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9 minutes ago, Anduril said:

The storm cell moving through Newville-Carlisle-Boiling Springs def means business. Hail, lot of rain/lightning and even some rotation it looks like

I was just looking at that — hopefully some of us win the lottery. 

11 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

MDT is going to spank MCO today.  May be double digit higher.   But your point about last June.  Take a look at the temps.  The lows last year were frequently in the low 50's to mid 60's and it just cannot be that humid with lows like that.  Only 3 days 70 or above for lows.    This June we have already have 8 days where the low stayed above 70.    Did anyone think of the fact that most stayed inside much of last June? 

Yes, that’s true, and it could just be that the times I was out for any extended period happened to be the warmest/more humid periods that month. In addition to my memory of the July heat being “superimposed” onto June and distorting my memory of it. Psychologically, the lack of rain and the worry about our well running dry probably also affected my overall perception of the temps last summer. 

6 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

This has been the hottest month that hasn't felt hot to me in a very long time. What I'll remember about June is the stretches of really nice weather. (I was out of town during the first heat wave back in early June)

Yes, I’ve been thinking about how it is that this June has seemed very pleasant so far where my memory of last June (and last summer in general) is that it was oppressive from start to finish.

I think canderson was right that even with lower temps overall, the omnipresent humidity made it seem worse to me. (I also think the excessive heat in July distorted my memory of the entire summer). 

Reminds me of what a few of you were saying about Orlando; that the high temps themselves aren’t extreme but the constant humidity from May to October is what makes it unpleasant.

22 minutes ago, sauss06 said:

looks like the weekend is a washout 

We planned our festivities for the 3rd this year. I was digging last week’s look that had us in the mid 70s, even when it included chance of showers. 

I got a pretty deep cut on my finger last week while pruning and doing general garden/landscape maintenance. Wonder if the weather gods would accept that as a “blood sacrifice” and reward us with a mid 70s - low 80s and sunny weekend with periods of abundant rain before Saturday and after Sunday … 

7 hours ago, canderson said:

The big difference from last year is the lack of humid air. 

Thank you, I thought maybe the humidity  (and not just the actual temps) was what made last June and much of August feel so oppressive. July was a double whammy with the record setting heat.

11 hours ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Correct, topping out at 100 on the 19th.  To answer Sauss's inquiry, we went 93-97-94-96-97 from July 2-6 last year at MDT.  On the final day of that heat wave I had a T'storm that dropped 1/2" in ten minutes.  Last year set the record for hottest July ever at Harrisburg (avg. temp of 82.2, breaking the 81.8 from 1999), including a record 22 days above 90.  Lancaster was also the hottest July on record.

Edit: Also the temp never got below 67 for the entire month.

I wasn’t sure if I was misremembering, but my memory of last summer was that it felt like a start-to-finish heat wave. Even June and August seemed ridiculously hot but that might have been more an issue with insane humidity than heat.

I went for a long, leisurely walk with my elderly dog tonight between 7:40 and 9:00. When we were coming back the garage thermometer showed 67 degrees. It was a glorious evening. Normally I really enjoy the heat but my tail-wagging companion doesn’t do so well in it anymore, so I have a much greater appreciation for these cooler days and nights. (and a newfound dread for the real heat we’re probably going to see soon)

18 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

It's coming. Hills on the York county side of the river are getting obscured from rain falling. Should be here any minute.  

Yep! Been in the office so far but just stepped outside and there’s steady rainfall. As of 6:15ish this morning it was just on and off drizzle, so I don’t know how long it’s been raining like this, but I hope we (all of us in this area) get a lot of it. 

2 hours ago, Bubbler86 said:

 

Rain supported.

 

 

Are any of the models more reliable than others right now? If I’m remembering correctly, last summer the Euro was more consistently accurate with the heat while other models were undershooting by a few to several degrees. 

(I know it’s all just guidance and I shouldn’t get my hopes up, but I’m really rooting for some rain here.)

Beautiful morning in York county — 63 and clear skies at 7:23 am. 

28 minutes ago, canderson said:

That’s a bit surprising. A friend lives very close to Roundtop and it’s infested there. She posted a video and it’s SO loud. I’ve seen some in the city but not many, but they’re all over the burbs. 

Sounds like they’ll be arriving here shortly, then. I’m about 15 miles SE of Roundtop. 

55 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Speaking of cicadas, the Hazleton area is infested with them, yet nothing in my neighborhood.

Nothing here in York yet either, and I’m not complaining. They never used to bother me but the past couple years they’ve been getting quite loud.

On the upside, I’m glad to see the fireflies have finally been out the past few nights. If I’m not mistaken, they used to show up sometime during the 3rd or 4th week of May, but both this year and last year they had a late start. I read somewhere that the unseasonably cold weather in May delays their usual cycle.  

2 minutes ago, paweather said:

High keeps going down for Saturday in my zone forecast. Definitely could be in the 30's Saturday night. I am still holding out for some white flakes we haven't seen since February to drop yet. 

Don’t forget about the white flakes just a couple weeks ago in late April! 

21 hours ago, Bubbler86 said:

We were over 10" below normal for a large period of the summer last year.  I know it was scattered but for some last years drought was moderate to major.  

Yes, you definitely had it worse than we did here in York! Here's hoping we see enough rain this spring/summer to rectify that.

8 hours ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Well that escalated quickly, what was supposed to be a nuisance type rain is now looking like a hefty soaking.  For days on end my NWS P&C was only showing around a tenth of an inch of rain but now it's damn near an inch.  Almost all the models want to soak the area with well over an inch (particularly from lancaster and points east), although most of them failed to pick up on this potential until roughly the last 12-24 hours.  Pretty poor performance all around.

Delurking to say, I'm glad we're getting some slow, steady rain today. York County didn’t show up on the drought maps last year and there were numerous days where storms were in the forecast, but very little actually made it to my backyard. It became something of a hobby to be outside watching storms as they headed east, just missing us to our north, while my poor lawn was dying. Some parts of York county did fine, but our section of Mt Zion hill was definitely hurting for lack of rain. A lot of homes in this area (including mine) rely on wells, so even mild droughts cause a bit of stress for everyone.

I know the snow helped a bit and we’ve also had some rain over the past few weeks, but I don’t think we’ve recovered yet from last year’s deficit. I admit, I'm a Warminsta (sp?) and I love sunshine, but right now if the snow is over for the season, I'm hoping the sunny days will be scattered between lots of steady rain and thunderstorms.

1 minute ago, Storm Clouds said:

I’m all snow now, but it’s light stuff at the moment. 

It’s coming down pretty heavily now in east York. Until about 15 minutes ago I was starting to wonder if the whole thing might have shifted far enough north to miss us, but it looks like we’re going to have a decent event here.

5 minutes ago, Storm Clouds said:

After a lull for almost 3 hours here in west York, it is...sleeting again! Ugh this is so frustrating. 

I’m a few miles away in east York and it’s the exact same pattern here. Little to nothing all morning and now sleet.