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Welcome home! I received .79" this week.

Gulp - (from Elliott at MU) After a mainly clear and mild Saturday night, winds will turn southerly Sunday morning and bring more humid air back into the region. Another cold front will sweep through the Commonwealth from Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, interact with the very warm and unstable air mass in place, and spark widespread showers and thunderstorms. The upper-level energy supporting Sunday's front will also be much more vigorous and organized than this afternoon's and on a southwest-to-northeast trajectory across the region. Meanwhile, winds in the mid- and upper-levels of the atmosphere will generally be westerly, so there will be sufficient, deep-layer directional and speed wind shear for tornado formation. I don't expect a tornado outbreak or major, long-track tornadoes, but a few to several twisters are a real possibility in northern MD, southeastern PA, and the Lower Susquehanna Valley. In addition, the most intense storms will likely contain damaging wind gusts up to 65 mph, quarter-sized hail, frequent lightning, and localized flash flooding. The atmosphere will be sufficiently moist and unstable with temperatures and dewpoints in the 80s and mid-to-upper 60s, respectively, for rapid thunderstorm development and growth. As such, rainfall rates may easily reach 2" per hour in many of the storms, but rainfall amounts will vary greatly from neighborhood-to-neighborhood and county-to-county. They may "average" around 0.50" for the region, but some "jackpot" locations may receive up to 2.0-2.5". Regardless, I expect widespread incidents of downed trees and power lines, roof and vehicle damage, and perhaps worse on Sunday. The drive to-and-from Sunday morning church services should be fine, but the weather will turn downright volatile and dangerous Sunday afternoon between ~2-10 PM. If possible, stay inside during that time and seek shelter in an interior room or basement if a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning is issued. In terms of severe weather, Sunday has the potential to be the worst day of the year up to this point.

74/73 with .55" of rain. In a lull but another lighter cell moving in shortly.

Fortunately, the forecasters had it dead wrong. It's incredible outside today! My temp was 68 at 8:00am, and now at 11:30am, it's only 69 with a refreshing breeze. I had a top wind gust of 61mph on Saturday. Tons of trees down and road closures between Maytown and Mount Joy.

Huh, imagine that. Unusually warm temps. And before anyone replies with comments about May's weather, there was plenty of complaining about how cold it was in April. It really wasn't.

Just went out for lunch. I don't see how anyone could find fault with the weather today. It's just simply stellar.

Well - If Elliott from MU is right, we're looking at 25-35 days of temps in the 90s from July right through September. Plenty of heat is coming. More heat than normal, actually.

Interesting...normal high for today is 77. Today's high locally was 77.

MU Weather Center I will be releasing my 2026 Summer and Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlooks this afternoon! The developing El Niño should temper tropical storm and hurricane activity this season, but it only takes one. Expect a “backend” summer with hotter and drier conditions from July-September.

Dewpoint check: (not so patiently waiting for the muggies to get out of here) LNS: 67 CXY: 61 SCE: 55 BFD: 52

Maytown must be one of the unlucky areas this morning - just checked and I've only added .02" to bring my total to .07". Even less has fallen at the airpark.

Good to hear! I'll take whatever we can possibly get.

No, this is the stuff my dreams are made of. I love all things numbers. I went to my first MLB game back in 1971 at the Vet. I can tell you the paid attendance for that game to the exact number. I've had it memorized for 55 years. That's just how I'm wired. I had .05" of rain early this morning. It looks like we'll get wet again soon but not to the extent that I'll experience here at work and farther south.

MU Weather Center There are no 90°F days on the horizon through the 1st week of June. An "Omega Block" will develop across North America late this week & persist into early June. Persistent, NW flow on the SE side of the block will keep relatively cool conditions in place across the Eastern U.S.

All of the wet weather and the Susky is barely flinching in response. Total rise in Marietta looks to be about a foot, and some 10' below flood stage. One of the testaments of how dry it's been over the long haul.