You know, I swear I posted (tongue in cheek) that this was good as I'd just washed my Jeep, but I don't see it. Maybe I forgot to hit the post button. Maybe it was removed for some reason.
If it was removed, I don't know why. I was just funnin' for laughs...
Looks like the first wave got some of north central PA and into Scranton and the Endless Mountain region. Now watch. Wave #2 will form southeast of I-81 and hammer Lancaster, Reading, the Lehigh Valley, and points east and south.
Just like every opportunity before it.
Don't know if it was the cool August, or the lack of rainfall, but in just one week, we've had an "explosion" of tree color here in Tamaqua. Maybe only 5-10 percent, so not a lot, but last week it was basically zero percent.
I swear, seasonal patterns DO repeat themselves. This has been the story for most of the summer of 2025. SEPA through northern NJ gets the goods, and I miss everything as it all comes together too late for the Skook.
Seeing this graphic, I now have a new catch phrase to go along with the "Tamaqua Split" (which applies here). It's called the "Schuylkill Sandwich"...
It is correct, though, as I recorded 0.21" from the Thursday event, and it shows Tamaqua in the 0.10" to 0.25" gradient.
43 (43.3) is likely to be my low this morning. I wish I'd kept records as this might be the coldest August morning I've experienced since living in Tamaqua.
That "taste of fall" next week will even be felt in Phoenix...lol
Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 97. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.
Negative Nancy post here, but I have no confidence in seeing storms in Tamaqua anymore. That being said, the radar (so far) looks like I may get skunked again with a repeat of the storms north and south, but nothing here. Last week's storms slammed Hazleton north to Scranton and Allentown and southeast...
Just like it's been for most of the summer. The pattern of have's and have nots might continue.
I couldn't be more opposite than most of you, mahantango not included. This post, the one above it, and the fact that some trees are changing color here, is a bit depressing.
I wake up to see I missed again. An overnight storm complex left southwestern Schuylkill County in a flood warning this morning. Some personal weather stations recorded as much as 4 inches of rain. Sadly, it drifted southeast into Berks County.