Hurricane Agnes

After a low of 68 Sunday morning, I did make it to 90 as a high, which was a bit of a surprise. That made #1 for September and #35 since May. Met summer ended up with 31 days of 90+ (Jun/Jul/Aug). Contrast with last year where 90+ was 30 days but clustered differently (33 incl. May). Currently mostly cloudy and 71 with dp 68.

Bottomed out at 64 this morning and temp has quickly risen despite mostly cloudy skies this afternoon, and is currently sitting at 84. The noticeable difference today is that the dp is 10 degrees higher than yesterday and is currently 66.

I had moved to the new thread for obs and hadn't come back here until now because I knew if I did, I would end up "accidentally" continuing my obs in an old thread! BUT... what you could do with your station, which is what I have done with mine over the years, is actually buy a NIST-traceable thermometer (Amazon sells some) and then calibrate your station's temp sensor to correspond to that. These should come with a NIST certificate that shows when it was tested/certified and you can double-check it with ice water and boiling water to make sure it's not way off (it shouldn't be but always good to check anyway and absent a NIST thermometer, that is usually how people do a gross calibration). The less expensive models are usually good for about +/- 1° C or 1.8° F and the more expensive industrial/lab-grade ones will get you into the tenths of a degree resolution (with more certainty than the cheaper models). If anything, it would give you a little piece of mind. Plus NWS and COOPs report to the nearest "whole number" for temp, so rounding will happen regardless (even with the actual sensor data reporting the tenths). I have mine up on a mast mounted on a fence post of a NE-facing portion of my little 6ft privacy fence, with the bottom of its temp sensor raised to 7.5 ft off the ground (i stuck it adjacent to and just above my old one that is on its own mast with sensor 6.5ft off the ground and that is in the process of "decommissioning itself" ). Both PWSes were bubble-leveled and positioned to point to magnetic north.

Had a low of 61 this morning and made it up to 80 as a high, with mostly sunny skies much of the day until later in the afternoon, when the cumulus poured in. It's currently partly sunny and 79 with dp a reasonable 55.

Ended up with a high of 86 today and it's currently clear and 74 with a dp of 55.

TD 5 did form this morning, far far out in Atlantic (now TS Danielle this afternoon) -

Bottomed out at 64 earlier this morning and it's currently sunny and 70 with dp 59 on this first day of met fall.

Met summer stats - JUN - 4.46" rain / 90+ days = 3 JUL - 1.65" rain / 90+ days = 14 AUG - 3.57" rain / 90+ days = 14 Hottest day was a 98 on 7/24/22. Had 3, 90+ days in May as an ancillary piece of data. Looks like we may get through August with a rare event of not having some named TS in the Atlantic during the month of August.

Well just heard on KYW that PA went on and and issued a Drought Watch for 36 counties - https://www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/NewsRoomPublic/articleviewer.aspx?id=22185&typeid=1 Federal Federal drought monitor - Otherwise, big difference between yesterday and today. I did make it to 84 as a high but the dews finally had a significant drop. Currently partly sunny and 83 with dp 57.

Final high yesterday was 91 and my low at the moment, is 68. Final rain for yesterday was 0.14", with 3.57" for the month (most of that happening in one storm on 8/22/22). Currently mostly sunny and 69 with dp 66.

Pretty much done now and down to mist. Final for that batch was 0.14" as a moderate shower that the plants will appreciate (since I gave most of them a light drink a couple days ago). Currently clearing and 73 with dp 71.

Can see the breaks in the clouds and the sunset happening off to the west. Currently at 0.14".

Under a nice heavier 0.5"/hr shower. Currently up to 0.11" with temp 74 and dp 72.

Finally getting some rain. Line is reforming right over the city. Currently at 0.04". Temp down to 76 with dp 72.

The gust front sortof limped through and is opening up a hole over NW Philly. It has dropped the temp down a bit - to 80 with dp 71.

Can see the gust front incoming. It has been getting progressively darker in any case. Also getting some convection per the lightning detector. Currently overcast and 85 with dp 73.

Wow. That band to the west consolidated into a line. Will see if it holds together. Currently 89 with dp 73 and partly sunny.

Have now reached 90+ #14 for August (#34 since May) with a high so far of 91. Currently mostly sunny and 90 with dp 73.

SPC SWDY1 outlook has the central and western parts of the CWA in a "Marginal Risk" for severe - We shall see... Meanwhile temp has climbed to 86 here with dp 75, with scattered cumulus.

I bottomed out at a warm 75 this morning, with no fog but with steamy windows and some low stratus again that quickly dissipated. It's currently unsettled, with clouds rolling in and out to intermittently block the sun, and 77, with dp an ugly 74.

Managed to just barely tap 90 about 3:15 pm today (90+ day #13 for August & #33 since May). The humidity was definitely back and it's currently mostly sunny and 89 with dp 70.

Actually didn't get the fog here this morning but had plenty of steamy windows and low stratus, with sun breaking through on occasion. Bottomed out at 71 and it's currently mostly cloudy and 74, dp 74.

Congrats. It's literally like rolling the dice to get under a cell. The rain from the one that I got under last week gave me a good dousing although for some of the plants I have that prefer moist conditions, I'll have to give them some more probably tomorrow as I doubt that I'll get under anything with this current hit or miss setup.

WOW. LOL Well with the clouds coming and going all day, the temps stayed below 90 and I managed an 86 for a high. I saw the pop-ups in S. Jersey and the resulting boundaries from those got close but washed out before getting here, although there was a brief period of a threat that quickly dissipated. Currently 81 and partly sunny with dp 72.

I found this part of the article that was interesting - Which just goes to show that old mets don't go off into the sunset but can pop-up like a convective cell in Emergency Management!