Itstrainingtime

.78" fell here.

I just came back to say that the lightning approaching my area is incredible- nonstop flashes now.

Steady rain. More rain has fallen in the past 45 minutes than the first 20 days of September. Truth.

83 here in Maytown. Not going to reach 89 most likely but it's plenty warm enough.

I remember fondly reading the paper in our break room. We're too chea... I miss having the print version of the news.

Here's the 5 day map - a lot of what we get doesn't fall until next week: (#mumightstillberightforthisweekendafterall)

Pretty much every time I post a WPC rainfall map it looks drier than the previous one that they issued - but not this time! Much wetter than 24 hours ago: (#mumightnotberightthistime)

Indeed - the King of disappearing when it matters.

JUST missed 90 today - 89.2 was my high. Nice thing about this time of year...down to 64 already at 10:15pm.

MU does NOT seem impressed.

80 and sticky at 11:55am.

I was at the Apple Store on Tuesday and my first thought upon entering the store was "I can't begin to imagine what this place is like on a Saturday." Good luck.

You were mentioning a week or two ago about how quickly we're losing daylight here - in Bethel, they're losing 5 minutes on average every single day now.

Quick walk across campus was enough to remind me that summer isn't over just yet.

For those craving snow right about now, I don't know how I missed this. From August 23rd/24th: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auruk5EHedw

Got just about what I thought I would all along.

Sigh - URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Reno NV 1201 AM PDT Wed Sep 18 2024 CAZ073-190015- /O.CON.KREV.WW.Y.0022.240918T2100Z-240920T0300Z/ Mono County- Including the cities of Lee Vining, Bridgeport, Mammoth Lakes, and Coleville 1201 AM PDT Wed Sep 18 2024 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM PDT THURSDAY ABOVE 8500 FT... * WHAT...Snow accumulations up to an inch possible above 8500 feet, and 2 to 4 inches above 9000 feet. Locally greater amounts possible on the highest peaks of the Sierra and White Mountains. * WHERE...Mono County. * WHEN...From 2 PM Wednesday to 8 PM PDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Plan on slippery road conditions, especially over Ebbetts, Sonora, and Tioga Passes. Expect rapidly changing weather conditions in the backcountry. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Slow down and use caution while traveling. The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can be obtained by calling 5 1 1. Be prepared for slippery roads. Slow down and use caution while driving. If you are going outside, watch your first few steps taken on stairs, sidewalks, and driveways. These surfaces could be icy and slippery, increasing your risk of a fall and injury.

Sun was out for about 30-40 minutes. Cloudy again, nary a drop of rain here.

Skies are clearing directly overhead here in Columbia. Sun is fully out.

Add me to the 0.01" of rain club thus far.

@Mount Joy Snowman - after all of the innuendos yesterday...probably a good thing you clarified your statement...

Abysmal. Like, really, really bad. This is harder to go through when the team had zero talent and you took for granted they sucked.

A ton of undisciplined AB's.

I was 18 when the O's last won the World Series. Over my first 18 years they were in the Fall Classic 6 times, winning 3 times. Next year I turn 60. Oh, how naive I was in my youth thinking that I'd have many opportunities to see my beloved team in the series. Well... Since the beginning of the 2023 season I've been cautiously excited that finally...my next opportunity to see a World Series game in Balmer was coming soon. Right now, that seems so far away. Again. It's hard not to feel discouraged.

MU's Tuesday PM update: Unfortunately, the forecast from tonight through the end of the week is still not "cut and dry" or "set in stone." Instead, there is still a large amount of uncertainty with respect to the timing, intensity and amount of any rain across southeastern PA and the Lower Susquehanna Valley. As mentioned above, a weak low pressure system will develop well off the North Carolina and Virginia coastlines later tonight into Wednesday. It may then track northwest for a brief period of time and get closer to the mid-Atlantic coastline. However, its northward progression will ultimately be stopped by the large-scale subsidence, or sinking motion, associated with the large high pressure system over New England and eastern Canada. As a result, the system will stall off the mid-Atlantic coastline late this week or slowly meander back out to sea. Over the past 2-3 days, computer models have shown zero consistency from run-to-run in the placement, strength and track of the coastal low. They are having a hard time resolving areas of tropical convection both near and hundreds of miles off the mid-Atlantic coastline (see below). These areas of convection are expected to eventually interact with one another, but the timing and nature of this interaction is still difficult to finesse. The surface low pressure system will initially form near one of these clusters of thunderstorms and then draw moisture from the others inward toward itself. Obviously, the farther offshore the low forms/tracks, the less rain will fall north of the Mason-Dixon Line and west of I-95. A track closer to the coast would mean numerous showers or even periods of steady to perhaps heavy rain across southeastern PA, Delaware and parts of New Jersey later tonight into Thursday. I won't dive into the weeds here, but I continue to favor the drier outcome and a track farther out to sea. Rain across Virginia is currently not as intense, widespread or as far north as anticipated just 24-36 hours ago, so I see no reason why that trend won't continue over the next two days. "Rex blocks" are often stronger and suppress storm systems farther south than modeled, and this case seems to be no exception. We'll know soon..