Itstrainingtime

Already decided that our after work exercise will be the gym in lieu of a walk. Expecting to need the lights to drive home this evening at 7pm-ish.

NWS Binghamton tweeted at 9:45am that their temp was "stuck on 50" and despite a lack of clouds, the sun was completely covered by the thickness of the smoke. MU's twitter feed has the exact tweet plus a picture of the sky up there. Seriously, it's crazy to see. Edit: They also mentioned that there parking lot lights had come back on...it was that dark.

Ain't that the truth! I said yesterday how the sky looks like it does during Albert Clippers of the past, but what is a better analogy is August skies from the 1970s when the heat and humidity were sky high. The amount of haze back then is very reminiscent of what the skies have looked like the past couple of days.

I commented last night about how we filled nearly an entire page with evening smoke obs - only to log in just now and discover 2 full pages of new posts overnight/this morning! This is quickly moving into HECS territory. On a serious note...be careful everyone. I was working late at the office last night and was moving between building a lot. The smoke late last evening was something else and I could definitely smell and feel it. Waves of it blowing through when the breeze picked up. I'm working today at the Visitor's Center in Columbia which sits right by the river and I can barely make out the hills in York County currently. That's about 1 mile visibility.

You're not wrong...

Another first in the Central PA thread - almost an entire page of posts in just a few hours in June discussing smoke obs.

There are waves of smoke blowing past my outside light.

I came here to say the same thing - I was just outside and the smell of smoke is very evident.

I grew up in Washington Boro and learned "very unscientifically" from older, "wiser" Boro residents that storms followed the river. As I grew up and got into Met, I realized that some of that was um...not so accurate. Today's cell came right down the Susky. My son lives in Mount Joy and they got next to nothing, Maytown was JUST inside the "win zone" today.

Those cells really weakened over the past few scans...right now they've almost dissipated.

I'll fire up the mower right after I fire someone else for not providing the full weather story. She said that she didn't realize that I wanted another update if it rained. Sigh.

My wife... So, my earlier report from her was that we got "drops" - which, to her credit was accurate at the time she sent me that text. She never did follow up with a 2nd text to tell me that it rained shortly after message #1 to the tune of .11". Thanks, honey.

Drops...wife said if she wasn't outside she would have had no idea it rained. Did not make the driveway wet.

I'm at work now but my wife just said it looks like it's about to. I'll let you know shortly.

I just realized that it has not rained at home since May 13th. 24 consecutive days since the last drops fell.

Working from home this morning and the sky reminds me of Alberta Clipper days of yore - the sky is basically "overcast" from haze/smoke with the sun dimmed significantly from it. Many times during clippers it would be snowing with the sun dimly visible through the overcast.

Sun and 74. Every day in June that's in the 70s/low 80s is one less day that's in the 90s. Not very profound I realize but it helps me prepare for the upcoming heat better.

Any model that produces rain right now is my herro.

Today will be day #9 since the last grass mow for me. I cannot recall going 9 days without mowing in the May/June time period since my dad started me mowing at 3 years of age. (okay...slight exaggeration...slight) Thing is, it will likely be another full week now.

Amazing how much wetter your area is than mine. You'll probably have to mow twice this week!

Another pleasant week of temps ahead of us, but a little nugget of info - pretty soon, the heat will be on.

53 for the low in Maytown. Yet another gorgeous morning out there.

I thought about trying that approach but I want to save that for wintertime. LOL

It's better than nothing though...I was serious about my blowing dirt observation. My white car is now brown from dirt off the field near me. At least you got some form of temporary relief.

Congratulations to those who received beneficial rains this weekend. For here, this carries a little extra sting as my area was forecast to do "well" but nothing fell. And CTP has dry weather here through at least next Saturday. At this rate I'm going to lose my crown as mowing king...