Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[TheDreamTraveler]

Winds really bad. Power tried going out. Street lights were completely out for a few minutes

[Blizzard of 93]

2 minutes ago, TheDreamTraveler said:

Winds really bad. Power tried going out. Street lights were completely out for a few minutes

Same here, but hopefully the power stays on!

[canderson]

A few nice gusts upwards of 45 mph and decently heavy rain. No thunder or lightning. 
 

Not a severe storm to me 

[Blizzard92]

Yikes! That was a pretty scary storm up this way. I'm sure there will be some wind damage around here. We already received 0.62" today prior to this squall.

[Blizzard of 93]

12 minutes ago, canderson said:

A few nice gusts upwards of 45 mph and decently heavy rain. No thunder or lightning. 
 

Not a severe storm to me 

Power is now out in Marysville…

 

[Jonesy56]

Yikes! That was a pretty scary storm up this way. I'm sure there will be some wind damage around here. We already received 0.62" today prior to this squall.

Yea, are you in linglestown? I was about to post that we were getting rocked. Power off and on.


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[canderson]

4 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Power is now out in Marysville…

 

Wind maybe been just N/WN of the city proper - hope it comes back soon! 

[canderson]

MDT had a 61 mph gust. 
 

I’ll take my crow smoked over Mesquite 

[Blizzard of 93]

14 minutes ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Power is now out in Marysville…

 

Around 17,000 people with power out according to the PP&Loutage map.

[pawatch]

65 degrees this morning…Little bit better day!
I picked up .43” of rain yesterday, we lucked out on the wind. We didn’t hardly have any of that. The highest wind gust was 20 miles an hour.

There was a whole lot of thunder and lightning.

I got mow number 18 in for the year yesterday, before the rain yesterday.

[Yardstickgozinya]

Day 3 Convective Outlook  
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   0210 AM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

   Valid 211200Z - 221200Z

   ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OHIO
   VALLEY...

   ...SUMMARY...
   Numerous severe thunderstorms are expected across a broad region
   from the Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Tuesday.
   All severe hazards are possible, but swaths of damaging wind gusts
   should be the primary severe risk Tuesday afternoon into the
   nighttime hours.

   ...Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast...

   A vigorous upper trough will spread across the region on Tuesday. A
   broad area of strong deep-layer flow, especially by July standards,
   will overlap a very moist airmass ahead of an eastward progressing
   surface cold front. Widespread dewpoints in the upper 60s to low 70s
   are expected. While some uncertainty exists regarding potential
   morning convection in the form of a remnant MCS from the Day
   2/Monday period across parts of MI/IN/OH, pockets of stronger
   heating should occur, and given rich moisture/continuous warm
   advection ahead of the surface front, strong destabilization is
   forecast. While boundary layer moisture will begin the day somewhat
   muted across parts of the Northeast, strong warm advection and
   increasing southerly low-level flow across the Mid-Atlantic into the
   Northeast will also result in northward transport of richer boundary
   layer moisture through evening. While instability may be somewhat
   less further east into the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast, strong deep-layer
   flow will envelop this region as well. 

   Supercell wind profiles are evident across the broad warm sector,
   with 40+ kt westerly flow common above 850 mb. Where supercells can
   develop and be maintained, all severe hazards will be possible.
   However, given the strong flow field, and the progressive trough and
   surface front, one or more bowing segments will quickly develop and
   spread eastward. Swaths of damaging winds will be the primary
   concern during the afternoon and into the nighttime hours.

   ..Leitman.. 07/19/2026

[mahantango#1]

.68 rain yesterday.

[Yardstickgozinya]

 This video has some really fascinating  info on the geology of eastern Pa  and the Susquahanna river. I had no idea that many of us were living on a piece of Africa that returned after the breakup of Pangaea or that the Little Atlas Mountains in Morocco and the Appalachian mountains were once the same chain. 

 

 

[Blizzard of 93]

9 hours ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Around 17,000 people with power out according to the PP&Loutage map.

Still no power in Marysville & PPL has no estimated time for restoration yet.

[Mount Joy Snowman]

1 hour ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Still no power in Marysville & PPL has no estimated time for restoration yet.

Sorry to hear. Nothing remotely approaching severe anywhere down this way. Total rainfall of .19” with a low of 67. Outside of Tuesday, seems like a beautiful week ahead. 

[Superstorm]

Sorry to hear. Nothing remotely approaching severe anywhere down this way. Total rainfall of .19” with a low of 67. Outside of Tuesday, seems like a beautiful week ahead. 

COC for next 10 days.


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[Superstorm]

0.23” of rain yesterday.


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[Voyager]

I got 0.10" more between 11 and 12 last night to take my total to 1.93" for the day.

Caveat...what I mentioned about the USGS gauge being lower. It's total was 1.45".

My dilemma. Which is more accurate? A tipping bucket or a hepatic gauge?

[Storm Clouds]

7 minutes ago, Voyager said:

I got 0.10" more between 11 and 12 last night to take my total to 1.93" for the day.

Caveat...what I mentioned about the USGS gauge being lower. It's total was 1.45".

My dilemma. Which is more accurate? A tipping bucket or a hepatic gauge?

