CoolHandMike

Nothing much doing over here except a bit of a breeze. It rained briefly this morning but didn't register in the gauge. Forecast still says we're getting almost an inch, so.... Hopefully later?

Dang there's a lot of vitriol in there. I ended up with 1.35" for the event, not bad. Wind gusting to 17mph now.

Got about .4" today, and it's still drizzling. Made a huge pot of turkey noodle soup for the fam, seems like the perfect night for it.

sadlol.jpg I don't know how much more it's gonna pivot down our way, seems like it's happening way more north than was forecast. I'll settle for the clouds though.

1.18" so far. Sun peaking out but pressure still dropping. Getting a little breezy as well. Wonder if we'll get any more today...

My normally bulletproof power just went out for 3 minutes. Somebody must have hit a pole or something. Up to .93" for the event thus far.

Got some thunder rolling my way! Time to see how the new puppy handles it...

Clouds are just beginning to fill in out here, and the pressure is dropping rapidly. If the clouds hold, I think we've reached peak heating for the day.

Reading airport says it's 78°F, which I believe is a new record high out here. I actually need to do some yard work today, go figure. Here's what my PWS says right now:

Quite the impressive storm system heading our way today. Forecast is calling for almost 3" of rain between today and tomorrow, time to batten down the hatches! Current conditions for my neck of the woods:

Rinse and repeat for today. I went out to the hardware store around noon and the sun felt pretty hot, but at least I didn't start sweating after walking across the parking lot (like the rest of the summer!).

Hard to be upset with the weather today: warm, breezy and dry. I'm ok with this type of Indian Summer.

Rained off and on all afternoon at the Ren Faire. The gust front and brief downpour rolled through around 1:30pm and then it was noticeably cooler the rest of the day, thank goodness. Now this is what it's supposed to feel like in the middle of October!

Starting to get interesting.

This doesn't seem normal for almost midnight on the Ides of October. At least it's not 90% humidity!

SPC says marginal: and WPC says the front will have moved through by 8pm with a mix of rain/t-storms behind it: Going to be an interesting day at the PA Ren Faire tomorrow... (forecast for Lebanon, PA):

Found this neat website from a tweet by NWS Mt. Holly. Currently set to plot cloud cover at KPHL: https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=40&network=PA_ASOS&zstation=PHL&month=10&ptype=sky&year=2021&dpi=100&_fmt=png Super (and soupy!) dense fog here in Reading. Should burn off in the next couple of hours. With highs in the upper 70's to low 80's over the next few days we might have to run the A/C today and tomorrow, meh. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

I think I had maybe two or three really pleasant days this spring where mowing my tiny-ass yard didn't end up in a sopping wet sweat-fest. (I actually recall thinking to myself at the time that I should enjoy that while it lasted lol!) At least we haven't had to run the A/C as much this month so far, but the humidity is making all my doors and windows stick. In other news, it's been 20 days since we've had significant rainfall, with 1.44" on September 23rd and a hardly worth mentioning .07" on October 4th. Hoping for something this weekend. At this rate, I'll be watering my plants until Thanksgiving. Will the clouds break tomorrow? 8-ball says "ask again later"...

By my reckoning, this is day 9 of being either almost or completely socked in by clouds. Greytober continues...

Got down to 55.9°F last night. I'm liking how Saturday is trending cooler on the forecasts--a couple of days ago it was progged to be low 80's, now it's looking like mid 70's and damp. Hopefully that'll keep the crowds down at the Ren faire this Saturday. Side note, it's like, aggressively grey out there this morning. I think I've seen the sun for a total of 30 minutes in the past week! (I'm one of those weirdos who's perfectly ok with that.)

I don't know about everybody else, but it costs way less to heat my place than it does to cool it. And I, sir, look forward to kvetching about the cold.

Just the barest hint of a sprinkle a little while ago while enjoying a backyard campfire. Didn't register in the gauge. Pretty pleasant out right now, our extended second summer notwithstanding.

Pretty sure we had one or two a week ago, never seen them in October either. The gnats and mosquitos all came roaring back to life in my backyard though, nothing I've done has been as effective as consistently colder temps at keeping them at bay.

I don't mind the extra warmth if it means earlier cold/snow, but does it have to be so dang humid???

Spent 20 minutes mowing my front yard and I am drenched. This just ain't right.