CoolHandMike

14 minutes ago, RedSky said:

This is interesting all kinds of smoke both smelling it and visibility wise. Coming in with this Canadian clipper?

 

Must be something local to you:

Reading redirect in full effect here:

Ah well, I'll take my measly .12" from this morning and hope for more next time.

21 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

Need the sun to pop out for a bit.

Looks like a patch of clearing then a line forming behind...

62F/light rain

It did here, and temp shot up from 61 to 70 in les than an hour. Big anvil-shaped clouds to my west, we'll see if anything comes directly my way. But you guys further east should keep an eye on the radar--it looks like all of these discrete cells might want to link up after the roll through here.

Looking forward to maybe a little bit more rain tomorrow. My garden really enjoyed yesterday.

In other news, it's only 8 days now until the days start getting shorter again!

Ok ended up not bad, 1.41". That's a start.

Got home from work early today. I'm in my downstairs office and just sneezed my head off. My wife heard it upstairs and this conversation ensued:

We've only got .15" so far today. I'm not really superstitious, but come on. I bought a new snowblower and it didn't snow. I bought a new rain barrel and it didn't rain for a month. What gives?

Woo Hoo! .01" from the first round. Lessgooooooo

Huh. Some slightly angry sky just to my NW. Like, regular-angry, not perpetual-sunset-on-Dune angry.

21 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Tried to post about Tatooine earlier but the file was too large

Learned a while back from this forum to use my imgur account and post the direct link here. It's never been easier: Shift-Windowskey-S (or whatever the Mac equivalent is) to capture the snapshot, then use Ctrl-V to paste it into your open imgur page, then copy the "Direct" link and paste it here.

View out front looks like we're on a more lush version of Tatooine. ("Second sun is a reflection from the window in front of my security  camera.) I've only ever seen that far tree line obscured in such a way due to fog though.

Holy cow. My wife opened the patio door for two seconds and now the house smells like a campfire. That's just insane.

.48"! Also, my neighbor is already up on a ladder inspecting his roof. Apparently there was a bad hail storm here in 2014, so if they didn't get theirs fixed back then, then I could see why they'd be concerned. However, we're still hearing thunder here and it's waaaay too soon to be getting up on a ladder, lol.

Finally, a good, soaking rain here. Up to .37" now. Just a little bit more pea-sized hail as well.

2 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

They just threw you guys under a STS.

 

Saw that. Reading proper getting nailed right now. Hope it clears out some of that smoky haze, it was really bad here today.

.25" hail confirmed, and .12" in the bucket. Feisty little storm! But wait, there's more! lol another one right behind it.

26 minutes ago, Newman said:

Just sent in a report to the NWS. Was a great storm here. Gusty, drenching rain, and got hail cored. Saw the VIL radar and knew there had to be something, was expecting pea size (0.25" but got up to 0.5")

I think I might be next... Ooh, might be the first, real shot for enjoying a beverage on a lawn chair in the garage of the season!

Checking out the reports on Radarscope, there's one for blowing dust/sand. Berks haboob confirmed? 

11 minutes ago, Newman said:

Storm heading through eastern Berks county right now. Finally about to get some rain! First drops incoming in over 3 weeks

That one's juuust going to miss me to the east. Hope you get something out of it at least!

Weird, hazy sky right now. Cool and breezy. There doesn't look like a lost of smoke on the smoke map (https://fire.airnow.gov/#) but GOES-East paints a different picture (https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=continental-conus-truecolor-48-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined).

15 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said:

Was hoping you were in the path of that - at least for the rain potential!!!!  Looks like most of it is moving south but to the far west of me so I don't think I'll get anything.

So far it appears the cold front has been oozing in here with overcast skies as I did reach a high of 76 earlier today but am now down to 65 with dp slowly starting to drop, and now at 57.

Yup, got .12". This, combined with yesterday's .06" should help green up things a little bit around here. And, there's finally rainwater in my rain barrel that I installed a month ago. Not much, but some.

Big pop-up heading my way. It woke me up with a huge crash of thunder. I was in bed, trying to sleep off a massive sinus headache... ugh.

25 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

On a typical Saturday morning in June, the neighborhood would be buzzing with the sound of lawnmowers. Not today, just brown grass and chirping birds.

71F/DP 62F

Interesting point. NGL, it's been kinda nice. Although yesterday I heard one of my neighbors mowing around noon, but it turned out to be professional lawncare service. I'm guessing those guys know how to work in all kinds of weather, but still. Yesterday got hot.

46 minutes ago, KamuSnow said:

Fair enough! What's up with Reading and the heat? You are almost always higher than here (SW Delco) when it gets hot. And it's not just your location. Made it to 93F here, currently 86. No rain drops though.

I think it's because we're more distant from that sweet, sweet oceanic moderation. Higher highs and lower lows. Also we've got some hills around which, in certain circumstances, can almost create a sort of "bowl", not to mention the heat island effect from the city itself. I think the last two contribute to why rain storms so frequently part ways around us. It happens way too often for it to be pure chance.

2 minutes ago, KamuSnow said:

What was it like? I think I might go out and stand in it if it rains here!

I wasn't home at the time, but my wife said it was lovely. Felt nice and cool for a little bit. It's now bright, sunny and 94.

Passing shower knocked the temp down from 98 to 77 in a matter of minutes. IT's climbing back up now though. .06" precip in the bucket at least!