Jns2183

I sit at a dismal 9.74" of rain for the year which puts me at about the 21st percentile Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

So here is a fun little project. It's CTP entire event database since 1996. Tried to normalize reports by population and homogenize costs to compare. You can do a neat little heatmap that shows preferred storm corridors to some extent. You definitely can't totally escape the rule that someone has to be there to make a storm report, but I did try to balance it out. I think there's almost 10,000 events. You can filter by all kinds of things. Enjoy!!! https://jns182wx.github.io/CTP_Storm_Catalog/ Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

Yes, it's broad but I swear I see more rotation in lines consistently than any other spot right in this area where the mountains form a V that I wonder if its terrain enhanced Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

Yes, it's broad but I swear I see more rotation in lines consistently than any other spot right in this area where the mountains form a V that I wonder if its terrain enhanced Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

If I were you I'd take a deep dive into station history metadata if your using raw values. One of the biggest issue I found was time of observation bias for temperature. Easily can throw things off 1-2 degres Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

It was just a few years ago we had graupel and laural summit had 11.8" of snow close to now Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

The question this summer is will we get any tropical influence or be shut out once more. I think we've had one storm in the past 4-5 years influence us with is far below normal Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

Very rarely do they last more than 48 hours Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

Thursday with highs in the upper 50's seems like the last chilly day until fall. Maybe we can sneak in a few backdoor fronts in June and have a couple relief days of drizzle. Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

The one day in July I was stuck in Houston because storms cancelled my flight made me amazed anything ever was built down there. I never had so many big bites. Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

I've been reading up on some old time weather events around this area. Anyone know where I can get some more information regarding the August 22, 1915 Hanover tornado? Seems like it was probably part of line, and was more likely than not high end EF-2/low end EF-3 that went straight through downtown. Apparently gloves from the glove factory were found many many miles away. I pulled up the reanalysis maps and it was definitely a high shear low cape. Seemed like Harrisburg area got firehosed picking up 4"-5" of rain Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

Where are you going? My parents went on a 10 day cruise there last year. Absolutely loved it besides the trains, planes, and automobiles like trip up there. They did say it was pretty cool to watch a helicopter deliver the luggage to the ship, as the diaster getting there affected numerous people. Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

Haha, also where do you get the idea they just forget to update the maps? You should take 30 mins and read up on the criteria of how the make the map. It isn't voodoo magic whose encantstions are secret knowledge. Ironically the biggest complaint against them the last few years has been their slowness to recognize drought. Not too long ago farmers in West Virginia are sending pictures in of their dead corn and craft fields when they still had supposedly a mild or moderate drought. Also I think if you would look at the areas soil types it would make more sense. Some areas are basically just run off machines because of it and it takes significantly more rain than other areas to recharge the aquifers and Wells and such. Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

We also have had 3 straight years below normal rainfall with mean deficit of 10%. Nothing has been able to recharge and the antecedent dry background condition amplifies a single dry month significantly Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

I think a big part of this is where you are located. There is a world of difference between what I'm tracking in Lancaster vs Adams county over the last 90 days soil moisture wise. One is not even -0.5 std dev below normal while the other is flying to -1.5 fast. Here are the precipitation departure from normal over some time periods Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk