TheDreamTraveler

Definitely. Though even 1997 and 2015 had much more activity by this point. 97 went on to be one of the quietest years on record but still it's impressive just how little activity there's been at all to this point

Kind of crazy it's almost September and this is how the season has looked so far lol

The GFS is actual trash. The fact it only just now finally dropped this system after developing it as quick as it was just shows how bad it still is. It had this as a 996mb system today a few days ago lmao

Bit of rain this AM.

I'm pretty sure when I checked yesterday there wasn't a chance for showers or thunderstorms today yet there's a storm coming right for me lmao these forecasts are actual trash now

Thankfully in terms of ranking we don't rank with tornado alley in intensity. Anything over EF3 is usually pretty rare in most of the state and slightly less rare in the western half. Still very impressive. We might be able to beat 2021 but 1998 might be hard to beat unless the fall season is very active

Climatology always finds a way to break free even from the most hostile conditions. I'm sure we'll see at least one long tracking hurricane in the next 1 1/2 months. We had Joaquin in 2015 and that one was originally forecast to pull another hurricane Sandy into the east coast but that eventually didn't pan out. Joaquin was able to find the perfect spot to turn into a high end category 4 and hang around for a while.

Glad the drought is getting chipped away little by little.

Looks like July 1936 was finally dethroned as the hottest month ever recorded in the US. July 2026 holds the record now. I'm impressed it took that long to break 1936. Almost 100 years

Second severe thunderstorm warning of the day so far

Was just about to come in here and say that too

Wasn't expecting a severe thunderstorm warning at 8 am

The 2015-2016 winter was absurdly unremarkable except for that monster blizzard. I almost got my entire seasons worth of snow just from that one storm alone. Otherwise it barely snowed at all.

It's been great. Really nice vibe for over an hour. We really needed this rain too

Forecast high for today is 82 and it's already 84 degrees at 2 PM. Genuinely what is going on. This has been multiple days in a row now the temp forecast has been off by multiple degrees. If it's 84 now it'll probably get to 85 or 86 by 5 PM.

Forecast high was supposed to be a couple degrees cooler than what it is now at 85 degrees. This has been happening so much lately lol

Might have broken the record low tonight. If not it's tied here. Pretty impressive.

So is there an exact reason why weather forecasting has been so inaccurate the past year or two? High today was supposed to be 79 and it's already up to 83. This has been happening a lot more lately not just with temps but inaccurate predictions when it comes to rain and storms as well.

Yeah I'm very worried about the tropical season this year due to the super El Nino developing and the Atlantic La Nina popping up. Doesn't mean we can't inch out a tropical system or two making their way through PA but those chances are massively decreased this year. Now if we weren't in such dire drought conditions it wouldn't be much of an issue but that's usually a saving grace at any other time. The 2026 atlantic hurricane season could be as quiet as the 2015 season was which was extremely inactive. In 2015 we had 4 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms which was also another super El Nino year. Though I don't think we were worrying about rain that year according to the drought monitor data from that summer so it wasn't such a big issue. Here's hoping we get lucky with a storm or two despite the low activity.

These couple of storms just popped up over the past hour from nothing.

Had a decent tiny thunderstorm around 3 am that popped up. Wasn't really expecting any rain

Oof that sucks. Hoping they get it back online today. Thankfully it's not brutally hot today

I didn't know that either until a few years ago. Apparently parts of Scotland like the Scottland Highlands were also part of the same chain as the Appalachians at one point which is really cool.

Winds really bad. Power tried going out. Street lights were completely out for a few minutes

Yeah we just got issued a severe thunderstorm warning lol