I’m hearing what I’m pretty sure is thunder with some of the brighter flashes even though the line is still 20+ miles away. I wonder if it’s the lightning in the anvil shooting out in front?
Been an active couple weeks for storms in Allentown. Just had another one an hour and a half ago. Nothing special, just some rain, wind, and thunder. Definitely loving the rain though.
Textbook Allentown split going on right now. Nice looking storms to the north and south and the best we can hope for is a dying convective shower. Really would have been nice to get some more rain.
The hope is that these storms tonight lay an outflow boundary across the region so storms tomorrow can latch onto it and really go crazy. If it happens I think it’s around I-95 or the turnpike.
Line weakened right before it got here. Lots of rain but virtually no wind. I’m okay with it - we don’t need another round of power outages. Let the utility workers rest a little.
The problem with KDOX is while it covers Philly well enough, it’s a little far from the Lehigh Valley. Same with BGM and CCX. DIX is the only radar that’s close enough to my place in Allentown. Of course it would really help if we filled the I-81 radar gap too.
I remember that heat wave. I hope I never have to feel heat like that again. The temperature - not heat index, but actual air temperature - got to 104 or 105 at its hottest. And I was living without AC at the time in a bedroom that faced west. Not fun at all.
Not bad at all today. High around 90 with dews in the mid-upper 60s. It’s actually pretty comfortable in the shade.
Tomorrow and Saturday, and possibly Sunday too, look like some pretty brutal days before we get some relief on Monday.