Central PA Summer 2026 Discussion/Obs Thread

[Voyager]

43 minutes ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Hang in there. For many cycles now the HRRR has been advertising a very quick pullout of the smoke this afternoon. Already getting much better down this way. 

Yeah, it got better here too 

Is the rain more widespread that originally forecast? I thought there would be a distinct lull, and even potential clearing between the first round, and what comes later, but looking at radar, clouds and rain still stretch across most of the central part of the state from southwest to northeast.

[canderson]

36 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Yeah, it got better here too 

Is the rain more widespread that originally forecast? I thought there would be a distinct lull, and even potential clearing between the first round, and what comes later, but looking at radar, clouds and rain still stretch across most of the central part of the state from southwest to northeast.

I believe so here yes. But JUST to our S and SE they’re in full sun and baking. 

[Itstrainingtime]

14 minutes ago, canderson said:

I believe so here yes. But JUST to our S and SE they’re in full sun and baking. 

Fortunately, I've only had a few peeks down here. I don't think the sun has been out for more than 2-3 minutes at a time all day, and that has only been since 1pm.

[canderson]

14 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Fortunately, I've only had a few peeks down here. I don't think the sun has been out for more than 2-3 minutes at a time all day, and that has only been since 1pm.

No sun here - it’s been raining again for 20-30 mins. But the sky is getting brighter. 

[Jns2183]

No sun here - it’s been raining again for 20-30 mins. But the sky is getting brighter. 

it feels like a steam bath and a sun breaks out oh my God

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[Voyager]

Well, I certainly did NOT expect 1.83" of rain from "round one", but that what I got in my backyard. With that said, I wonder if it stabilized the air mass enough that it thwarts our chances here for potential severe later on. It seems as if the focus is on points southeast as of now.

[mahantango#1]

17 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Well, I certainly did NOT expect 1.83" of rain from "round one", but that what I got in my backyard. With that said, I wonder if it stabilized the air mass enough that it thwarts our chances here for potential severe later on. It seems as if the focus is on points southeast as of now.

Man, your cashing in on the rainfall.

[canderson]

22 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Well, I certainly did NOT expect 1.83" of rain from "round one", but that what I got in my backyard. With that said, I wonder if it stabilized the air mass enough that it thwarts our chances here for potential severe later on. It seems as if the focus is on points southeast as of now.

That incredible 

[Voyager]

6 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

Man, your cashing in on the rainfall.

1 minute ago, canderson said:

That incredible 

It really is. There was always the possibility of morning showers, but we got a few bursts of heavy rain (with embedded thunder) that started about 8:30am and continued until noon.

[Itstrainingtime]

I've received 0.02" of rain today.

[canderson]

11 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

I've received 0.02" of rain today.

It’s rained most the day and I’m only at .20

[mahantango#1]

That Tamaqua split is affecting the rainfall for your friends including me southwest of your locale.

[Voyager]

4 minutes ago, mahantango#1 said:

That Tamaqua split is affecting the rainfall for your friends including me southwest of your locale.

I don't know what happened. The rain seemed to train over the area.

One concern I have is that I looked at the USGS Tamaqua gauge and it showed a bit less than my backyard. It shows 1.25". 

I wonder how accurate the hepatic rain gauge on the Tempest is. More and more, I've been contemplating going back to a traditional weather station with a tipping bucket and wind cups.