E PA/NJ/DE Summer 2025 Obs/Discussion

[The Iceman]

6 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

First mow of the season where I was kicking up some dust. July totals here sit at 3.10”, most of that falling early in the month. Storms in the forecast for the weekend.

82F/DP 65F

Wow we have double down here. 6.2" on the month. But vast majority of that was in 2 events earlier in the month.

[ChescoWx]

Several spots across the county have yet to exceed 90 degrees this month including East Nantmeal, Atglen, Avondale 2N and West Grove. While today we should stay in the mid to upper 80’s tomorrow many of these spots should see their first 90 plus day in over a month. The heat will back off a few degrees over the weekend with some storm chances before we heat up again to possibly more 90’s by Tuesday. The good news is a pattern change back again to cooler and low humidity weather looks likely a week from today and should last into the first week of August.

[JTA66]

Started hearing katydids this week. Still looking for cicada bees to make their appearance.

[Kevin Reilly]

5 hours ago, JTA66 said:

Started hearing katydids this week. Still looking for cicada bees to make their appearance.

I saw a few flying around in the backyard 2 total while I was cutting the grass this on Monday.  The hornets typically nest into my small hill along the driveway in mid-July I don't see them yet. 

[ChescoWx]

The heat and humidity return today with many spots near or above 90 degrees. We cool down a notch over the weekend but with increasing shower chances by Saturday night into Sunday morning. Hot again early next week before a big cool down arrives by later next week.

[ChescoWx]

Below are the number of 90 plus days so far at the major climate/airport sites across the Northeast US - PHL 24 days. / ILG 15 days. /ACY 16 days. / ABE 8 days. / TTN 10 days. / RDG 17 days./ GED 20 days. / MPO 2 days. / EWR 24 days. / DCA 22 days./ BWI 17 days. / NYC Central Park 7 days.

 

Now let us contrast that with the 90 plus days across the Chester County sites London Grove 3 / Devault 6 / Chester Springs 6 / West Bradford 6 / Kennett Square 6 / Warwick Twp. 4 / Nottingham 5 / Longwood Gardens 5 / KOQN Airport 7 / KMQS Airport 4 / West
Grove 3 / East Nantmeal 3 /Avondale 2N with 4 days.

[RedSky]

Things have turned full circle need the rain showers to verify this weekend or it will be quite dry

3.70" for the month

 

[Hurricane Agnes]

Severe Thunderstorm Watches are up!

Quote

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 542
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2025

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 542 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

PAC001-011-017-025-029-037-041-043-045-067-069-071-075-077-079-
087-089-091-093-095-097-099-101-103-107-109-119-127-133-
260100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0542.250725T1745Z-250726T0100Z/

PA
.    PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS                BERKS               BUCKS
CARBON               CHESTER             COLUMBIA
CUMBERLAND           DAUPHIN             DELAWARE
JUNIATA              LACKAWANNA          LANCASTER
LEBANON              LEHIGH              LUZERNE
MIFFLIN              MONROE              MONTGOMERY
MONTOUR              NORTHAMPTON         NORTHUMBERLAND
PERRY                PHILADELPHIA        PIKE
SCHUYLKILL           SNYDER              UNION
WAYNE                YORK
$$

 

Quote

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 542
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2025

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 542 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

NJC001-003-005-007-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-
033-035-037-039-041-260100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0542.250725T1745Z-250726T0100Z/

NJ
.    NEW JERSEY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ATLANTIC             BERGEN              BURLINGTON
CAMDEN               CUMBERLAND          ESSEX
GLOUCESTER           HUDSON              HUNTERDON
MERCER               MIDDLESEX           MONMOUTH
MORRIS               OCEAN               PASSAIC
SALEM                SOMERSET            SUSSEX
UNION                WARREN
$$

 

Quote

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 542
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2025

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 542 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

DEC003-260100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0542.250725T1745Z-250726T0100Z/

DE
.    DELAWARE COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

NEW CASTLE
$$

 

Quote

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 542
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
145 PM EDT FRI JUL 25 2025

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 542 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

ANZ230-232-233-234-235-236-237-331-332-335-338-340-345-350-353-
355-430-450-451-452-260100-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0542.250725T1745Z-250726T0100Z/

CW

.    ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

BOSTON HARBOR

NANTUCKET SOUND

VINEYARD SOUND

BUZZARDS BAY

RHODE ISLAND SOUND

NARRAGANSETT BAY

BLOCK ISLAND SOUND

LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY TO THE
MOUTH OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER

LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY

NEW YORK HARBOR

PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS

SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY

MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM

FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM

SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM

DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE

COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM

COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20
NM

COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20
NM

$$
ATTN...WFO...OKX...PHI...BOX...CTP...BGM...ALY...

 

Need the rain now - seriously!

I also heard a cicada so loud that the sound was audible through the brick walls and almost sound-proof windows!

Currently 95 here with dp an awful 80.  Some fair weather cumulus are bubbling up too.

[JTA66]

94F/DP 77F

[RedSky]

Solid line approaching can't miss 

In theory

[LanghorneSnow]

40 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Solid line approaching can't miss 

In theory

Warnings are going up for this line.

[LVblizzard]

Really nice storm just went through my place west of Allentown. Tons of lightning, gusty winds but not quite severe. A few power outages around Lehigh County, fortunately I still have power.

New line starting to form behind this one? Some strengthening storms out near Williamsport.

[LVLion77]

Power outage from the storm, but not quite severe. 0.53” thus far with perhaps more back building a bit.

[RedSky]

Decent thunderstorm with all the fixins except hail

[RedSky]

Storm pooped out passing over however not much rain 

[RedSky]

.30"

 

[JTA66]

Gust front coming through, after a high of 95F I’m down to 84F.

[JTA66]

1 hour ago, RedSky said:

Storm pooped out passing over however not much rain 

Same. Other than some wind, tacked on another 0.10” for the month.

At least it dropped my temp down to 76F.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

New record high of 98 set at PHL. This leaves July 12 (my birthday) as the only July day at PHL to not have a record high of at least 98.

[Hurricane Agnes]

DAMMIT!  Got maybe 20 drops from that line. Literally nothing measurable enough to tip the bucket, let alone wet the street and walks.  The heavier stuff bubbled north and south of me.  It did drop the temp about 15 degrees from my 96 high to the current 82 with dp 75.  Currently mostly cloudy and hope something will bubble up or I'll have to pull out the hose.

[BBasile]

0.27", 35 MPH gust, and a close CG strike.  

[JTA66]

Noticed today some lawns in the neighborhood are starting to brown.

If we don’t cash in soon, drought guy watches may need to be hoisted.