Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[canderson]

It appears they finally dropped the t-storm watch for the south central counties. 

[Voyager]

23 minutes ago, canderson said:

.05” today for me 

Yikes....that's bad. 

[canderson]

11 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Yikes....that's bad. 

This was a bust as clear as day. I never saw what SOC saw anywhere W of Chester county.  Overhead mixing means nothing with no cape and no trigger. 

Ans chances of ashore overnight is slim at best.  Water restrictions coming soon to some municipalities. 

[Itstrainingtime]

30 minutes ago, canderson said:

This was a bust as clear as day. I never saw what SOC saw anywhere W of Chester county.  Overhead mixing means nothing with no cape and no trigger. 

Ans chances of ashore overnight is slim at best.  Water restrictions coming soon to some municipalities. 

Multiple severe reports in Lanco...

[canderson]

15 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Multiple severe reports in Lanco...

I never saw a cell in LanCo that looked remotely severe. Weird. Not doubting you at all, but I never saw anything remotely sketchy. 

[Itstrainingtime]

1 minute ago, canderson said:

I never saw a cell in LanCo that looked remotely severe. Weird. Not doubting you at all, but I never saw anything remotely sketchy. 

Really? Huge storm that spawned a TOR warning in Chester County formed right over Lancaster city.

[canderson]

2 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Really? Huge storm that spawned a TOR warning in Chester County formed right over Lancaster city.

I thought it popped past the county. mea coupa

I am more surprised MD didn’t see more severe today.  

[Yardstickgozinya]

We had more than enough cape around today to spark off storms and still do. Looks like an inversion problem to me. 

[canderson]

The humidity surge didn’t win out quick enough so no clearing around here. Almost like a negative CAD event to me. 

I am more disappointed in the total lack of rain. I never expected severe here today but thought we’d get at least .25”. Depressing! 

[Yardstickgozinya]

34 minutes ago, canderson said:

The humidity surge didn’t win out quick enough so no clearing around here. Almost like a negative CAD event to me. 

I am more disappointed in the total lack of rain. I never expected severe here today but thought we’d get at least .25”. Depressing! 

I mean, the NWS very well could be smoking crack. I'm going to keep my hope alive because we do really need the rain . Maybe us local guys need to get together for a powwow and rain dance. I'll bring the brownies.