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The dog days of summer are delightful this year. Absolutely perfect August day.

I wish I had good records from when I was a kid - there was a morning in late August, probably in the late 70s or early 80s when Landisville in Lancaster County got down to 38. I seem to remember getting down to 42 that morning. It really sticks in my memory though that here in Lanco we had a morning in August that reached the 30s. I wish I had definitive data.

Mow #26 commences shortly! You have had a LOT more rain than I have, and your mow total is probably closer to me than you realize. Last year I was well into the 30s at this point.

Exactly right. Going to be some ugly scenes in the coming days.

Whoops, thanks for further checking into this. I got my numbers from the basin of Death Valley National Park. Although interestingly, every single number that I saw in the forecast that I got is identical to yours except for Sunday's high. Every one.

I believe that this is the first official Tropical Storm watch ever issued for California. Someone please correct me if that's an error on my part.

@Mount Joy Snowman - this is right up your alley! The current forecast high for Death Valley on Sunday is the upper 60s. Riddle me this, has that ever happened before in August? Next 3 days: 116 for today, 104 for tomorrow, and upper 60s for Sunday.

77 at 1:45 with a stiff breeze/wind - feels absolutely incredible outside. Some people might even be donning sweatshirts tonight. Probably another 3-4 months or so for me of course.

Partly sunny and 75 at noon - a mid August day with sun and the temp is going nowhere. Love it!

It has to be. Especially given that precip continuously forms to your east.

Yes sir. I haven't had a single day that seriously threatened 100. We've had some stretches where the weather was very much summer-like. It's a phenomena that happens each year between May and September. And in some summers that weather is relentless, given that it's summer. That has not been the case this year. Nights are warmer than they were years ago. No denying that. But daytime highs have been pedestrian.

Just unreal. I was surprised to see .16" fell here overnight.

This summer just has not been that bad. At least from my perspective and I hate heat.

Good deal - best news of the day. Going to really enjoy the upcoming pattern though wish it included some rainfall.

Holy crap - just reached 86 which is the high for the day so far here.

Less than 3 months to the season opener!

I'm hoping for some water tonight but actual expectations are very low. Some hint of a shower opportunity with a front around next Tuesday evening but otherwise...

Yep, for some the pattern is going from dry to drier. For the rest, the endless parade of storms looks to be ending.

Just a few short years ago I had 47 days at or above 90. So far this year I'm at 14.

I'm not going to ignore any model posts - I'm just taking them with a huge grain of salt right now. I had people texting/calling me the other day because WGAL was going on and on about a "high impact weather night" or something like that. We ended up getting impacted with variable cloudiness and a slight breeze. Then, the next day I have to go back and try and explain to everyone what happened. Again. It gets tiresome. Sometimes I wish that my weather nerdiness wasn't public knowledge. LOL

It is a beautiful morning. It will be nice later on when I'm watering my dying plants. I don't know a lot about tropical, but I've been reading that despite the toasty ocean waters, other ingredients needed for storm development have been horrid to this point. I guess there's an abundance of sheer that is one of the main culprits.

I stopped looking at models, forecasts, anything related to what might happen weather wise. I had no idea it rained that close to me last evening - my wife and I were out in our backyard for hours working and then enjoying some beverages. I'm not one to complain about forecasts...I think it's a bad look to do so. Having said that, twice in the past week I was "forecast" to get soaking rains. Twice I got less than scraps. I'm losing credibility because people depend on me to let them know what's going to happen and I've looked really stupid multiple times. I am going to be highly skeptical of rain forecasts for some time. I'll believe it when it's in the bucket.

That storm was moving east northeast the past few hours, and now suddenly is moving a bit southeast.

Congrats on your first cruise - I hope you had a great time. My wife and I have been on a "few" and have loved every one. Heading to the southern Caribbean in March 2025.

Yes, .04" from both last week and yesterday/overnight combined.