Voyager

Of interest (whether good for storms or not) is that we were partly to mostly sunny all afternoon. Now, the clouds that we've had around are pushing south, and we have a totally cloudless sky.

Just wondering if that's going to fuel bigger and better storms, or if it's going to hinder our chances for severe.

68/51 currently.

2 hours ago, Albedoman said:

Mike, I expect a tornado watch or severe thunderstorm watches to be issued by 3pm in our area. Unlike last weeks storm event, the sun will be coming out in the next few hours based on the satellites imagery. The chances of severe weather will double when this happens with the unstabilized  air mass in place.  I would expect many severe t- storm warnings this evening becuase of it. Its already sunny near Harrisburg. Not a good sign.  This forum will be lighting up later this evening with the severe weather reports. I see Hagerstown MD has a high in the low 80's.  Just prime for tornado formation too.

It's been sunny up in Tamaqua for about 2 hours now.

Up to 63 degrees so far as well.

47 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Sun has been out now for a half hour. We'll see if it helps destabilize the atmosphere.

I just came along to mention the same exact thing. Seems to me that this one may produce better than Monday did.

8 hours ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

Seeing that, I was handing out bro flowers to dudes I never met yesterday may constitute a reevaluation of my lonely years statement. I'm also realizing I just wasted a lot of time and space just to say you're d***** if you do, and you're d***** if you don't.

The last part of this post is where the truth lies.

I don't care if this entire forum puts me on ignore, but I'm sick of this.

This blasted pattern has been persistent since Thanksgiving. You'd think that western heat would eventually move east, but NO....

It's rucking fidiculous. My wife keeps telling me to move out to AZ and be happy again, but I can see her dinging for alimony, taking half my paycheck, and then I'd be worse off instead of better 

I have such a wonderful future........ not.

7 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Its comfortable and refreshing 

It's disgusting and depressing.

Not a bad day today. 59 in the backyard, and even 54 where I am today up in Hazleton.

2 minutes ago, MAG5035 said:

Just your run of the mill +40ºF departure in the central part of the US this weekend. Looks more like 6/21 than 3/21

If only we could get that to the East Coast...

2 hours ago, WmsptWx said:

I would like 105 degrees lol

Me too!

Sunny and 50 in Fogelsville.

18 hours ago, The Iceman said:

I just want to add to the conversation over yesterday’s event and the very poor job of messaging for this event. Tornado watches were cancelled by 6 pm so he had thought he was in the clear and ended up getting caught out in that awful squall line because he and many others out last night other assumed the worst was over. I have no idea why we didn’t transfer into a severe thunderstorm watch. SPC did a terrible job all around yesterday imo they overplayed the tornado threat and downplayed the wind threat after the tornado threat failed. NWS did great getting the warnings out in a timely matter but I still think people were not anticipating the strength of that line last night.

My night shift truck partner had a fear of God moment last night. She was north bound, empty, on 309, just about to the base of the Blue Mountain when all hell broke loose. Blinding rain and wind so strong that she thought our taker truck was going to lay over on its side. She parked and waited. After it passed, she managed to get up over the mountain, but she said it looked like a war zone with trees and wires down up the entire Lehigh County side.

End result of that was a 16 hour closure of 309 going over the mountain for clean up and utility repairs. 

So I look outside and find out that a squall went through and dropped 3/4 inch.... 

34 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Did NWS get called to investigate the damage?

I haven't heard anything yet. I went up the mountain after my last load when it finally opened, and you couldn't tell that anything even happened. 

40 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Didn't I read 309 is still closed at 3:45pm?

Yup. They opened it up sometime around 5pm.

Whatever ripped on the Blue Mountain out my way was nasty. 309 was closed for 14 hours for cleanup. My night shift partner hit it and thought it was going to flip the truck.

Not sure if it's wind (downed trees) or snow related, but 309 over the Blue Mountain has been closed all night. Trying to get a hold of my night shift truck partner to find out why.

Just a ho hum day of showers in the Skook. Got .40" in the bucket, but nothing in the way of wind.

10.4 mph peak gust so far...lol

That complex in MD looks intriguing. If it can hold together, the current motion and trajectory looks as if it could run right up I-81 into the Skook. Guess we'll see.

But I didn't bring my video cameras with me. I'm feeling like crap and running a bit of a fever, and didn't feel like dealing with setting up the cameras and lugging my equipment around.

I was just reading the mid Atlantic forum, and many school districts are closing early tomorrow in anticipation of the severe storms.

8 minutes ago, canderson said:

One of the best posts you’ll read about this event 

 

 

I just finished reading it, and it's an excellent write up. One thing, though, is that the biggest threat seems (per his post anyway) is south of the M-D Line.

If I'm deciphering it right, things might not be as bad up this way as previously thought?

2 hours ago, canderson said:

Put it this way: If that setup was in Dallas today it’d be a high risk and you’d probably see stovepipe tornadoes. 

Wow...

1 hour ago, canderson said:

Caveat seems to always applies up here though - cape isn’t that high. If we don’t clear out and get a few rounds of early afternoon showers and even t-storms it realy ramps down the ability for a qlcs to sustain itself here. 

I did make a couple posts on Facebook for friends and family. First one was the graphical maps of the threats as depicted this morning. The second one quoted you anonymously (but indicating a friend's thoughts) a so as not to plagiarize, but to convey the potential severity of the event. 

Hopefully it's not as bad as what's possible. My caveat...whenever I post about storms (severe, snow, ice, etc) I usually end up jinxing it and eating crow.

52 minutes ago, canderson said:

I moved to PA in 2006. I cannot recall a more favorable setup here than tomorrow for a QLCS packing 70-90 mph winds, hail and perhaps a tornado closer to the MD border. 

The fact it will be slower and later than it looked like a few days ago makes it even worse. It’s going to hit right after peak heating and soaring dews.

When a Texas native, who is used to severe events, is deeply concerned about the set-up and potential for this one, it really makes me take notice. 

55 minutes ago, canderson said:

Sorry

No don't be. Its ok, I'm just frustrated.

If we weren't so locked in since Thanksgiving I wouldn't be so upset. It's just been so relentless, both our cold and their heat.

I guess it didn't help that the two winters I spent out there with my mom were cool and somewhat wet. Both before and after my arrival and departure, the winters were warm and dry.

Gives merit to when I say that wherever I am, there too, shall the cold be.

4 hours ago, canderson said:

@Voyager

https://x.com/brody_wx/status/2032851932704886856?s=61&t=u98k6PBLbHMnYtCcWaeK4g 

Actually, this wasn't good to bring to my attention. It made me look at the forecast for Sun City, and the highs for late next week will be around 105 degrees. It set my anger and depression into overdrive, and if my stubborn wife would have been willing to give it a chance out there, I wouldn't be here suffering this misery.

1 hour ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

18z NAM likes the idea of back end snow Monday evening.

So does CTP. My forecast says snowfall accumulation of less than one inch, which to me says that they think up to an inch could be possible.