Hurricane Agnes

3 more confirmed tornadoes - all in New Jersey -

One of Brett Adair's crew chase of the Bridgeville, DE tornado -

Tornado confirmed near Bridgeville, DE - Also for the tier now with the growing season underway, some frost/freeze headlines are up - There is a star magnolia not far from me that has been in bloom for sometime although I expect it is past its peak. My lilacs have started leafing out although I don't think the late-blooming one has flower buds up yet (have to look closely). That one doesn't normally bloom until May.

Enough to get you outta storage and posting after that event yesterday!

LSRs that were posted last night (the "train flipped over" certainly caught my attention ) - Full list -

Survey teams due to go out today for the locations that had TORs up yesterday - My final high for yesterday was 69 with the 1.24" of rain. Low so far this morning has been 41 and it's currently mostly sunny and 43, with dp slowly dropping and down to 26.

There was something that had spun up in Jersey.

I actually had what I am calling pain-inducing "bean sized" hail - something that I don't recall ever seeing here. The hail that we saw when I was a kid was mostly the pea-sized. This stuff was much bigger. As it is, this past year was the first in many years that I have had hail here - most times that small stuff has already melted before it hits the ground and it comes down in large droplets vs actual frozen stuff. Currently recovering from that steep temp drop and am at 52 with dp 51. Picked up an additional 0.85" of rain so far from round 2 for a total of 1.24" for the day.

I'm a couple miles east of where a tree went down on Bell's Mill Rd. here in Chestnut Hill per the report. Temp dropped like 20 degrees and am down to 49! with dp 49.

TORs up for part of NE Philly and across into Jersey around Princeton. I actually have an "accumulation" of "bean size" (bigger than peas) hail that was more than I got for snow from any individual storm this past winter.

Bigger HAIL. Yikes!!! Haven't had something like that here since I was a kid.

Winds gusting. HAIL. Pea-sized and under a gully washer.

Getting the first of the rain. Sky lighting up like July 4 with lots of soft thunder in the distance. Temp 68 with dp 60.

Thing is booking.

Right on my doorstep soon.

New Warnings, including a TOR in Delaware, are up plus summary -

STSs issued. The line looks solid.

Showtime. Norman just issuing - Currently sunny and 69 here with DP 57.

SWDY1 threw us into a (rare) "Enhanced Risk" - Temp here is up to 68 with dp 56.

And the sun is now out here as the back edge moves east. Round 1 was 0.38" and with a dp in the upper 50s (57 at post time) and an expectation for the temp to shoot up (currently 62), I can imagine things might destabilize later today.

Definite contrast of days - yesterday's low of 32 eventually transformed to a high of 62 but this morning my low was 58, and am currently at my high of 62 for the day so far. Didn't get any rain yesterday or overnight from the multiple but fizzled bands, but this morning, some finally reached the ground. At onset, something convective nearby even set off my lightning detector (around 7 - 7:30ish am). Currently have 0.37" in the bucket with some mist/light rain and dp that has soared to 62.

After a low of 31 yesterday, I made it up to 48 as a high. Looks like the temps will be shooting up the next couple days but then the wind and rain will be incoming too, with some possible t-storms. Currently 35 with dp 29.

I can proudly say that I run my non-Delaware River-derived Schuylkill (River) Punch through a Pur water filter! I did actually make it to 61 for a high yesterday and rebounded quickly from ideal radiational cooling with some puffs of a breeze, to go from a 38 low earlier this morning, to my current 45 with dp 27. Will be on the lookout for more incoming rain later today.

Must have been this guy driving around - Sun was welcome today after a few days of rain/overcast and with some low stratus/fog wringing out another 0.01" of rain this morning plus 0.24" yesterday, I ended up with 0.94" total over the past 4 days. Low was 44 this morning and am currently at my high for the day so far of a sunny 60 with dp 32.