Hurricane Agnes

Well I officially hit 90 (#9 in July & #14 since May) just touched @ 10:16 am. Dewpoint has been sitting at 77.

I had a "low" of 77 this morning and am now off to the races with the temp 87 and sunny with a bunch of cirrus clouds, and a dp of 77. It's also totally unprecedented for me to NOT have heard a single cicada here yet this summer. I know there were a bunch of cicada killers out front but most of these cicada guys hang out in the woods a couple hundred feet away. I don't know what happened but maybe a pile were emerging early and then got hit with one of the May frosts and/or whatever hadn't emerged after that, got stuck in dry soil. I was out for almost 45 minutes watering yesterday and heard not a one and even in the mornings, at least one or two are up and buzzing to herald the coming heat. Was just out there about 10 minutes ago and stood waiting and still nada.

Well I banged 96 just after 3 pm today (90+ day #8 for July and #13 since May). And yup, was out with the hose this morning giving the plants a good long repeated soaking. It's currently mostly sunny and 93 with dp 71.

Have so far hit a high of 95 today and am currently at 95 with dp 72. LOL I wonder if they even sell cars with those retractable antennas anymore.

If your PWS has the capability, you could get a NIST-certified thermometer positioned at the location and then verify (and confirm if it's a siting thing) and if needed, calibrate the PWS to match. So far my "low" has been 74 this morning but has crept up to 76. Will see if that trend continues since it's still about 30 minutes from sunrise.

Ended up hitting 92 as a high (#7 for July and #12 total since May) after a low of 73. It was progged that the cold front would help to mix out those awful dps from yesterday and for the most part it did - by about 10 degrees. It's currently mostly sunny and 89 with dp 67 and the heatwave has been engaged for the rest of the week! There was a climo section added in the AFD that suggested a record high min for Thursday this week -

Got one more hundred of an inch splatter for 0.03" so far today. Temp is 75 with dp 73.

I am *finally* getting enough to tip the bucket. The splats on the kitchen window are new. Currently have 0.02" to wet the leaves so I guess I shouldn't be choosy. That will probably be it since it looks like a precip. hole has opened up. Currently 77 with dp 73.

Literally zippo so far today and I won't even bother hoping for that latest batch on the radar. The sun came out bright and strong before sunset. Have a whopping total of 0.47" for the month of July so far and that was from scattered sprinkles each totaling less than 1/4". Currently mostly cloudy again, with a few breaks that I can see, and 79 with dp 74.

Dammit. Am even picking up convection all around (and had a clap of thunder a couple minutes ago) and the cell is literally like a couple miles to my NW. Sun is trying to break out to the west and south and still haven't tipped the bucket. Temp is "down to" 82 but dp is still 77.

My walk is finally "wettish" but it's STILL not enough to tip the bucket. Temp is 83 with dp 77. There's a little cell to the SW where it would be nice if it did a little dump but I know it will either side-swipe me or fizzle.

I have a cousin who lives in W. Orange, NJ who texted that they were getting torrential downpours, followed by sun, followed by more torrential downpours. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Meanwhile I am watching the radar just evaporate as it passes over northern Delco and bypasses NW Philly. It's currently 87 with dp 75, an a sky filled with useless clouds (although they are keeping the temps out of the 90s now).

So far I have hit a high of 91 today (#6 for July and #11 since May) and stuff keeps fizzling as it approaches MBY. There's a diffuse and small strung-out area to my SW that is just sitting there producing some clouds that I can see looking in that direction but doing nothing else here. Currently cloudy and 89 with dp 76.

Norman up with the Watches - Currently variable sun and clouds and 91 with dp that horrible 77.

Have now tapped 90 so far with that still unrelenting dp hanging in the upper 70s and currently at 77. There is a little breeze going to try to mix up the air however it can.

Well the stratus lifted leaving behind some hazy cumulus and briefly spiked the temp to 88. It's currently a partly sunny and hazy 87 with dp an obscene 78!

Had to throw some water on the container plants and still have the low stratus, so at least that is keeping the blaze down. Currently overcast with occasional breaks of sun, and 80 with dp a "Nawleens-like" 76.

Ugh. Went to bed hoping to get fringed or side-swiped and NADA. Woke up to steamy windows and a low of 75 earlier. Am watching the bands funneling along a path to the northeast of the area. Apparently the warm front is sitting directly over the city and is serving as a giant canopy that keeps the rain cascading on either side with nothing underneath. It's currently 77 and overcast, with a steamy dp of 74. SPC SWDY1 has the CWA under a "Marginal Risk" for severe but we seem to be in a "dry begets dry" in some parts (like MBY).

Well Mother Nature felt sorry for me and gave me 0.03" just before midnight and 0.05" between midnight and 2 am for a total of 0.08" for the 2-day event (so far). It was enough to at least wet the leaves. I had done a snapshot of the radar before I had headed off to bed (below) with the hope that enough of that would hold together to graze me. It's currently a steamy-windows morning with some low stratus starting to erode and 70 (after a low so far of 69) and with dp 69.

I hope I get something. Last measurable here was July 7 with 0.24". I've only had 0.38" for the month of July to date. Currently 75 with dp 70.

Nada here. The radar returns are literally just evaporating away as they approach the city line. It's currently 77 and overcast with dp 71.

The walk has dried up and it's like the city is steaming away the rain. Temp is down to 79 and dp is down to 70. All I can do, if nothing can break out of these clouds, is hope for something Monday night 'cause after that, the furnace gets turned on.

I figured that was headed your way since it was obvious it wasn't headed my way (although your blob is already starting to fall apart). Still nothing tipping the bucket yet here.

LOL A slightly narrow darker green area is now over me and am getting a series of drops. Some are even splatting on my front storm door but we'll see if any of it tips the bucket. Still 80 but the dp is now 71.

You are fortunate! Even with returns over me, I got about 30 drops that I could barely see on the walk and am now in a dead zone of nothing. It's currently overcast and teasing rain but not producing, with the temp at 80 and dp 70.