Voyager

Looks like a lot of rain spinning up the Virginia mountains along I-81 headed this way...at the moment anyway.

1.14" here...

You're welcome. I thought it was cool that someone's hometown got a shout out.

Cashtown got a Facebook shout out today...

No we don't. I will say though that this nice soaker is good for my mother in law's backyard. I graded and re-seeded it two weeks ago, and it just started to sprout. This rain, and the sun next week, should push it nicely.

So what's causing the blob of excess rain in Central PA? Every global and meso has it in nearly the same area. Everywhere else around it, the totals are about 1/4 to 1/2 less.

So now the rain lingers into Sunday...ugh.

Why? Just why???

Add 10 degrees to both and you have my perfect weather.

I'm sure you are, but curiosity is going to get the better of me. Who knows? It just might be the motivation I need to make the move to go out to AZ and help my mom, who really does need assistance due to her ailing health. I probably should already be out there, but the wife won't go. I struggle every day with what the right decision is. Do I do a temporary, long term move without the wife and help my mom, or do I stay here, and leave mom to fend for herself? She's 95% alone out there, has severe COPD, and can barely see due to macular degeneration. Even if she agreed, I'd never put her in an assisted living center without being out there to monitor how she'd be treated by the staff.

You're temping me again...

Well, the weather's more interesting in Miami, but my mom lives in Phoenix, so for now, PHX is choice #1.

I can't speak for Mahantango, but in reality, I need to move to Miami or Phoenix...lol

Yup I saw that patchy frost from Pillow up to Sunbury.

30.9 was my low this morning. Check out the price of diesel this morning at our authorized fueling location...

It's not quite as bad with a tanker, but yes, wind sucks when driving a truck. It sure seems that way lately...

So tomorrow, per my forecast, is to be windier than today. Ugh... And after seeing that cutoff low (which may or may not actually happen) for May 11th? Just do this to me and get it over with... I used to have a love for weather, but it's really waning lately, and in reality, I don't belong on a cold and snowy favored board anyway. At this point, I just can't bring anything positive to the table as I'm so frustrated.

Why can't the core of cold air stay in Canada where it belongs?

I'm just majorly frustrated. I was listing to the weather radio in the truck and the 8-14 day outlook calls for below normal temps and above normal precipitation. I've had enough.

How can anyone be happy about 4 consecutive nights of frosts and freezes now that the growing season has started? I just don't see the merits of potentially killing off flowers and other new growth.

Seriously? I used to moonlight as a newspaper photographer, and some of the coldest high school sports events I shot were in the spring. One Tamaqua HS baseball game it flurried throughout most of game. I can't believe how soft we're getting as a society.

Last Tuesday's late April snow ride...

77.0 was my (so far) high for the day. Presently sitting at 76.6 under full on, not a cloud in the sky, sunshine!!!

I guess I should look at the positive. It my not be an optimal spring, but at least I'm not in Wyoming...lol