New London — Paul Nunes, a self-described "weather nut" who lives near the Fort Trumbull area, updated readers of The Day Sunday on Tropical Storm Henri's movements via theday.com's comment section.

He had good news when we spoke by phone at about 1 p.m. Sunday.

His rain gauge had measured 2.73 inches of rain since 5 a.m., but at the moment, as he drove along on Pequot Avenue, there was only light wind and drizzle. The sky to the southeast was brightening.

Nunes (pronounced "Noons"), who had pulled over to speak with us, said the storm, initally forecasted to make landfall in our area as a Category 1 Hurricane, had lost its fuel as it reached cooler waters and was becoming "extratropical."

"Henri basically 'under-performed,' " Nunes said. "It had the opportunity to intensify coming up the coast, and it just didn't do it."

At 2 p.m., Nunes commented on The Day's main weather story:

Total measured rainfall as of 2:pm 2.83" (New London)

TS Henri winds down to 50 mph

moving NW@ 9mph

991mb 29.26

41.30°N 71.80°W

Location close to Stonington, Ct.

Nunes, 67, who worked at Foxwoods Resort Casino, is a self-taught weather enthusiast who has three weather stations on his house and serves as a "spotter" for the National Weather Service in Upton, N.Y. He takes water measurements for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network and plots weather by taking longitude and latitude measurements from the Weather Underground. He participates in a number of weather blogs.

"I love the weather," he said. "I'm horrible in math, believe it or not. My dream job would have been in meteorology. I've been a weather nut since I was a kid."

Other Day readers have been updating us on weather conditions in their neighborhoods on our Facebook and Instagram accounts throughout the day. Readers have reported power outages in the Groton and Ledyard areas. One Facebook poster, Sarah Rawlinson, wrote at about 11 a.m., "Really brusque winds and rain. Looking like the tree outside my window is trying to be ripped apart. Just started getting really strong. I'm near I-95 in Groton."

Meteorologist Gary Lessor confirmed to Day reporter Johana Vazquez the same conclusion that Nunes had reached: "The worst of the storm is over."

Karen Florin is The Day's engagement editor. You can reach her at k.florin@theday.com or (860) 701-4217.