Downpour on the move
It looked like a killer death storm was about to swallow up Boston late this afternoon. That John Gage was able to post this photo strongly suggests it didn't.
It did, however, get pretty intense in places such as Chelsea and Melrose:
@universalhub @nwsboston high winds hail and heavy rain here in Melrose pic.twitter.com/ShYxIUJ3VD
— Brian Novak (@fireinsomniac) July 23, 2016
INSANE #HAIL STORM IN CHELSEA, MA! @ChelseaScanner @universalhub @pbouchardwx @WCVB @ericfisher @NWSBoston pic.twitter.com/ZdEVjdEZRr
— Tim Lawrence (@datadyne007) July 23, 2016
Some good hail coming down in Winthrop. @universalhub pic.twitter.com/MPiqzgwV1m
— Matthew Giberti (@matthewgiberti) July 23, 2016
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Just a little sprinkling in Hyde Park
where I've been since 3 pm
In Hyde Park now
Readville, actually, and I swear I just saw a girl bicycle by with a little dog in a basket.
Winds picked up a little later, but no significant rain
At the Hyde Park Jazz Festival in the Martini Shell, the DCR ranger allowed the show to go on, but only if the audience moved fully into the open grassy oval facing the shell, and away from all of the surrounding trees.
I was up in Revere for the
I was up in Revere for the hail and sideways rain, but the big maple limbs down in my backyard when I got back to Readville indicate some real wind.
Did Revere go ahead with the 9 pm fireworks
for the sand sculpture festival?
I left before dark, but we
I left before dark, but we didn't see anything about a cancellation before we left. I have to wonder what the rain and hail did to the sand sculptures!
Sand sculptures looked fine Sunday afternoon
when I visited. Fireworks were postponed to Sunday at 9 pm (I didn't stay around for them)
High winds, hail, tree damage in Medford
We got a microburst. Lots of trees and powerlines down. I didn't get any damage to my property, but we did get hail pelting us after the wind stopped blowing straight down like an invisible swimmer doing a cannonball.
My neighborhood had one tree split in half in the downdraft phase, which lasted about a minute. Very odd thing.
Meanwhile, the temperature dropped from 93F to 71F in the course of 15 minutes. Explains the atmospheric violence.
Kudos to John Gage for the photo
That's an amazing shot. Well done!