Mount Joy Snowman

1.2” is the final tally out here to your east.

High here was 66 overnight. Currently 57 with borderline heavy rain. The kids are sick so hoping I can settle in for a nice day of college football watching. Always more relaxing when your team has the week off haha.

Forget what I said earlier, I just went out and checked the manual gauge and I’m actually approaching .9”. Good stuff.

Here to help haha. Love the dedication to the craft! I’m a little over a half inch here thus far.

Been using them in my Manhattans lately, glorious. Give me a good rye, go a little light on the vermouth and bitters, throw in a Lux cherry with a wee bit of the syrup, and serve over a single large cube — heaven in a glass.

That’s a biggun. How’s the weather lookin for the red river shooutout?

Those of us who are obsessed with all-things elevation and topographic map don't forget But yes, you are correct.

Morning, all. Low of 56 here. Gonna take the boat out for one last hurrah with the wife this afternoon, then trying to sneak in a mow. Grass has been loving all this dew. Should be a 'beaut of a day. Looks like we see 540s by Sunday, followed by a nice Autumn week, and then 570s by next weekend. Although the 570s would look to have a potent storm attached so the temps wouldn't necessarily reflect the overriding airmass. Anyway, fun times ahead. The seasons, they are a-changin'.

Update: We ended up coming in at 69.2 for the month. The cold was a wee bit more potent than I anticipated. The two-tenths of a degree error is wildly unacceptable and I promise to do better in the future. This board deserves it. The citizens of this Commonwealth deserve it. On a less tongue in cheek note, I wonder if this month is going to be similar to last, in that it starts off with a scorcher of a week and then we slowly knock that back through the rest of the month with the majority of the days being on the cool side. A September repeat? Only the weather gods know for certain.

I thought that might be you I spotted over lunch -- the funny looking guy in a Red Sox hat appearing all confused and befuddled while attempting to bathe in the fountain water.

There really is. So many hidden gems down random side streets. Just a never-ending supply of good food options. Our neighbors were life-long residents of Chicago who just moved to Lancaster last year. They were a great resource for figuring out where to stay and what to do. They specifically mentioned Gene & Georgetti's and boy did that hit the spot. Just one of those old-time small Italian venues that has almost a mob feel. Doesn't look like much on the outside either but man, the food is out of this world. It will cost you a small used vehicle but for a once-a-year type place, it's worth every penny. The type of place where even the busboy was a 50-year-old man, ya know.

Made it back from Chicago in one piece. What a great trip. Evanston was a snoozer, have never seen a town so dead on the night before a home game in the middle of good weather season. But hey, they do calculus better than they do football at Northwestern so I guess that's to be expected. I didn't think Penn State looked good at all but perhaps my view was distorted, and at least the final score looked suitable ha. Chicago, however, did not disappoint. We had a beautiful drive down the Lakeshore highway on Saturday afternoon and then went down to the Riverwalk (only a block from our hotel in the River North District), which was absolutely stunning. Followed that up with a wallet-emptying dinner at the infamous Gene & Georgetti Italian Steakhouse, which was phenomenal. Then hit the bar scene around our hotel for a bit before calling it a night. On Sunday we hit the Riverwalk one last time and snagged some hotdogs and Italian beef from a Portillo's before embarking on the long drive home. Weather was perfect the whole time. The part of Chicago we were in really was beautiful, would highly recommend for a weekend getaway. I think MDT still does those nice easy flights to ORD for anyone interested? Anyway, a great trip with great people. Will definitely not be my last. Oh yeah, a low of 56 last night and no rain while I was gone other than the .03" drizzle fest from last Thursday. National high of 101 at Falcon Lake, TX and low of 21 at Berthoud Pass, CO. Carry on.

