Hurricane Agnes

Dayum.... I ended up with 1.34" out of that round 3 batch to give me 1.65" for the day (so far). I should be good for the rest of the week! Currently some light rain and 72 with dp 71.

Now up to over 2.75"/hr. Currently at 0.81". Temp is 74 with dp 73. That should hopefully get me through the rest of the week when the blowtorch hits.

Gully washer! Can hear it banging on the roof and windows. Short-fused Warning over the area. 1.3"/hour. Up to 0.53" for the day so far.

Nice! That line out in Lancaster is on Chester County's doorstep. You may be fringed being to the north of the heaviest stuff.

Sun is popping out through the clouds but picked up 0.23" from that for a total of 0.30" for the day so far. Got me another day to keep the hose in its reel - and especially since the blast furnace is supposed to get turned on starting tomorrow. Temp now recovering a bit to 77 with dp 73. There's some more out in Lancaster county but not sure if that survives.

Now getting 1.25"/hr shower and am up to 0.29" for the day. Temp is down to 76 with dp 73.

ANNNNDDDD... Rain! Just now tipping the bucket - something literally just formed. So far has added 0.05" to this morning's total and am at 0.12". Am getting a bit fringed but there's lots of convection all around. Thunder right at post time!

And another Warning lofted (getting closer to me) although I don't know if that will survive to get here. Currently 90 with dp 76 with lots of puffy cumulus.

Mt. Holly just issued a Warning as I was typing this...

I was watching Governor Wolf's presser out in Harrisburg and as soon as he started, the rains came and he and others out there were asking if anyone had any umbrellas. There was a return sitting right over that area. The overcast/stratus kept the temps down until the afternoon when the sun finally came out and up the temp went. I so far hit 91 as a high today (just after 1:30 pm) but the dp has been the story of the day. Currently partly sunny and 90 with dp 78.

The rain gods gave me 0.07" very early this morning, hopefully staving off the hose for another day. Seemed to have a repeat type of convective line move through the same way that one did last night, although this one seems pretty juicy in Jersey in Burlington county. I think I may be at my low as a current - 72, with a dp of 71, meaning steamy windows alert, and there's stratus blanketing the area. Excessive heat products are up (Warnings for Philly metro + north and east into Jersey, and Advisories for the next set of counties out).

Man... getting fringed and in a hole. Hoping to get a couple tenths of an inch out of something tonight. I was watching the ocean breeze come inland and then it smacked up against the outflow boundary from the convection. It was cool to see it on the radar though. Still overcast and temp still at 81 with dp 72.

I am literally in between a couple tiny blobs. My detector is picking up the radius of 4 miles on either side... Temp is down to 81 but dp is a juicy 73.

Looks like stuff has started firing in a wild-looking line. I am sortof under the thinned out portion of it but there are some threatening dark clouds and lightning is popping up on my detector. Currently overcast and 82 with dp 72.

I had told my BIL that the Dawn redwoods were deciduous and not to get alarmed when it dropped its needles. He was fine with that since the guy at the nursery we frequent had recommended it to him and he trusted the guy. He had also bought a couple Witch Hazels around the same time that are now almost 10ft tall. Didn't realize they could grow that tall although I understand there are some varieties that have an upright form. They ended up becoming a nice screen for their shed. The one thing I haven't really seen this year, thank goodness, are the swarms of lanternflies. Earlier I saw maybe one or two crawling on the side of the front of the house but that is about it. This time last year they were obnoxiously everywhere. Ended up with a late-in-the-day high of 82 yesterday, with a low of 67 this morning. Had to run out to the supermarket early this morning and although it was in the upper 70s at the time, I could feel a bit of the humidity already creeping in. It's currently partly cloudy and 87 with dp 69.

One of my BILs proudly planted a "small" (I think it was about 2ft tall at the time) Dawn Redwood I guess about 15 years ago and then had to move it about 5 years later because it was outgrowing the spot near the house (he moved it under a silver maple near the creek at the base of their property) and it has to be at least 20 ft or more tall growing under a tree canopy now. He manages to find trees that he swore were labeled as "miniature" used for bonsai and one included what turned out to be a fast grower that my sis finally had identified by an arborist as a Japanese Zelkova. Literally in 10 years it went from about 12" to what has to be at least 25 feet. It has provided great shade for their deck that faces south and was always brutal in summer - especially in the late afternoon. That tree shades it perfectly along the hottest side now since it was planted to the west of the deck. I fell short of 90 yesterday but did make it up to 88. Had a low of 68 this morning and was grateful that I was able to cash in on a little rain this morning. I didn't expect anything despite the forecast of possible rain this far north. Ended up with 0.38" so I'll take it. Saves me from pulling out the hose today. It's currently mostly cloudy with some breaks of sun and 72 with dp 65.

Ended up with a high of 90 on the nose yesterday, as my 25th of the season so far (now the first of an upcoming string of them, although will have to see how things pan out this weekend and any cloud cover effects). Low this morning was 66 and currently 68 with dp 65, and starting to cloud over a bit with a deck of some high clouds.

I know there are (anecdotal) climatological times of the year when it does get "dry" and it's often August/September, where we are often wishing for some TC to bring in the rain to break the spell. I'll probably have to whip out the hose too but in one respect, lucked out watering last Sunday, which prompted almost an inch of rain on top of that. And with the cooler temps, that helped. I ended up with a high of 78 yesterday that will now be history for a high temp per what is expected for the next week or so. Low this morning was 64 and have already tapped 90 about 10 minutes ago but am back to 89 at post time with dp creeping up and now at 69.

Yesterday I didn't make it to 80 and had a high of 78, although my 63 low was a little warmer than previous mornings. This morning's low was 61, some cool-looking altocumulus that were overhead here disappeared, and am currently all blue sky and 77 with dp 63.

My mom used to love those and I forgot where she would get them (sometimes her sister would bring a bunch down from NH when she visited over the summer), but she would dry them and then keep them in an old umbrella stand in the sun porch as decoration. Of course we had to be careful lest they explode and deposit tufty seeds all over the place. The sun managed to pop out for a bit this afternoon and that sent the temps up. Wasn't sure if I'd get to 80 but I did as a high and it's currently back down to 78 and mostly cloudy again, with dp 53.

I just pull out my old school "punks" and call it a day. I ended up hitting 80 for a high yesterday and 61 for a low this morning. There was some early low stratus that made a brief appearance before sunrise here and that gave way to a general cloud deck, and an overcast sky most of the day so far. Currently overcast and 77 with dp 55.

That final line that came through here gave me 0.21" and along with the first round's 0.76", total for the event was 0.97". My high for yesterday was 74 and it's currently 59 and clear about 15 minutes before sunrise, with dp about the same, but with enough puffs of a breeze to preclude any fog.

AND in reply to a tweet asking about the Bethany/Dewey/Rehoboth DE funnel/waterspout, I finally saw their assessment - That was one of the "earlier" ones in the outbreak that I had been following as it happened so I am glad to finally see what the assessment was there.

Well after a point where I got > 2.6"/hour rates, I picked up 0.76" (so far) from that little pop-up blob. Temp is currently down to 68 (I think it had dropped as low as 67 during the rain but is recovering), with dp 67, and still have a little light rain. Hopefully that (plus my strategic hose watering this morning) will hold me for a few days.

Well Mother Nature "showed me". Bulls eye with > 1.5"/hour rates. Currently at 0.50" at post time.