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You look at this map and you might say "eh...what's so great about that?" (particularly for our area) 1. Our forecast was for 1-3". I had 16". That's a pretty colossal bust in a good way, which is rare. 2. Sustained winds even in our area were stronger than ANY storm that I've experienced, including the Superstorm. Like Nut said, we all have elements that are important to us. For some, it's all about the final total. I completely get that. For me, I like to see blinding snow being whipped sideways by 40+ mph winds. This storm had that. We had a drift in our driveway that exceeded 9' in depth.

Birmingham Alabama got 13" from the Superstorm...that's nuts!

1. 1993 2. 1996 3. 1983 4. 1978 5. 2016 The first 4 I listed all had other elements than snow, mainly strong winds and drifting. 2016 was a big dump of white gold but it was void of much wind. Honestly, I thought about putting '78 even higher. THAT was a beast!

11:00AM Dewpoint Roundup - Where is the front located? (This would also help explain why the Harrisburg area peeps aren't complaining about the humidity like us southern tier folks) Bradford: 54 University Park: 57 MDT: 65 Lancaster (MU): 73

I remember several days in mid August when it was 65 and dreary. It absolutely can happen, but as Nutter said...it ain't likely given the setup this time around. It is oppressively oppressive out this morning.

Southeastern York and southern Lancaster counties are getting rocked right now. Storms aren't moving much at all.

So far today has been a Delaware Valley special. Lots of activity in Philly and south Jersey ongoing, let's see if things start to pop around here soon.

94 here matches yesterday's high and is day #35 at or above 90 for me.

That could only happen in this year. And you know what? Why Not?

So how about that win by the O's last night? It was ugly as anything...but those game totals sure looked lovely as Joe Angel would have said. My preseason pick of 9-51 is in peril.

CTP tweeted that conditions are ripe for flooding, and posted this:

I'm concerned that this is gonna play out as I though a few days ago. Some areas are going to get a lot of water the next couple of days and the extended looks wet as well. Bubbler - I hope the Euro is right.

It was an historic miss for me today. Shady Maple, eh? I know and feel your pain now.

Speaking of getting missed - I was watching a small, but intense line of storms move out of York county directly at me. Lightning was flashing, thunder was roaring and the sky was dark. Very dark. That thing got just about over me, split, and re-consolidated about 2 miles to my east. I do not believe a single drop fell on my yard. It was a pretty bizarre thing to watch unfold. That happened because yesterday I wished for a few dry days. I got what I asked for. Time to go out and water the garden now.

That's what Micah Parsons said almost word for word...

That was quite an event...fortunately, the very worst spared the city of Chicago. A lot of the severe damage was west of town and particularly back in western Illinois and Iowa.

Looks like the latest that MU has hit 90 was on October 7th, 2007. A few mid 80s in November over the years and the warmest it's been in December was 78 on December 5th, 2001. (though we reached 76 on December 29th, 1988!)

In areas that aren't all that hot, that argument could be made, sure. Certainly not here in the heat belt...

I need to make a point of visiting the lovely village some day. It sounds so...lovely.

Make it 34 days. Just hit 90 on the nose. (some stations surrounding me are already at 91-92)

Where exactly the cold front stalls and sets up a boundary for waves of low pressure to run along it will separate the Haves from the Have Nots, as Bubbler so eloquently says. That setup helps explain why the EC looks like a slider.

33rd day of the season for me (32nd day at Lancaster) over 90. High today was 94.2

Thanks for posting that - I saw that picture earlier today and couldn't find it to post.

I've been following it all day. Seeing a lot of reports of unprecedented damage across Iowa...some areas are apparently look like a war zone. This is almost entirely from straight line winds, though there have been/are a few tornado warnings.

Incredible, scary derecho plowing through the midwest today and it's bearing down on Chicagoland now. Many reports of winds > 100 mph today in Iowa and Illinois already and it's maintaining it's strength as it approaches the "Windy City"