Hurricane Agnes

Have some leftover light rain moving through but so far picked up 0.37" last night and 0.53" this morning for a 2-day event total of 0.90". My "low" in this non-diurnal temp regime, was 49 at midnight, and so far my "high" has been my current 57, with dp 57. PHL hasn't gone below 0F in 30 years (since 1994).

My snow drops have been spotted coming up so there's that. Bottomed out at 29 this morning and made itu p to 49 for a high. There was an active breeze today as well. Cloud deck has moved in and some junk-n-stuff off to the west. Currently 45 with dp 35.

Due to the non-diurnal temps post-storm, my "high" happened at 12:30 am and my "low" is my current temp of 45 (so far), with dp 32. It was good to see the sun dry things out a bit but the ground is saturated and thanks to the winds today, there were lots of branches around, although not as bad as it probably could have been. Was glad the power held! Looks like Chester County had the biggest impact for power outages.

Heard this morning the Delaware hit a record peak at 10.66 ft for the day (at Washington Ave in South Philly). I know one small section further north on Columbus Blvd near the Ben Franklin Bridge is like 5 ft below sea level, so that will periodically have some very minor flooding with the tides.

Finished up with 3.39" of rain from the event and a small line came through here the past hour but didn't produce anything measurable here. Currently 52 with dp 48. Wissahickon still rising (7.34 ft) and Schuylkill at PHI is flooding (11.62 ft) and still going.

Temp down to 55 with dp 55. Some moderate rain bands coming through and have 3.23" recorded so far. Wissahickon is at 6.05 ft as pf 10 pm so way way out of its banks. Schuylkill @ PHL is at 8.99 ft so quickly getting there.

Temperature drop is real and now down to 56 with dp 56. My high hit 58 at 9:30 pm tonight. Rain rate has dropped considerably and currently have 3.08" in the bucket. Back edge looks to be in Lancaster County.

New Moon is Thursday so the tides are normally running a bit higher (luckily it's not the Full Moon I guess). Schuylkill @30th St. is responding and at 6ft (as of 9pm).

Schuylkill at PHI rising but still has some room (but with what has to come, will probably hit some kind of flood stage).

Now at 3.01", temp 57 but creeping down, dp 56. Wissahickon definitely out of its banks (9pm @ 5.4ft) and probably flooding Lincoln Drive.

Got up to 1.91"/hr rate and have 2.95" in the bucket.

Yeah they are going to have to wait that out.

Now under the beginning of the rope. Rain is LOUD along with the wind. over 1"/hr rates.

We'll soon end up in Idaho with Kirk chopping wood! Temp now up to 58, dp 57, 2.62" in the bucket and rope on my doorstop just a few miles to the west.

I'm finally "hearing" the howling winds here (from my front which is rare - I usually hear the winds in the back that faces NE). Wissahickon Creek (at the mouth to the Schuylkill) pretty much out of its banks now as of 8 pm so probably worse with the 9 pm update).

My Upper Darby sis said it's like a tornado where she is - winds howling, patio furniture moving around, things thumping, planes flying low.

I never have either but it's a good description of this odd convective line! KPHL Asos reported a 51 mph gust.

Currently up to 57 with dp 56 and 2.47" in the bucket with moderate rain. The rope looks ominous.

Rain intensity has increased and am getting rain/winds against my front (which faces SW). Temp still climbing and up to 54 with dp 53. Have 1.70" in the bucket so far at post time.

I bottomed out at 28 this morning and the temp has been rising steadily ever since and am at 51 with 51 dp. First measurable came between 10 - 11 am and the rates have been variable most of the day, with the heaviest happening (so far) between 4 - 5 pm. The winds started picking up more after 3 pm. Currently light - moderate rain and 1.28" in the bucket so far at post time.

I was clearing out some old Inky News Alert email messages and saw one from a year ago today, where they announced that the Eagles snagged the #1 seed. Also had old messages about how right after the SB last year, our OC was hired by the Colts and DC by the Cardinals as head coaches. And here we are today. Despite the record leading up to this, those last set of Ws were stress-out nail-biters which foretold the future. Seems like the team has been "quiet quitting" the latter part of the season.

My low ended up being 34 this morning and I hit 40 for a high. Got one more hundredth of an inch of rain to make it 0.12" for the day & 1.30" for the 2 days, with 0.20" of snow yesterday. Since the temp stayed above freezing all last night and during the daytime today, whatever wrap-around snow bands came through here melted into drizzle IMBY, where a few miles north and west (which is more open) apparently resulted in some accumulation. Currently clearing (the sun even tried to pop out earlier today) and 38 with dp 32.

My low ended up being 34 this morning and I hit 40 for a high. Got one more hundredth of an inch of rain to make it 0.12" for the day & 1.30" for the 2 days, with 0.20" of snow yesterday. Currently clearing (the sun even tried to pop out earlier today) and 39 with dp 32.

Some junk-n-stuff incoming although 1 little band has started to fizzle as it approaches the city. Currently, the temp here has dropped to 34 with dp 33 and I have picked a total of 0.11" of rain this morning from the light rain (2-day total 1.29"). Have a find mist/drizzle going on at the moment.

PNS as of just after midnight - PHL <1" event streak continues!