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Current Conditions

Temp: 54°

Dew Point: 47°

Humidity: 77%

Wind: West 5 mph

Visibility: 10.0 miles

Pressure: 30.13 in. +

Sky: Clear

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Almanac

Average High: 82°

Average Low: 60°

Record high/year: 96° (1937)

Record low/year: 46° (1995)

Sunrise: 6:04 AM

Sunset: 7:42 PM

Detailed History

Sun and Moon

Sunrise: 06:04 AM (EDT)

Moon Rise: 09:15 PM (EDT)

Sunset: 07:42 PM (EDT)

Moon Set: 10:10 AM (EDT)

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Local Radar

Local Satellite

Nowcast as of 4:05 am EDT on August 20, 2008

Now

At 5 am...clear. Temperature around 51. North winds around 5 mph. At 7 am...sunny. Temperature around 53. North winds around 5 mph. At 9 am...sunny. Temperature around 59. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

Air Pollution

Air Pollution Forecast for Hartford

Current	Air Quality: Good	Pollutant: OZONE
Current	Air Quality: Good	Pollutant: PM2.5
Wed	Air Quality: Good	Pollutant: PM2.5
Wed	Air Quality: Good	Pollutant: OZONE

Next 12 Hours

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Clear

50°

54°

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Forecast data from the National Digital Forecast Database

5-Day Forecast

Wednesday

Hi 79° Lo 49° Clear

Thursday

Hi 81° Lo 56° Clear

Friday

Hi 86° Lo 61° Clear

Saturday

Hi 83° Lo 63° Clear

Sunday

Hi 85° Lo 63° Partly Cloudy

Forecast for Hartford

Updated: 3:54 am EDT on August 20, 2008

Today

Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph this afternoon.

Tonight

Mostly clear in the evening...then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph in the evening.

Thursday

Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. North winds around 5 mph...becoming south in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Southwest winds around 5 mph.

Friday

Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night and Saturday

Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Highs in the lower 80s.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.

Sunday and Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the mid 60s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Monday

Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Tuesday

Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.

Public Information Statement Statement as of 10:35 PM EDT on August 19, 2008

... National Weather Service determined that microburst straight line
thunderstorm winds caused damage in Acushnet Massachusetts this
afternoon...

The National Weather Service investigated damage and interviewed
eyewitnesses to the storm that impacted Acushnet afternoon between
approximately 335 PM and 400 PM. The damage appears to have been
caused by a microburst/straight line winds from a thunderstorm. The
damage occurred along a path of around 2 and 3 quarters of a mile.
The width of the damage path was around a half a mile at its widest
point with the majority of the width just under a quarter of a mile.

The damage began approximately a half mile north of lake street on
the west side of the New Bedford Reservoir near Athol street in
Acushnet. A broken damage path extended to the south southeast
ending at Main Street just to the southwest of Perry Hill Road.
There were two main areas of concentrated damage. The first was in
the area of lake street between athols street to the north of lake
street to Mecca way on the south side of lake street. In this area
numerous trees were either blown over or snapped at a level between
8 and 14 feet above the ground. Near Athol street was a
concentration of White Pines that were snapped off approximately 15
feet above the ground. These Pine trees ranged in diameter from 12
to 20 inches. Along lake street itself numerous trees were blown
over with two houses in this area damaged due to trees being blown
into them. The damage in these areas were on the west side of the
New Bedford Reservoir.

Further to the south southeast damage along the path became more
spotty between the south end of New Bedford Reservoir... across
Leonard street to near the Acushnet River Valley Golf course.

The second area of concentrated damage was found on the west side of
Main Street just to the northwest of The Golf Course... in the area
of 800 north Main Street. Again in this area numerous Oak trees were
blown over or had large branches blown off. Also in this area were
several stands of White Pine trees between 30 and 45 feet tall. Most
of the trees in these stands were either blown over or were snapped
off at a level between 12 and 20 feet above the ground. Many of
these trees had diameters between 16 and 30 inches.

Several witnesses were interviewed during the course of this survey.
All witnesses reported the sky turning black with a brief period of
rain followed by very heavy hail. Several of The Witnesses stated
that they could only see 2 to 3 feet due to the intensity of the
hail. Witnesses reported hail size ranging from dime to Golf Ball
size. One witness reported that she did not hear any trees falling
in her yard because of the noise created by the falling hail... and
was shocked to see the damage in her yard. It was reported that hail
fell anywhere between half a minute to just over a minute before
very strong winds struck. Two witnesses reported that it took 2
people to be able to close doors to the outside.

Two witnesses on Leonard street did report seeing a funnel cloud to
their north moving south before they lost site of it due to the rain
and heavy hail. 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.

According to Acushnet emergency officials there were no injuries
reported as a result of this storm. Outside of the extensive tree
damage... three homes were damaged due to falling trees. Numerous
powerlines were taken down during the storm with large areas of east
side of Acushnet being without power.

Many thanks to the eyewitnesses... the Acushnet fire chief... the town
administrator... ham radio personnel and many others in the town of
Acushnet who helped in the performance of this damage survey.

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Location: Hawthorne Ln / Poquonock, Windsor, CT

Updated: 4:08 AM EDT

Temperature: 51.3 °F

Dew Point: 48 °F

Humidity: 90%

Wind: Calm

Pressure: 29.76 in

Hourly Precipitation: 0.00 in

Windchill: -

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