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My Tempest Weather Station is up and running! So far, so good! Now it’s time to head to Hilton Head SC for vacation haha. Got it mounted and set up right before I left to have data to track when I’m gone!

You called it two days ago so kudos for that

There was a sharp cut-off there. The Red X is where the Prince Frederick mesonet site is. It got the short end of the stick.

I initially thought the 12z hrrr liked Baltimore this evening, but then I looked at the rainfall distribution.

Thanks, Chris. Wow! 1. Am I correct in assuming this 0Z Euro map referring to record high H5 for 6Z of 7/14/26 centered on the N Plains is for ALL dates rather than just for July 14th? 2. Do you have a link to a source for record highest and lowest H5 for all dates for any location?

I'm hoping to luck out next Saturday for Freedom Fest in the park.

After our heavy rain across much of Southern Chester County yesterday today will feature some additional shower chances both today and tomorrow with a slow-moving cold front. High temperatures today will be near normal in the low to mid 80's. A bit below normal over the weekend before we warm to the upper 80's on Tuesday and near 90 degrees both Wednesday and Thursday.

After our heavy rain across much of Southern Chester County yesterday today will feature some additional shower chances both today and tomorrow with a slow-moving cold front. High temperatures today will be near normal in the low to mid 80's. A bit below normal over the weekend before we warm to the upper 80's on Tuesday and near 90 degrees both Wednesday and Thursday.

Not sure on totals from yesterday's storm. Prince fred Mesonet says 0.28" but at my place about 2mi north you wouldn't surprise me if you said I got 2.8". It dumped here for a while and was very heavy. Way more than a quarter inch. There must've been some cutoff shenanigans or something.

I think @HurricaneJosh is chasing this

1.57" total for yesterday

Natural gas line if you can is the way to go. You are correct that if you have propane, it would only be good if you are getting the supply refreshed after a few days.

After Irene (4days) and snow-river (6days), in 2 months time, so many people had whole house generators installed in Westchester. During Sandy (9days) I had friends sitting with generators and no power because the propane co’s couldn’t keep up- just something to consider for long term outages!

About three more weeks until we start the slow descent towards fall

Yeah I’m definitely curious. Watch us somehow end up with a 100” winter.

Thanks, Chris. From that ECMWF “data information sheet” link, the 80N+ mean is strongly biased toward the portion closer to 90N and thus shouldn’t be used for determining actual mean. I’m educatedly guessing that that’s the reason for its cold bias. OTOH, it also says comparing one year to another, which I’ve also been doing, can still be done: “Since the data are gridded, it is straightforward to deduce the average temperature North of 80 degree North. However, since the model is gridded in a regular 0.5 degree grid, the mean temperature values are strongly biased towards the temperature in the most northern part of the Arctic! Therefore, do NOT use this measure as an actual physical mean temperature of the arctic. The 'plus 80 North mean temperature' graphs can be used for comparing one year to an other.”

Great news for climate scientists and bad news for climate alarmists with this appointment of Dr. Weilicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program!! From Secretary Chris White "Matt Weilicki is an honest scientist who follows the data wherever it leads. That is what science is all about. He will lead our efforts to honestly present the empirical climate data to guide policy makers. Sadly, too much of the mainstream climate community has focused on a scary narrative that is inconsistent with actual climate data, leading so many astray like reporters at Politico. I welcome the new era where data, not rhetoric, is the arbiter of truth. Growing the government, increasing energy prices, and scaring children will no longer be the goal. Science will be the goal. So happy to have Matt in this role!"

Next week might exceed the heatwave we have been dealing with. We’re at the point where when the high is 98 we’re saying it’s “only 98 today”. This weather can kindly end, is it September yet?!

Modest TS last evening (8:30-9) plus a shower about 6 AM totaled exactly 1/2". Looks to be all there we'll get before late next week. So far this month's temp is running 2.2° warmer than our warmest July (2010) and the average continues to get warmer through late month, though only by 0.5°. Summer here has a 5-week plateau with average temp only varying by one degree. (The one-degree winter valley is less than 2 weeks.)

The telltale sign of having no answer to the science/data is when someone like Charlie attempts to push the falsehood of something he deems "settled science". Science is of course never settled but constantly evaluated and tested which I do constantly. There is clearly no mistake in the table as it it actual validated raw data.....the real mistake is Charlie and NCEI thinking Chester County on average is colder than Allentown. Plus Charlie I love your line "between 1927 and 1951, the County COOP stations are much warmer than the county average" Welp I included all of the COOP stations so again exactly which station? since all are included above? Also, how do you know in fact during those years the county stations were according to NCEI in reality colder than Allentown? Real science over feelings FTW!!

Yes, @MountainMarvel was not a prolific poster, but he always had beautiful pictures to share when he did. I remember the snowfall pictures he would post as being “soft” and “gentle”. I know that’s a weird way to describe a photo, but that’s the best way I can think to describe it. There would often be a slight intentional blur to his images, I think. Sad to hear he passed away several years ago. Thanks for sharing the news @nchighcountrywx .

becoming a morning jog guy

yup...just caught that.

That looks old?