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This is true. I remember having a conversation years ago with Sam Perugini, who was a professor of meteorology at Penn State. At the time he had a forecast for 6-12" of snow for my area, and I excitedly responded about getting up to a foot of snow. He smiled at me and simply said "don't forget my forecast starts with a 6". Simple I know, but that resonated with me from that day forward. Also - people see a few pictures or a 30 second video and make definitive conclusions about "how lame" a storm is. As many intelligent people are saying, the worst part of the storm went right over the swamp where there isn't a whole lot of people nor a whole lot of buildings, and thus...not a whole lot of pictures and video to view. Thus - "it wasn't that bad" mentality sets in with some.

A few weenies are throwin' a fit this morning all disappointed that there wasn't total cataclysmic destruction in Lake Charles overnight. Some dude just called out the NWS for being irresponsible and over-hyping Laura. Fortunately, CoastalWx from New England came by and basically told them to STFU. I guess short of seeing corpses float by during live streams, Laura will forever be known as a bust to some people.

That Chicago Storm dude was a little unfair to him - NJWX kept asking nicely if someone (including Chicago man) had more up to date maps to please post them. All he got in response was ugly sarcasm. People like that seriously bother me - don't complain unless you have something better in return. All he had was ugliness.

In an era when everything seems to be sensationalized by the media, I fear that Laura is going to cause a lot of heartache over the next 24 hours. Our anniversary plans getting ruined = inconvenience. People who live down that way = livelihoods altered potentially for many years to come.

So one year ago today, my wife and I made plans to vacation on Galveston Island arriving today and leaving on a western Caribbean cruise tomorrow. Once Covid hit and crippled the cruise lines, we cancelled all of our reservations. At the time, it was disheartening to do so... Interesting how things turn out...

One of the most accurate, telling questions I've ever heard. Normal right now sounds extraordinarily nice.

I don't even merit a HWO from CTP.

Quietly back at home, a potentially active period of severe weather (especially for late August) is in store for parts of PA, with at least a slight risk of severe storms each of the next 3 days at least. CTP is really ramping up wording for tomorrow for those north of I-80 and to the east of IPT. Winds greater than 75 mph, hail larger than 2", and a few tornadoes of EF2 or stronger are all possible.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch...just cancelled.

A few more storms are forming in north central PA and moving SE - we have a couple more hours until we're completely out of the woods.

Day #40 at or above 90 here...can't wait until we get a hot summer.

The way things look right now, your feeling is looking pretty spot on...

Even to our west it doesn't look overly impressive. There are a few cells that look decent but so far, overall it looks kind of meh. There is a 2nd area forming further east behind the first "line" that might target our area later on.

I've recognized my need to step things up around you these days.

I never realized how dramatic some of the nuances are of LES - back several years ago when Buffalo got like 7' of snow in a few days, I believe that until the fluff settled and compacted they had just over half that amount still on the ground. Impressive depth, yes. But when you see the ridiculous totals coming in from up there during LE events it's good to remember that what is reported isn't what is always on the ground.

Maybe, but you'll end up with 2" of rain from .2" of moisture. Fake rain is the quickest way out of a drought.

It could be related to insects sucking the chlorophyll out of the tree leaves. Fungus can also adversely affect tree leaves.

We're already under an enhanced risk for wind tomorrow on SPC's day 2 outlook. No way we miss out on both days...right?

For those south of the turnpike, today looks more and more like it's going to be a shutout unless things start popping further south...

So far I've seen nothing but some fair weather cumulus...patiently waiting for my squa...er, storm.

Just hit 90 for the 39th time here. I just read in the mid atlantic obs disco that this hasn't been a hot summer - I thought we just came out of the hottest July in recorded history?

Radar looks like a winter time squally kind of day - lots of activity as you said to our N&W and moving east. I'm going to pretend it's January 24 2021 and wait for an incoming quick inch of snow in 15 minutes.

@canderson thinking of you as well - know you have family down in Texas and obviously concerned with some of the projections for Laura. Hope everyone does well down there.

Keep that rain coat of yours stored away watching the EC...in the meantime, you'll probably be under a deluge later today and tomorrow.

@Voyager my best wishes for a speedy recovery! Agree about Laura - hopefully her rains are beneficial and stop at that for those in PA who need the rains most desperately.