Hurricane Agnes

Back edge in sight. Still have light rain, a temp and dp of 36, and 0.88" in the bucket.

Now up to 35, with dp 35 and a steady light rain. Have 0.23" in the bucket at post time. Adding CC to the BR on the radar upload.

Now have light rain and 0.03" in the bucket. Temp has dropped a degree to 34 edit - now 33 and dp is now up to 30 as the air saturates. The area airports - KPHL, KRDG & KTTN, reported trace snow earlier.

Checking in with temp IMBY currently at 35 and dp 27 with some earlier drizzle but mostly overcast skies as the air is still dry (the walks have some splats on them but peeping out, I wasn't getting anything at that moment). The temp and dp have been non-diurnal as they have slowly crept up overnight since my last posting here about last evening.

Cold dry air definitely has filtered in. Currently at 31 with dp 22.

I apparently ended up with a white rain yesterday because usually events like that might have the initial burst sticking to the cars and grass and mulch but didn't even have that - all of that was mostly wet so it would just melt right in. Ended up with a high of 40 yesterday after a 33 low, 0.07" for the event, & 3.08" of total precip. for the month of November. Currently 39 and partly sunny with dp 28.

This setup in January or February would have had quite a few cashing in, with some possible overrunning closer to the coast. But it's still early in the season and the water is "warm" (and the low is supposed to be coming out of the warm Gulf). If the low moves further to the east, some of the colder air could mix in and bring the R/S line further east.

7z NBM for snow and ice. Probably gonna be some crust on snow and/or ice coatings, depending on the air temps as the changeover happens further north.

Brave soul to start the thread! 6z 3k NAM says "No snow for you" along the coastal plain.

12z EC showing that line in the dirt and Lehigh Valley Special...

I heard some roaring and it wasn't the wind... it was this forum kicking into gear as something trackable emerges! Of course a concern would be the SSTs along the coast. The 6z GFS verbatim wants to do a Miller A type thing, out of the Gulf and up the coast. As an OBS, my low this morning was 30 and it's currently 34 with dp 23, so cold dry air out there (something that would have to moisten up if any rain has a chance here Sunday).

My back faces the NE and the front faces SW and I will not lie to you when I say that the SW-facing front gets blasted (especially in summer but also in winter as the low sun angle still favors the south). Any snow that might accumulate on the roof in the front is always the first to disappear where the back roof snow lingers for a long time. So I think that makes a difference with the air running through duct in the roof. However if there's a nor'easter, the rain (or snow in winter) chills it all down quick, fast, and in a hurry, especially in my back bedroom! The low IMBY this morning of 30 was the coldest since April 9 and my first this season below freezing. I had picked up 0.36" of rain yesterday, with a low of 35 and high of 51. It's currently partly sunny and 50 with dp 38.

I'm in a "townhouse" so basically a "row" ("attached" on both sides). It got down to about 64 and once the heat was on, within a few days, and after the cold dry air after fropa, the humidity plunged to 22% (perfect for the expected static electricity zaps and nosebleeds). Humidifiers were finally set up and i got the downstairs up to ~36% (with the upstairs ~40%, where the rain helped). That 35% - 40% (max) range is good for me. That central air heat can be a bear.

I finally caved and put my heat on last Tuesday and at least I got a few days before the indoor humidity crashed to 22%. Needless to say, the humidifiers were fired up yesterday afternoon and and overnight, and I'm finally @35% (with the rain helping). Had my first frozen of the season yesterday. About 3:15 pm, my Upper Darby sis had texted "And now it's sleeting". I hopped up and looked out and didn't see anything except some possible drizzle (it was in the mid-40s at the time). But about 15 minutes later I checked and heard the unmistakable pingers. Obviously nothing was sticking but it was there. Eventually it became a mix of light rain and sleet. Ended up with 0.01" of that yesterday and woke up to 0.20" this morning. After a 32 low yesterday morning, made it up to 47 and it's currently 39 with light rain (now at 0.32" in the bucket), and dp 38.

I *still* haven't turned my heat on yet but it's coming. And I know once I do, I have to start up the humidifier routine. With the central air heat, the humidity can drop down below 20% in here (triggering the static and nosebleeds)! I can usually get my humidifiers to take me to ~35%, which is fine. 40% and over gets to be too damp.

I saw that. I actually "plant by the moon" from that. The other (older) one - the "Old Farmer's Almanac" is still going though, although that one is really oriented towards farming vs this one that had more general gardening stuff. Am hoping that maybe someone will swoop in and buy them up.

