The downpours moving East from the Lehigh Valley into western NJ mean business. We just picked up a quick 0.52”. Hopefully these can hold together as they work further to the East.
With some mixing and downsloping from the Poconos off to my north and west the dew point has actually dropped some this afternoon and is now down to 68. Big difference from the 78 that has been reached at many places out on the south shore.
The line of convection which is now just south of me has greatly ramped up the lightning activity in the past 10 minutes. There is continuous lightning and thunder underway for the folks in Bucks Cty, PA and Hunterdon Cty, NJ at this time.
Nice downpour with the convection out here in Bethlehem PA. Nothing major with the wind -22mph and not a whole lot of CTC. We scored with the rain 0.75” which was much needed.
Orographically induced convection out here. The activity NW of Allentown is now forming along Blue Mountain. As impressive as the radar looked an hour ago to my south west we still did not even measure. Not too surprising.
Impressive line of storms just to my south west not far from Allentown. These storms have popped along a ridge line that runs in the same orientation as the that of the storms. I am waiting to see if they hold their intensity as they approach my area.
We are getting steady rain with a few rumbles of thunder with the lead cell. Looks like the trailing more intense cell will pass just south of my location.
This system has been a good wind producer out here as well. The highest gust I have seen so far is 37 mph. Many reports of gusts to 40 mph+ in and around the city and out on LI especially on the south shore.
Just getting into the core of the heaviest rain activity. 0.44” so far. I am thinking 1 - 1.5” out here in the Lehigh Valley. Earlier calls for 3-5” out here seem overdone as of now.
It should also be noted that storms crossing the Delaware River typically pulse up as they start to move across western NJ. I have seen many mild storms really pop as they make that move after they pass through my area.