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1.65" of rain so far today here in East Nantmeal Twp. in Chester County PA and 46.3 still light rain

Average dates of 1st Freeze over last 13 decades in Western Chester County PA - last 2 decades have shown a much later 1st freeze with October freezes becoming obsolete in the changing climate cycle we are currently in the midst of...

0.23" event total rain in Western Chester County PA

They are both the same Sunba IP PTZ camera model

Today's temps never made it out of the 40's in the Western burbs of Philly....while down the shore in Sea Isle City mid 50's with 0.16" of rain w/ East Nantmeal in Chesco w/ 0.13" so far. Seasonably cool week on the way with rain on Thursday and near freezing temps by Saturday AM

Little different morning - fog wise between inland Chester County PA and Cape May County on the beaches of SJ

Here in Western Chester County PA - last winter season we recorded the 3rd least amount of seasonal snowfall (1894 to Present) with only 5.8" of snow falling we average 35.6" of snow per season. The top 5 least snowy winters are below. 1) 1972-73: no measurable snow 2) 1949-50: 2.4" 3) 2019-20: 5.8" 4) 1931-32: 9.0" 5) 1941-42: 9.0"

Low fog and clouds down the shore in Sea Isle City NJ...while sunshine is breaking out in Western Chester County PA

1st AM low in the 30's this season (39.8) and 1st sub-40 reading since the 35.3 on May 13th

Below is the 9 day WXSIM forecast for Western Chester County - looks like around 0.68" of rain forecast for tomorrow's event WXSIM text forecast for East Nantmeal, initialized at 10:00 AM Oct 15, 2020 _______________________________________________________________________________ This afternoon: Mostly clear. Breezy and warm. High 72. Wind southwest around 12 mph, gusting to 22 mph. Tonight: Fair in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. A slight chance of rain after midnight. Low 51. Wind southwest around 8 mph, gusting to 17 mph, in the evening, becoming west around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 20 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a tenth of an inch. Friday: Dense overcast. Patchy light fog. A chance of rain in the morning, then rain likely in the afternoon. High 54. Wind west-northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent. Precipitation mostly around half an inch. Friday night: Dense overcast in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. Patchy light fog in the evening, then light to moderate fog after midnight. Rain likely. Low 49. Wind west-northwest around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent. Precipitation mostly around a quarter of an inch. Saturday: Sunny. High 57. Wind west-northwest around 6 mph, gusting to 15 mph. Saturday night: Clear. Low 40. Wind southwest near calm. Sunday: Sunny in the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. High 60. Wind southeast around 2 mph in the morning, becoming 8 mph, gusting to 17 mph, in the afternoon. Sunday night: Partly to mostly cloudy in the evening, becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. Low 49. Wind southeast around 6 mph. Monday: Cloudy in the morning, becoming dense overcast in the afternoon. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon. High 60. Wind south around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation less than 20 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a tenth of an inch. Monday night: Dense overcast. A chance of rain. Low 50. Wind west-northwest near calm in the evening, becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a tenth of an inch. Tuesday: Cloudy in the morning, becoming dense overcast in the afternoon. A chance of rain. High 55. Wind north around 4 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a quarter of an inch. Tuesday night: Cloudy. A slight chance of rain. Low 51. Wind east-northeast around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation less than 20 percent. Precipitation mostly less than a tenth of an inch. Wednesday: Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Mild. High 68. Wind southeast around 4 mph. Wednesday night: Fair in the evening, becoming partly to mostly cloudy after midnight. Low 49. Wind south-southeast around 4 mph. Thursday: Mostly cloudy to cloudy in the morning, becoming cloudy in the afternoon. High 65. Wind south-southwest around 5 mph. Thursday night: Cloudy. Low 52. Wind south-southwest around 5 mph. Friday: Cloudy. Mild. High 66. Wind south-southwest around 5 mph. Friday night: Cloudy. Low 52. Wind south-southwest around 5 mph.

Another .07" of rain overnight - storm total 1.35" in East Nantmeal Twp in Chester County PA

Hey guys, I thought I would start a unique topic (to not take up space in regular obs for those not interested) with some weather factoids related to the philly burbs of Western Chester County PA. Let me know if you have any questions or any analysis you would like to see run with this data set outside of the PHL airport heat island obs. To start off - based on a couple messages on the relationship... if any of following snow seasons to below normal September and October pairings. I did a bit of analysis in the database. With the 1st 10 days of October 2020 averaging over a degree below normal and September 2020 finishing with a below average temperature....if the longer range models are accurate we may indeed have our 1st back to back below normal such months since September/October 2009....that season we finished with 86.6" of snow here in the philly burbs of Western Chester County. Now before you snow weenies get all excited....that was the greatest seasonal snow following below normal Sept/Oct pairings in the local data set analyzed since 1894. Of interest back to back below normal Sept/Oct months have only happened 30 times or 24% of the 127 years of Chester County records. The average Chester County PA snowfall is 35.6" -however, in years following below normal Sept/Oct pairings the average following seasonal snowfall has only averaged 29.2" or 18% below normal. Ranges go from the 1972-73 season when....for the only time in Chester County PA history no measurable seasonal snowfall occurred to the aforementioned 86.6" in the winter of 2009/10. Bad news for snow lovers...70% or 21 of those following winters experienced below normal (35.6") snowfall. In future posts we will look at below normal Sept/Oct/Nov and below normal 3 month averages to the following snow seasons.....maybe there will be hope there.... "Some are weather wise and some are otherwise" Ben Franklin