Mount Joy Snowman

Low of 57 here and an absolutely splendid few days on tap. I haven't mowed here in two weeks and have no imminent plans to do so.

22.01" here.

At least some relief is on the way throughout the day today, setting up a beautiful few days before the heat settles in. MDT daily max records for 9/4 - 9/8 as follows: 93 -94 - 96 - 96 - 99 I think we break the record on Labor Day and possibly more beyond that. Of note, the records for 9/2 and 9/3 are 102 on back-to-back days in 1953. Yahtzee!

Low of 71 and zero rain overnight. Now, there were a couple tiny showers that popped over me as I was leaving for work this morning but no more than a couple hundredths. Not totally shocked based on what some of the models were showing yesterday but given what my NWS forecast said, and the bleak look over the next couple of weeks, this was extremely disappointing.

There is no time that is too early to begin tailgating! With that said, I would also arrive in the 9-11 timeframe. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

Things not looking as potent for tonight's activity, particularly for those of us in the southeastern part of the valley. As Bubbs mentioned, GFS is touting record-breaking type heat for all of next week. Summer is delayed but not denied.

Not sure if I told you this, but I'm a life-long Packers fan as well. To say I'm shocked that Clifford made an NFL opening day roster as the backup QB is the understatement of the year. Sadly, I fear it says more about the quality of Green Bay's QB room ugh. As always, I hope to be wrong.

Nice! Going to Iowa are ya? You will not be disappointed, few things like it in sport. Unfortunately, I can't make this year's whiteout, will be one of the only ones I've missed. I generally only get to 1-2 home games a year anymore with the kids being so young. I sell the rest of my tickets.

Ah you slick fella you, indeed you did haha. Certainly more doable but would still be a hell of a feat! Yeah I was mentioning yesterday about if we should be checking the record books for next week. Potential is there to be roasting all week. Labor Day's record at MDT is a soft 93, getable. I'll be there Sauss! The drunk guy wearing white, should be easy to spot.

I know you're being tongue in cheek but we should end August with an avg. temp ~75.5, which would be more than 3 degrees higher than the hottest September on record at MDT, that being the 72.2 from 1961. Interestingly enough, the top four Septembers are all 1970 and earlier. Hey, would take one hell of a feat but I'm not ruling it out haha!

Yeah I wasn't expecting anything either. I did a double take this morning when I saw the gauge. "Screwed" was probably the wrong word ha.

I had a feeling you got screwed, given what I saw while perusing WU and Cocorahs. Really hit the lottery here last night. 'Twas due.

Man, was I stunned to see .63" in the gauge this morning. I wasn't tuned in with the forecasts this weekend and had no idea we were supposed to get anything. Very pleased. Seems like we may be in for another midnight surprise on Tuesday night. Anyone else think we may need to start checking the record books with regards to this heat moving over the region for next week? September looking very likely to start very much on the warm side, after what should be almost an exactly normal August.

I will be there! Probably the only home game I’ll get to this year, sadly. We do have our annual road trip though, which is Northwestern this year.

Be sure to let us know how much your water bill is for the month!

Doubtful, but not impossible. Not a great answer, I know ha.

Nice. Probably a figment of my imagination but you usually seem to do better out that way. Where are you at (without getting too personal ha)? Also, what are your monthly/yearly totals?

Statistician here. What you are doing here is called extrapolation -- an ill-advised tactic. Just state what the data shows within the time period actually measured. No need to put it in terms of degrees per century, which is almost certainly wildly inaccurate. ex·trap·o·late extend the application of (a method or conclusion, especially one based on statistics) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable. "the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups" estimate or conclude (something) by extrapolating. "attempts to extrapolate likely human cancers from laboratory studies" MATHEMATICS extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data.

.1" of rain here. Meh. Looks like a great weekend though.

The second brief shower of the day here in Harrisburg as I board the train.

Just a couple of hundredths here. Seems like the best chance for meaningful rain down this way will be late tonight into the pre-dawn hours tomorrow, and then perhaps some scattered convection later in the day on Friday. A lot of boom or bust potential with this one, me thinks. Anybody else notice that tomorrow could sneakily end up as one of our most uncomfortable days of the year. NWS has DPs spiking near the upper 70s for my area. At least they get knocked back down a good bit for the weekend.

A crisp 55 when I left the house this morning.

That’s pretty much my threshold as well. My forecast says 56 for tonight, so windows open for sure. I actually find mid to upper 50s to be the most ideal windows open temp. Perfectly crisp.

Yeah he is a special kind of bad. Never fails to live up to his reputation ha.

The Jackson House in Harrisburg makes a mean dagwood.