Interior NW & NE Burbs 2025

[Hitman]

74/73 

.53” here.  Much needed drink.

 

[hudsonvalley21]

1.55” looks like the total for the day. Much needed rain  

[IrishRob17]

It's amazing how I went from bitching that every weekend had precipitation to my yard having rock hard soil and dormant grass. This morning the dews just hit me different, like I'm really starting to get sick of them. I don't like them to begin with but I do my best to embrace whatever weather we have but this morning might have been my breaking point LOL

[xram]

49 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

It's amazing how I went from bitching that every weekend had precipitation to my yard having rock hard soil and dormant grass. This morning the dews just hit me different, like I'm really starting to get sick of them. I don't like them to begin with but I do my best to embrace whatever weather we have but this morning might have been my breaking point LOL

I'm ready for fall 

[Hitman]

1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said:

It's amazing how I went from bitching that every weekend had precipitation to my yard having rock hard soil and dormant grass. This morning the dews just hit me different, like I'm really starting to get sick of them. I don't like them to begin with but I do my best to embrace whatever weather we have but this morning might have been my breaking point LOL

I hear you.  I can hold off until labor day but then im done mentally with summer.  

[LibertyBell]

2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

It's amazing how I went from bitching that every weekend had precipitation to my yard having rock hard soil and dormant grass. This morning the dews just hit me different, like I'm really starting to get sick of them. I don't like them to begin with but I do my best to embrace whatever weather we have but this morning might have been my breaking point LOL

The longer nights do make it cool down more than it did in June and July though.  I don't keep my a/c on all night like I did in those months.

That said, it came back on at 11 am today, it's really humid even without any sun.

[gravitylover]

Been busy... Looks like I got .5 on Wednesday. It dried up in no time Yesterday driving home I found the only rain around. Good thing too because the windshield was covered in bugs and I could hardly see. That stretch between Binghamton and Roscoe is brutal for bugs.

[IrishRob17]

34 minutes ago, gravitylover said:

Been busy... Looks like I got .5 on Wednesday. It dried up in no time Yesterday driving home I found the only rain around. Good thing too because the windshield was covered in bugs and I could hardly see. That stretch between Binghamton and Roscoe is brutal for bugs.

Saw that heading my way on radar, looked good, it added another .08" to my weekly total, which is up to .18". 

[gravitylover]

I actually saw the backside of the cell from a few miles east of Binghamton. The upper third was lit up by the sunset so I watched it for almost 2 hours until it got too dark. I caught up to it around Goshen.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, gravitylover said:

I actually saw the backside of the cell from a few miles east of Binghamton. The upper third was lit up by the sunset so I watched it for almost 2 hours until it got too dark. I caught up to it around Goshen.

That sounds stunning and absolutely amazing, did you get to see a rainbow too?

I had a similar situation on July 3rd and captured a stunning double rainbow with purple skies.  That almost happened with this storm, but the sky was too dark and the beginnings of the rainbow looked pale and almost a light pink color against the purple skies.

[LibertyBell]

6 hours ago, gravitylover said:

Been busy... Looks like I got .5 on Wednesday. It dried up in no time Yesterday driving home I found the only rain around. Good thing too because the windshield was covered in bugs and I could hardly see. That stretch between Binghamton and Roscoe is brutal for bugs.

cicadas?

[Hitman]

7 hours ago, gravitylover said:

Been busy... Looks like I got .5 on Wednesday. It dried up in no time Yesterday driving home I found the only rain around. Good thing too because the windshield was covered in bugs and I could hardly see. That stretch between Binghamton and Roscoe is brutal for bugs.

Can confirm.  I’ve made that drive more times than I can remember and invariably the car is plastered in bugs.

another hot day.  Dp 70.

[gravitylover]

7 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

That sounds stunning and absolutely amazing, did you get to see a rainbow too?

I had a similar situation on July 3rd and captured a stunning double rainbow with purple skies.  That almost happened with this storm, but the sky was too dark and the beginnings of the rainbow looked pale and almost a light pink color against the purple skies.

It happens to me a lot. I tend to start heading ESE around 6 as my customers close so I'll often chase, or be chased by, storms as they work this way. It's a real hoot in the winter as a front is working down and I can watch "the wall" behind me in the mirror.

7 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

cicadas?

I dunno what juicy, window splattering, paint wrecking, headlight blocking insect-like critters they are but I can tell you that they suck. 

[etudiant]

7 hours ago, Hitman said:

Can confirm.  I’ve made that drive more times than I can remember and invariably the car is plastered in bugs.

another hot day.  Dp 70.

Be grateful. It means you're going through a healthy ecosystem, rather than one destroyed by various insecticides. Drive from New York to New Haven or to Albany, you won't have that problem.