Hurricane Agnes

And thar she blows! Am guessing Norman has issued. Waiting for text. Here it is -

Was literally just thinking about that when your post came through. If it doesn't issue at 2 pm, it will probably go out with the ~3 pm update. It's 93 here with dp 72, heat index of 101 and you can feel the burning sun. Also rapidly getting to a 50/50 cumulus sky coverage (and not all "fair weather"-looking cumulus clouds either).

Yup. Just hit 92 here (dp 71).

Just noticed that Mt. Holly decided to go ahead and throw up a Heat Advisory further north from Delmarva and into the 5-county metro area - Heat Advisory URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 853 AM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 NJZ015-017>019-PAZ070-071-102-104-106-222300- /O.EXA.KPHI.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-190722T2300Z/ Mercer-Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Delaware- Philadelphia-Eastern Chester-Eastern Montgomery-Lower Bucks- Including the cities of Trenton, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Media, Philadelphia, West Chester, Kennett Square, Norristown, Lansdale, Morrisville, and Doylestown 853 AM EDT Mon Jul 22 2019 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a Heat Advisory, which is in effect until 7 PM EDT this evening. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...Up to 100 due to high temperatures in the lower 90s, and dewpoints in the lower 70s. * TIMING...Monday afternoon. * IMPACTS...The heat and humidity may cause heat stress during outdoor exertion or extended exposure. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Heat Advisory means that a period of hot temperatures is expected. The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions, if you work or spend time outside. When possible, reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Wear light weight and loose fitting clothing when possible and drink plenty of water. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an emergency, call 9 1 1. && $$

Just hit 91, the 4th day in a row of 91 or above and the 6th out of the last 7 days at 90 or above (with the day not at 90 only a couple degrees short at 88). It's about 3 degrees less than the same time yesterday and I see the convection that has fired up to the far north.

Ended up getting 0.02" of rain overnight around 11:30 pm. Current temp is 74, a few degrees cooler than the past couple mornings.

Ended up with 98 as my high for the day (and for the season so far). It just dropped to 88 as I was typing this, about 15 mintues past sunset. I do see the clusters of storms to the NW & SW on the radar.

Back up to 98 again. Have to give PECO credit that everything has been holding so far.

And now only partly sunny with the clouds and that knocked the temp back down to 97. DP @ 75.

Just hit 98 here (broke my yesterday's record for the year so far). Puffy cumulus everywhere now!

Tied my high of 97 from yesterday but did it about 1 hour earlier than yesterday. Starting to see some cumulus clouds popping up.

I just started growing milkweed (one swamp milkweed plant with 6 stems) for them a couple years ago and this year that swamp milkweed is just about established and has had some great blooms this year. I bought another young swamp milkweed (the white-flowered "Ice Ballet") and a young common milkweed this year and all 3 have all kinds of babies on them just munching. lol This is the earliest I have actually spotted the caterpillars too (past couple years I didn't see any on my orignal plant until August). And I just hit 96 here. Looks like I might surpass my 97 high from yesterday. One big difference between yesterday and today is that today, the clouds are gone. Just hazy blue sky!

Now at 94 here and I'm seeing those cumulus to the north and east but clear blue sky (albeit hazy) to the south and west.

Ack. Now 91 with dp 74. Still running a couple degrees warmer today than this time yesterday. Was outside looking at the sudden explosion of monarch caterpillar babies on my new milkweed plants and could feel the burning sun, although not yet with the thick humidity that I felt last week with the obscene dews here on July 6th.

Not long after I posted it went to 88. We are pretty densely built around here, although I am right near some woods. Even across the line in the Springfield/Plymouth-Whitemarsh/Chelthenham township areas, the readings are in the mid-upper 80s.

Up to 87 here now, a couple degrees warmer than this time yesterday. Will see if I get higher than the 97 I had yesterday as a high.

It was still 85 at 11 pm last night and appears the low for today may be the current 77 here. Dews are in the low-mid 70s and it's partly sunny with the recent sunrise.

Looks like I maxed out at 97 between 2 & 3 pm and have gradually eased down to 95 now. Not that this temp is anything to sneeze at. Definitely beat the highest July temp here in at least the past 4 years.

I figured you did finally get there. Was about to post that it hit 95 about 10 minutes ago where I am with dp of 72 and HI of 103. Still getting a light breeze mixing it up around this area.

At 92 and dp 71 now. It's interesting that we have been getting a N/NW light breeze here.

LOL Yeah. I can feel the difference. I was just outside and other than finally acclimating to it some, it didn't take my breath away... yet. I think Delco got that heavy rain (my sis sure did) but it pretty much just spritzed here in comparison (total for 2 days was just under 1/3rd").

And just hitting 90 before 9:30 (dp still "lower" at 70). It's hot but not steam bath blast-furnace here yet but it's coming.

85 at 8am and 86 at 8:05 and rising... with dp 70. Since my area missed the heavy rains, I gave some of my cool-loving plants (lilacs) a quick soak earlier this morning to get through the next couple days before the progged rain.

Looks like my low may have been 77 this morning because I'm now up to 79. Oddly (or maybe not) the dp is only 70. Could be the heat evaporated much of the little bit of rain that hit the ground here (most of the heaviest rain missed here twice) so the usual light fog is not out there IMBY. About 5 minutes to sunrise on this 50th anniversary of the moon landing (I was 7 at the time and had been in bed and told to come downstairs to watch when the first steps happened ).

Temp is 95 here with dp 74 and heat index 106. We have had a light but active breeze much of the day so that has helped a bit with mixing on and off today. Still have the puffy cumulus too.