On our way to Chicago. I had a couple of hundredths of rain overnight. Still drizzling as we drive. Hold it down fellas. #RoadTrip

I don't think half the country DGAF, rather they understand there iust isn't much they can do about it on an individual level and don't want to see us make massive sacrifices as a nation that may hurt us in various unforeseen ways while doing very little to stem the tide of global climate, particularly when many other nations do nothing. I also don't think most see it as an existential threat that is going to take down all of humanity. I mean, let's not forget we still live on a planet where far more people die every year of cold temps rather than warm ones, and the vast majority of flora and fauna thrive in warmer climates than cold ones. Heck, we have already seen a significant greening of the planet in terms of expanded plant life. Also, the threats are extremely slow moving. It's not like rising sea levels are just going to wipe out entire civilizations. No, people will just slowly move inland over time and adapt to the changing conditions, as they always have. And that's IF the sea levels even get to that point of crisis, which I have my doubts about. Look, the planet is certainly warming but the climate is never static, and while it may be warming at a rate faster than we'd like, measures are being taken on a macro level to mitigate that, and again, much preferable to global cooling, which by the way all the experts were warning of just a few decades ago, a mere blip on the climatological scale. Heck, I've had guys at work showing me their textbooks from the 70s and 80s where entire chapters were devoted to global cooling and the impending mini ice age and the measures that could be taken to get the Earth to absorb more sunlight, like laying certain materials across huge swaths of the Arctic to prevent solar reflection. Think about that haha. I am fine with moving towards some alternative and renewable forms of energy because it's just better regardless of climate effects and we know certain fuels are in finite supply on this planet, but I absolutely see no need to panic about any of it. As has been said before, the same people who can't tell you what the weather will do in a week want you to believe with 100% certainty what the climate will do in 100 years. A little bit of humility could go a long way for these folks. And hey, if it means a few more people moving back north or less people fleeing to deserts like Arizona and Nevada, well, I think we can all agree that's a good thing haha. Man. Will. Adapt. I digress.

Got down to 46 here, lower than I expected. Some nice chill before the heat builds for next week. Departing for Illinois in 22 hours, where the weekend weather is supposed to be absolutely perfect.

Kansas this week and the Red River Rivalry next week. Big stretch upcoming, ain't!?

An additional rainfall of .09” yesterday. 52 when I left the house. A nice cool early autumn day on tap.

Believe me that's my biggest concern ha. Those D-tackles holding up is a big question mark. But let's not act like Michigan has exactly looked dynamite so far this year, and they'll be coming east. How much that game matters depends a good bit on how the PSU-OSU game at the Shoe goes.

The year of my birth. I was destined to be a Nittany Lion fan. So many amazing things about that video, wouldn't even know where to begin haha.

A proud program indeed. I was there for that one as well. Are you really 33-0 in games you've attended at the Beav!? That's inane. Do you typically go to more of the early season non-conference cream puff games? I have no idea how many games I've attended but it's likely around 100, and I have even less of a clue as to what the team's record is in those games haha.

.11” of additional rain yesterday. 54 when I left the house this morning. Not sure many people make it out of the 50s today. Gonna be one heck of a dreary day.

Man, you guys are sitting high up there. That's impressive elevation for that area, not too many spots above 2,400'.

Okay yeah this makes sense. When the wind is potent enough, you are almost certainly getting some significant rain shadow from being attached directly to that pole. That second pic of it being attached with the opening above the fence line is ideal. That's the tricky thing about those manual cylinder gauges, is finding a perfect spot for them. Believe me, I know, I still haven't found a permanent home for mine at our new house. I just manually move it around ha, and have an automated gauge as backup. The main thing though is to have them attached so the collection cylinder is above the object it is attached to (like you had with the fence), rather than being blocked by the object to which it is attached. This is total weenie stuff haha.

Thanks for the response. I saw someone from New Holland reported .88" on Cocorahs and thought that might be you. Yeah, it seems like your gauge wasn't accumulating correctly for this event. I wonder if it may have been due to the northeast direction of the wind, which is pretty atypical for us, and the rain shadows that could be created from any objects or high trees to the northeast of the gauge. I know I moved my manual gauge for this event for that very reason (too many tall pines to the north and east). The light to moderate rain that was falling for long periods was really impacted by the breeze and coming in at a nice angle. If your gauge is attached directly to a pole and not above the pole, I wonder if the pole itself was proving to be a mini rain shadow and limiting accumulation in the gauge. What direction is the pole relative to your gauge? Sorry, I think about this stuff way too much, feel free to ignore me haha.

Porsche, where in Lancaster are you? That seems almost impossibly low from everythig I've looked at.