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  1. Many of them manage to nest inside structures (homes, buildings, etc). Possibly due to this (MJO in phase 3 w/blue GFS and green GEFS progs) -
  2. The last day of November started with a low of 26 and finished with a high of 51. Made up some of the rain deficit from October with 4.33" for the month of November. Yesterday didn't get as warm as I expected, only reaching a high of 46 after a low of 32, with 0.46" of rain. This morning the fog/low stratus is thick, with vis. < 1/4 mile where I am (although the city was left out of the dense fog advisory). Temp is 45 with dp 45.
  3. Well I bottomed out at 24 for a low this morning and only made it up to 37 for a high. Since a breeze kept up overnight, it probably didn't make for good radiational cooling. The arctic air did send my dews down as low as 14 earlier but the dp has ticked up and I'm currently 32 with dp 18.
  4. I think some of the pink passed over your area. That arctic air means business. Currently 36 but the dewpoint is down to 17 and has been continuing to slowly fall. The humidifier is starting to struggle.
  5. Well that round is done and sun is back out. Got a trace/dusting (0.1") of what appeared to be rimed flakes and possibly graupel. Temp is 31 with dp 28.
  6. Getting a flizzard. So far a car/roof/grass-topper. The walks are still relatively warm so it's melting on them. Temp down to 31 and pancakes are starting to mix in.
  7. And flakes were flying while the sun was out! Getting SN- now.
  8. Looks like a band of some sort headed this way! I bottomed out at 32 and it's currently overcast and 34.
  9. Unless you are Jake Elliott, David Akers, or Tom Dempsey! There is an arctic air mass coming in by tomorrow. When there is a SSWE event, you do get some PV lobes that can sometimes ooze down. But of late, it has been the needle thread to get conditions between cold/dry/suppressed and warm/wet/overrunning. I do think some of the problems now with forecasting is that models are not tweaked to deal with the warming and the odd effects that can come out of that in terms of extremes (cold, warm, wind). Temp here has eased up to 43 with dp 40.
  10. Finished up with a surprising 1.31" yesterday. The last 2 events have at least made up some of the deficit from October and much of this month. It's currently overcast but clearing, sun trying to peak out behind the clouds and 37, with dp 37.
  11. Wow. I eventually hit 50 just before 8 pm and I think a cold front is coming through now. Temp dropped back down to 44 and I still have light - moderate rain with 1.07" in the bucket and dp 44.
  12. Stressful one! Didn't expect this heavier rain although the forecasts changed for the low to crawl closer to the coast as it moved up. They did play through that... Now have 0.86" in the bucket IMBY.
  13. That Feb. 2021 storm happened with an initial La Nina transitioning to ENSO neutral. Same happened in 2018. Right now, we are in a strong El Nino (which was the case in late 2015, and then that transitioned as it moved into 2016). Seems that when the ENSOs are "weak" or in transition, that opens the opportunities for phasing and whatnot.
  14. Think I spoke to soon earlier. Temp has been steadily rising since my last post, even with the rain, and my "high" so far today is now 49 (as of post time), which is the current temp. Had a heavier band come through and now have 0.75" in the bucket. Currently moderate rain with dp 48.
  15. Got up to 47 for a high just before 1 pm. Now getting some drizzle and light rain and so far have picked up 0.01". Temp is 44 with dp up some more at 42.
  16. I dug up the Obs thread for that storm - That was probably the most drama-inducing Miller B this forum has had since I started posting here (16 years ago now)! I had to dig through that thread but eventually found I finished up with 10.34" from that after experiencing every p-type possible including ZR, various IP, and snow over the 4-days it hung around. In the middle of it was 14 hours of a sleet fest. In any case, I ended up with a high of 40 yesterday and bottomed out at 29 this morning. It's currently overcast and 43 with dp rising quite a bit from the low 20s earlier and now at 35.
