CarlislePaWx

Hey...power finally back on and air conditioning running at full blast. What a crazy 24 hours! Looks like many of us experienced wild weather yesterday. Fortunately, this afternoon's precip was not a repeat of yesterday. I recorded 0.27" from a band of heavy showers that quickly moved through around 3:30pm. To answer your question...the reason my deficit is higher is because my annual precipitation is 48". This comes from NCDC and the data is from a coop station that I used to live just 0.25 miles from for 8 years from 2011-2019. The station is co-located at our water treatment plant for portions of Carlisle. So, this is a 30-year average for this location. I know it seems anomalously high, but I'm pretty sure their data is reliable. So, half of 48 is 24, minus 2.5 = 21.5. I can tell you that before this event my deficit was close to 5" at the half-way point of the year.

The severe storm that was birthed around here (Carlisle area) yesterday afternoon around 4:00pm caused a lot of problems in the aftermath. A combination of high winds and flooding rains created severe flooding in and immediately around Carlisle Borough. I think I was about a mile away from the worst winds and especially flooding rains. But, I have the misfortune of still being without power. They keep pushing the restore time back, so it's now 11:00pm this evening. PPL has restored much of the affected areas, however, I'm in the 338 homes without power. I ended the day with 2.10". Ended the month with between 6.4 and 6.6". YTD near 21.50", which is an annual deficit so far of about 2.50".

Guys...what a storm we had here! It started at around 4:10. At first it was a decent rain swath but not much with any real intensity. However, as time rolled on the storms gradually kept getting strong with heavier rain and increasing wind. Then, NWS issued a severe thunderstorm warning saying the storm was over Carlisle and was only moving northeast at 5 mph. In the warning they said possible wind gusts to 70 mph and 1.00" hail. Fortunately for me there ended up with no hail. But the winds easily were sustained at 25-35 with gusts to 45 or even higher. My huge 90-foot tall trees in my backyard began to sway violently as debris being blown off the trees crashed into my picture window. It was terrifying for a bit because the winds were blowing from behind the trees towards the back of my house. That height is enough to reach my house if one came down directly. At the same time it was, of course, strangely exciting at the same time. The torrential rain which was being blown horizontally was adding up incredibly quickly. When it finally began to taper off I had recorded 1.88" in just 45 minutes. Then came the flash flood warning. Thankfully I do not live in a flood prone area. At around 4:55 the lights flickered and then went out. PPL says about 1100 customers without power in the small grid that serves my local area. Restoration expected by 2:00am. We have underground utilities all around here so I know the problem couldn't have originated here. As I type this at 6:30 I picked up another 0.03" in another shower giving me a storm total of 1.91". That brings my monthly total to 6.41". My 2-month total of May plus June comes out to 15.22"! I'll stop here for the time being...lol. ttyl

My overnight low was 73.6. Now, at 10:15am the temperature has skyrocketed nearly 20 degrees and is up to 91.9. Dew point a smidge higher than yesterday, currently reading 76.8. I guess I was one of the lucky ones to escape the 80+ dew points with a max yesterday of 76. Oh, yeah, my heat index is 103. And to think, just 5 short months ago I dropped to 10 below with 4 consecutive nights below zero!

My high today from my official station was 99.3 degrees at 3:13pm. The backup station located about 15 feet away recorded a maximum temp of 100.2 degrees at the same time that the 99.3 was recorded. Dew points all day ranged from 74-76 degrees which produced heat index values between 110-115 degrees. Last year's max high temperature was 100.0 degrees. (I'll have to check on the date for that. Most likely it was during July). We only exceeded last year by +0.2 degrees. However, I suspect we're setting up for a high temp Tuesday a little higher than today because tonight's minimum is going to be around 5 degrees warmer, around 77. The last time my temperature reached 101 was back in 2018. Then, the last time the temperature reached 102 degrees was during the summer of 2002, which was a particularly hot summer. Finally, currently at 11:30pm I'm only down to 81.7 degrees with a heat index of 88 degrees and a dew point of 74.7. See y'all tomorrow.

Hi all... Just popping in with my current data. My official station has hit 99.3 degrees back at 3:13 and is now 98.6 with a dew point of 75.5 degrees and a heat index of 113 degrees. My backup station which is located about 15 feet away is currently 99.7 degrees after hitting a high of 100.2 and a current dew point of 75.7. This combination is producing a heat index of 114 degrees. The 100.2 now breaks last year's highest temp of 100.0 degrees by 0.2 degrees. It's horrible out!! I'll be back with final numbers this evening. Stay cool...

Stats from Carlisle... Rainfall yesterday was 0.67". Overnight I recorded 0.11" for an event total of 0.78". Tentative total precip for May is 8.81" and YTD is 15.31". Low this morning was 54.7. Very low pressure for the end of May. My pressure bottomed out at 29.38" early this morning. The cold front has not reached us yet as the pressure has been steady all night, right around 29.41".

I'm right there with you with a season total of 14.9" which is more than 100% below seasonal averages for this region. Ridiculous.

