Hurricane Agnes

Made it up to 81 as a high here yesterday (was at my Wyndmoor sister's house for a bbq). Turned out to be a nice day - not too hot and not humid. Had a low of 62 this morning and am currently mostly sunny and up to 78 with dp now getting closer to that uncomfortable range already at 67.

Bottomed out at 60 this morning and turning out to be a nice day with lower humidity. Currently mostly sunny and 75, with some scattered cumulus and dp 57.

I had a passing blip blow over me and now have 0.07" in the bucket at post time (event total of 1.33"). Currently drizzling and 68 with dp 64.

There are some weird puffy cumulus clouds out there today - at least in my neck of the woods. It's still sunny but I expect it's a result of CAA and the storms to the north and east. I had assumed that Sunday would be the better of the two weekend days in any case. You are on the southern fringe of all those storms. Temp is up to 75 here with dp 65 (low was 64 this morning).

That was a nice parting segment for him. He was one of the rare "locally born and raised" TV mets who eventually managed to "return home" and remain here for a good chunk of his career before retiring. That's the one thing about mets - especially broadcast - where you pretty much have to be resigned to go anywhere in the U.S. for a job. Here is a link to his recognition in the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia (inducted back in 2010) - https://www.broadcastpioneers.com/bp3/glennschwartz.html And Bolaris was just a bizarre clown. Looks like the latest batch of precip on the radar has been breaking up and I'll probably be missed or sideswiped but will see.

Ended up getting another 0.76 of rain between 11 pm and midnight from the cluster that came through overnight giving me a total of 1.26" yesterday. Had another 0.01" just after midnight for a total of 1.27" 2-day total. That overnight pass triggered all kinds of convection although didn't hear anything and may have been more cloud-to-cloud. Current temp is 64 with dp 64 and watching to see what the next batch does.

Back edge of the precipitation shield is approaching MBY and so far have 0.50" total for the day (so far), with 0.49" coming from that line. There's more stuff sitting back over OH so we may see more rain/T-storms overnight and into tomorrow morning depending on how fast that little complex moves. Currently overcast but clearing and 68 with dp 68.

I got a total of 0.47" in the bucket so far with some light rain still going on. Temp down to 70 with dp 69.

Right over top of them (am guessing all kinds of folks are looking out the window).

TORW in Jersey.

Line has sortof diffused itself as it approached and is over me with some light rain (heavier to the south. Currently have 0.04" in the bucket (including the earlier 0.01") with the temp at 75 and dp 71.

May hit here at the "heat of the day" although it's currently only 73 here but the dp is an awful 69. Had to turn the AC on just to get the humidity out of the house. It's like feast or famine. One day so dusty dry I could power the neighborhood with the static electricity and another day so damp and humid I need one of those Louisiana airboats to get to the kitchen.

Norman lofting the Watches -

Was looking to see what area of the sky that might show up. It might be iffy here if high clouds roll in and apparently the meteors are expected to be faint. The burst is being predicted to apparently appear not far from the Big Dipper to get a point of reference. End of an era like when Elliot Abrams retired (3 years ago - seems like it was longer). Funny but when my sisters treated me to a trip to the Cheesecake Factory up at the Willow Grove Mall for my 50th birthday (I had never been to that one but had been to others around the country), Glenn and his wife were there too! My BIL ran right over to him and was chatting it up (since both had gone to Central High - although Glenn was in an earlier class). That was a couple months before he had to have his bypass surgery. The Inky had a tribute article about him and his hundreds of bow ties last weekend - https://www.inquirer.com/news/glenn-hurricane-schwartz-nbc10-bowties-retirement-20220521.html I recall earlier forecasts this week had Friday as a washout from early on but looks like that has been pushed back to the afternoon. A Flood Watch was issued though - I sort of bottomed out at 65 this morning and even picked up 0.02" before midnight and another 0.01" of precip. this morning before 6 am when there was some low stratus around. It's currently 66 with dp 66 so a bit soupy.

SPC SWDY2 has the CWA in "Slight Risk" - Can definitely feel the humidity is up today and did get to 75 after a chilly low of 53. Currently overcast and 71 with dp 62.

Ended up with a high of 70 yesterday and surprising low of 53 this morning (about 5 degrees cooler than yesterday's low). Had a warmer high today of 75. Currently mostly sunny and 70, with dp a comfortable 50.

LOL They need to be watered more often when mother nature doesn't do it, but it's nice to sit outside on the patio and enjoy them! Am up to 68 with dp 51 and it's nice out as I weed (the weeds have been fierce this year).

Yeah when you have them planted in the ground, they can handle it. But these are potted and not "hardened off" yet. The next couple days with overcast, are actually the best time to put them all out because I can avoid sun scald of the leaves until they adjust. I have a Dekopan mandarin that can go out but the other 3 citrus are limes (key lime, Thai lime, Australian red lime) and those are more sensitive to the cooler temps, and the plumies will end up with yellowing and dropping leaves if they have sudden or prolonged chill in the 50s (that's how they go dormant in winter in FL and HI). Forgot that I also have a fig, so that can actually go out in those temps.

4 small citrus trees, a coffee plant, a tropical hibiscus, a stephanotis, and 2 plumerias including my big one that instead of dropping its old blooming inflo stalk this past winter (when I had it in a dark cool corner of the unfinished part of the basement), it started blooming from it again! That plumie is always a late bloomer - usually not until August. And it has a bunch more bloom buds on that inflorescence too. I guess that's a nice bonus but under the artificial lights, the bloom is yellow. In the sun, the flowers are normally spirals of light and hot pink with a little yellow in the center (pic below from about 4 years ago). The sun was trying to come out earlier here but it has clouded back over and temp is up a degree to 67 with dp 51. At least I do have the AC off.

66 here with dp 50 and overcast after some drizzle this morning (with a low of 60 earlier). I have some potted tropicals and subtropicals in my basement that are demanding to go out for the season and I usually get them out just before or around now, but some don't like below mid-50s temps either, which I have had most of the overnights this month except for a handful. I gotta get them up and out this week though.

Ended up with another "surprise" 0.01" of rain after midnight (I saw the radar stuff the night before coming in from the SW although it mostly diffused), and bottomed out at 58 earlier this morning. It's currently a breezy 66 and mostly sunny with dp a more comfortable 51.

Sun finally broke out. Temp recovered to 73 with dp 69.

Sky is brightening and got a grand total of 0.01". My high did end up being 90 and temp is down to 72 with dp 68.

Starting to get some light rain. Nothing measurable yet as the line has bee fizzling as it slides in. Temp is down to 76 with dp 67.

Some kind of outflow boundary from that cell in Bucksco blew through here and temp has dropped. Now down to 80 with dp 65. Getting convection on the lightning detector.