  17. That week of December sometime between Dec. 5 - 10) seems to almost always have some sort of precip event annually, most often wintry, with a few times when it was just rain, and some rare instances of nothing. My Wed. high ended up at 54, with the Thurs./Fri. splits 51/40 & 51/32. Thanksgiving day was notable due to the high overhead resulting in a perfectly blue sky for the parade. This morning was "brutal" in terms of my first "hard freeze" (temp at or below 28F), bottoming out at 26. Anything marginally tender that thought it was still gonna stay green (or crawling) and alive (and not in a protected location), should be toast. It's currently 33 with dp 22. And as a sidenote - I initially thought that it was maybe a "temporary" thing for the holiday but finally did a little search and confirmed that KYW has now done a complete circle and will be using Accuweather again for their weather reports from now on. The past couple days, I was like "Why is this Accuweather guy on?". Well now I know! As another sidenote - the USDA has officially moved all of metro Philly and rim areas a few miles out from the border, into USDA Hardiness Zone 7b. Was previously 7a (where Delco had the 7b at the last update back in 2012 and that remains). So for the gardeners here (and you know who you are ), here is the link to the new map (can zoom by zipcode) - https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/
  18. After a month of skimpy rain, the past 2 days have made up for it! Ended up with 1.59" yesterday and an additional 1.35" this morning for a total of 2.94" for the 2-day event so far. It's currently 50 with occasional light rain and dp 49.
  19. The Sat. - Mon. splits for highs/lows were 58/34, 54/34, & 45/32. After a low of 34 this morning, I got up to 49 for a high. It took quite a bit to scour out the dry air to get something to hit the ground but it finally did and thankfully not in a gusher either. For the month through until today, there was only 0.07" of rain IMBY. Measurable rain hit here around 1 pm and so far I've picked up 0.90", the most significant 1-day amount since Oct. 14. It's currently 49 with light rain and dp 49.
  20. Am still holding with not turning the system on yet. Because of all the dry air, I did get the humidifiers up and running in any case. I know once I put that hot air on, look out. It can get down to 19% without any humidification and any CAA. I ended up with 0.01" of rain here between 1 - 2 am this morning and that makes it 0.07" for the month of November so far. October finished up with only 1.40". Ended up hitting 66 yesterday for a high and had a low of 47 this morning. It's currently a breezy, and sunny 51, with dp 28. Definitely feels "fall like" out there. Still have trees with leaves (mostly maples) but definitely well past peak.
  21. I haven't heard him anywhere. I don't actually have a twitter/X account but doing a quick search, it looks like he is active on that - He's also maintaining a website - https://thehurricaneschwartz.com/ Inky says he is now doing consulting at an environmental engineering companny - AKRF. Obs includes an eventual high Monday of 50 and the Tuesday-Wednesday split was 54/34 & 54/31. With the air mass change, it took winds going completely calm overnight for my low this morning of 35, where I made it up to 65 for a high today. It's currently 49 with dp 41. And as a note - still haven't put the heat on although I did pull out the humidifiers and get them going to keep it at a 35% - 40% range in here!
  22. I've only had 0.06" for this month and a total of 0.43 since Oct. 21. Had a bunch of non-measurable wet the walk days but it has definitely been dry.
  23. One of the garden shows I listen to on Sundays mentioned them too but also noted how they can get into homes (attics) and nest in there to escape the cold, so that can become a source. It's currently sunny with a blue sky, and has warmed up to 48 here with dp 32.
  24. The Sat./Sun high/low split was 55/38 & 46/33. But this morning's low took the cake at 29, which was my coldest low since March 12. Figured it would drop as it was relatively clear last evening, although the winds didn't go completely calm. I did hear one of the weekend NBC 10 mets who reports on KYW, mention something about the persistence of the yellowjackets. Hopefully this will do in most of the leftovers (although I expect there are still others out there that will wake up and emerge once it warms up). It's currently sunny and 36 with dp 28.
  25. That's like the 'ole PD storms. Usually "something" tends to happen around those times. I ended up hitting 63 for a high yesterday and bottomed out at 46 this morning. The dry air resulted in lots of virga earlier this morning but some precip managed to break through as the dp ticked up out of the upper 30s and into the low-mid 40s. Have so far picked up 0.03" today. Currently overcast and 46 with dp 43. So far my high for the day was a 53 at midnight.
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