If you are talking about the Jan. 7 - 8, 1996 storm, they definitely declared a state of emergency and actually threatened to fine anyone (like $400 or something) who went out in it. But people still did and I know that there was at least one car stuck and completely buried in the middle of the street that ran alongside my apartment building. It was there for almost 2 weeks! Philly schools were pretty much closed the entire week as was the federal government (we had a LAN and I had a dial-up connection to the office to check email, etc). I never bought my "french toast" supplies (bread and milk) beforehand like true Philly snow wienies do, so there I was the day after (my birthday), hoofing it with my little shopping cart, to the supermarket that was 2 blocks down the street (walking in the middle of what was somewhat "plowed" (in quotes) of the street), to get some bread and milk. The supermarket did open (am guessing the clerks lived nearby). My car was strategically parked in the lot SW side of my building, where with all that snow, I expected to have to spend forever shoveling, but was spared. There was literally almost nothing on my car (the building blocked the snow blowing in from the NE). I just needed a snow brush and was done. The snow was really powdery (it was ~23F during much of the storm so had to have easily been 15:1 - 20:1 ratios. The cars elsewhere in the lot were buried in several foot drifts! I had one LOUD and LONG rumbling thunder about 9:45 pm last night and then maybe 20 minutes later, I heard a softer, more distant thunder. I actually picked up 0.25" on Sat., 0.55" overnight, and a couple scattered showers this morning gave me 0.06", for a 3-day total of 0.86", which was not bad. Made it up to 64 yesterday after a low of 46 but had my "high" today of 55 just after midnight, and it has been downhill ever since. It stayed mostly in the mid-40s during the day and the sun did pop out briefly once the last of the rain was done, but the bottom is starting to fall out now, with the CAA and even with the active breeze. It's currently 39 with dp 31, so the cold front is definitely sending that dry air in.

Yesterday I bottomed out at 37, the coldest since April 12 IMBY, with a high of 61. This morning's low was a bit warmer at 42 and I made it up to 58 for a high after the cloud deck broke up. Didn't get any of the precip that had been moving north this morning, but exited to the northeast before it got all the way here. Currently 52 with dp 48.

Under that last line but so far only 0.01" additional for 1.73" for the day and 1.95" 2-day. My high ended up being 65 and it's currently 63 and overcast with dp 63.

Back edge has passed through here and the sun is popping in and out (still some dribs and drabs to the west). Finished up, for the most part, with 1.72" (total 1.94" over 2 days). Currently 65 (my high so far for today) with dp 64. Looks like a convective line formed right in Jersey!

Wowser! I picked up 0.22" just before midnight and have my first over 1" daily rainfall since Aug. 13, currently ticked over to 1.29", with ~1/3" per hour rates. Total for the 2 days is 1.51" at post time (missed out on much of the last little rounds over the past couple months with barely any nickle and dime amounts registered). Have 2.78" for the month at post time. Bottomed out at 49 this morning and currently at my high of 60, with dp 59. Much needed!

Winds ended up at 185 mph sustained at landfall with some gusts in the mountains upwards of 225 mph! Ryan Hall has been streaming and showing some of the area cameras and where those cameras are, structures seem to be hanging in there.

The last 2 days I had lows of 40 and 40 and this morning's low was 41. The highs were 59, 60, but cooler (so far) today at 57. I expect cloud cover was in play over the weekend. It's currently mostly sunny and 56 with dp 33. And OMFG, Melissa was at 175 mph sustained at the 2 pm update. Waiting for the next update.

I actually still have my central air on "cool" (with fan constant on to keep the temps even) and it has been keeping it a comfortable 68 in here. I know as soon as I put the heat on, then that will start the humidifier production for me (I have a bunch of them and that means tank fillings and filter changing, etc). I.e., the hot air will send my indoor humidity down below 30% and into the 20% or lower range.

2 years ago, some creature (either a rabbit or groundhog) got under my privacy fence and snipped off every stem of both my asiatic lilies and tiger lilies. Then they proceeded to eat my hosta like salad. Last year, my hosta struggled a bit but returned, but almost nothing of my lilies came back. I also had dwindling crocuses and snowdrops out front. So this year I bought a pile of bulbs (including 3 different types of lilies) and perennials for fall planting, and have been prepping the patio for winter. So have been busy! This morning's 40F just after 7 am, was my coldest low since April 18. I did make it up to 57 yesterday after a 43 low and it's currently 46 with dp 40. Am watching TS Melissa's wild, yank-to-the-north track and waiting to see if a faux Miller B type thing actually happens to interact with it. Right now, it looks like Melissa would absolutely devastate Jamaica if it rapidly intensifies before landfall as is progged. As it is, it's growing in size.