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This seems a little off as in my local where I picked up .88 of rain on Wednesday evening. The colors on the map show I only got .25-.50 US National Weather Service Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center · Follow · The latest drought monitor was released this morning and it's not good news for the areas already in drought. Although the extent has not changed, the severity of the existing drought increased. Over the past 24 hours, up to an inch of rain fell, but the heaviest amounts were mostly in areas unaffected by drought. The next 72 hours will not bring any relief as less than 0.25 inches, and increasing temperatures, are expected

Low of 49. Nice one today. My wife wanted me to turn on the heat the last two mornings. I’ve never scoffed at her so hard ha.

Bring back may 06.

1.2” yesterday, 2.6” MTD

36 with light frost on elevated surfaces

We make our hay other times of the year, the problem lately has definitely been relying on summer to catch us up to normal precip. That just isn't likely to happen.

Impressive to send the Saco at Fryeburg to flood considering how low streamflow was before this.

Got to imagine the rivers in the white mountains draining to the east and southeast are raging pretty good right now after last night.

I know it feels like 90% of connective storms fizzle by the time they reach the coast, but I don't think that's a new thing, or that it's gotten worse in recent years. Missing 0.20" on a single cell a dozen times a year isn't going to make that much of a difference, I don't think. But your overall point is clearly accurate - the coastal has experienced more dry conditions than most places in the state.

I think the thunder thing is just climo. Storms are naturally going to fall apart as they near the colder water. One thing we have seemingly trended towards though is more rain in shorter periods of time. So while yearly precip could be normal or above normal, when we get rain it is too much too fast and it doesn't actually alleviate drought conditions.

Low was 36.3 degrees, not a record. That still stands at 33 degrees from 1984. The 49.9 degree high becomes new 'cool max'.

the consequences of increasingly intense industrial agriculture destroying our top soil + changing climate def getting worse

It's going to be nothing but bare napes and hairy arms out the window up here if we can just get a stretch of normal temps.

Nearly 2.5 inches overnight. Gyx issued its most recent drought update for Maine and NH, discouraging as usual. What caught my eye was this historical five year map of drought, and the coastal strip of high drought. To my experience in recent years, this lines up with what seems to be increasing phenomenon of a really strong marine layer due to stout south/southeast winds in summer shredding frontal thunderstorms that approach the coastm from the mountains. Is that possible, that we're seeing fewer coastal t-storms in summer due?

Yeah, I can remember days like this living in Long Beach. Current forecast is for 40mph or higher SSW gusts along the South Shore Tuesday and Wednesday. So plenty of dangerous rip currents expected. People should stay out of the water especially before the lifeguard season starts.

Beautiful day underway today before the heat builds for a bit. It should be a good evening to get the yard work done to avoid sweating over the weekend.

2.40" First time >2" (by 7a-7p CoCoRAHS obs) in over 2 years.

Kind of happy about that-I'll take 85 vs 97

34.3 this morning. Crazy for May 15th. Not unheard of, but still crazy.

Looks like frost on the rooftops this morning, even in parts of Kingsport. We only missed the all-time record low by two degrees at the airport.

This upcoming heat looks very meh east of the city. Maybe mid 80s or so on the N Shore? The south shore might struggle past 70 if we have strong S wind every day.

TRI's records/normals' listed date for May 3rd reads 9999 for the record low. But it should also be a record low. That makes two record lows for the month. 90s on tap for Sunday! Whiplash weather! IMHO this is just a continuation of the winter pattern which had HUGE swings. I think we head into a more stable, warm pattern from this point forward. I think.

Looks like a nice stretch.

Kind of breezy and cold here this morning. It's 47 currently, but the wind has a bite to it.

That should break the record low at TRI by three degrees. The old record was 35. That is the fourth latest freeze in TRI history.