May 2025

[FPizz]

Flood Watch was issued earlier.  I see some areas are now slightly below normal for the month after this cool rainy period.  

[Sundog]

6 minutes ago, FPizz said:

Flood Watch was issued earlier.  I see some areas are now slightly below normal for the month after this cool rainy period.  

Looks like you'll be in the jackpot with this system.

[Brian5671]

3 minutes ago, Sundog said:

Looks like you'll be in the jackpot with this system.

That's one jackpot no one wants to be in after a wet 3-4 weeks

[jm1220]

On 5/28/2025 at 9:38 PM, jm1220 said:

This was definitely a bad one. Lots of wind and hail reports and partly collapsed gas station. https://www.kxan.com/weather/gallery-storms-downpour-rain-hail-across-central-texas-wednesday/

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/65000-austin-energy-customers-without-power-multiple-water-rescues-after-hailstorm#

67K Austin customers without power. 

I just missed this one since I flew out in the early afternoon. It was horrendous for the northern/eastern parts of the city especially. Glass broke at the Capitol, wind damage at the airport and pictures of huge hail drifts a few miles NE of downtown. Apparently it was also a microburst over the city with over 80mph wind. Brief attempt at a tornado near downtown that thankfully didn’t complete. When I lived there I saw a couple that were fairly bad but not like this especially with the hail. People are saying this was one of the worst to hit the city in quite some time. 

If the storms on Monday fired a little further east before bowing out those would’ve been a lot worse in the city. 

[SACRUS]

 

68 / 62 clouds clearing.   Partly sunny this afternoon with the clearing line almost through Central Penn, gets us approaching 80 in the warmer spots and the warmest since 5/17.   Storms later tonight and throughout the day Saturday adding 1 - 2 inches.  Clear out by Sunday - cooler highs near 70.  Step up warm up Mid/ 70s by Monday - back to the 80s on Tuesday - the warm spots could tack on the first 90 between Thu and Friday.  Euro more onshore component / GFS warmer. 

Overall warmer 6/5 and beyond.  Heat building into the mid west and on east.

 

[SACRUS]

 

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 98 (1987)
NYC: 97 (1987)
LGA: 96 (1987)
JFK: 92 (1987)

Lows:

EWR: 39 (1949) latest 30s low
NYC: 42 (1884)
LGA: 48 (2021)
JFK: 45 (1949)

Historical:

 

1879 - A major outbreak of severe weather occurred in Kansas and western Missouri. In Kansas, tornadoes killed eighteen persons at Delphos, and thirty persons at Irving. Two tornadoes struck the town of Irving within a few minutes time virtually wiping the small Kansas community off the map. The second tornado was perhaps two miles wide, and exhibited multiple vortices. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

 

1927: The Kentucky River peaks during a massive flood that killed 89 people and left thousands homeless. Torrential rains caused this unprecedented flood.

1948 - A railroad bed acting as a dam gave way during a flood along the Columbia River destroying the town of Vanport, OR. The nearly 19,000 residents escaped with little more than the clothes on their backs. (David Ludlum)

1948 - Twenty carloads of glass were needed in Denver, CO, to replace that destroyed by a severe hailstorm. (The Weather Channel)

 

1982: An amazing 17 inches of rain fell in a nine day period of time ending on this date at Avon, South Dakota. This led to major flood problems in the area. Krug's lake, located one mile south of Avon, is normally dry. Not only did the lake fill up, but it also drained into the south side of the town after a hastily constructed dike gave way. Many dwellings in the town ended up being completely surrounded by water.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

1983: Unusually high temperatures throughout the western United States caused a rapid runoff from snow pack in the Rocky Mountains. This caused flooding which washed out bridges and caused mudslides in parts of Nevada.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the eastern U.S. Eighteen cities, from Virginia to Ohio and Michigan, reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 97 degrees at Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC, and 98 degrees at Newark, NJ, were records for the date. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Memorial Day heralded heavy snow in some of the mountains and higher passes of Wyoming, closing roads in Yellowstone Park. McDonald Pass, MT, was blanketed with eight inches of snow, while the temperature at Miles City, MT, soared to 94 degrees. A "supercell" thunderstorm in west Texas produced baseball size hail in Bailey and Lamb counties, and up to five inches of rain in less than an hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the Upper Ohio Valley during the day. A powerful (F-4) tornado injured three persons and caused a million dollars damage at New Providence, IA. Baseball size hail was reported at Blue Earth, MN. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms developing along a warm front spawned fourteen tornadoes in northeastern Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours. The thunderstorms also produced baseball size hail near Marshall, wind gusts to 77 mph at Commerce, and up to five inches of rain. Thunderstorms over southwestern Kansas produced up to six inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

1988: Memorial Day heralded heavy snow in some of the mountains and higher passes of Wyoming, closing roads in Yellowstone Park. McDonald Pass, Montana was blanketed with eight inches of snow, while the temperature at Miles City, Montana soared to 94 degrees.
 

