CranberryWX

Only got 0.17" yesterday...better rain so far today, slow soaker but light so far.  My immediate area seemed to be constantly missing the heavier downpours.  I've never seen cool season grass look so  dead brown in my lifetime.

High of 95 on my station today.  I had to water the garden twice.  
I hear folks mentioning that this reminds them of summers past while growing up.  Growing up north of Pittsburgh in the 60’s -70’s timeframe we didn’t have A/C until I went off to college.  We somehow managed sleeping upstairs with just window screens and a few fans.  If it got too hot I remember sleeping outside on the front porch, but very rarely.  My recollection was the grass browning during mid-summer dry periods, but not long periods of heat like this. 

Maybe a light frost in outlying areas tonight?  I don't feel like covering everything so we'll see what happens.

If the models hold up Memorial Day weekend and several days leading up to it look to be our first torch of the year.  We will be on the northern side of SE high pressure.  It looks like a dry period too...finally.  I think it's safe to plant tomatoes this weekend.

A solid freeze this morning with low of 29.  I covered up as much as I could last night.  I'm hoping our perennials make it.  Our hydrangeas already got it last Saturday morning.  A reprieve tonight with clouds and precip then probably a few more cold nights especially Friday and Saturday nights.

8 hours ago, MikeB_01 said:

a blocking pattern finally decides to show up. On may 9th. 

Friday and Saturday look down right cold...It might not make it out of the 40's.  There are signs of this chilly pattern breaking by the 13th with a Bermuda high nosing westward.

We got an inch of snow on the grass and deck in Cranberry.  Looking at my weather cam footage most of it fell between 4 and 5 AM.  Streets are just wet.

12 hours ago, RitualOfTheTrout said:

Power out here, tornado warning, roughest 10 minutes of weather I’ve witnessed in a long time. We ran to the basement with the kids when the tornado alerts went off.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT National Weather Service PITTSBURGH PA 121 PM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR TARENTUM IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY... After further examination of radar data, the National Weather Service has confirmed the occurrence of a tornado last night in the area of Tarentum in Allegheny County, PA.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT National Weather Service PITTSBURGH PA 851 AM EDT Wed Apr 8 2020 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... The Pittsburgh International Airport recored a peak thunderstorm wind gust of 75 mph at 1:06 am this morning. This is the highest thunderstorm wind gust recorded at the airport based on data dating back to 1948.

Nice day today!

On 2/21/2020 at 11:00 AM, TeaysValleyWV said:

It's over....trace of snow overnight will probably be the last this year...I'm ready for thunderstorms.  LOL

Well another skiff of snow and 60 by Wednesday.

It's over....trace of snow overnight will probably be the last this year...I'm ready for thunderstorms.  LOL

Ended up with 4.5" in Cranberry.

Nice flurry action this morning, got a quick 1/2" around 7AM.

Got close to an inch total snow in Cranberry, currently freezing rain at 30F...coming down at a good clip.  Total precip is 0.24"   I wasn't paying attention to when it switched over to liquid precip.

It was 23F at 4AM

Lines of storms forming to the north again.  

On my drive into work this morning the ground here at Southpoint was bone dry.

My Final total was 3.88".  There were a couple more rounds of heavy rain and lightning up until 2:30 AM.

Dumped the gauge at 9:45 PM, 3.10" and getting another round of heavy rain and lightning.....it's been constant since 5:30 with brief lulls.  Seems like the 5th or 6th round.

I'm getting wave after wave of heavy rain here.  Radar shows a precip train back into Ohio.   I would say there is going to be flooding along the creeks soon.

Wow.  In Cranberry....Heavy rain with pea sized hail, some lightning, 1.52" in about 45 minutes, but was wind driven against west side of house for a while so catch will probably be a little low.    Standing water in my yard in all the low spots.

Golf ball size hail reported in Merced Countyj

Edit to add my brother said he wasn't getting golf ball size hail in Armstrong county at 3:08

TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 274
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2019

TORNADO WATCH 274 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT for our area

Tornado Watch likely in next couple hours according to latest Meso discussion from SPC.

...

...Tornadoes are possible as well, especially for storms that exhibit more
   southeast movement, which will maximize SRH per observed/forecast
   soundings....

Appears we'll have clearing this morning resulting in priming up the atmosphere for us this afternoon.  Interesting that NWS discussion mentions that convection movement will be North to South this afternoon.

Tomorrow could be active.  SPC has us in the Enhanced area

 National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA

727 PM EDT Mon May 27 2019 && .

SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...

Latest guidance has trended up CAPE values during the afternoon and early evening with HREF mean values over 3000 J/kg across the northern half of the forecast area by mid/late afternoon and slightly lower values to the south. Shear profiles are favorable for organized severe convection...as bowing lines and/or supercells. Damaging wind and hail are the primary threats with dry mid-level air yielding high DCAPE values and sufficient instability from -10C to -20C. Hodographs support tornadic storms as well...with more favorable LCLs across northern zones where ll moisture is expected to pool.