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A few days ago we were talking about the possibility of super low dewpoints in the high 40s for today. The dewpoint here right now is 60, so that certainly didn't materialize. Still feels good out there though with the moderate humidity and temp only at 80.

The Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks Tuesday night into Wednesday morning next week. Hopefully we'll have good sky conditions. The moon won't be too much of an issue, so it should be a decent shower. You can see up to 15 to 20 per hour with good conditions. You can catch the early part of the famous Perseids meteor shower now too. The peak of that shower where you can see a much larger amount of meteors (50 to 100 per hour) is August 12th to 13th, but unfortunately the mostly full moon is going to be a major issue. So the Perseids won't be as spectacular this year. Probably a good idea to try to catch the smaller amount of Perseids along with the Delta Aquariids next week before the moon becomes an issue in August. The best meteor shower this year is expected to be the Geminids in December.

And it appears that cell is gonna miss me just to the south. That heavy downpour in southern Somerset County is gonna go into central and southern Middlesex County.

82 with a dewpoint of 59 here right now. Feels good out there. I'm looking forward to early next week when dewpoints will go even lower. They might get down to the high 40s on Tuesday. Monday and Tuesday it will be top 10 day of the year type of weather. Take advantage of the great weather early next week before the heat comes back late week. The Euro is saying we could hit 100 next Friday. That might be a little overdone, but it'll be at least mid to upper 90s.

91 with a dewpoint of 73 here. Hot and humid but not horrific. Not so bad that I can't go for a run outside this afternoon.

At least we're finally going to see a couple significant breaks in the humidity -- Friday into Saturday and again Monday into Tuesday. Four out of five days with pretty low humidity will be nice. Get out and enjoy it, because the big heat will be coming back the end of next week.

Thankfully that flash flood warned cell weakened and ended up not being a big deal for my area. Just a small downpour and I got only 0.20" here. We'll have to see if the activity in PA causes trouble here later tonight.

On latest radar I see it's breaking up a little bit. I don't think it's gonna be too bad.

Horrible. Hopefully it will move along fast enough that we can avoid more flooding.

Yeah usually I'm happy to see a storm approaching, but of course not this time.

Heavy downpour getting close. I can hear the thunder.

94 with a dewpoint of 74 here right now.

The tomatoes got off to a very slow start this season due to all that cloudy/cool weather we had mid May through mid June. They're doing better now and I will get a decent crop, but it appears that it's not gonna be the best season for tomatoes. The thing that's doing the best in my garden is the pole lima beans. They're growing like CRAZY and absolutely loaded with flowers and small pods. This weekend I'm gonna start my romaine lettuce seeds for the fall.

It's unbelievable that this happened just a week and a half after our area was devastated by that incredibly severe t-storm that had 70 to 80mph winds.

Still raining here but it's light. 5.45" so far. Horrible scene with my street flooded and water up to the houses. A car stuck in the middle of the street front of my house. Several emergency vehicles at the end of the street.

Yeah I was just gonna mention that we're finally seeing hope on radar. Looks like maybe the backbuilding is ending. Still pouring here but it's breaking up just to the west in Somerset County. I'm a little over 5 inches of rain here now. A moron tried to drive through the flooding, and he had to abandon his car right in front of my house. I hear the loud yelling and cursing right now.

Water is up to the houses on my street now. What incredibly bad luck to get hit by this kind of flooding just a week and a half after we got hit by one of the most severe t-storms ever. A couple houses on my street got crushed by big trees from that storm. Now major flooding. Horrible.

Now 4 and a half inches with no sign that it will let up anytime soon.

We pray.

I'm starting to think even more than that. I'm over 3 inches now, and the backbuilding on radar looks really bad. This could be 6 to 8 inches of rain. I hope not.

And with the backbuilding it's pouring here again. Unfortunately this is looking like it's gonna be an epic flooding event. That HRRR run from earlier in the afternoon that I pointed out (5 inches of rain for our area) is going to end up being right.

My road is flooded already. That hasn't happened in a long time. 2.30" of rain in a very short period of time. It's tapering off here now but as you said, the backbuilding is concerning. Hopefully we won't end up getting 4 to 5 inches of rain.

My road is flooded already. That hasn't happened in a long time. 2.30" of rain in a very short period of time. It's tapering off here now but as you said, the backbuilding is concerning. Hopefully we won't end up getting 4 to 5 inches of rain.

Over 2 inches of rain here now too.

The lightning here is off the charts. The most lightning I've seen and the closest strikes in years. Incredible storm. Can't believe I still have power.