Mount Joy Snowman

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.

Thanks so much. Very true. Friday night is in Evanston so the 11am kickoff shouldn't be too big of a problem. We were actually saying the weak bar scene and early closing times is a blessing in disguise, as it should keep us decent for Saturday morning tailgating. Now, Sunday morning and the long drive home after a raucous night in Chi-town, that's another story haha. 11am Central time. So, we'll have to be on our way to the stadium by like 10:15 ugh. All the more reason to start tailgating early!

Haha oh man, so so good. Well done sir. Great nod to the hazing. Well, if we lose to Northwestern in that vaunted high school atmosphere the issues will be way deeper than any mojo my crew and I can overcome. You know, we never leave games early, but are actually hoping to do so for this one so we can get a jump on the day driving into Chicago. For that reason, we're really hoping this one is a blowout long before the mid-4th quarter. We're spending Saturday night in downtown Chicago (the River North District) and let's just say the boys are looking forward to that a wee bit more than our time in Evanston haha. Most of the top bars, to the extent there are any, in Evanston list a closing time on Friday nights of 10ish. Not kidding. It's definitely the nerdy wine'n'cheese crowd of the B10. Nothing wrong with that, it's just who they are. The one thing we were looking forward to was tailgating on the golf course but even that is a no-go now as the golf course is under construction and there is no tailgating on it for just this year. Instead, we'll likely be tailgating alone in some paved lot on campus over a mile away from the stadium. Let's just say this trip is more of the "cross it off the list variety", ala Purdue, than it is some great destination. Now, our night in Chicago, that's a different story ha. But you are right, the weather looks spectacular! Departing in 93 hours, but who's counting.

Final tally of 2.06” over here. I think this storm played out pretty much as expected.

Looking forward to it!

Whoa quite the disparity. Looking forward to seeing how the final tallies compare for everyone tomorrow morning.

An absolutely perfect day for lazy football viewing. 60 degrees with close to 1.2” for event total and a great look to the radar. Love that none of this has been runoff type rain, just a good old fashioned moderate soaking.

Haha that’s what I was referring to earlier with that radar “gap”. But it did eventually dry up and has been that way for hours now. Think we get our heaviest stuff tomorrow morning. Never got above 59 here today.

I thought that too but that big gap in the radar is still a very solid light, to at times moderate, rainfall. At least so far. Low clouds from the easterlies I reckon.

Over .6” here as a big gap in the precip moves in. Beautifully beneficial rainfall. Stuck around 55 degrees all day thus far.

I’m up too late watching worthless football games while drinking Manhattans with Luxardo cherries. So so good. As yardstick mentioned, beautiful color to the sunset sky tonight. Spending too much time on the Norfolk radar.

Just got my mow in before the fun starts. Grass must be loving these cool temps, was surprised by how thick it was in spots. I'm sure it will be even more of a hack job when I mow next Friday. I'm gonna do some patch work and throw some seed down as well. Bring on the rains!

Update: my hunch is looking......not great haha. Although, I will say that the first half of tailgating from like 8-2 may end up being mostly okay, and as others have mentioned there may be a lull around game time as well. Either way, I don't see a total washout up there, more of a scattered showers and bands moving through type deal. Am I trying to save face? Yes. But is there a glimmer of hope given the uncertainty of how stratiform the precip will be and some of the models wanting to hold off the heavier stuff until late saturday night or sunday? Also yes. I'll put it this way, for those of us who have tailgated in extreme heat, monsoons, 38 degree rain, snowstorms, and 10 degree wind chills, this should be a walk in the park. To those who are going, have a blast! #WeAre

Low of 48 here. We've knocked back the MDT +departure to 3 degrees now and should do a real number on it through the end of the month. In fact, I'll put myself out there and say we end with a mean temp of 69.4, which would put us at only 1.5 AN for the month and alone for 23rd place all time. Pretty remarkable given how the month started.

Yeah it is. The meso's are all at long range but every one of them brings the storm west. This would be a major fail for the Euro/Ukie combo. What ever happened to that tandem? They used to be rock solid together, particularly with coastal storms.

Yes that is absolutely the case, much of it do to their mocking of certain injuries our guys sustained, and just a general hatred for the Hawkeyes ha. Unfortunately, I don't think a romp is in the cards, mainly due to style of play, weather, a good Hawkeye D, a Penn State O still finding itself, etc. I just want a win, don't care how we get it. This is one of the only whiteouts I will not be attending in person so hopefully that doesn't doom the good guys ha.

Low of 50 here. National high of 111 at Rio Grande Village, TX and low of 15 at a place called.......Ketchum, ID. Pretty impressive national low for September. We're getting to that time of year, some blue starting to pop on the models out west. Man, this system is hard to pin down. Seems a bit unpredictable and dare I say disorganized. Down this way, some good rainfall seems like a sure bet but man that forecast for State College is tough. Could be damn near completely dry all day Saturday up there, a total washout, or anything in between. Really tough call for them but hopefully things come into focus here as we get inside of 48 hours.

How 'bout it. Regardless of eventual outcome, I plan on mowing on Friday and laying down some fresh grass seed. Plenty of patch work to do with two dogs, one of whom loves to dig ugh.

Correct, not serious haha. But thanks for posting anyway! I saw the Ukie. I'm probably one of the few people who still checks that model pretty consistently. I have no idea why ha.

How long until the Canadian sobers up? Also, what are the JMA and NAVGEM saying? I demand answers! But seriously, would be quite the coup for our friends up north.

51 when I left the house. May have dropped another degree or two after I left. Hit 48 in the car through the rurals. Beautiful crisp morning. River looks pristine from the train.

Tell me about it ugh. I was there as well. And yes, Iowa would love nothing more than a bad weather game. Nobody loves making a game ugly more than Iowa.

Hey @Itstrainingtime I just saw there was a pretty big explosion out your way near Bossler Road and 743. Seems like propane tanks at a residential unit.