Hurricane Agnes

Ended up topping out at 93 here yesterday and even though it wasn't a sauna, it was still blast-furnacey where you could feel the sun burn. Low this morning was 72 but am off to the races now and at 85 here at post time (just before 8:30 am). Dews are in the upper 60s but will probably be on the rise by tomorrow. Heard a cicada this morning and I know THEY know what is coming!

Yeah I know. Current temp is a "cool" 73 with dews in the low 60s. Won't last long though! Excessive Heat Warning lofted for the metro area -

I barely tapped 90 (89.6) as a high at around 4 pm, so that starts the "heatwave clock" here. Currently 85 with a dp of 69. I haven't even stepped outside since early this morning. Currently a hazy 85 and partly cloudy.

I haven't heard any crickets here yet but they'll probably be out imminently! After the soup this morning with the overcast, as soon as the sun burst through the cloud deck (~1:30 pm), the furnace was lit (with a dp of 71 here earlier) and the oven is now on pre-heat cycle. I did watch some scattered showers come across the area but I didn't get any of it. Currently 88 (low was 70 this morning) with lots of cumulus.

Ran some errands this morning and it was a nice, not-too-hot summer day. Humidity has stayed low (dews in the 50s) and only got up to 83 as a high. I even heard my 1st cicada here just as I was coming back from the store and into the house (had already heard one at my Upper Darby sis's house back on July 4). Currently 80 and partly cloudy, knowing there is an incoming furnace. Will be making some batches of frozen margaritas for the weekend.

I ended up getting 0.3" of rain between 11 pm and 1 am (0.21" + 0.09" respectively, at one point with 3/4"/hr rates). So my monthly total is now up to 7.31". Had been watching the front pushing the scattered cells this way before I went to bed and figured I might get hit by some, although I'm surprised they didn't fizzle before getting here. (image below from when the last batch was exiting) It was also relatively "cool" this morning with a low of 69 (had the same yesterday morning). Currently mostly sunny and 78.

I had a mouse rattling around in here late last night before I went to bed and suddenly heard it squeal and then go silent. It was like that Obi-wan Kenobi quote where it must have felt "a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of mice suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." I managed to make it to 88 yesterday as a high and so far got to 91 today, where it wasn't as oppressive as yesterday. Enjoyed an amazing cloud-free blue sky earlier this morning to boot. The puffy cumulus did reappear not long after and it's currently 90 and slowly falling.

I got 0.05"'d by a little pop-up shower at around 5 pm. So that brings me to a 4 day total of 7.01" (a monthly total as well). Before that came through, my temp had hit 88 as a high and it's now down to 78 but dp is 72 so steam bath (it was steamy earlier this morning as it is). Cold front is supposed to drop the humidity for tomorrow.

Final tally, with the last of it exiting here just after 10 pm, was 3.83". Amazing. Total over 3 days here has been 6.96"! Currently a steamy 71 and mostly cloudy with a peep of sun with the sunrise (and red sky ).

Getting the last of a wrap-around band as Fay pivots away and to the north. Currently at 3.81" and temp is down to 73.

That is EXACTLY what I thought I was seeing! It was almost literally spinning right over the radar (although I believe the actual signal gets a bit skewed/distorted when something is close to the radar like that). It's still been raining here lightly (on and off) and I'm now up to 3.72". Temp is hanging in there at 74. Windows are steamed up!

There is a large street near me that has a 2 blocks-long section that had 10 mature sycamore street trees that had been planted years ago. Hurricane Irene pancaked 6 of them in 2011 and Sandy took out the remaining 4 in the same fashion the next year, in 2012. Agree that Sandy was pretty rough though. Since Fay was "home grown", it didn't have much of a place to go to intensify like that fortunately.

This one is definitely smaller than Sandy - like Sandy's little sister. This was literally scraping the coast on its way north. I know "Sandy" is verboten on the Tropical forum but...

Looks like Fay made landfall somewhere near/north of Atlantic City near Beach Haven.

And just like that, getting some light rain again. Am up to 3.21". Temp crept up to 74.

Have gotten some pivot rain but now just some light mist. Up to 3.09" at post time.

It'll also reduce the chances of any triple digit temps in the near term.

Looks like a dry slot is incoming. Rain has all but stopped. Temp still 73.

Just hit the 3.00" mark and it's "lightened up" a bit to 0.64"/hr rates. Have had 6.13" in 3 days. Huzzah!

Looks like the heaviest bands have been pushing pretty far inland and there's a fire hose out there pumping it in...

The band that is just moving to the NW of me has been laying down 1.49"/hr rates and I'm up to 2.82" now.

Window steam alert! Now up to 2.52" with heavy rain and temp holding at 73.

Just ticked over the 2" mark for event rain - 2.01".

FFW issued for the metro area -

Had a heavy band pass through about 5 minutes ago with almost 2"/hr rates. Currently heavy rain and @ 1.82" with temp at 73.