Central PA Summer 2025

[Voyager]

Actually, it looks like a storm is trying to  form right over the house, and I hear a few drops hitting the patio roof. 

Thing is, forming storms usually mature south and east of me, and I'm left relatively "high and dry"....

[canderson]

Bow echo on that warned storm down near Chambersburg. 

[Voyager]

46 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Actually, it looks like a storm is trying to  form right over the house, and I hear a few drops hitting the patio roof. 

Thing is, forming storms usually mature south and east of me, and I'm left relatively "high and dry"....

As I said. Guess which direction I'm looking....

[Yardstickgozinya]

 

I'm picking up on abnormally, powerful strokes on my am radio frequency at the moment

[Yardstickgozinya]

I'm driving at the moment. You can't check but something out. There is going gangbusters at the moment.

[Itstrainingtime]

95/74/106 currently. Should have been some sort of heat advisory/warning today. My HI has been at or above yesterday's all afternoon.

MU also at 95. 

[Summit Snow]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
346 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Lackawanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 346 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible
  in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Scranton, Dunmore, Dickson City, Olyphant, Clarks Summit, Clarks
  Green, Elmhurst, Mount Cobb, Taylor, Throop, Glenburn and West
  Scranton.

[canderson]

Being split by a line with nice oranges. 

[Voyager]

10 minutes ago, canderson said:

Being split by a line with nice oranges. 

Same here. Volatile as hell out there, but the storms are up in Scranton (again) and down along I-78 from Allentown to Hamburg.

Same old same old. Wash, rinse, repeat..  

[Voyager]

Here's the latest one forming right at the edge of Tamaqua that will roll south to Allentown again...

As I've been saying for awhile now. If I like or want it, I can't have it, but if I hate it, I can have it in abundance. And that goes for everything, not just storms.

[Itstrainingtime]

Solid storm. Strong winds. Power out.

[canderson]

No rain today for me. Full sun - it’s pretty gross out. 

[canderson]

3 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Solid storm. Strong winds. Power out.

That line blew up immediate to my E and is now warned. 

[Summit Snow]

Hate to say to many of you- 62 and breezy. Sweatshirt on the deck with a cigar. 100 miles makes a big difference.

 

[canderson]

Story of the past 2 weeks 

[Voyager]

7 hours ago, canderson said:

Story of the past 2 weeks 

Story of the past decade for me. We do well with synoptic rain, but convective storms avoid Tamaqua like the plague...

[ChescoWx]

Those spots that reached 90 yesterday will see the current "heat wave" end at 4 days with today's temperatures remaining in the 70's. The one exception is our own personal heat island airport at KMQS Brandywine which saw 5 such days including the highest recorded temperature at 100.3 degrees on the 24th. No other station got within 3 degrees of that mark with the next closest being the West Chester MADIS station at 97.3. Of note 4 stations only saw 3 consecutive days exceeding 90 degrees those being Devault, Warwick Township, West Grove and East Nantmeal. For a couple of stations this was their 1st heat wave in at least several years. At West Grove this was their first such occurrence since 2018 and at East Nantmeal since 2020.

[pawatch]

Currently 66 degrees, Had a flash flood watch out yesterday and the only rain I got yesterday was just a little drizzle in the morning.

Nothing on the radar but a little drizzle this morning.

[mahantango#1]

94 was the high yesterday highest dp yesterday 81.3 heat index 112. rain yesterday .20

[ChescoWx]

Rainfall amounts were pretty variable last night across Chester County. We saw as much as 2.35" at Nottingham and 2.17" at Atglen to as little as 0.17" at Devault. It’s much cooler today with temperatures in the low 70's. Across the higher spots of the County we may not see another 90-degree reading until the middle of July. Rain chances to ramp up a bit again tonight and again on Saturday night. We warm up to the upper 80's on Sunday before we see temperatures near normal in the mid 80's for much of the next week.

[Itstrainingtime]

64 lovely degrees this morning which ironically I believe is a touch above normal. Regardless, it feels SO much better outside!

.35" of rain yesterday and one large tree lost during the storm. Cleanup commences today. 

 

[Porsche]

Just from last evening storm.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 64 with .17" of rainfall and a nice cell moving through overhead as we speak. 

[Voyager]

49 minutes ago, Porsche said:

Just from last evening storm.

Dump all that water out and you'll get my rainfall total from yesterday...lol

[TimB]

1 hour ago, ChescoWx said:

Rainfall amounts were pretty variable last night across Chester County. We saw as much as 2.35" at Nottingham and 2.17" at Atglen to as little as 0.17" at Devault. It’s much cooler today with temperatures in the low 70's. Across the higher spots of the County we may not see another 90-degree reading until the middle of July. Rain chances to ramp up a bit again tonight and again on Saturday night. We warm up to the upper 80's on Sunday before we see temperatures near normal in the mid 80's for much of the next week.

I’ll post your daily summaries for the 3 days you weren’t here:

Monday: high 92.1, low 75.7 (+10)

Tuesday: high 93.1, low 76.6 (+11)

Wednesday: high 91.6, low 73.4 (+9)

[Porsche]

6 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Dump all that water out and you'll get my rainfall total from yesterday...lol

LOL, I'm struggling with doing the math on that.

[ChescoWx]

21 minutes ago, TimB said:

I’ll post your daily summaries for the 3 days you weren’t here:

Monday: high 92.1, low 75.7 (+10)

Tuesday: high 93.1, low 76.6 (+11)

Wednesday: high 91.6, low 73.4 (+9)

Thanks Tim!! Was a little lax of late as I just got back yesterday PM from an England/Ireland Trip...a little cooler over there!! The actual departure from normal for me were actually a bit higher at + 13.0 / +13.4 and +9.9 respectively!

[Itstrainingtime]

1 hour ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Low of 64 with .17" of rainfall and a nice cell moving through overhead as we speak. 

Wowsers! That's a heck of an area of rain over the central part of the county considering there was NO rain in the forecast today until a slight chance after 12pm. 

Edit: CTP just added in a 30% chance for this morning. (once the cells had already formed)

[canderson]

I thought it was raining this morning - turns out it was just the city flushing the fire hydrant across the street. 

Saturday afternoon/early evening look like a decent chance of rain at least. 

[Voyager]

3 minutes ago, canderson said:

I thought it was raining this morning - turns out it was just the city flushing the fire hydrant across the street. 

Saturday afternoon/early evening look like a decent chance of rain at least. 

That would be a bummer as it's my wife's company picnic day at Knoebels.