Hurricane Agnes

Okay good because I can imagine.

Since it did an ERC, will have to see whether it stays compact and tightly would or expands out. You can see the difference between the pinhole (last night) and darning needle size eyes (). You can also see how it has finally started moving more quickly vs almost sitting and spinning in place.

It scraped up against the Yucatan and did an ERC! Last update had it down to 145 mph and it's back up to about 917. Had heard yesterday that Disney World would stay open but I doubt that at this point. Temp here is creeping up and am now at 59 with a nice low dp of 49.

Well I made it through September with <1" of rain (0.68"), literally dribs and drabs, hundredths of an inch at a time. So far I have zero measurable for October. It made it up to 75 today after a 62 low and it's currently 65, with dp 49. But in other news - OMFG Hurricane Milton. Central pressure down to 919 and sustained winds 180 mph.

So far I have 0.03" in the bucket today, the 2nd highest daily total for the month and enough to finally get me over the 0.1" mark for a whopping 0.12" for the month of September. After a low of 60 this morning, I made it up to 68 for a high and it's currently overcast and 63 with dp 59.

Don't forget the obscured Full Super Harvest Moon partial eclipse! I managed to eek out 0.02" yesterday morning, which comes out to almost 1/4 of my entire September rainfall which has yet to breach the tenth of an inch mark (am at 0.09" so far). After a mild 70 low yesterday, I made it to 76 as a high. It's currently 64 with dp 60.

Bottomed out at 50 this morning, the coolest low since May 13 (that had a low of 43). Made it up to 77 for a high. Currently mostly sunny and 75 with dp 50, which is nothing to complain about temperature and humidity wise. Need some rain though. Currently have 0.07" for the month so far.

Something came through overnight to give me 0.01", making for a 2-day of 0.06". Will probably have to pull out the hose again. I bottomed out at 51 this morning and it took awhile to finally hit 70, and did make it to 71 for a high at about 3:30 pm today. It's currently a mostly sunny 68 with a big bonus - a dp of 43. In other news, PTC-6 is here, so may become a Francine eventually. Based on the current cone, we might be able to get some of that moisture here at some point if it accompanies a front.

Well I made it up to 77 for a high today and Mt. Holly was right about the hit or miss chances with the rain as I only got 0.05" with the pre-frontal line that was literally opening up a hole over me, and the post-frontal that finally cleared, merely wet the walk with nothing more measurable. It did manage to dramatically drop my temp almost 15 degrees when it came through. I am currently at my "low" for the day, which is cooler than whatever it was this morning, and clearing, with dp 59.

My low of 52 this morning was the coolest since May 31st and I made it up to 77 for a high for another beautiful day. It's currently a mostly sunny 75 with dp creeping up a bit to a still-okay 53.

Bottomed out at 54 this morning (although the last time I was that low was Aug. 21st), and made it up to 73 for a high. With dews in the 40s, you couldn't ask for a more perfect day. It's currently 73 and mostly sunny with dp 45.

Well happy met Fall! Last Friday, I ended up with 0.20" of ran to finish August with 6.02", but not distributed as well as I would have liked. I had some spritzes yesterday that wet the walk but didn't tip the bucket but did manage a 0.01" overnight after midnight. After a low of 72 yesterday, I made it up to 85 for the first day of September. With the frontal passage this morning just after 2 am, the dews dropped out of the 70s and it's currently mostly cloudy and 66 with dp 58. There have been articles about the possible formation of an Atlantic La Nina (and also mentioned in a NOAA Blog post) - https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/atlantic-nina-verge-developing-heres-why-we-should-pay-attention

Yeah, the (met) "Summer" thread is JJA and (met) "Fall" is SON. Well since we are just under 3 hours before sunset, it looks like my high for today was 95. Lots of cumulus have funneled in and it's currently partly sunny and 92 with dp 74.

Need rain! Had to pull out the hose on Sunday and the last rain that I had IMBY was 0.04" 9 days ago. I have had 5.82" for the month, which ain't bad at all, but most of it was at the beginning of the month and then things dried up. After a low of 72 this morning, It's currently a sunny 88 with dp 74. I expect to hit in the 90s today and that would give me 90+ day #6 for the month. And with 15 90+ days in July + 8 in June, would be a total of 29 for the season to date., which is pretty high for me. I normally only get about 1/2 of that. We never started before Labor Day when I was in the schools in the '60s and '70s. That was something "new" that started in 2018 - 2019 (and that idea quickly ended thanks to a heatwave). The following years were hit with the pandemic and remote school, and then the before Labor Day was tried again in 2022 - 2023 and... with 1/2 days. Last year they started after Labor Day and did miss any excessive heat. The Superintendents that they keep bringing in keep fantasizing that the 100-year old school buildings (mostly elementary and middle schools) are only a couple decades old and they are obviously not. And then you even had Jalen Hurts donate $200,000 worth of window ACs for the schools but they can't even install them because of the old electric circuits and wiring in the classrooms (probably lots of 15 amp ones). I watched during my niece's lifetime, where her district (Springfield Township, Montco) built not one but TWO brand new schools (an elementary and a middle) from the ground up. Meanwhile this past January, the first brand new school built in North Philly in 70 years, was finally opened- https://whyy.org/articles/thomas-m-peirce-school-new-philadelphia/ A 2nd brand new school just opened in West Philly last week - https://www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia/2024/08/20/school-built-with-community-help-features-innovation-lab-and-new-playground/ No that's not why. They were trying to end earlier to -get this- "avoid the heat" in June. During and after the pandemic, since they have actually set up a "remote class" plan, they pretty much got rid of snow days. That definitely pissed off the kids because there is very little now (at least weather-wise) that would close the schools. I.e., no more "snow days". What they'll do in some cases is have kids come in and get a half-day if there is some kind of weather-related issue during the school day, and that will count as a "full day" for state purposes.

I have a "Fourth of July" tomato that I had picked up on a whim back in May and it finally set its first tomato a couple weeks ago. It had been too warm at night when it finally started flowering, to actually pollinate (forget during the day with the temps).