Voyager

Will we or won't we??? TBD later...lol

Just did my count. So far 19 days were at or above 90 degrees this year in Tamaqua.

I have to do a count again, but my house in Tamaqua sits at 825 ft and I've had no problem cracking 90 this summer. What may have helped my temps is that, even at over 800 ft, I'm in the bottom of a valley, so downsloping may have played a part in it as locations to my north, east, and west are 500+ feet higher than where my house is located.

I don't know. I guess it depends on if those numbers are spread out over many hours, or if it falls in a couple of major bursts.

Sorry for the continued Arizona intrusion, but this kind of event is fairly rare for the low desert Phoenix metro area, and the fact that I'm here to see it is pretty cool... A snippet from the NWS PHX afternoon discussion. Heading into Friday, the upper level low will remain just to the south of the forecast area, continuing to advect a very moist airmass into the area. During the day Friday, PWAT values for south- central Arizona will rise to 2-2.25" with lower values west of the Colorado River. These are exceptionally high values for any time of the year, and are near the 99th percentile of the NAEFS climatology. Meanwhile, a trough will develop northwest of the forecast area introducing increased wind shear and diffluence aloft, especially by Saturday morning due to a well positioned jet streak. With strongly forced ascent of a near record breaking moist airmass, widespread moderate to heavy rain is expected to develop during the afternoon Friday and continue at times through Saturday, and possibly into Sunday morning. In terms of timing, the most likely period for heavy rain will be Friday afternoon into Saturday morning for south-central Arizona. A secondary push of heavy rain may develop Saturday evening into Sunday morning for Gila County and potentially Maricopa County as well. WPC QPF totals are impressive, with 0.75"-3" expected for Maricopa, northwest Pinal, and Gila Counties.

Without looking at maps, that sounds Lee-like. We got 3-4 inches of rain, while Pine Grove and points west got double digits.

According to our local news, this is the 16th wettest monsoon since modern records started being used. If you go to NWS PHX and read our forecast discussion, they're very bullish on this upcoming weekend. And it's ridiculously humid today. Currently 97/71 here...

For those who think AZ weather is boring, I give you this. My forecast has 3" of rain on the high end from now through Sunday.

This is HIGHLY unusual for the Phoenix metro area, but as of right now, this upcoming weekend looks soggy... Friday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 78. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Saturday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Sunday A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

I've come to realize that it's not the Tamaqua Split, it's the VOYAGER SPLIT. Severe storms to my northwest this afternoon weakened and died and reformed over Central and South Phoenix. It's not the location that kills the storms, it's the weather geek that kills 'em.

Sheesh...

What? How?

So I was washing my mom's car this morning, and two wild coyotes were across the street. I didn't see the roadrunner yet, though...lol

Oh, it was 49.1 for the low in Tamaqua this morning, and so far 79.8 here in the desert.

Wherever I am, there the split shall be also...lol It rained nearly everywhere yesterday, except in my backyard region.

And that's no Surprise...

Still a Tamaqua Split I see...

Yea though I walk through the valley... I just wonder if ANY of the storms will make it to the blue dot. They're nearly stationary, but generally drifting to the northwest.

Yeah. It's definitely on it's last leg.

Check out the cloud structure of this building potential storm...

If I'm posting too much Arizona stuff let me know, but here at high noon the temp is only 85 degrees.

Not too often. Only if clouds hold like they are so far today. Still, even if it stays overcast all day, we'll likely get to at least 95.

10am and only 82 here in Phoenix. Tamaqua is 87. We had a storm this morning before sunrise, and right now it's nearly 100% overcast here, so that's holding the temps down.

Tamaqua high was 95 today. Even with all the heat and humidity, nearly every morning the temps drop to the mid to upper 60's.