Hurricane Agnes

Had a slightly warmer low this morning than yesterday (56) but still off to a good, although warmer start this morning. Currently sunny and 77 with dp 57, and slowly creeping up. Supposed to start heating up a bit for the next couple days so getting the last of the open door (with screen) and open windows before I throw the air back on again.

I expect many believe that anything Ji says is meteorologically impossible. Had an unexpected low of 53 this morning (if it hadn't been a bit breezy then it might have decoupled). Am currently at my high (so far) today of 77 with dp an amazing 46 and not a cloud in the sky.

As I understand it, Iceland was the more temperate area and Greenland (of "Greenland Block" fame) is actually the ice kingdom, with the glaciers and permafrost! I had a former co-worker who had been in the Navy during the '60s and he (and his wife) had been stationed at a base in Iceland (now closed) for a few years. He said the weather was pretty moderate (more like a typical Northern U.S. climate). As an obs - my low of 60 this morning was refreshing, and after a brief spike to 77 earlier, I'm currently at 74 (dp 54) and mostly cloudy, once lots of cumulus arrived and blocked the sun. Was able to turn the air off yesterday and today so far.

LOL I noticed that they sometimes start the "back to school" (focus on college/"dorm stuff") barely after those May college graduations happen (sometimes even this month after Father's Day, but more generally right after the July 4th sales to cover the time before the Labor Day sales). Amazon even moved "Prime Day" to next Monday/Tuesday (vs like it originally was mimicking - a "Christmas in July").

That secondary band nailed me just after midnight giving me 0.62". I lost my internet service so am investigating while running through my hot spot. So totals were 1.82" for the event. Currently 63 and misty. ETA - restarted stuff. Also saw I got nailed a couple times between midnight and 3 am.

Frankford Creek went out of its banks according to a report. Rose 5.5ft in 24 minutes. Currently 66 here with dp 64 and cloudy. Looks like another weaker line to the west but am not sure if that holds together or not.

This will probably throw the tiny creek tributaries (like Cresheim Creek that feeds into the Wissahickon) right out of their banks in the lower lying areas. I *know* those streets are probably flooding right now. It seems to be a fast mover though. Spigot has cut off as that heavy band has moved past me now. Currently at 1.20". Getting a lot of lightning although not much thunder.

Yikes! I'm up to 1.10" and almost 5.5"/hr. I can hear it over the sound of my AC, air purifiers, and my radio playing some music. Up to 1.15".

Under a red. Getting almost 2.5"/hr rates. Up to 0.44" at post time. Temp down to 67. ETA - Holy crap! now almost 5"/hr gully washer! Got 0.95" in the bucket at edit time (8:48 pm).

Fireworks going over me! Getting rain and am up to 0.05" at post time.

Thunderstorm Warning up over my area. My high actually hit 85 today (low was 65). Currently 70 with dp 69.

The trough here in the east will probably carry that away from the coast unless something happens and it gets cut off from the flow. We got a long season to go although I don't expect it to eclipse last year. CPC is forecasting ENSO neutral at least through the summer (where last year we were in La Niña) -

LOL

Here comes SPC - Currently a muggy 81 with dp 69 and mostly cloudy. ETA - The TS Warning is intriguing. I haven't had chance to see what that is about.

And probably one of these on the dash.

The KDOX radar (in Dover) will generally look "similar" to KDIX but obviously is shifted ever so slightly because it is down at Dover AFB, almost in central DE, vs the due east DIX. But it is the full shebang vs that little guy at KPHL. ETA - I had grabbed some screenshots from KDOX yesterday and the below is one taken of the event at about 1:30 pm.

It's offline (starting about 8:30 am yesterday) until next Wednesday. I hate TPHL because it has such a tiny range. I have been using KDOX. It's better than nothing although I guess KBGM isn't too bad and I've used KLWX and KCCX when desperate.

DIX is down for maintenance for the week (starting yesterday) through to Wednesday. I have been using DOX but I expect due to the location and angle of the dish, the placement of the returns would be skewed because the thing is situated so far south of here - They did do a little mea culpa in a tweet - Specifically this (that sortof touches on what happened in Bucks and Lehigh Counties) - In other news, I noticed the humidity has ticked up a bit and after a low of 62 here, it's currently 74 and mostly cloudy, with dp 61. It was mostly sunny earlier today though.

I got a surprising 0.21" out of that. DOX seems to show it drying up more than moving. Currently 62 with dp 59 and overcast.

Actually had a low of 62 this morning, so a nice break. It has been overcast all morning and now am getting some light rain (currently at 0.02") and it's currently 64. I was a bit flummoxed that KDIX had suddenly died but then saw this - So it is due to be offline for scheduled maintenance until next Wednesday (6/16/21). I went on and switched to KDOX for my dopplers...

I finally got mine back down below 60. Some more trickled down here and got me down to 55. Temp still 82 but with the breeze, it's much better in the past hour.

I think it's down where you are now but the dry air behind it needs to travel over some hot streets and buildings before it gets to you!

I looked out this morning and there was a deck of cirrus obscuring the sky so there was no way to try to catch it. Otherwise my low was a little warmer than I expected this morning at 70 but I could tell when the front came through just after 8 am and that started the dry air influx, taking the dp that was just north of the low 70s, down to 57. It's stabilizing now and no longer a suffocating steam bath, but a typical late spring/early summer day. Currently at 82 with dp 61, and partly cloudy.

Getting fringed by a line of showers wish lightning flashes, the heaviest of which are south of me. So far up to 0.06" from it. Temp is down to 75 dp 71.

Had a broken deck of clouds on and off much of today but that has transitioned to mostly overcast with occasional threatening clouds. Some of the stuff that popped up west of here has been fizzling coming east so am not sure how much, if any rain I get today. In any case, I barely managed to hit 90 - and right on the dot, as the high, making it the 5th 90+ temp in a row IMBY. The overcast and clouds have generally kept the temps in check however but not the dps. Currently 84 with dp 75 and overcast.