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Getting back into the heavy stuff now after being off and on light the last hour. Lightning is getting closer too

Over a inch being reported now in south Edison and near New Brunswick 

I’m at the sweat pouring down off my brow and into my eyeballs portion of my route.

I’ve had a goose egg here on Staten Island so far, but looks like I’m about to get in it. Here’s hoping forky’s call is right.

They canceled it
Saw the news at 12

17 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Men's Hot Dog competition at Nathan's is canceled

Still says its in a weather delay when I switch to ESPN 2.  

Nathan's is in a lightning delay

Nathan’s contest about to be interesting

Perth Amboy already postponed their fireworks show from tomorrow night to Wednesday night.  

Got a quick .26 so far from this round

Thundering pretty good again here on Staten Island with some heavy rain starting

Just picked up a quick .2 in a 5 minute span from a giant downpour

Thundering here on Staten Island

I’m down in Mt Holly and just saw some ctg lightning in the distance towards the shore

Been raining steadily down here in Philly all afternoon, but the skies are getting lighter now

I'm going down to Philly this weekend and I'm hoping the storms can hold off down there.  

.31 and counting here. Decent soaking

Looks like a hailer heading north of SI

I was able to see the outline of the sun through the smoke, so that's an improvement.  

had a stray shower earlier, so that would make 6 straight days with precip.  

2.14 inches and counting from this storm

Terrible inside with two young kids

Delivering in the snow today was much better than delivering in the drizzle yesterday

The story of Cyclone Freddy in the Indian Ocean has been impressive.  We are entering Week 5 of this record breaking storm.  Formed Feb 6 off the coast of Indonesia, crossed the entire Indian Ocean, hit Madagascar and then Mozambique, then moved back over the water between Madagascar and Mozambique and going to hit Mozambique a second time this weekend.

https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2023-03-06-tropical-cyclone-freddy-mozambique-madagascar-record

Snowing pretty good here on Staten Island. More impressive than last week. Good coating on the grass and cars