Voyager

4 hours ago, Voyager said:

I forgot to cover my new weather station and now it's getting wet because it's raining.... 

I guess this was a failed attempt at a bit of humor...

I forgot to cover my new weather station and now it's getting wet because it's raining.... 

4 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Adams County is getting deluged.

Just looked and indeed they are. Very slow movers, too. Wayne County in NEPA is also getting it good. 

With this soup outside, I'm surprised it isn't more widespread, and is pretty much confined to those two locations 

Up and running. Set up was easy peasy. Just have to figure out how to link it to Wunderground.

I found a present on my front porch. Not sure if I can get it set up before we go out to dinner or not, but I'll be back in PWS business soon!!!

Man, do I ever miss having a weather station. Hopefully my new one comes over the weekend.

7 hours ago, BBasile said:

Still waiting for my turn!  lol.  Picked up 0.46" which is, oddly, exactly the same as yesterday.  So, 0.92" over two days is great, especially for all the brown foliage, but... I am requesting mayhem.  Just once this year?  

You sound just like me. I know it's probably wrong, but I want my turn with a true severe event with flooding rains, wind, and strobe like lightning. Just like in winter with snow, I want to get dumped on. I'm a "go big, or go home" type of weather weenie...lol

46 minutes ago, BBasile said:

Yes!  I'm jealous as hell.  Just don't get flooded... Or struck.  

I am too. Up north, I'm way on the outside looking in.

58 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

Think I’m seeing a bad scenario starting to develop in Lancaster County again.


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The same areas keep getting it over and over again. Same thing with winter storms. Wish I knew why it happens.

4 hours ago, canderson said:

Pretty good shot of string/severe storms this afternoon in the LSV. 

55 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

Nice meso discussion out. We are getting boxed soon and break out the boats.

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No doubt I'll miss out on the action again...

9 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Storms hate weather observers and go wherever they ain't 

That and storm lovers. I love storms, don't get them. My wife hates them, get them where she works.

In reality, I think someone sprayed storm repellent on me when I wasn't paying attention.

I got 0.1" according to the USGS automated gauge a quarter mile upstream from my house along the river...lol

And as usual, the worst looked like it was heading towards Tamaqua but struck south. That town just repels severe storms.

Severe warned coming up soon. Southern Schuylkill already warned. Looks like some good stuff incoming from the southwest.

26 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Let us know how good it works. I read when it rains it's not accurate. Also Ambient came out with one similar to The one your getting.

I will.

I've had two stations with wind cups, and I could almost never get a reading above 20 mph, no matter how windy it was. I've had the house shake, check the reading and...15.9 mph. Doesn't seem right. The readings themselves were questionable. I had many, MANY, 13.6, 15.9, and 17.2 readings. Like it had pre-programmed increments.

We'll see how the rain sensor works, but I've had a few times where the tipper in my station would get stuck in the tipped position and then stop measuring.

It'll be interesting to see if the sensors in this one do better. 

46 minutes ago, Voyager said:

I wish I could give a Tamaqua weather report, but my station took a crap. The main unit fried when I had to shut power down briefly. I could get a new main unit, but I've been intrigued by the Tempest weather stations, so leaning toward just getting a new set-up.

I didn't have to lean too much. Station already ordered.

I wish I could give a Tamaqua weather report, but my station took a crap. The main unit fried when I had to shut power down briefly. I could get a new main unit, but I've been intrigued by the Tempest weather stations, so leaning toward just getting a new set-up.

2 hours ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Getting back into the swing of things here after a splendid 4th of July weekend.  Low of only 73, as humidity seems to be the name of the game this week.  We've actually had some decent showers going here for most of the morning.  It will be interesting to see who gets the big rain totals this week.

You are right about the humidity. It's overcast out and I'm still sweating profusely just sitting in a chair outside.

Are there any wildfires going on in PA? We've got a Phoenix AZ type brown haze here in Tamaqua and the air has a bit of a smoky smell.

That's crazy...

Driving up 100 from Fogelsville to New Tripoli. I don't know if it produced anything rotation-wise, but there were plenty of reports of hail from McAdoo through Lansford and Summit Hill to Palmerton. Can't wait to hear from my wife to see and hear what she encountered as she left work. 

There is actually a good one rolling southeast from Pottsville to Hamburg, and again up in WB/Scranton. I'm splitting the goal posts....again.

Guess that's going to be the storm pattern for the summer.

50 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

You're in it! 

Yup. That's how I knew about it. My radar app dinged me with a notification. 

Severe Thunderstorm Watch up for parts of central and northeastern PA this afternoon and evening.

18 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Yes - I admit I was somewhat skeptical about today but no longer...radar is angry (almost looks like it's boiling) and there's no where for it to go...

The sky itself literally looks like it's boiling, and as for the humidity, at the water plant in Fogelsville it was off the charts. Even I couldn't stand how oppressive it felt, especially in the sun. I'm up near Tamaqua getting another load now and it's mostly overcast here.