Bubbler86

There was rumor of animal pairs milling around Maytown this AM. #itsnoahtime

I have been away all weekend and have not had a chance to look. Catching up on work this AM. I hope it rains here.

I am at the northwest edge of an area that has received much less rain than surrounding areas...it runs down into N MD and parts of VA and WV. We are in D1 with small pockets of D2 throughout. Much of it is attributed to convection drying out between "mountain chains".

We have had less than 16" for the year with it being extra dry in June and most of July. Now, with everything so dry, normal is not enough. The grass would need rain every 2-3 days to try and recover. Under trees it is green again though.

MDT/Harrisburg for Met summer mean avg temps. Only one since 1992.

Some of ours has died. I will have to plant seeds in 3-4 weeks. But where the grass lives, it is green vs. a week or two ago but hardly growing. I bet I mow once or twice more in 2023 but not much more than that. My neighbor has not mowed the sunny portion of his yard since June.

Mow #11 in the books but it was partial as about a 1/3 of the lawn is not growing. I am pulling the plug on the met summer mowing season. I am sure I mow again before winter but going to end Met summer with 11 mows as no more mows in August. It was a stretch to mow today.

MDT is well BN for the summer as a whole right now...those norms do change like has been stated before...but they currently stand at -1.7 for June, July and August. Removing norms from the equation and looking at mean temps, they currently stand at number 29-32 as of yesterday.

60 here.

Joe Calhoun punted 90 for the next 10 days and said MDT stands at a bit over 5" below normal for the year. Touting the drought. Northeast Drought Summary A 1-category improvement was made in the DC/Baltimore areas after more than 1.5 inches of rainfall. However, long-term indicators continue to support abnormal dryness (D0) and moderate drought (D1) along and to the west of I-95. Heavy rainfall (locally more than 3 inches) led to the removal of D0 in central New York, while D0 and D1 continues on Long Island. Recent rainfall of more than 1.5 inches led to a reduction of D0 across northern West Virginia. Based on 30 to 90-day SPI, D0 was added to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard in southeastern Massachusetts.

Up to .13 #reportingscraps

Yea, I was thinking of that as well. Meso's drop the ball again. Hate it.

GFS keeps wanting to fry us 8 days out. This was the day that it initially progged in the 110's. Highs in the low 80's the day before and after.

That NWS forecast was based on yesterday's models which were very wrong unfortunately. Even this AM they were still showing a decent hit (meso's.)

Stopped here...at about .1" for the day.

Yea, unless it expands unbeknownst to us right now. I should have said Southern York and Lanco.

Several cells coming up into southern Lanco from MD.

Looks you are getting close to rain + for a short bit.

We are up to .03 now :-). Moderate rain.

The room smells of a snowstorm falling apart but still hoping not. LOL.

That stretch of precip from Handyman back to Confluence would give us the goods.

Let's just hope we get it! 1/4" would be fine with me.

MDT is touting a fresh, hot .01 for the AM so far. LOL. Definitely delayed compared to yesterday's progs. Just started dripping here.

True central PA is getting hammered.

Radar does not look overly inspired but the HRRR and 3K are still a nice hit for much of the LSV.