Mount Joy Snowman

A solid little downpour, gusty winds, and a few stout rumbles up here in Harrisburg. Looks like we are getting screwed back at home yet again.

What a great page topper!

It looks like most of the Meso's are on board with at least some level of storm activity this afternoon, albeit fairly spotty, with the 3km NAM being the most vigorous. @TheClimateChanger wasn't messing around with his smoke warnings for tomorrow. Check out the latest near-surface plume forecast for tomorrow evening on the 12z HRRR. Not great Bob, not great at all. Keep those windows closed tomorrow night.

Low of 53 at my house. Man, @canderson wasn't kidding about the damage in Harrisburg from that hail storm this past weekend. On my walk through the capital complex this morning there were tons of limbs and leaves down everywhere. Keeping fingers crossed for someone to get lucky with some storms this afternoon.

Mornin' weather freaks. I bottomed out at a crisp 48 last night. Also added .03" of liquid gold on Saturday to go with my .01" from Friday. Hey, it's the small victories. Another beautiful week on tap but not much in the way of rain. Rinse and repeat.

Maybe I missed it but I didn’t realize that Harrisburg actually tied its record high for yesterday at 96. Damn.

It sure did. I got nothing additional, finished with a total of .01”. If you would have went off of just the pretty radar colors being put out yesterday by the Dover radar you’d have thought I had a half inch plus. Very disappointing.

I can confirm actual rain fell from the sky in batch one, to the tune of .01”, perhaps .015” ha. First rainfall measurement from the new acurite station! Next batch looks more potent. We shall see.

Was just looking at that. There is another mini cluster out ahead of that more potent batch that is about to go right over me as well. Will keep yinz posted.

That cluster of showers went right over me earlier and I can confirm it only laid down a trace.

Well that prior post clearly did not go through as intended haha. Let’s try this again…..

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not a single SPC storm report during the month of May in the entirety of Pennsylvania! This is the first time no May reports have been submitted in PA to SPC since 2000 when monthly/annual stats have been tabulated by the organization. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#pawx</a> <a href="https://t.co/d3c288kKoC">pic.twitter.com/d3c288kKoC</a></p>&mdash; PA Climate Office (@PAClimateOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/PAClimateOffice/status/1664254571034689536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Low of 51. Gorgeous day on tap. My driest month ever at .37" is officially in the books.

That is shocking but as Bubbler mentioned there has been quite the east/west component to the cool air lately. I saw a lot of places in Chester County yesterday topped out in the low 70s, whereas I hit 83. I did notice there was the normal elevation-dependent nature with the inversion last night, with the top of the ridge being a good ten degrees warmer than some of the low-lying rural spots. Obviously that doesn't factor in with you and I being at similar elevations, but yeah that east/west component must have really been something.

Got to love these 40-degree diurnal range days. #DryAir Feeling marginally better about the chance for some storms later in the day on Saturday. Then hopefully some more opportunities present themselves next week. Still very spotty in the aggregate though.

I sent it by carrier pigeon. Keep waiting. Low of 44 here.

Safe Harbor regulates the elevation of Lake Clarke at a pretty consistent 227’ so shouldn't be any issues down this way. For now at least. But yes I can imagine it’s getting rough up that way.

Sounds like a great boat day on the river tehe. Wifey and I are taking some friends out. Safe Harbor reporting a water temp of 73.

No, not sure yet if I'm going to connect it to WU or some other source or what, but I'll be sure to let this board know if/when I do.

Howdy everyone, what a glorious weekend it was. Had the kiddie pool out for the littles, made some fires in my new pit, grilled some brats and sweetcorn, and of course had the cocktails flowing. But most importantly, I finally installed a weather station at our new house. My wife's dad had gotten me one of those nice Acurite 5-in-1 stations many years back and I've been holding onto it all this time. Well, as of Saturday it is finally installed. It's up about 11 feet off the ground above a pergola. I still don't expect great wind readings though, as there's just too much old growth blocking things. I'll be curious to see how it does with precip because it's not as level as I would have liked. But it seems to be working great so far. I bottomed out at 51 last night and actually briefly touched 87 yesterday. Just can't get over how dry of an airmass we've been stuck under for this long. As others have mentioned, the Harrisburg records for driest May and 6th driest month ever are in the bag. Should end up almost exactly 2 degrees BN as well. Really hope we see some rain before too long but not much seems to be on the horizon. Don't think I'll be mowing for the foreseeable future. Y'all have a great week now ya hear.

Dry as a bone is the name of the game. Absolutely nothing on tap. I'm going to mow today but things may slow down after that. On the plus side, it's going to make for one heck of a beautiful Memorial Day weekend. A couple of interesting culprits that I'm not sure I've ever seen before in the national high/low hunt -- 104 at Elroy, AZ and 19 at Canada Creek Ranch, MI. Have a heck of a holiday, everyone!

No rain at all here last night from the frontal passage. Very disappointing. Baring a surprise late this weekend, the MDT record for driest May looks extremely likely. We should end up almost exactly 2 degrees BN for the month as well. Not sure how many people had a below normal temp and record driest on their monthly bingo card. June looks to start hot but I don't see any records in jeopardy. Let's get summer started!

Good stuff. It's amazing what a little elevation and lack of UHI can do.

Given the prospects of moisture from the late weekend storm seemingly looking less and less, I really hope something materializes with this line moving through this evening. The Mesos are pretty mixed. Fingers crossed.

No. I have been to Lauxmont a couple of times for weddings though. Beautiful scene overlooking the river. It's on the other side of the river just south of Wrightsville, whereas I was right by Mount Joy.