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CBS Philadelphia's meteorologist Tammy Souza said this morning: "conditions could be favorable again to see the northern lights late Monday night into early Tuesday, sometime between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. "I think we'll be favorable several more times as we go into the summer and into the fall," Tammie says, "so keep your eye to the sky! https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/northern-lights-southeastern-pennsylvania-photos/
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I have continued to keep an eye on Northern Lights. Things are getting active. People here have posted a few recent pictures from PA even though NOAA didn't predict sightings this far south. Here is what they predict next two nights which show us missing out. Don't ask me what to think or who to believe. We can just do best we can, I guess: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental
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We have been been getting some decent rain coming down. No lightening in Williamsport so far but a bit of thunder. Looks like this will last for awhile. It is going pretty straight across from West to East. Upcoming rain amounts are Tues-Sat: 0.93, .03, .31, 1.22, .65. I hope we don't get much above this. I do not want water problems in the basement. But who knows with Debby?
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Did anyone else see anything since mid-July about parts of Antarctica being 50 degrees above normal? I sure didn't and even now the article I saw is from India. They do quote CNN so this got some US coverage but obviously far from enough. I am trying to wrap my mind around both the extra 50 degrees and no one making a fuss but will have to stew about this some more. Article says "heatwave" will last until early August. I wonder how quickly temps will return to normal? "Temperatures here usually range from -58 to; -76 degrees Fahrenheit, but they have risen to between -13 and -22 degrees Fahrenheit now." https://www.livemint.com!/science/news/heatwave-in-antarctica-continent-scientists-are-alarmed-as-temperatures-rise-50-degrees-higher-than-average/amp-11722859051733.html
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That is casual cleverness of a high order. I never would have thought of anything like that in a million years. I would have more complimentary things to say but the man himself was a cruel and terrible person who I see spent 11 years in prison and even longer in an insane asylum, where he died. Looking forward to handing out more praise another time.
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From AccuWeather on Twitter: Too important not to share. What I almost didn't notice is that the number of acres burned in 2024 increased so much more as a percentage than the increased percentage of total number of fires in 2024 vs 2023 or 5-year average. There is another chart at the link. It shows Top 5 biggest CA fires all happened since 2018, surprise, surprise. "Wildfires in California have burned an enormous 751,327 acres as of July 30, 2024, up 2,816% from last year." https://x.com/accuweather/status/1818709183245557827
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I would do better with this than Nintendo.
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This all sounds great. But what is Lite Switch entertainment? I have never heard of that before.
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That was just me including 89 in heatwave since I won't be able to tell the difference and some of the days may hit 90 after all. Of course a few may end up below 89 too. It is a long stretch either way. But not to worry, nothing official has changed.
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Maybe we need to work on creating our own Americanwx scale or maybe individuals have ideas for their own charts. I am sure we have lots of good ideas here to toss around. Based on earlier heatwaves this year my own scale wouldn't be booze but how many times I woke up while I was asleep. There is no way I am keeping track of those depressing stats though, especially on the worst days. I will have to think of something positive to do. I am coming to end of watching all 15 seasons of ER which I started around Thanksgiving. I need a new default choice when I don't want to think about what to watch.
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I can't help but applaud the spirit and humor of this graphic @phillywx put up on Twitter. Still people had better try to resist all this temptation. New heat wave coming next week isn't going to hit 98 in Williamsport like last one did but will be lengthy. If we include the five days of 89, weather.com has us getting a 10 day heat wave from July 28-August 6. August 6 is last day of 14 day forecast period so who knows when it will end? I hope the Little League players and visitors can have mostly low and mid 80s while they are here August 14-25. That seems very unrealistic though. https://x.com/phillywx/status/1815882218876854317
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I think NWS calling for more today in Williamsport than last night: Today Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. High near 81. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Patchy fog after 3am. Low around 67. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. On the other hand, Wunderground was about 1" last night, now just .23/.32. If we actually get thunderstorms, who knows what we will end up with?
