LVLion77

A disappointing 0.24” of rain and 3.51” for month to date. Was hoping for 0.75”+. It is starting to look the dry pattern is reasserting itself as the precip chances over the next 2 weeks are declining.

Definitely fizzled out on the approach eastern PA. .

There’s a large brushfire up in Carbon County around Jim Thorpe, last reported at 260 acres that is reportedly going to take at least a couple days to get under control. The southeastern part of the state got much needed rain, but it never materialized north of the cities in the Lehigh Valley.

I knew we would miss the cells last night. The longterm pattern has been quite dry. We were lucky to get rain in the southern LV in the first two weeks of the month. The northern LV and southern Poconos missed a lot of that rain. .

There are parts of the Alburtis postal code that sit up on the mountain there. I am very close to Alburtis and only halfway up that ridge and got around 3/4 of an inch. The ridge is high enough that during very marginal events you can see the snow line about halfway up if you’re looking at it from Rt 100. .

0.65” before the changeover to Snow here. We actually have a little less than 3/4” snow on nonpaved surfaces. .

It is interesting how this batch of precipitation hits a wall as it comes north and disintegrates. There has been minimal action in the Lehigh Valley and nothing points north. The northern LV and southern Poconos have seen very minimal rain in recent events.

Yes, that was the most rain i had in several months. We were very fortunate to be in the that band. I was literally in the center of it and had prolonged heavy rain. That band did not quite make it north of the 22 corridor. .

I ended up with 1.71” last night in the heavy showers and t-storm band but the ABE airport only had 0.18”. That was a sharp cut off! The northern Lehigh Valley certainly has gotten screwed over the last couple weeks, but I feel fortunate to get in the action last night. Only 45F this morning with some drizzle. .

You will need an ark soon! .

We bitched enough that mother nature gave in! Nice shower. Possibly more on the way. .

It has been frustrating lately. I think it’s a combo of that stable easterly flow off the cold Atlantic ruining our precip dynamics on days like today and bad luck where the lines setup when the flow turns around to the southwest. .

The Philly region has been doing much better than the Lehigh Valley with rain. I only got 0.18 this am, and the airport, a bit further north, only got a few hundredths of an inch. The northern LV in general has seen very little rain, even earlier in the week.

43 F and a cold rain from this line of showers. Less than 1/10 of an inch of rain but it still feels like bonus rain. .

It’s amazing how the lawns greened up and the trees budded overnight. .

I am a few miles south of you and I am at 1.12” as this winds down, maybe with luck i hit 1.20”. During the worst of it the first line slightly split around me, which was my limiting factor. The airport is at 1.5” and likely hits 1.75” in the next update. If I had to guess I would say Emmaus to Coopersburg got close to 2”. Overall I am happy. Not a drought buster but we did well. .

True! Closest lighting strikes in a few years as well. And an actual round 2 forming. .

Nice tstorm here with heavy rain sw lehigh county. 0.29” has come down in buckets in a short time with a lot more to come. .

It is rather interesting to see it unfold. I I now have hope. Probably helped big time that we had some late afternoon sun to help destabilize things. .

Shockingly sparse radar display at this point of the day based on the forecast. The forecasts from late last week for Sunday through current have been highly inaccurate . The marine influence of the cold easterly flow yesterday is never picked up my forecasts this time of the year. Today seems to lack a destabilizing factor to get the forecasted action going. Hopefully the action to the sw in VA makes it here.

Well, this was a big swing and a mess with this rain event today. 0.06” for me. .

Closing in on 1/3” up here in Lehigh County and with some luck we may get close to 0.4. Hoped for 1/2” but happy with something rather than nothing. Looks like another 1/4-1/2” on Monday. These things do add up if the consistency keeps going, but it would be nice to see a 1”-2” at some point. .

0.68” total here in sw lehigh county. It’s certainly better than nothing, but definitely a bit disappointing. We definitely needed a lot more than that. Hopefully we can add at least 1/4” or so and do well next Monday. .

I have been a weather weenie for decades, and I feel the forecast accuracy has decreased. The weather patterns over the last several years are producing a lot less 1/4” - 3/4” steady rainfalls, which are now just becoming cloudy days like today. The models need to evolve to catch up with the evolving patterns of more extreme dry and wet pattens in which you’re relying on less events to get the same amount of rainfall. I also find it interesting that warm fronts produce a lot less rainfall than they did in our past. Hopefully we can catch a break tonight and get some real precipitation from the approaching line after the bust during the day. The waterways are really low for March.

The nowcast is trending negative for getting much rain in eastern PA. Hope we see some development. We desperately need a solid 1”-2” rainfall.