Parsley Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Still too many trees around here... http://www.wundergro...sp?ID=KNJEWING4 Damn, nothing over 20 mph? BOO!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 good news, euro lost the whole week of rain next week. Bad news its still going to rain but its now monday night into wed night with 1-2.5 inches. Hopefully this rain will recharge the well systems in this epic drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 good news, euro lost the whole week of rain next week. Bad news its still going to rain but its now monday night into wed night with 1-2.5 inches. Hopefully this rain will recharge the well systems in this epic drought. I saw 2 tumbleweeds today. Scary. Plus, dry begets dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I saw 2 tumbleweeds today. Scary. Plus, dry begets dry ray is here from elko, maybe he brought them with him and released them and they blew this way from the steady east winds this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Little shower went thru here about 30 minutes ago - another 0.01" - daily total at .05". Temp has dropped to 49.3 and skies have already cleared with the sun back out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I can hear the freight train blowing its horn. I conclude there's an inversion in place. Do I have any hope of being a meteorologist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boch23 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 good news, euro lost the whole week of rain next week. Bad news its still going to rain but its now monday night into wed night with 1-2.5 inches. Hopefully this rain will recharge the well systems in this epic drought. Don't worry it will only keep the grass green for a couple weeks and only raise base streams levels temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Don't worry it will only keep the grass green for a couple weeks and only raise base streams levels temporarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 good news, euro lost the whole week of rain next week. Bad news its still going to rain but its now monday night into wed night with 1-2.5 inches. Hopefully this rain will recharge the well systems in this epic drought. My well is almost dry now, I may die of thirst. Until the epic floodicane comes and saves us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehens Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I am loving the look of the 6z GFS for next week. Rain non-stop. Love it. I'm not sure it has any other model support but hopefully it pans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 0z euro still going with 1.5-2.5 inches of rain next week for the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Such a beautiful day today -- did Ray go back to Elko? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluehens Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 12z GFS printing out nearly 4" next week for KILG......yes please. Lets make this happen. 0z euro still going with 1.5-2.5 inches of rain next week for the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 12z GFS printing out nearly 4" next week for KILG......yes please. Lets make this happen. 12z euro has backed off from earlier runs to a degree. Rains monday into tuesday night, with 1-1.25 inches for everyone except lehigh valley north and west 1.25-1.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Such a beautiful day today -- did Ray go back to Elko? No I did go hiking in Hewitt State Forest though... it was nice of the weather gods to give me one really good day for that , right before I leave tomorrow :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 tl;dr is the Grothar drought going strong? localized water restriction for South Macungie? I'll be home for the summer on Wednesday! So expect boring weather til June 3rd, then two weeks of awesome severe, then nothing again until August. Irene redux in September is possible also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterwarlock Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 12z GFS printing out nearly 4" next week for KILG......yes please. Lets make this happen. may a drought scorch your entire garden this summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslotted Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 the drought reference jokes are totally over at this point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothar Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 tl;dr is the Grothar drought going strong? localized water restriction for South Macungie? I'll be home for the summer on Wednesday! So expect boring weather til June 3rd, then two weeks of awesome severe, then nothing again until August. Irene redux in September is possible also. The USGS has removed us out a short and long term drought conditions sometime during the latter part of this week . The rapid drop in the groundwater table has also slowed considerably this past week but is still dropping. If we get the two inches of rain this week, that should stop the groundwater tables from dropping further and stabilize the levels going into summer. If we get more than two inches of rain, the Little Lehigh will be most likely out of its banks for the first time this spring. Four inches of rain and Spring Creek Rd will be flooded. A drought watch issued by the state by Memorial Day will be not happen if we get the rain that the GFS models have been hinting all week. Gentlemen, Yes it appears my concerns for a drought have been for naught, I gracefully will admit my prediction has thankfully been proven wrong and I will move on. For smokeater-- yes we were in still in short term drought conditions as determined by the USGS and Palmer Indices last week but we have now been removed. The models still are hinting flooding rains from some type of tropical moisture feed- whether from a hurricane or from a deep tropical low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boch23 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Time to start the flooding rain jokes? the drought reference jokes are totally over at this point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Never saw so much concern over normal groundwater levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlurker Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Continuing the trend exhibited on earlier runs of the GFS, 0Z GFS had a s&*^load of rain through Wednesday morning, but the 6Z cut it in half. It's hard to estimate totals from Euro on Wundermap, but it looks like around about a half inch. Still something to be watched, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Continuing the trend exhibited on earlier runs of the GFS, 0Z GFS had a s&*^load of rain through Wednesday morning, but the 6Z cut it in half. It's hard to estimate totals from Euro on Wundermap, but it looks like around about a half inch. Still something to be watched, obviously. euro is 1-1.75 for the region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Never saw so much concern over normal groundwater levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 the drought reference jokes are totally over at this point... Ya guys, those jokes really dried out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexD Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Ya guys, those jokes really dried out! http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 The USGS has removed us out a short and long term drought conditions sometime during the latter part of this week . The rapid drop in the groundwater table has also slowed considerably this past week but is still dropping. If we get the two inches of rain this week, that should stop the groundwater tables from dropping further and stabilize the levels going into summer. If we get more than two inches of rain, the Little Lehigh will be most likely out of its banks for the first time this spring. Four inches of rain and Spring Creek Rd will be flooded. A drought watch issued by the state by Memorial Day will be not happen if we get the rain that the GFS models have been hinting all week. Gentlemen, Yes it appears my concerns for a drought have been for naught, I gracefully will admit my prediction has thankfully been proven wrong and I will move on. For smokeater-- yes we were in still in short term drought conditions as determined by the USGS and Palmer Indices last week but we have now been removed. The models still are hinting flooding rains from some type of tropical moisture feed- whether from a hurricane or from a deep tropical low. As much as I give you a hard time, I respect you for admitting your forecast didn't go the way you thought it would. That's more then some on this board would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grothar Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 As much as I give you a hard time, I respect you for admitting your forecast didn't go the way you thought it would. That's more then some on this board would do. Thank you. By the way someone should start a thread on the upcoming storms- observations and thoughts. 2-4 inches of rain is a big deal for us in a 24 hour storm event. It only takes 3-5 inches to cause some serious flooding issues in our area even if we are dry now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombo82685 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Thank you. By the way someone should start a thread on the upcoming storms- observations and thoughts. 2-4 inches of rain is a big deal for us in a 24 hour storm event. It only takes 3-5 inches to cause some serious flooding issues in our area even if we are dry now. yea looks like a general 1-3 for the region. Looks like the heaviest appears to from lancaster to mdt region right up to scranton. purely basing this off the srefs and euro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlwx Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Thank you. By the way someone should start a thread on the upcoming storms- observations and thoughts. 2-4 inches of rain is a big deal for us in a 24 hour storm event. It only takes 3-5 inches to cause some serious flooding issues in our area even if we are dry now. you're prone to hyperbole at times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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