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Missed this one earlier. I think that graphic hits the nail on the head, and is in agreement with AccuWeather's seasonal graphic. I think the NY/PA border or just north of it may be where the fronts roll along and the most of PA probably stays pretty dry.

We picked up 0.44" here in East Nantmeal since last night, Cool and breezy today before we start a nice warming trend. Some lower valley spots may touch 90 by next Tuesday. Higher ridge locations are likely to remain in the mid to upper 80's. We will likely see a return to cooler temps toward the end of next week. Our next chance of rain looks to be toward mid-week.

We picked up 0.44" here in East Nantmeal since last night, Cool and breezy today before we start a nice warming trend. Some lower valley spots may touch 90 by next Tuesday. Higher ridge locations are likely to remain in the mid to upper 80's. We will likely see a return to cooler temps toward the end of next week. Our next chance of rain looks to be toward mid-week.

I actually did just such a deep dive into for example the NWS COOP station at Coatesville 1SW below shows any bias would only have potentially been present from 1910-1921. So not significant based on the 89 years of history for that station.

Stein here

My wifes family is 2 generation farming family (Pine View Dairy for those that know the area). They told me many moons ago that safe bet was memorial day for planting. I think because of the many warm springs that've been sprinkled in, it has moved up the planting timeframe, but to the peril of the planter. Spring hasnt changed that much, that its worth the gamble imo. I see sweet corn already 4-6" tall near my house, but thats much smaller scale gamble than a few hundred acres of regular corn. Fruit folks, totally diff ballgame (and not a good one this year). Hope yall are doing well.

If you dont want to look at them for another 2 weeks (as flowering winds down), pull them with one of those extendable tools. Like $30 on Amazon. Next year hit them with pre-emergent (corn gluten) like the 2nd week of April, then the 1st week of May. It'll take care of that other grass, too. It's remarkably effective. Putting any synthetic fertilizer or herbicide that close to water is about the worst thing you could do. And it won't do anything for your current situation, either.

.82 this morning .Hopefully that’s about it here. Plenty of rain the last two weeks . We have entered that week of the year when the lawn is at its best . Just like staring at snowbanks. Could stare at this all day. It’s all downhill from here as the summer diseases and heat will slowly encroach despite our best efforts.

Will any few stragglers remain uninstalled?

Wow... impressive 6 hour change Saturday morning in this new NAM grid. Walking through a summer doorway

Another cloud filled sky day, temp 51. another dismal day. Talked to someone that helps farmers out planting an harvesting crops. He said planting is running behind schedule with this cold May.

49.9° +RA 1.01” since midnight

At least we are doing better than areas just to our south. Through May 14th Philly is having their 4th driest March 1st through May 13th. The drought should help boost the high temperatures in the usual warm spots next week. Pretty impressive to see the GFS, Euro, and CMC all showing 95+ potential for the usual warm spots. Time Series Summary for Philadelphia Area, PA (ThreadEx) Driest March 1 to May 13 Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending. 1 1926-05-13 3.79 0 2 1938-05-13 4.20 0 3 1930-05-13 4.32 0 4 2026-05-13 4.38 0 5 2012-05-13 4.42 0 6 1995-05-13 4.64 0 7 1985-05-13 4.71 0 8 1969-05-13 4.77 0 9 1887-05-13 4.91 0 10 1883-05-13 4.98 0

More water restrictions in McDowell. Next week not looking as stormy.. not good

Late next week is trending drier again east of the Apps. Less than an inch of rain for many through 15 days.

Oh sick I had no clue either. That is awesome. That should even help reduce range folding issues in the CT Valley. Looks like the 0.3° tilt samples just below 5K in the Springfield area which is a good ~1.5k feet lower than what the 0.5° tilt samples.

New JMA for regions 3 and 3.4 FWIW:

As I'm working around the garden it's dry 3-4" down. It's a good thing my well is as deep as it is, I pull from the aquifer at NYC reservoir level below me.

61.3° and Cloudy salvageable day so far

The NBM has lows over TRI at 41 tonight. The 6z GFS and 6z 3k NAM both have lows in the mid to upper 30s. I probably won't cover my stuff tonight, but am waiting until tomorrow to plant the rest of my warm weather plants. This is the latest I have planted those in a long time. That is ironic given how warm it is has already been this spring. This last series of cold shots were a doozy. Spring is surely full of wild swings and April/May sure have lived up to that!!!!

Permanent change. I haven't seen the updated best coverage of the lowest scan maps yet, but I think we're now looking at BOX being the better radar from near PSM to Sunapee. The biggest change is we gain like 2000 feet of viewing near EEN, and ENX is basically no longer necessary to look at.

I figured there was a good reason. I was kinda kidding anyway…it’s mostly just a synoptic rain. I didn’t even realize they lowered that. Is it permanent or while GYX is down?

Before the next rain some areas in northern piedmont will likely move into exceptional category