Any other personal weather stations nearby to you that you can check their rainfall total compared to yours? I use Weather Underground’s:

https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap?lat=39.998000000000786&lon=-76.73099999999852&zoom=13&tl.play=0&tl.spd=2&groupSevere=1&groupHurricane=1&groupFire=1&groupCamsPhotos=1&groupRealEstate=1&eyedropper=0&extremes=0&fault=0&favs=0&femaflood=0&fire=0&firewfas=0&fissures=0&fronts=0&hurrevac=0&hur=0&labels=0&lightning=0&livesurge=0&mm=0&ndfd=0&rad=1&rad.num=1&rad.spd=25&rad.opa=81&rad.type=00Q&rad.type2=&rad.smo=1&rad.noc=1&rad.stm=0&dir=1&dir.mode=driving&sst=0&sat=0&seismicrisk=0&svr=0&ski=0&snowfall=0&stateLines=0&stormreports=0&tor=0&tfk=0&tsunami=0&riv=0&wxsn=0&cams=0&pix=0

and Tempist’s:

https://tempestwx.com/map/39.9853/-76.6956/11

 

My tempest weather station is reporting .25 yesterday and stations around it are ranging from .18-.23, so I’d say that’s pretty darn close.

 

[Superstorm]

Any other personal weather stations nearby to you that you can check their rainfall total compared to yours? I use Weather Underground’s:
https://www.wunderground.com/wundermap?lat=39.998000000000786&lon=-76.73099999999852&zoom=13&tl.play=0&tl.spd=2&groupSevere=1&groupHurricane=1&groupFire=1&groupCamsPhotos=1&groupRealEstate=1&eyedropper=0&extremes=0&fault=0&favs=0&femaflood=0&fire=0&firewfas=0&fissures=0&fronts=0&hurrevac=0&hur=0&labels=0&lightning=0&livesurge=0&mm=0&ndfd=0&rad=1&rad.num=1&rad.spd=25&rad.opa=81&rad.type=00Q&rad.type2=&rad.smo=1&rad.noc=1&rad.stm=0&dir=1&dir.mode=driving&sst=0&sat=0&seismicrisk=0&svr=0&ski=0&snowfall=0&stateLines=0&stormreports=0&tor=0&tfk=0&tsunami=0&riv=0&wxsn=0&cams=0&pix=0
and Tempist’s:
https://tempestwx.com/map/39.9853/-76.6956/11
 
My tempest weather station is reporting .25 yesterday and stations around it are ranging from .18-.23, so I’d say that’s pretty darn close.
 

Was thinking about getting a Tempest.


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[pawatch]

My USGS gauge is about 5-7 miles from my house.  So the totals are almost never the same.

Maybe get a Stratus manual rain gauge and compare that way.

Definitely a nice day!

[Storm Clouds]

4 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

Was thinking about getting a Tempest.


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I’ve had mine for over a week now and really enjoying it! It was a breeze to set up and the app is great where it uploads its data to! Tempest costumer service has been great so far too. Everything seems pretty accurate when comparing it to nearby stations. Not sure about the wind readings though, but honestly I don’t live in a good place to get unobstructed and accurate wind readings (it’s mounted off my deck about 13 ft above the ground…other houses and trees still block wind flow). I highly recommend! The lightning detector on it is a super cool feature that you would have to pay for an add on device with other stations. 

Amazon right now has the Tempest on sale for like 25% off. You can buy for like $265 instead of normal price of $349. 

[canderson]

I use a Stratus. It’s not perfect and I don’t mess with melting down snow because well I’m lazy 

[TheDreamTraveler]

6 hours ago, Yardstickgozinya said:

 This video has some really fascinating  info on the geology of eastern Pa  and the Susquahanna river. I had no idea that many of us were living on a piece of Africa that returned after the breakup of Pangaea or that the Little Atlas Mountains in Morocco and the Appalachian mountains were once the same chain. 

 

 

I didn't know that either until a few years ago. Apparently parts of Scotland like the Scottland Highlands were also part of the same chain as the Appalachians at one point which is really cool.

[TheDreamTraveler]

5 hours ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

Still no power in Marysville & PPL has no estimated time for restoration yet.

Oof that sucks. Hoping they get it back online today. Thankfully it's not brutally hot today

[Elim72]

.82 in Elimsport yesterday. We missed all the weather violence.

[canderson]

Had to map Elimsport - a new one for me!

[Voyager]

2 hours ago, Storm Clouds said:

Any other personal weather stations nearby to you that you can check their rainfall total compared to yours? I use Weather Underground’s:

My tempest weather station is reporting .25 yesterday and stations around it are ranging from .18-.23, so I’d say that’s pretty darn close.

 

I did as you suggested, and one in town about quarter mile away was 0.95". One in Hometown, perhaps a mile or so north was one inch exactly, and the USGS gauge, which is also about a quarter mile north of me along the river, (it measures river stage) was at 1.45".

[mahantango#1]

4 hours ago, Voyager said:

I got 0.10" more between 11 and 12 last night to take my total to 1.93" for the day.

Caveat...what I mentioned about the USGS gauge being lower. It's total was 1.45".

My dilemma. Which is more accurate? A tipping bucket or a hepatic gauge?

Buy a rain Guage at your local hardware store and compare readings after it rains.

[Storm Clouds]

1 hour ago, Voyager said:

I did as you suggested, and one in town about quarter mile away was 0.95". One in Hometown, perhaps a mile or so north was one inch exactly, and the USGS gauge, which is also about a quarter mile north of me along the river, (it measures river stage) was at 1.45".

Hmmmm yours does seem high then, but it could have just poured more immediately at your house haha.