[jm1220]

For tomorrow looking pretty strongly like the offshore ridging is winning out and driving the heavy rain axis to our west over NJ/Hudson Valley. Maybe a few inches of rain there over the reservoirs, more showery from the city on east. 

[forkyfork]

i think most places east of the rain axis will manage an inch from bands of convection

[FPizz]

32 minutes ago, Sundog said:

Looks like you'll be in the jackpot with this system.

Unfortunately. At least Sunday looks good. Hoping a week from today is dry, my girls have prom and want nice weather.

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

Probably our last 40s for lows until mid-late September coming up. Models transition into full summer mode after this weekend 

Don't care about lows, I would prefer not to have any highs lower than 70.

[LibertyBell]

12 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

For tomorrow looking pretty strongly like the offshore ridging is winning out and driving the heavy rain axis to our west over NJ/Hudson Valley. Maybe a few inches of rain there over the reservoirs, more showery from the city on east. 

Yes this is what I always thought.  The rain will be scattered for our area which fits climo for this time of year-- no surprises there.

 

[LibertyBell]

9 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

i think most places east of the rain axis will manage an inch from bands of convection

and sunshine in the middle of the day tomorrow before the convection gets here.

[LibertyBell]

15 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 98 (1987)
NYC: 97 (1987)
LGA: 96 (1987)
JFK: 92 (1987)

Lows:

EWR: 39 (1949) latest 30s low
NYC: 42 (1884)
LGA: 48 (2021)
JFK: 45 (1949)

Historical:

 

1879 - A major outbreak of severe weather occurred in Kansas and western Missouri. In Kansas, tornadoes killed eighteen persons at Delphos, and thirty persons at Irving. Two tornadoes struck the town of Irving within a few minutes time virtually wiping the small Kansas community off the map. The second tornado was perhaps two miles wide, and exhibited multiple vortices. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

 

1927: The Kentucky River peaks during a massive flood that killed 89 people and left thousands homeless. Torrential rains caused this unprecedented flood.

1948 - A railroad bed acting as a dam gave way during a flood along the Columbia River destroying the town of Vanport, OR. The nearly 19,000 residents escaped with little more than the clothes on their backs. (David Ludlum)

1948 - Twenty carloads of glass were needed in Denver, CO, to replace that destroyed by a severe hailstorm. (The Weather Channel)

 

1982: An amazing 17 inches of rain fell in a nine day period of time ending on this date at Avon, South Dakota. This led to major flood problems in the area. Krug's lake, located one mile south of Avon, is normally dry. Not only did the lake fill up, but it also drained into the south side of the town after a hastily constructed dike gave way. Many dwellings in the town ended up being completely surrounded by water.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

 

1983: Unusually high temperatures throughout the western United States caused a rapid runoff from snow pack in the Rocky Mountains. This caused flooding which washed out bridges and caused mudslides in parts of Nevada.
(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1987 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the eastern U.S. Eighteen cities, from Virginia to Ohio and Michigan, reported record high temperatures for the date. Afternoon highs of 97 degrees at Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC, and 98 degrees at Newark, NJ, were records for the date. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Memorial Day heralded heavy snow in some of the mountains and higher passes of Wyoming, closing roads in Yellowstone Park. McDonald Pass, MT, was blanketed with eight inches of snow, while the temperature at Miles City, MT, soared to 94 degrees. A "supercell" thunderstorm in west Texas produced baseball size hail in Bailey and Lamb counties, and up to five inches of rain in less than an hour. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Upper Mississippi Valley to the Upper Ohio Valley during the day. A powerful (F-4) tornado injured three persons and caused a million dollars damage at New Providence, IA. Baseball size hail was reported at Blue Earth, MN. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms developing along a warm front spawned fourteen tornadoes in northeastern Texas during the late afternoon and evening hours. The thunderstorms also produced baseball size hail near Marshall, wind gusts to 77 mph at Commerce, and up to five inches of rain. Thunderstorms over southwestern Kansas produced up to six inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

1988: Memorial Day heralded heavy snow in some of the mountains and higher passes of Wyoming, closing roads in Yellowstone Park. McDonald Pass, Montana was blanketed with eight inches of snow, while the temperature at Miles City, Montana soared to 94 degrees.
 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 98 (1987)
NYC: 97 (1987)
LGA: 96 (1987)
JFK: 92 (1987)

 

 

wild-- I don't remember this clean sweep at all!

