Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[CarlislePaWx]

0.59" here in Carlisle this afternoon.  Moderate to occasionally heavy rain in two bursts from 3:00 to 3:45 dropped 0.31".  This was followed by a lull for 30 minutes, then light to moderate between 4:15 and 5:30 dropped 0.28".  Was very fortunate to have not lost power from either day over the weekend.  Saturday I escaped the worst.  Sunday was a different story experiencing a severe thunderstorm (warned by NWS about 10 minutes earlier) with 60-70 mph gusts and a large tree branch broke off and crashed into the roof of my shed, basically destroying it.  Some patio furniture got soaked, but nothing was damaged.

[canderson]

26 minutes ago, CarlislePaWx said:

0.59" here in Carlisle this afternoon.  Moderate to occasionally heavy rain in two bursts from 3:00 to 3:45 dropped 0.31".  This was followed by a lull for 30 minutes, then light to moderate between 4:15 and 5:30 dropped 0.28".  Was very fortunate to have not lost power from either day over the weekend.  Saturday I escaped the worst.  Sunday was a different story experiencing a severe thunderstorm (warned by NWS about 10 minutes earlier) with 60-70 mph gusts and a large tree branch broke off and crashed into the roof of my shed, basically destroying it.  Some patio furniture got soaked, but nothing was damaged.

Sorry about the shed, that sucks. 

[canderson]

I hope it snows tomorrow. 

[Mount Joy Snowman]

Low of 67 with .02” of rain. Onward. 

[Itstrainingtime]

SPC has highlighted a lot of us in a rare Day 7 Outlook. Mentioned that the severe threat may last for days beyond that.

Winter can't come soon enough.

[Voyager]

7 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

SPC has highlighted a lot of us in a rare Day 7 Outlook. Mentioned that the severe threat may last for days beyond that.

Winter can't come soon enough.

I can't get excited about severe threats because they never materialize in my local vicinity.

[Itstrainingtime]

11 minutes ago, Voyager said:

I can't get excited about severe threats because they never materialize in my local vicinity.

I can't get excited because I have zero interest in anything that causes damage. 

[canderson]

56 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

SPC has highlighted a lot of us in a rare Day 7 Outlook. Mentioned that the severe threat may last for days beyond that.

Winter can't come soon enough.

Another major heat dome will get dislodged by a powerful low. Rinse and repeat from last weekend. 

[ChescoWx]

On 7/10/2026 at 10:01 AM, Storm Clouds said:

My Tempest Weather Station is up and running! So far, so good! Now it’s time to head to Hilton Head SC for vacation haha. Got it mounted and set up right before I left to have data to track when I’m gone! 

I loved the unit but sadly I had 5 of them fail on me at the jersey shore - great customer service though as they replaced them every time. Finally gave up and went back to a vantage vue down the shore. I also have a poorly sited one at home in East Nantmeal it has run for 5 plus years but loses power now during cloudy winter days.

[ChescoWx]

Rain chances increase again later this afternoon with the best chances between 3pm to 8pm. A couple beautiful days on tap both Sunday and Monday with temperatures slightly cooler than average for mid-July. We start a solid warm up on Tuesday and may see widespread 90+ temps for one day on Wednesday. Still hot but "only" in the upper 80's both Thursday and Friday.