Itstrainingtime

Looks like the next batch is destined for York, Adams, and Cumberland counties. Maybe a quieter night for those of us east of the river? We'll see...

Just had a near zero visibility gully washer roll through. Picked up another .25" quick.

1 hour ago, canderson said:

ABC27 just said this storm system is nearly identical to the Tropical Storm Lee 2011 week that led to the Susquahanna cresting at 30' and flooding a major part of the city. So be prepared for a major flood.

That seems a bit premature, no? 

Very...quite a large area had 10"-15" amounts, and if memory serves me correctly the ground was already saturated.

Hersheypark closes for the entire day during midsummer...don't see that happen often. 

5" of rain and I'm not even close to having the highest totals in our area. Someone is getting double digit totals before this all moves out. 

It will be interesting to see what happens with the Susquehanna...it was at an extremely low level before Saturday. I cannot ever recall the river reaching flood stage during the summer months without a tropical storm. Not saying by any means it will reach flood stage but the latest forecast has it at the caution stage in Marietta by late Wednesday/Thursday and still on the rise...

Next round is rapidly advancing northward through the BWI/DC corridor...this batch has a laser beam pointing at the south central mountains west of my location. 

Yesterday and last night delivered the goods. Nearly 3" fell since 4:00pm yesterday, now at 4.8" for the "event." 

Rain woke me up around 2:00am...checked radar and my first thought was that it looked eerily similar to Lee. 

29 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Picked up a quick half inch in Tamaqua. I wonder where that cluster in Maryland is headed?

Was just gonna post...it's headed right at me. Just finished the 2nd cell of the day and that next cluster looks to deliver the goods.

Shower produced just shy of a quarter inch about an hour ago, full sun now. 

Finished with 1.8" yesterday. As I said early yesterday...congrats South Mountain. 

1 hour ago, canderson said:

Check out the radar - it is just like that 2016 winter storm. Cutoff in Steelton basically,

Yep, big doughnut hole over Lanco. Glad it isn't January!

15 minutes ago, canderson said:

Raining harder now than anytime since it began this morning. 

Interesting...rain has stopped here. Not slowed...stopped.

5 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

I’m dreaming of this radar taking place in about 4 or 5 months....

 

I'm dreaming of reading 5 days of posts from you about it, too.  

1 minute ago, canderson said:

Already over 1.25”. I think MDT gets 5.5”+. 

This looks like that Jan 2016 NAM storm. 

YES!!! It really does. I was going to say that in my response to Voyager but I didn't want to bring up old wounds. 

1 hour ago, Voyager said:

So the Susquehanna and point west jackpot? Nothing new here... 

Same old same old when it comes to BIG rain events it seems.

Eh...I'm not losing a whole lot of sleep if I get 2" of rain while someone else gets 6". I don't need or want water problems in my basement. 

On the other hand, i agree with what you're saying completely. No matter the season it seems, "big" weather events have eluded the coal region for quite a few years. 

53 minutes ago, Cashtown_Coop said:

No thanks 

Yeah, we'll see what happens. I'm sure there will be surprises over the next week. 

Short-term models focusing the heaviest rains over South Mountain and areas along the 81 corridor west of Harrisburg. Some areas approach a half foot of rain...and that is just for today into tomorrow morning.

This front can't get here soon enough. Dear god is it a steam bath today. 

27 minutes ago, sauss06 said:

Honestly, i like it. I also like Big Snow storms, quiet walks on the beach, thunder storms, ice cold beer, colorful fall days with a scent of smoke from my chimney  

I must really be getting soft. I left work yesterday and my first thought was "this isn't too bad." I got in my car and discovered it was 95 out. 

It's funny how last week conditioned me to the heat. At least it seems like it. 

2 hours ago, canderson said:

I hope everyone enjoyes the little cooldown this weekend because starting middle of next week it looks like perhaps no end in sight of +4-6 degrees above normal temps for the rest of July and perhaps through most of August. 

Well...I don't have any information to support this, but I think some of our hot summers have been followed by a snowy winter. Someone can correct me on that if I'm off my rocker again.

3 hours ago, Voyager said:

Still sitting at 0.02" for July...

.4" here. Amazing...

Haven't had a drop...

Saturday can't come soon enough. 

28 minutes ago, pasnownut said:

fixed

 

We both need to go crawl into a cave and reemerge in about 4 months. 

4 hours ago, canderson said:

Gonna be a long July though. Heat and dry look locked in. 

Sure does. We pay for the delayed onslaught.