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This video has some really fascinating info on the geology of eastern Pa and the Susquahanna river. I had no idea that many of us were living on a piece of Africa that returned after the breakup of Pangaea or that the Little Atlas Mountains in Morocco and the Appalachian mountains were once the same chain.

Day 3 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0210 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026 Valid 211200Z - 221200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY... ...SUMMARY... Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected across a broad region from the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Tuesday. All severe hazards are possible, but swaths of damaging wind gusts should be the primary severe risk Tuesday afternoon into the nighttime hours. ...Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast... A vigorous upper trough will spread across the region on Tuesday. A broad area of strong deep-layer flow, especially by July standards, will overlap a very moist airmass ahead of an eastward progressing surface cold front. Widespread dewpoints in the upper 60s to low 70s are expected. While some uncertainty exists regarding potential morning convection in the form of a remnant MCS from the Day 2/Monday period across parts of MI/IN/OH, pockets of stronger heating should occur, and given rich moisture/continuous warm advection ahead of the surface front, strong destabilization is forecast. While boundary layer moisture will begin the day somewhat muted across parts of the Northeast, strong warm advection and increasing southerly low-level flow across the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast will also result in northward transport of richer boundary layer moisture through evening. While instability may be somewhat less further east into the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast, strong deep-layer flow will envelop this region as well. Supercell wind profiles are evident across the broad warm sector, with 40+ kt westerly flow common above 850 mb. Where supercells can develop and be maintained, all severe hazards will be possible. However, given the strong flow field, and the progressive trough and surface front, one or more bowing segments will quickly develop and spread eastward. Swaths of damaging winds will be the primary concern during the afternoon and into the nighttime hours. ..Leitman.. 07/19/2026

Yes sir. 11Lbs short of a personal best, but I'll still take it at 44lbs. The past two trips my son has hooked something absolutely monstrous and it's thrown the hook both times. My son and I are on some really big fish at the moment and I think it's only a matter of a trip or two until we land something on a whole other level. We've had some opportunities at something special the last few trips but we just can't land it. I've been a few pounds short of the state record twice in the past 20 years when it was still down in the 50lbs range. Now that it's at sixty six pounds, and i'm fifty years old, the Flathead record is starting to become a tall order

For anybody who doesn't know the Colombia and Wrightsville area of the river is infamous for its mayflie hatch. The municipality has been turning off the lights on the bridge in response to several accidents, and even small pile ups that occurred due to mayfly hatches. The picture I included was found online, probably from a few years ago, before they turned off, the lights prior to may fly hatches.

It took a couple stills from my videos from last night.I was adjacent to the Point rock tunnel in Colombia Pa. The route 30 bridge as only a few hundred yards in front of me, you can just make it out If you look closely. Between the mayflies and the smoke, you couldn't even see vehicle lights for more than a few hundred feet.

Tuesday Day 5 Days 4-6/Mon-Wed -- Great Lakes/Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast... A shortwave upper trough initially over the Canadian Prairies and northern Plains will develop east/southeast across the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes on Monday, then the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic vicinity on Tuesday. Meanwhile, another upper shortwave trough will develop across the Great Lakes to the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic on Wednesday. These features will support enhancement of mid/upper level flow as a surface low tracks across Ontario/Quebec and New England during this time. A trailing cold front will likewise progress east/southeast over this three day period, with a very moist and unstable airmass present ahead of the front. This overall pattern will likely bring multiple days of severe storm potential from the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes to portions of the Ohio Valley, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic vicinity Monday through Wednesday, necessitating severe probabilities. While these areas may shift some over the coming day as the timing of mesoscale features and influence of prior days convection becomes more clear, these general regions are most likely to see at least isolated to widely scattered damaging wind potential as the upper trough and surface cold front sweep across the area.

It got nasty out there last night while I was at my Colombia hole.. The Mayflies and the smoke were unbearable but my patients paid off. Sat out in this s*** all night last night, probably not the healthiest thing to do.

Given the increasing uncertainty as to the location of the surface boundary on Friday and the overall quality of the severe weather environment, unconditional 15% severe probabilities for Friday are removed with this forecast. It is possible that severe probabilities may be reintroduced in later outlooks should it become apparent that the surface boundary washes out earlier than expected and quality low-level moisture is able to return sooner. That said, the front should begin to dissipate by Saturday in response to a mid-level trough digging southeast across the Great Lakes. This will allow rich boundary-layer moisture to advect northeastward into the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England. This increase in boundary-layer moisture and strong diurnal heating will allow for afternoon MUCAPE values between 1000-2000 J/kg, perhaps locally higher on Saturday and into Sunday. This unstable and vertically sheared environment will be ripe for thunderstorm/severe thunderstorm development ahead of any digging mid-level trough. However, as alluded to previously, the timing, magnitude, and number of these troughs is highly variable within the ensemble guidance, leading to too little confidence to pinpoint where and when unconditional severe probabilities should be added. As confidence in the timing, track, and strength of these embedded troughs becomes clear, severe probabilities will likely be needed somewhere across the region stretching from the Upper Midwest southeast into the Mid-Atlantic for one or more days.

Has anyone heard any annual cicadas yet his year ? Last year was a very weak year for them in my area, and this year doesn't seem like it'll fare any better. I thought the rain would help some emerge, but still nothing.

According to last night's spc 4 AM update, some of the overlaps deterministic guidance was originally picking up on are in jeopardy. Timing issues.

If I never post again, it was the mosquitoes that got me.

There was so much grass and hydrilla uprooted from these last storms thet It's kind of a nightmare out there for a jet drive or fishing in certain areas.

Hopefully, it's all still sitting exactly where you put it.

Lightning's jumping around in the anville, far from any robust echoes.

Anyways, I think it's squash and watermelon, something in th cucurbits family hard to tell when i'm driving.