Voyager

Unless you live in Tamaqua...lol

RIP Ozzy... You made it to your farewell concert and you did get to say your goodbyes to your fans.

Mine gets full sun all day and so far is pretty much in line with all the other local PWS's as far as temps are concerned.

Well, I got the Tempest elevated. It's above the standard 2m height for temperatures, but now it's more open, and above the fence tops for a better opportunity for more accurate wind speeds and directions. It's a homemade setup using one of the wife's clothesline props, so time will tell how well it holds up. I may need to get a more rigid post, but for now it's better than where it originally was.

FML... Don't know whether to , , or

Well, it had to rain JUST ENOUGH to make the roads wet. Grrr...

Had a few drops this morning. I'm hoping that the rain stays away today. I washed the Jeep for a wedding today. Since most of my family haven't seen it yet, I wanted it to look "purdy".

Amazing. Once again, both north and south got storms last night. We got 0.11" in garden variety fashion. Why is this scenario repeating itself?

I know. Just wanted to clarify. I see the storms blew up northeast of me...again. Scranton and the Poconos are getting it good again as I type this. My area has been pretty snakebit this past month.

No. I agree with you. All indications were for heavy rain, so the watch was warranted. I was just being a smart ass.

So much for the flood watch...lol

Unless the radar is lying, what's incoming here shortly doesn't look all that heavy

I was going to say that it looks like some storms are starting to pop.

I ended up with 1.04" yesterday.

As bad as Lee was, the placement of that line of training storms couldn't have been better. The Susquehanna is the largest river basin in PA, with the widest river channel. Had that event taken place 50-75 miles east, the Delaware would have had to handle the brunt of the water drainage, to which the disaster, I believe anyway, would have been much worse I don't know as much about western PA river basins, but I suppose that might have been worse, too.

Check out this shelf cloud south of Fogelville...

0.59" so far here. Radar looks juicy to the west and south though.

Looks like most of that popcorn is in true central PA right now. Not sure if it pops here in the east or not. Time will tell I guess.

So I got (much to my chagrin) 0.22" overnight. My frustration with the storms hitting the same areas (NEPA) not withstanding is not why I posted this. My reason is that I'm pretty impressed with the new Tempest weather station I bought. While perusing nearby stations, I'm within five one hundredths of everyone else. The range is from 0.17" to 0.26" all around me. At least one of them is a Davis Vantage Pro 2, so the hepatic gauge seems to be pretty accurate. I can't get a good read on wind, though, as we really haven't had anything noteworthy yet, as well as the fact that my station is mounted a bit low for now until I get a mast for it. So with that said, I have no problem recommending a Tempest for anyone in the market for a simple, easy to set up, station.

I have no hope for Tamaqua. Most boring weather shit hole in the state....

Judging by the current radar presentation as well as being on the eastern edge of the flood watch, I'll be on the outside looking in again today. This time to my west.

Impressive! Please send that this way please. My new Tempest wx station needs a good test. Also need to figure out a new mount. It's too low right now because I had a 1.25" pole for the old one and this one has a one inch mount. Current thinking is to use an old rake handle, unless I can find a one inch metal pole at the hardware store. And....I am connected to Wunderground now, so my signature has the new station link.

Wouldn't it have come out of the clouds?

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....