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Some heavy storms drifting slowly North right along the Maryland -Delaware state line. Sky currently darkening towards my South.

So incredible to see unfold.....and a great time lapse !!

Pretty cool to see on the graph/stations how they travel in all directions :

And bone dry here as well in the North . The boundary too far West. Although the forecast earlier in the day did have likely odds of some rain, I believe 60 %. Eh...such is life. As you know just West of SW Delaware they got it some good rain in spots . Today Delaware was right on the State line with accumulated precip , LOL Oh @C.A.P.E. the Nimble Giant looks very yummy...... :-)

At least maybe get some better swells down the road, it has been rather lame wave-wise along the lower Southern NJ coastline . Early next week has some potential possibly. But on a positive note, ocean temps near the surf zone have warmed the last few days.

Cool .........

Same here, eggplants finally getting bigger with a few flowers. All in all, so far, so good.

Ah. like the Old times except a summer version, I love it ! Thanks for posting. Also, seems the weekend trended a bit wetter on the WPC outlook. I have no complaints about rainfall , two verified severe warnings the same day over the weekend, and over 2 inches of rain has given new life to my cool season tall fescue grass. Before that I would have placed a large bet that the grass as of today would be dry and brown. LOL But it looks very good for July 1 st ! Weather is remarkable, you never know sometimes what the weather will bring you, even when you think you do - and that makes this hobby so cool.

OMG, got nailed again with even larger hail more than 1 inch. Incredible. I am tired now all this weather watching , need a beer or two or three

Yet another STW for me. Wonder if that line weakens before it gets here. The most robust part of the line seems to be North of me, with what looks like a bowing out across extreme Northern Delaware. Guessing the highest winds up there. Severe Thunderstorm Warning DEC003-MDC015-029-NJC015-033-PAC029-045-292045- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0166.190629T1959Z-190629T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 359 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019 The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... New Castle County in northern Delaware... Northern Kent County in northeastern Maryland... Cecil County in northeastern Maryland... Western Salem County in southern New Jersey... West central Gloucester County in southern New Jersey... Southwestern Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania... South central Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 359 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Kennett Square to Glen Westover to Farmington, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Newark, Middletown, Elkton, Calvert, Chester, Pennsville, Carneys Point, Elsmere, Kennett Square, New Castle, Penns Grove, Salem, Oxford, North East, Woodstown, Alloway, West Grove, Rising Sun and Quinton.

Well ,that was worth the warning, winds to about 40 maybe 45 , blinding rain in sheets, hail about .75 I think. Over 1.25 inches of rain in less than 35 minutes No tree damage, so thats good but not sure about the garden and the hail , I hope its Ok will look a bit later.

Well lets see how the trees and garden makes out. I rather not do high winds anymore, surprised this is tracking this way after the downpour already and the air temp is way down. Severe Thunderstorm Warning DEC003-MDC015-291915- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0151.190629T1847Z-190629T1915Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 247 PM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019 The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central New Castle County in northern Delaware... East central Cecil County in northeastern Maryland... * Until 315 PM EDT. * At 246 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cayots, or near Elkton, and moving east at 5 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. * Locations impacted include... Middletown, Warwick, Mount Pleasant, Cayots, Hollywood Beach, Bohemias Mills and Chesapeake City. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. &&

Right now some sort of boundary setting up on the Eastern Shore ( storms developing along it ) to my West and Northwest far displaced from the line moving Se from PA. A lot of thunder here now. I too saw that anvil you mentioned. Very impressive too watch

That storm, which is to my WSW , not too far really, is dropping incredible rainfall based on the radar loop .

Seems severe hail today is a moderate risk. On the link here https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0461.html Do you know the difference in the table under risks ? The SPC mentions a moderate risk for severe hail, and a low risk for 2 inch plus hail. What defines severe hail ?

Storms on the move SE already from NW and Central PA.

Grass has gone brown, who knows how long it will last, except to say it looks dry for a while. Tonight's storms be a drop in the bucket. This time of year the sun can wipe out soil moisture in minutes. Meanwhile, all the straw is out of stock in my area, wanted to add more to the garden, now have to wait. And, for the Crepe Myrtle may try neem oil. I really don't want to use anything on it, but at this rate all the buds will be gone, I hate Japanese bettles.

Typical ..... what is climo for a high at DC now ? Still, although it is summer you have to admit the longevity of the arrived heat now and in many past summers sucks. Warmer winters and above normal hot summers. At least we had some nice weather, although cloudy at times in May and in early June. I bet we are above normal for a long time going forward next month. The question begs though, is the warmest ( hottest ) part of summer in the first half of July like last summer to be replaced by higher over-night lows , and lower day time highs in August and September and with higher dews the player? Or, does summer intensify even further hitting extremes in August and September , Don S brought up 1993. Maybe the Nino brings a wetter fall to cut the September heat out. not sure the direction yet.

Speaking of the sun being brutal , I opened the door that faces East to water my wife's plant on ther porch and wow the metal trim of the screen door must be over 120 degrees. Even the morning sun packs a punch. And what your saying makes a lot of sense, my back grass, where there are more trees starts to brown near the trees first, then spreads to the center of the yard. Like you said, they are sucking up water.

First few seconds is like so what.....then BOOM !!!!

SOI pretty interesting Latest Southern Oscillation Index values SOI values for 27 Jun, 2019 Average SOI for last 30 days -9.05 Average SOI for last 90 days -6.17 Daily contribution to SOI calculation -30.16

Put some long, red streamers in the garden along with aluminum foil squares to keep the birds away. Suspended along lines of wire ...They already ate two cherry tomatoes. Any ideas to keep the birds away guys ? And, they are stealing my straw to make nests. I can't win

I am not going to water, did last July and all I got was fungus and no real benefit. They say you need to decide one way or another to water and keep watering or let it go dormant. I believe the ag sites states that a grass can go dormant and survive 21 days with no water, but at that point you may need to water the grass if even for the opportuity for it to come back after significant rainfall. How much do you water CAPE ? Do you use a timer and or a can to collect the water to see how much you put down?

As we exit June in a few days and go into July wonder whether the CFS has any real clue here with this forecast. Most times I tend to find it runs warm, so this is a but unusual. I would have thought the hopes of an East Coast trough to be low and blocking to run its course by early July. Even with blocking in the summer, it is not associated with any cool(er) weather here from what I researched. Now maybe the effects of the Nino might have a role. Also, any far Western Pac re-curving typhoons might have an impact, not sure. Even the cold pool was getting warmer in the NW Atlantic, however, I did see signs of a warming NE Pac. Anyway, plenty of time to watch things in a sensible manner.

That makes a lot of sense to reduce the need for reseeding. As for future rainfall in July and August hard to make a call. I know I read Don S in a recent update referring to the SOI index. I believe he stated recent activity in the index matching previous years resulted in 4 out of 6 years being a Nino the following Fall into winter. I know Ben posted this :