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5.24” will do it here. Time to drain some water out of the pool.

Went from 103 on Thursday to 62 today lol

62 and drizzle here

Low of 67 with .01” of rain from the very light drizzle occurring throughout the day. Looks like pretty standard mid-summer type weather ahead.

0.75” since midnight much appreciated

...make sure you tune in to the "As Methuen Turns" during the winter months...

You have another half inch to inch to go. Just give the third wife a hug.

Is what it is. Models were garbage though. Looks like whatever light rain we’re getting now is almost done and will lift north. We’ll finish with about a half inch

You’ve had way more than me in the last couple of events. You’re fine.

Let’s dry up the well!

Decent small drop rains. Shoukd get a drink today.

Or getting "only" 18" of "white rain" in Weymouth instead of the 24" fcst?!

Swing and miss lol. It took some luck to miss every single storm for the past 4 days. That was impressive. Hopefully this week continues to stay dry. I've got jobs to do.

....we'll play a bit of catch up today BUT it is the equivalent of being down 56-0 at the half ....with the final score being 70-14..

RAOBs (wx balloons) missing is a weak argument these days. Ppl need to get out of the legacy mindsets and get w/ the times. RAOBs are not as super critical as they once where. You have so many other sounding-type data available now, both in situ and remote, like ACARS data from aircraft and NUCAPS soundings several times a day over the CONUS alone from the VIIRS polar orbiters. And we have GOES imagery that updates for the CONUS every 5 min and 4 mesoscale sectors that update every min. Also, a full disk sector every 10 min. Prior to 2016, it was only every 15 min for the CONUS and only once every 3 hr for a full disk. The sampling of the atmosphere over the CONUS and the GOES footprint is way higher now than 10 years ago, both in spatial and temporal restitution! When the next generation GOES-E and W satellites went into operation in 2016 and 2017, respectively, the number of GOES channels went from 5 to 16. It all goes well beyond the basic IR, VIS, and WV channels now to get a significantly better picture of the atmosphere. 85% of all model data globally comes from various types of polar orbiter satellites, and they measure/sample a lot more than just clouds. And those "missing" RAOBs site you see at 12z, almost all of them are taken at 18z instead. Yes, not ideal, but we do run 18z models now, so they are not going to "waste." Who's to say 18z model runs for the CONUS are not somewhat better now at the expense of the 12z? It may be a wash or so little difference, it does not matter. I am not saying RAOBs are not still valuable, they are, but some ppl can't resist drama, stirring the pot, and complaining for clicks/like/attention, among other things, these days and sometimes are disingenuous, as in knowing what I said above about other sources than RAOBs, but leaving it out for "engagement/rage bait."

Pouring now.

The streak continues. Just ask the knicks.

We have had some good rain this morning so maybe l spoke too soon lm only expecting an inch or a little more

4.41” yesterday

Yeah, this is the first time that a more La Niña-like -PDO pattern is overlapping with such a strong El Niño during the summer leading to so much volatility. Click the top right arrow below.

I’m so tired of these failed rain events. It’s so dry around here

High of 87 yesterday. 0.31” of overnight rain from a decaying line of storms.

I can't say that there is a single cause. Stochastic variability, the rapid rise of the ongoing strong El Niño, and myriad marine heatwaves are all affecting the patterns and pattern evolution.