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8:20pm: Ending the day in Williamsport with some hazy skies and patches of sunshine coming through windows. 80 with DP of 58. Not so bad. 1. I was surprised to see these maps showing big shift in Tornado Alley. Here is older one in which worst storms concentrated in just a few Plains states: Tornado map from 1986-2020 looks very different. Lots more yellow than green for one thing. Source used for article: new study released in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13655441/Tornado-Alley-shifted-east-midwest-study.html 2. If you want to see some high bad air numbers, go take a look at air quality map at purpleair.com and move to the middle of the country and further west: https://map.purpleair.com/1/mAQI/a10/p604800/cC0#7.34/40.747/-77.123/33.4 I copied link for my area but you can expand it out using your fingers all over place. Lots of wildfires and smokey air out in western half of US and Canada. I hope this doesn't come our way.
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Ben Noll Question #2: On Friday he asked and answered a big question for right now: https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/1814283229643563429 "Has it been more humid than normal this July or is it "just summer"? "It's been more humid than normal for about 70% of the U.S. so far this July. The most unusually humid conditions have been found from Washington D.C. northward into New England, where average dew points have been more than 5˚F above average in parts"
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Switching back to our forum's favorite topic for a moment. I recently started following this New Zealand meteorologist on Twitter, Ben Noll. He has a lot of good stuff including coverage of US. I just saw he asked and answered everyone's big question around here: "Is it too early to look at a snow map for December?" https://x.com/BenNollWeather/status/1815040535926559108
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I saw this over the weekend. It's the Aug-Sept-Oct temp maps. No shock to see Northeast goes from above average in Aug and Sep to well above average for many in PA in Oct. I have already brought up possibility of big storms including hurricanes in some area(s) of US on or right before election day. Now I am wondering closer to home what our weather will be on November 5. Average high/low for Williamsport on that date is 55/36. Record high/low is 77/19. We are supposed to have our hottest day today at 95, tomorrow at 93 according to wonderground.com https://weather.com/news/weather/video/your-late-summer-and-early-fall-temperature-outlook?cm_ven=hp-slot-1
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Williamsport is in Northcentral PA of course but it doesn't seem like any of the tornadoes etc people were talking about last night are coming our way. Only thing we have going is Heat Advisory. Here is our forecast as of 7:54a. Today Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. South wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 69. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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12:30a: Rain again. Only three tiny green dots in whole state and one of them is over Williamsport. Aren't we special tonight? Rain started out strong for 2 minutes and now almost over.
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11:30p: Williamsport has its own surprise rainstorm. Or maybe I should say had. I can't hear the raindrops coming down anymore.
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I hate to say it but I think we will be recovering from a heat wave, in or almost in a heat wave or dreading the next heat wave coming in a few days or next week during this whole time. We are lucky that we will not be worrying about any tropical storms or wildfires directly affecting us too. We may get some rain and smoke but that is it. Also mixed in with the unusual weather is the unusual election coming up. I knew weird things and big surprises would happen and they are and will continue, I'm sure. So with one thing and the other, most of the country is stuck in Crankytown for awhile. I am going to stay calm and try to keep my sense of humor. You know, Superstorm Sandy hit NY/NJ on the last Monday in October. There is no reason another huge storm couldn't be hitting somewhere on Election Day this year.
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Very good summary. I have to wonder what else US will get this year. I originally wrote summer but I think the season will be active well into fall too.
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More heat already. I just looked and after a better than daytime on Friday but still sticky very late night, it is just past 8am and already 82, real feel 87 in Williamsport. High supposed to hit 92. Dewpoint will drop somewhat during the day, thank God. Little League Championship games start on August 14 in South Williamsport. The American teams will have already faced a lot of heat. I sure hope the heat isn't too bad once they get here. Usually the worry is rain but this year is different.
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Very good. It must have felt great to see that. Maybe they will ask you again in the future for your thoughts.
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Between today and next Sunday. Williamsport will range from high of 89 today to low of 80 tomorrow. I hope you get your wish for lower temps where you live.
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Shocked to see at weather.gov that only about half the state is under a heat advisory. No more orange over Lycoming County, at least for now. We do have a Hazardous Outlook though. Warren-McKean-Potter-Elk-Cameron-Northern Clinton-Clearfield- Northern Centre-Southern Centre-Cambria-Blair-Huntingdon-Mifflin- Somerset-Bedford-Fulton-Tioga-Northern Lycoming-Sullivan- Southern Clinton-Southern Lycoming- 1029 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Pennsylvania. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Severe thunderstorms with damaging winds 60 mph or greater and large hail exceeding 1 inch in diameter are possible Sunday afternoon and evening. An isolated weak, short-lived tornado is also possible. Brief heavy rain from thunderstorms may also lead to minor flooding.
