ChasingFlakes

I have pictures of our Samoyed in the snow after this storm and the only thing you could see was her black nose; however, I was pretty young so I don't have much memory of the storm. The only other storm that I can remember rivaling this, in our area, in recent years was the January 22-24, 2016 storm. Phoenixville reported 28" for that one and it is the only time I have seen multiple lightning flashes and heard thunder during a snowstorm. Did anyone experience lightning or thunder during the '96 storm? Also is there any correlation in the setups between these two storms? They both appear to have impacted similar area with similar totals, although the 96 storm appears to have affected a broader area.

I'm not complaining, I went surfing in board shorts after class yesterday. Did have to drive through all that rain on the way home passing through your area. Like night and day between today and yesterday, today actually feels like fall.

Getting some pea sized hail and much needed rain here in phoenixville. Also a lot of lightning striking the ground nearby. Edit: here's the alert issued right around the time it was hailing here. : ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTIES... At 932 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Phoenixville, or 13 miles north of West Chester, moving east at 20 mph. Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Norristown, Pottstown, Phoenixville, West Norriton, East Norriton, Conshohocken, Collegeville, Royersford, Trappe, Valley Forge, Chester Springs, King Of Prussia, Plymouth Meeting, Radnor Township, Skippack, Bridgeport, Spring City, North Wales, West Conshohocken and Evansburg. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

I actually did get down to Manasquan Inlet, NJ on saturday morning. I paddled out at 6:10am (30 mins before sunrise) and was greeted with warm water and big hollow barrels. Swell was variable with the largest sets around 6-8ft @ 13-15 seconds early in the morning with an average swell size closer to 5ft throughout the day. Really fun surf, hard to position yourself and easy to get caught inside with the variable swell size and direction. Also some big closeouts due to the long period, but really awesome surf overall.

Also the waves are going to be firing. Forecast as of now (for ocean city) is 11.5ft @ 15 seconds with offshore winds Fri morning. Remaining at 6-8ft @ 13+ seconds through sat evening. That means 12+ft faces at the right break.

Heavy rain and a really active storm lightning-wise above me right now.

Holy crap that storm was no joke. Extremely heavy rain and strong wind. Gutter got knocked off the side of the house, whole yard is a river now. I took some video but I missed the gusts. Just lots of flooding in the front and back yard running down the hill. We have a storm drain on the upslope of our driveway, as well as a hump for water runoff. Clearly neither worked well enough..

Getting a full on downpour and some thunder out here. Keeping an eye on Dorian, surfs up for Jersey this week!

Just got back from New England. Went out to plum island on my Uncle's boat via the Merricmack last fri. Then up to Stowe, Vt to camp saturday and then downhill mtb bike at sugarbush sunday,, which was so sick. . Then chilled in Mass mon with family and then I went solo down to Rhode island to camp and surf/skimboard tuesday and wed night. Just got home, surfed at Naragasett this morning! It stormed 2/3 nights I camped, the night in Stowe i set the tent up in the dark during a thunderstorm and last night a really heavy storm rolled through RI but I was luckily not in the tent at the time. I've never seen so many bugs than at burlingame state park campgrounds in Southern RI, it was insane.

It was 59 yesterday morning when I got in my car, finally some good turbo weather! Raining in Mt Royal, Nj too.

Was up in Carteret near Staten Island and we had a few thundershowers roll through since early morning.

Getting pummeled by rhat cell over bensalem on the turnpike. Extremely heavy rain.

Just a few short showers/sprinkles not even a drizzle out at York today. I think pville got fringed by that line rolling through the area now. Hoping it stays dry so I can skateboard. Been going everyday after work for past couple weeks with the dry weather.

Saw that this formed last night I believe.

Still dumping rain here when I got up at 4:15. No thunder or lightning just steady rain. No wonder it's going to be so cool today.

Spoke too soon, storms training over the area. It was almost what I imagine a microburst would be like but there was no wind when I went down to look. The raindrops were coming down completely straight but there was also sheets of finer drops coming down with it. Torrential rain though. I'm not sure but there must have been some wind before it but I didnt hear any creaks from the house so it couldnt have been anything strong like earlier. Also no lightning. Pretty sure a broader cell is moving into the area after the first one. And my damn cat, Spoon, is out. But shes from north philly so she'll be alright.

Wow 80mph gusts, I've really missed out on the action these past two days.

I had a clear view from the north of the rain core directly over you. I tried snapping pic as I could see the trailing edge of the storm very clearly but the picture came out blurry! Just got a good gust front and some heavy COLD rain and it felt amazing unloading the truck in it. Seems to be settling down for now, my car thermometer is reading 75 right now in Great Valley.

Just starting to get some light rain here in Manchester. 86F RH 74. Heading home now.

At 11am when I went outside it was mostly cloudy but now the sun has burned through the cloud base. The cloud cover is now closer to 50/50 with a lot more cumulus than earlier, which was mostly altostratus I believe. Also 88F now as opposed to 84F. Also I'm technically in Manchester, near all the big warehouses.

90% cloud cover and a nice cool-ish breeze out by York. 84F feels nice compared to yesterday.

Looked it up: "The average lightning bolt is 6 miles long, although Cape Canaveral Kennedy Space Center has indicated some as long as 75 miles. The thickness of a lightning bolt is about the size of a silver dollar." Wouldn't be suprised if that strike went all the way across Deleware.

Lightning show out there. Some of the best and largest lightning I've seen in a while. One streak must have been at least 40 miles long horizontally. Now I want to look up how long lightning bolts can measure. Was in philly today and it was brutal. Hit 100, I'm not sure if it went higher but I wouldn't be surprised.

87F with 79 dp, heat index 102.

I worked 18 hrs friday and feel like a zombie, all I know is I'm sitting my ass in a beach chair tomorrow with a cold beer and I'm frying But for real I think im gonna head to the beach again this weekend to beat the heat! Surfs up too, with an offshore wind likely because of heat differences between land/ocean. When I was in Florida the other week the heat index was 118 on the day I went to the St. Pete skatepark at 1 pm (all white concrete which reflects the sun back at you). Not the best idea, but if i was able to handle that, I think we'll be alright! That was the same day with the super strong thunderstorms and mammatus clouds in the afternoon. Just drink plenty of water and keep your pets inside!