Good morning all. My low this morning was a frigid 23.5 degrees. That temperature was 53 degrees colder than it was at 10:00pm several nights ago when it was a very pleasant (but unseasonable) 75.4 degrees. We've been all over the place during this first 9 days of April. My highest temp last week was 81.1 degrees. I've missed out on the really heavy rains thus far. So far this month I've recorded 1.33" total, and YTD I'm at 5.58", which is about 50% of where I should be YTD. This morning's 6z GFS gives the western LSV region 4 to 8" of snow early Easter morning. At 10:1 it gives DC 17"!! Now wouldn't that be something to talk about in the future?! Finally, my recordable snow season ended back on February 15th. There was no measurable snowfall for the rest of February AND the entire month of March!

28.6 degrees for my low this morning. Last night's low forecast was 35. Not at all surprising with dew points in the twenties last night. Almost certain to break 70 this afternoon which would be the warmest high year-to-date. I'm definitely ready for spring. That said, it's strange having temps nearly 20 degrees above average. Today's average high here is 47.9 degrees while the low average is 27.3 degrees. Each passing day adds roughly 0.3 degrees to the daily averages.

A mere 0.04" here overnight. Skies getting brighter with a few breaks visible. 41.4 degrees after a low of 37.8.

@Itstrainingtime, thanks for including me in your post. I have to tell you that each time @Ruinposted I started laughing more and more until the fourth time I was crying in laughter. Same goes for the Chat pics. It was hilarious watching @Blizzard of 93and @Ruin going at it in the pix. Thanks so much for your humor! Wonderfully creative.

I have to chuckle just a bit over the timing of the high wind warning. It began two hours ago at noon, and as I look out my window there is absolutely no movement, ie the winds are calm. My pressure has dropped to 992 millibars, or 29.10". It looks like the descent is slowing down. For the winds, many reporting stations to the norrth and west still have either calm or less than 5 mph, at all stations in central PA.

May I add that it is also hard to ignore psuhoffman's incredible historical essay or JB's emphatic comments as well. It will definitely be interesting to see all the jostling by the mets everywhere over the next few days.

@Itstrainingtimementioned this a few hours back, and I have been experiencing the very same thing. For the past 9 hours my temperature has stayed between 32.2 degrees and 32.4 degrees. My temperature graph is a pure straight line. Since the time the snow ended and the briefly freezing rain changed to plain rain I have recorded an additional 0.25" of precipitation (all rain) which gives me a total of 0.40" of melted liquid for the day. Almost all of the rainfall has been absorbed into the snowpack, but with a temperature so close to freezing hardly any snow has melted. It's still totally white out there. What a day!

Thanks for the notice. I really thought I remembered hitting submit, but you never know. I'm actually on desktop Chrome so it looks like it's doing it here also?

At 2:00 here in Carlisle it is no longer snowing. During the past hour the snow kept diminishing while a little bit of sleet and freezing rain had fallen. Currently, my temp has risen above freezing to 32.5 degrees. There is a mixture of very light sleet and rain. I melted down my 1.0" of snow and measured 0.15" for an SLR of 7:1. I'm certain there was some sleet that was caught in my gauge, which erroneously increased the liquid. However, for "official" purposes what I measured stands. I'll enjoy the snowscape view out my back window for a few hours this afternoon before the big melt takes place.

At 1:00pm here in Carlisle, the snow has diminished greatly and a few sleet pellets can also be heard. During the past hour I recorded an additional 0.3" of snowfall, bringing the storm total to 1.0". The temperature has risen to 31.5 degrees. The radar seems to indicate that a bit more snow may be coming. Ironically, if my total stays close to 1", my NWS forecast for up to an inch will verify. Another update to come at 2:00pm. ************** Sorry, I forgot to hit submit for my 1:00 ob. Better late than never.

At 1:00pm here in Carlisle, the snow has diminished greatly and a few sleet pellets can also be heard. During the past hour I recorded an additional 0.3" of snowfall, bringing the storm total to 1.0". The temperature has risen to 31.5 degrees. The radar seems to indicate that a bit more snow may be coming. Ironically, if my total stays close to 1", my NWS forecast for up to an inch will verify. Another update to come at 2:00pm.

I continue to be amazed at just how different your micro climate is to up around here. In all aspects. Like a few days ago when the sun came out by you and your temp shot up into the upper 40's. While that was happening I was overcast with a temp of 36 degrees.

Oh, ok Bubbler. I was so focused on my area I didn't notice your area. So, yeah, total surprise for your area and not a pleasant one, at least on the roads.

Here in Carlisle at 12:00 noon, it continues to snow moderately and even heavily periodically. The temperature is 30.0 degrees. It dropped to 29.8 degrees for a while and then came back to 30. During the past hour 0.7" of snow fell giving a storm total of 0.7". Flake size is increasing which means the rate is increasing. Last night's 0Z Nams had our region getting between 2" and 4" of snow before any changeover. So, what's happening now shouldn't be a total surprise. But, it certainly is a pleasant surprise nonetheless.

Rates continue to ramp up, easily now moderate heading towards heavy at around >0.5"/hr. Temp 30.2

Everything turning white now except street. Temp continues to fall as rates increase. Down to 30.4. Looks like there might be enough RH left to drop below 30.0. 0.1" on the board. Rates have increased to 0.3"/hr or so.

Ramping up pretty quickly now. More concentrated light snow and first signs of sticking on mulch and patio pavers. Temp down to 31.6.