*** Paul Piorek is editor and publisher of Paul's Local Weather Journal for southwestern Connecticut ... Paul is the on-air meteorologist at WICC 600 AM and 107.3 FM ... Paul is a New York Emmy award winner (2007), five-time Emmy nominee, and four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters' Association award for Best TV Weathercast (2006, 2008, 2009, 2012) ... Paul was voted Best Local Television Personality by the readers of Fairfield County Weekly Magazine (2012) ... Paul was inducted into the Housatonic Community College Hall of Fame and received the Distinguished Alumni Award (2012) ... The local weather journal is a two-time winner of the Communicator Award of Distinction (2012 & 2013) ... Paul is currently a full-time teacher of Earth Science and Mathematics in Fairfield ... Follow Paul on Twitter @PaulPiorekWICC ...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Wonderful Weather for a Plane Ride Across Connecticut's Shoreline

Today was an ideal day for outdoor activities, whether it be a round of golf, a long walk, lunch or dinner on the patio, or even a plane ride. I took advantage of the great late-Summer weather by taking a plane ride from Sikorsky Memorial Airport in Stratford to Groton/New London airport to pick up my son, who was visiting relatives over the long holiday weekend. Pilot Morgan Kaolian, a long-time local radio traffic reporter, has been flying since 1944.

The flight took us directly over Long Island Sound and across the Connecticut shoreline, where I could easily see Milford, New Haven, Lyme, East Lyme, Waterford, and New London. Here is a video I took of our descent and landing at Groton/New London Airport.



Skies were mostly clear with a high temperature of 76 degrees at 3:36 p.m. at Sikorsky Airport, which was just about the time we landed in Groton. It was the ninth straight day without any rain in the region. The highest wind speed was 14 miles an hour from the southwest, and the average wind speed was 6.2 miles an hour. The lowest humidity level was a comfortable 43 percent at 2 o'clock.

Paul