[Brian5671]

meltdown city if this were winter and the storm moved that far west lol

[LibertyBell]

26 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

68 / 62 clouds clearing.   Partly sunny this afternoon with the clearing line almost through Central Penn, gets us approaching 80 in the warmer spots and the warmest since 5/17.   Storms later tonight and throughout the day Saturday adding 1 - 2 inches.  Clear out by Sunday - cooler highs near 70.  Step up warm up Mid/ 70s by Monday - back to the 80s on Tuesday - the warm spots could tack on the first 90 between Thu and Friday.  Euro more onshore component / GFS warmer. 

Overall warmer 6/5 and beyond.  Heat building into the mid west and on east.

 

Mildly disagree about Saturday Tony-- the heavy overnight rain will be over by 7 am Saturday morning and then we'll break out into sunshine by noon or 1 pm and then showers and thunderstorms will move back into the region around 5 pm.  City and points east will have less than an inch of rain.

[LibertyBell]

3 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

meltdown city if this were winter and the storm moved that far west lol

Yeah but then like now it's good to miss out on the heavy rain lol.

 

[LibertyBell]

54 minutes ago, ForestHillWx said:

The positives are low utility costs. I’ll enjoy it as long as possible. 

well we have been using our heating.

my bill from a/c is always negligible I only use a/c in two rooms.

[LibertyBell]

52 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

yep my electric bill for May was very low.

electric bill 143

gas bill 95

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Hope it does

you must love fungus and weeds

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, Sundog said:

Even at the end of May we get a last minute westward push with the low lol

 

it's not last minute, aside from the fringe models, this was well predicted

 

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, bluewave said:

Still quite a bit of inshore flow with the cutoff low lingering nearby. The usual warm spots will probably get back to the 80s. But the first 90° still looks delayed to beyond the first week of June.
 

 

but this is normal, our first heatwave usually happens around June 20th.  Once it starts it won't be just one day of 90 either.

 

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, jm1220 said:

Yep if we have that to our south, no way there’s much heat for our subforum. Maybe way north in New England where it clears out. 

the weather is going to be dry and sunny most of next week with temperatures in the low 80s, which is great.

 

[winterwarlock]

3 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

the weather is going to be dry and sunny most of next week with temperatures in the low 80s, which is great.

 

We shall see..seems like each day it gets pushed back..wash rinse repeat with this abhorrent weather

[Brian5671]

5 minutes ago, winterwarlock said:

We shall see..seems like each day it gets pushed back..wash rinse repeat with this abhorrent weather

Exactly-this week was supposed to be decent and it's been mainly overcast for the last 10 days

[MANDA]

4 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

Probably our last 40s for lows until mid-late September coming up. Models transition into full summer mode after this weekend 

Yeah, thinking last night was the last time until Fall that I'll be sleeping with the windows open and the blankets up.  Not saying 90+ but warm enough to not make it pleasant to sleep with windows open.  Bit humid out there this morning.

[FPizz]

1 minute ago, Brian5671 said:

Exactly-this week was supposed to be decent and it's been mainly overcast for the last 10 days

It has been a pretty crappy month for my solar, but last month was near an all-time high month, so I guess it evened out.  

[Stormlover74]

2 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Exactly-this week was supposed to be decent and it's been mainly overcast for the last 10 days

Once we flip it usually stays but we'll see

[LibertyBell]

9 minutes ago, winterwarlock said:

We shall see..seems like each day it gets pushed back..wash rinse repeat with this abhorrent weather

17,000 people had to relocate because of Canadian wildfires, regardless of the cause this is bad stuff.  I hope that smoke doesn't make it here, it's already forecast to get into the central part of the country.  It would be ironic if we had a nice dry sunny stretch and it was that crap that ruined our clear blue skies and held down temperatures (though they'd still at least be in the 70s as long as we get sunshine.)

[LibertyBell]

4 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Exactly-this week was supposed to be decent and it's been mainly overcast for the last 10 days

to be fair today and tomorrow aren't going to be mostly overcast, the sun looks like it's about to come out right now as a matter of fact.

and we got the sun back yesterday around 6 pm and it was a gorgeous sunset.

[LibertyBell]

14 hours ago, steve392 said:

Clouds rolled in like we were going to get thunderstorm.  Was dark then sunrise started to appear. 

It cleared out around 6 pm here and we had a gorgeous sunset.  I hope you didn't get any more rain lol.