND/      69 (+4)      38 (+1)      69
RH % /24H TREND/      22 (-1)      89 (-3)      26
20FT WND AM /MPH/     LGT/VAR                   LGT/VAR
20FT WND PM /MPH/     W  5         LGT/VAR      W  7
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00
PRECIP DURATION
PRECIP BEGIN
PRECIP END
MIXING HGT /FT-AGL/   6450         70           7500
TRANSPORT WND /KTS/   W 13         SW  9        W 15
VENT RATE /KT-FT/     83850        630          112500
CWR                   0            0            0
LAL                   NO TSTMS     NO TSTMS     NO TSTMS
HAINES INDEX          5            5            4

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING NORTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
50S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...BECOMING EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID
40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.MONDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.MONDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH...BECOMING EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.TUESDAY...CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS
10 TO 15 MPH.