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9 hours ago, Birds~69 said:

Lived 5 houses down on 2nd Ave where that fire happened yesterday in Royersford. Probably could have been contained to 1 or 2 homes but winds cranking made it a 6 home destruction...  

When I heard about this on the news, I was thinking of folks in this forum and whether any were near that.  Just sad.

Past couple mornings here have had lows at or below hard freeze temps. I.e., high/lows for Thurs. & Fri. were 42/28 & 46/27.  The dry air with dps down in the teens earlier in the week seemed to help the radiational cooling.

There have been a lot of saucer magnolias around here that have been in full bloom although now just past peak, so some of those got hit with petal damage along with some of the early cherries (also past peak).  The daffodils that have been blooming in the area didn't get phased by it, as they are pretty tough.

Currently have light - moderate rain (0.40" in the bucket at post time), with a low of 39 that happened about 1:30 this morning.  Temp has crept up to 42 with dp 42.

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Next up are the winds of fury 

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph
  expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central and northern Delaware, central,
  northern, northwest and southern New Jersey and southeast
  Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM EDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may
  result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...With 2 to 4 inches of rain anticipated,
  trees may be more susceptible to uprooting due to a saturated
  surface.
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19 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Philadelphia has now picked up 2.80" of rain today. That makes March 23, 2024 Philadelphia's wettest March day on record. The old record of 2.79 was set on March 15, 1912. March records go back to 1872.

I had been following the Climatology section on this for the CWA -

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&&

.CLIMATE...
Widespread heavy rainfall is forecast across the forecast area on
Saturday, March 23rd. Below is a list of the daily precipitation
records for the date as well as all time daily records for March.

March 23rd Daily Precipitation Records

Allentown (ABE)       1.12" in 2005
AC Airport (ACY)      1.59" in 2005
AC Marina (55N)       1.88" in 2005
Georgetown (GED)      2.09" in 2005
Mount Pocono (MPO)    3.13" in 1977
Philadelphia (PHL)    1.36" in 2005
Reading (RDG)         2.22" in 1903
Trenton (TTN)         1.62" in 1961
Wilmington (ILG)      2.05" in 1903

All Time Daily Precipitation Records for March

Allentown (ABE)       2.99" on 3/11/1952
AC Airport (ACY)      3.02" on 3/14/2017
AC Marina (55N)       3.30" on 3/13/1993
Georgetown (GED)      3.21" on 3/21/2000
Mount Pocono (MPO)    4.36" on 3/10/2011
Philadelphia (PHL)    2.79" on 3/15/1912
Reading (RDG)         3.03" on 3/20/1958
Trenton (TTN)         3.62" on 3/25/1876
Wilmington (ILG)      3.21" on 3/21/2000

&&

.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...Flood Watch through Sunday morning for PAZ060>062-070-071-
     101>106.
     Wind Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM EDT Sunday for
     PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106.
NJ...Flood Watch through Sunday morning for NJZ001-007>010-012>027.
     Wind Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM EDT Sunday for
     NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-021.
     Wind Advisory from 11 AM this morning to 8 AM EDT Sunday for
     NJZ013-014-020-022>024-026-027.
DE...Flood Watch through Sunday morning for DEZ001>004.
     Wind Advisory from 4 PM this afternoon to 8 AM EDT Sunday for
     DEZ001-002.
     Wind Advisory from 11 AM this morning to 8 AM EDT Sunday for
     DEZ003-004.
MD...Flood Watch through Sunday morning for MDZ012-015-019-020.
MARINE...Gale Warning until 11 AM EDT Sunday for ANZ430-431.
     Gale Warning until 6 PM EDT Sunday for ANZ450>455.

&&

$$

SYNOPSIS...AKL/Robertson
NEAR TERM...DeSilva/Fitzsimmons/Gorse
SHORT TERM...AKL
LONG TERM...AKL
AVIATION...AKL/Fitzsimmons
MARINE...AKL/Fitzsimmons
HYDROLOGY...
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
CLIMATE...

I crossed over the 3" mark within the past 30 minutes and am currently sitting at 3.04" in the bucket.  The heaviest rates were upwards of about 3/4" an hour so far today.

Currently 45 with moderate rain and dp 45.

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17 minutes ago, RedSky said:

2.20" and should be done around 3pm a mean motor scooter

How's flood guy doing?

 

Later than 3pm...still stuff moving up at 1:45pm.

Overall, a good soaking. Grass will be going ape-shit w/some sun...even w/o it's going to really start growing., 

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49 minutes ago, RedSky said:

2.20" and should be done around 3pm a mean motor scooter

How's flood guy doing?

 

 

35 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

Later than 3pm...still stuff moving up at 1:45pm.

Overall, a good soaking. Grass will be going ape-shit w/some sun...even w/o it's going to really start growing., 

later.jpg

Edit: RedSky is correct....it's really starting to kick out as the winds are increasing. Yeah, 3pm it's out. Hear some howling winds already.

Predicted low 28F tonight, standing water, wind...should be fun.

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Total here is 2.78". Whatever plant life survived the cold the other night is loving it. Probably will need to mow by the end of the week, might be the 1st March mow since we've been here (12 years).

Pretty windy at times, temp dropping a bit, 42F here now.

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