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Got 6” in Allentown from this storm. Power went out midday Saturday and stayed out till Tuesday evening. Even worse, schools were closed Monday so I couldn’t even go there to warm up as I was a senior in HS at the time. Loved the storm, hated the aftermath.

Sandy redux on the 12z Canadian late next week. Could be some interesting days of tracking ahead.

I was hanging out on my porch and was very surprised to see a lightning flash. Could be the last one we see all year as a fall/winter pattern looks like it will set in after this cold front passes.

Check out the end of the 0z Canadian. It has the ultra rare hurricane phasing into a cold airmass so much of the interior Northeast gets a very white, windy Halloween. Probably won’t happen but it’s fun to look at.

Trash night here too. Not going to bother putting it out…it can wait till next Sunday. I’d rather not chase my trash cans down the street.

Euro still wants to tuck it into the coast and make Monday morning very rainy and windy. Most other models give us some showers with a light breeze and that’s it.

Still a ton of disagreement on the 0z models about the timing and intensity of this storm, despite the start of it being 1-2 days away. If this was winter this place would be going insane right now.

Union won the supporters’ shield at least. I was at the game Saturday night when they clinched it and the place was electric.

There looks to be agreement among the models that 1-2” of rain will fall Saturday night into Monday, possibly more in localized areas. The details are still being ironed out as there are some differences in when the most impactful rain and wind will be. That could come anytime between Sunday afternoon and Monday afternoon.

Models starting to come into agreement, one by one, on a major coastal storm Sunday into Monday. The Canadian is the only one that doesn’t have it. Looks like a widespread 1-3” of rain with tropical storm force gusts if it indeed plays out like the models are saying.

Aurora is out tonight…too bad it’s freaking cloudy. Ugh.

These dry periods are aligning nicely with my job as a college tennis ref. It always sucks to move a match or tournament indoors since that often means much longer days. I do really hope we get some good rain in the coming weeks though. We just really need a 3-4 day period of steady light rain. Feels like we haven’t had that in forever.

The 0z Canadian gets Imelda close enough to Humberto that they end up merging and becoming one storm. If that happens, assuming the storm is still tropical, how do they decide which name the storm retains?

Line of garden variety storms passed through earlier. Some gusty winds and a few lightning bolts. Might be the last widespread storms of the year?

Hmmm, a bit of sunshine starting to break out here with the line of storms still west of Harrisburg. Hopefully this can destabilize the atmosphere enough for something good.