Hurricane Agnes

I was a sophomore in college when that happened and I had my B&W Zenith portable in the dorm. At home we also had a 12" Panasonic portable B&W but there was the one 19" Zenith color in the living room. That one had been a replacement for an old RCA color console from the late '60s. I think in '84 my mom finally got a Zenith with a remote, so no longer had to respond to barked commands of "Turn to 6...", "Change to 3...", "No go back to 6!"

Bottomed out at 42 this morning and made it up to 54 before some heavier clouds and light precip came (with 0.01" registered) to put a damper on things. My Wyndmoor sis texted a little over an hour ago that she was getting "sleet". I saw there were some reports in suburban Philly of hail so am thinking she either had tiny hail (less than pea size) or possible some graupel. I only got rain drops here at that time and the temp was 50. Currently overcast and 49 with dp 44.

Had a low of 44 this morning and noticed I got 0.03" of rain on either side of midnight between yesterday and today (total 0.06" for the 2-days so far). Currently overcast, misty and 46 with dp 42.

Had been waiting for the updated PNS (the last version was from this past Saturday) and the totals were impressive. All 3-day -

Yeah, last year I had 55.91 total liquid precip in the bucket (although that would include snow/IP melt as well). Well the strange yellow orb in the sky that has been in and out all day is "in" at the moment and it's currently 60 with dp 40.

OMFG I went to bed during some moderate showers with 1.02" in the bucket and didn't expect the death band to pivot over me but it apparently did. I ended up with another 1.19" on top of that, finishing up with 2.21" for the day. Literally, the last 5 days have now given me 5.01" of rain. Just last week I wrote this - AND April 2023 has now literally beat April 2022's monthly total by 0.21" and I closed out with 7.54". Was surprised that the temp crashed though. Eventually had a high of 61 yesterday. Currently 49 and misty with some low stratus and dp 42. Wissahickon is up but probably would have been worse had it not been as dry earlier in the month.

Was getting ready to say... I was wondering if you were under that fire hose that formed or were getting shafted on either side!

Checking in and currently misty with the temp slowly rising and at 60 with dp 60. Now have 0.87" in the bucket and saw on the radar an interesting "line" (precip has been pushing up from south to north).

Am under a moderate rain band, varying between about 1/3" - 1/2" per hr rates. Currently have 0.82" for the day at post time with temp 56 and dp 55.

SPC SWDY1 pushed the "Marginal Risk" line up a touch further north within the southern part of the CWA vs yesterday's SWDY2 outlook - Mt. Holly tweeted out the precip tracking from yesterday's PNS with rainfall totals - Light rain has actually started here this morning despite the expectation/hope it would be "dry" for the Broad St. run. Currently have 0.11" in the bucket and it's 53 with dp 52.

With the all-day drizzle, drips from that accumulated enough to tip the bucket a few more times for me to end up with a 0.99" total for Saturday, for a final of 2.22" the past 2 days. Also topped out at 57 yesterday for a high. I had noticed last night that the low stratus had started rolling in and this morning I have fog with vis. < 1/10th of a mile, a temp of 52 and dp 51.

Back edge of round 1 is moving away and I picked a couple hundreds more inches for 0.96 today (so far) and 2.19" 2-day total. Still overcast and misty, with an earlier low of 48 and current temp of 54 with dp 54. SPC SWDY2 has the southern part of the CWA (Delmarva and Lower South Jersey) under a "Marginal Risk" for severe and the rest for poss. t-storms -

Ended up with 1.23" of rain yesterday and woke up to 0.91" between midnight and 4 am. The 2-day event total is 2.14" so far. Currently a breezy, raw, misty, and overcast 49 with dp 49.

Now up to 1.04" for the event so far IMBY today with a steady moderate rain and breezy in a typical nor'easter way. Plants getting a good soaking and it has helped get my monthly total to a more normal value (am now at 4.14" for the month so far). Temp is 48 with dp 48.

Getting some light, so far non-measurable rain - enough to wet the sidewalk. Currently 53 with dp 46. Looks like a heavier blob is over lower south Jersey.

Bottomed out at 49 this morning and am currently at 52 with dp 48 and overcast. SPC SW DY1 has us penciled in for some possible thundershowers - Mt. Holly estimates for round 1 -

Picked up 0.28" of rain yesterday and 0.30" this morning for a 2-day event total of 0.58". Had a low of 46 this morning and am currently at my high so far today with an overcast 57 and dp 50.

I noticed yesterday that KDIX came back at some point and has been running okay today. I know that in general, "maintenance windows" are set to cover contingencies in case something takes longer than expected, and I know it was expected to be out until tomorrow, but it's back! Ended up with a low of 39 this morning and a high of 63 before the front came through just before 6 pm and crashed me down to my current 49 with dp 47. Had a brief sprinkle earlier this afternoon that was enough to wet the walk (non-measurable), but got a heavier shower, depositing 0.12" in the bucket so far, and am getting light rain now.

Ended up bottoming out at 40 yesterday and had a high of 59. Had clouds that rolled in and out during the day although it remained party sunny. Currently 41 with dp 33. Heard on the radio that an EF1 touched down in Womelsdorf in Berks County this past weekend - Had to do a quick search to see where that is and it's a bit NW of Reading.

Bottomed out at 41 here this morning and the dp has definitely tanked since the weekend. I had popped out before 5 am this morning and you could see the stars pretty clearly. However you could also see a very high hazy deck of cirrus as well so don't know how much if any of an aurora might have been viewable down this far. Currently a mostly sunny 58, with a few scattered cumulus, and a dp of 35.

Wow - I saw an article earlier about it and it was originally expected for the usual places viewable when there is a geomagnetic storm - Canada and far northern U.S. There has been some CAA clouds drifting in and out so it wouldn't surprise me if some layer of "blocking clouds" ends up killing that idea down this way. And even then, we would be at the southern fringe so need some dark sky location. SWPC link for this - https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/g1-g2-minor-moderate-geomagnetic-storm-watches-23-24-april-2023

Ended up with 0.62" of rain yesterday and then another 0.27" (so far) this morning for a 0.89" 2-day event total. Plants are happy. That has brought my monthly total up to 2.53" to date, which is below normal, but then this is that odd transitional time of year where anything goes. It's also only about 1/3rd of what I got when compared to the month of April in 2022 (which yielded 7.33" of rain), where on April 7, 2022, I had a single day monthly rain event of 2.55". Currently an overcast and misty 54 with dp 53.

Round 1 gave me 0.20" of rain. Wish it were a bit more but am glad for that and am hoping the rest of the system can give me some steady returns for the next couple hours as it heads east. It's currently a misty 59 with dp 58.

My Wyndmoor sis is up your way going to a bday party (am guessing one of her friends) and she texted about 15 minutes ago that she had just gotten off 309 when she ran into the rain.

Now down over 10 degrees and finally getting some bucket tips. Am at 0.12" so far with 3/4"/hr gully washer. Also hearing some thunder.