Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[canderson]

13 minutes ago, Voyager said:

It's pretty bad now already. I could distinctly smell the smoke on the Blue Mountain where we load our water. Elevation may play a part in that, though, as it's a bit higher that the valleys below.

Not much of a smoke smell here thankfully 

[TheDreamTraveler]

Surprised there's no heat advisory today when the heat index has gotten to 103/104 which is what was listed for the advisory a day or so before

[mahantango#1]

Within the last half hour the thicker smoke showed up here, and you can smell it.

[canderson]

Yea it’s horrible out now with smoke. Smells like a camp fire is right next to you. 

[Voyager]

2 hours ago, mahantango#1 said:

Within the last half hour the thicker smoke showed up here, and you can smell it.

28 minutes ago, canderson said:

Yea it’s horrible out now with smoke. Smells like a camp fire is right next to you. 

On my last load it was even getting into the truck through the air conditioner. It stinks out there.

Despite the smoke, I've maxed out (so far) at 89 degrees 

[canderson]

I don’t recall it being this Smokey on the fire rampage 2 or whatever years ago. It’s acrid out. And you can smell it inside now. 

[Superstorm]

Smoke on GOES….



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[canderson]

As Saturday evening looks quite stormy. Severe stuff possible. 

[pawatch]

59 degrees this morning 

Looks like another day of smoke

 

[TheDreamTraveler]

AQI was up to 350 here around 2 AM. That's probably the worst I've ever seen it here.

 

[TheDreamTraveler]

6 hours ago, canderson said:

As Saturday evening looks quite stormy. Severe stuff possible. 

Yeah looking like some naders are possible

[Superstorm]

452 near Middletown. Brutal.

[mahantango#1]

52 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

452 near Middletown. Brutal.

 

 

 

252

µg/m³

Hazardous

Avg262.4

Peak455

 

 

63.5°

Dew Point

63.2°F

From Yesterday

8.3°F

Feels Like

63.5°F

Yesterday afternoon was really bad here. with a peak of 455

[Yardstickgozinya]

It got nasty out there last night while I was at my Colombia hole.. The Mayflies and the smoke were unbearable but my patients paid off. Sat out in this s*** all night last night, probably not the healthiest thing to do. 

[Yardstickgozinya]

Tuesday Day 5

 

Days 4-6/Mon-Wed -- Great Lakes/Midwest to the
   Mid-Atlantic/Northeast...

   A shortwave upper trough initially over the Canadian Prairies and
   northern Plains will develop east/southeast across the Upper
   Midwest/Great Lakes on Monday, then the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic
   vicinity on Tuesday. Meanwhile, another upper shortwave trough will
   develop across the Great Lakes to the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic on
   Wednesday. These features will support enhancement of mid/upper
   level flow as a surface low tracks across Ontario/Quebec and New
   England during this time. A trailing cold front will likewise
   progress east/southeast over this three day period, with a very
   moist and unstable airmass present ahead of the front. This overall
   pattern will likely bring multiple days of severe storm potential
   from the Upper Midwest/Great Lakes to portions of the Ohio Valley,
   Northeast and Mid-Atlantic vicinity Monday through Wednesday,
   necessitating severe probabilities. While these areas may shift some
   over the coming day as the timing of mesoscale features and
   influence of prior days convection becomes more clear, these general
   regions are most likely to see at least isolated to widely scattered
   damaging wind potential as the upper trough and surface cold front
   sweep across the area.