Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Looks pretty dark to the west of here as the storm is moving in. The temp has "shot up" to 62. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Hurricane Agnes said: Looks pretty dark to the west of here as the storm is moving in. The temp has "shot up" to 62. I'm down to 47F already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, JTA66 said: I'm down to 47F already. Getting some wind and had a single weak thunder. Temp is slowly dropping. Down to 61. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazwoper Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 quite a bit of wind and rain here. the worst is through. Not bad with the way temps were before it rolled through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Temp still dropping (down to 57). Getting some rain (up to 0.05" for the event so far) but a little heavier batch might swipe me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Had about 10 minutes of rain, some strong winds, a few rumbles of thunder off to the north, and some pea sized hail. Somewhat clearing up a bit, temp. down to 52F. Eta - maybe one more bit of showers off to the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 My sis texted that she was getting hail in Wyndmoor (didn't see any here a few miles away). Had at least 5 instances of thunder and a lightning. Temp is down to 53. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazwoper Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 getting some lightning and thunder now.......and there goes the fire station siren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 That bit of rain to the west has generated another severe t'storm warning here - seems a little cool for that, might be stronger down in Delaware. Hearing thunder to the west-south-west now. Interesting... Also, unusual to have (two) severe warnings in the afternoon and a freeze warning for that night. Pretty wild! Eta, that 2nd batch turned out to be just a cool shower. 51F currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Temp down to 48 and getting some last of the lighter rain. Did have one additional thunder (total about 7 claps through the event , which was more than expected ) and have 0.15" of rain so far at post time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Sun has popped out and rainfall is up to 0.18". May be swiped by another couple little bands if they hold. Temp still holding at 48. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Getting some pretty heavy rain, gusty winds and thunder/lightning here. Nothing to crazy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBasile Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Got slammed/getting slammed down here on the bay. Not quite sure how high the winds were or how much the temp dropped, but the wind chill was legitimately cold. Good storm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 17 minutes ago, BBasile said: Got slammed/getting slammed down here on the bay. Not quite sure how high the winds were or how much the temp dropped, but the wind chill was legitimately cold. Good storm! Good pic too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBasile Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, KamuSnow said: Good pic too! Thanks. Took some shots with my Nikon as well for a pano. Hopefully it's as good as the cell phone. lol Side note: It's always fun with how gustless (new word?) the winds are down here in this completely open space. The outflow slams you and doesn't let up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 I may BBQ.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Birds~69 said: I may BBQ.... In shorts and a tee shirt, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, KamuSnow said: In shorts and a tee shirt, right? Lol...no shot! Winds have picked up like a b***h!!! Somehow, someway I will have fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 17 minutes ago, Birds~69 said: Lol...no shot! Winds have picked up like a b***h!!! Somehow, someway I will have fun... Thinking about covering some plants here with the freeze warning. Not as much fun as a BBQ, but at least it's sunny now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 minute ago, KamuSnow said: Thinking about covering some plants here with the freeze warning. Not as much fun as a BBQ, but at least it's sunny now! Funny but the temp continues to go back up here. Now up to 55. I have lilacs with panicles expanded but closed buds. I am so over covering them (did that when they were baby plants). One of them tends to alternate-bloom and it is covered with panicles this year. I am hoping that whatever it goes down to as a low, it doesn't stay there for 4 or more hours. I know 28 and below is considered a "hard freeze" (which I think has its own NWS warning product), so hoping it doesn't eventually get progged for that, prompting a change to a hard freeze warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, KamuSnow said: Thinking about covering some plants here with the freeze warning. Not as much fun as a BBQ, but at least it's sunny now! Sun is is out, but man, it's super crazy weather! Thinking Ribs but "F" that... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 15 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said: Funny but the temp continues to go back up here. Now up to 55. I have lilacs with panicles expanded but closed buds. I am so over covering them (did that when they were baby plants). One of them tends to alternate-bloom and it is covered with panicles this year. I am hoping that whatever it goes down to as a low, it doesn't stay there for 4 or more hours. I know 28 and below is considered a "hard freeze" (which I think has its own NWS warning product), so hoping it doesn't eventually get progged for that, prompting a change to a hard freeze warning. I'm torn as well, but we've got 2 white lilacs, 2 blue wisterias, and a Japanese lilac that we planted about 3 years ago, and they all have flowers almost ready to open up for the first time. We've been waiting patiently (lol) for this, so we'll probably cover them just to be safe, even though the forecast low here is 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, KamuSnow said: I'm torn as well, but we've got 2 white lilacs, 2 blue wisterias, and a Japanese lilac that we planted about 3 years ago, and they all have flowers almost ready to open up for the first time. We've been waiting patiently (lol) for this, so we'll probably cover them just to be safe, even though the forecast low here is 32. Yeah if you have young plants and can do so, covering might be prudent. Although I know in the past whenever I did end up covering mine, several times it ended up getting a bit windy the afternoons that I covered them (CAA before the winds went calm overnight like is happening right now) and I was fighting to make sure that the covers were secure and didn't blow off before it got dark. I did a major pruning on my earliest-blooming lilac last year, so it doesn't look like it formed any blooms this year (pretty much expected). The other 2 are normally May-blooming but are weeks ahead of where they should be due to the mild winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said: Yeah if you have young plants and can do so, covering might be prudent. Although I know in the past whenever I did end up covering mine, several times it ended up getting a bit windy the afternoons that I covered them (CAA before the winds went calm overnight like is happening right now) and I was fighting to make sure that the covers were secure and didn't blow off before it got dark. I did a major pruning on my earliest-blooming lilac last year, so it doesn't look like it formed any blooms this year (pretty much expected). The other 2 are normally May-blooming but are weeks ahead of where they should be due to the mild winter. Tonight the winds are supposed to stay up a bit, so if it stayed at 33 or above we'd probably be okay. Maybe I'll set my alarm for 3 am and check the temp...nah, easier to do in the daylight. We have some frost blankets that we'll tack down to the ground so that some ground heat can rise up and be trapped inside the blankets. That's the concept anyway, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Just now, KamuSnow said: Tonight the winds are supposed to stay up a bit, so if it stayed at 33 or above we'd probably be okay. Maybe I'll set my alarm for 3 am and check the temp...nah, easier to do in the daylight. We have some frost blankets that we'll tack down to the ground so that some ground heat can rise up and be trapped inside the blankets. That's the concept anyway, lol. Sounds like a plan. The rain will have helped too because the wet ground will take longer to radiate away the heat than if it hadn't rained and the ground was dry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 26 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said: Sounds like a plan. The rain will have helped too because the wet ground will take longer to radiate away the heat than if it hadn't rained and the ground was dry! 58 and sunny here now - seems counter intuitive to do this, but Mt. Holly is sticking to their guns regarding temps tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, KamuSnow said: 58 and sunny here now - seems counter intuitive to do this, but Mt. Holly is sticking to their guns regarding temps tonight. I think because the storms were ahead of the front and that front is now on our doorstep! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBasile Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, Hurricane Agnes said: I think because the storms were ahead of the front and that front is now on our doorstep! Yeah, temps in western/central PA already in the 30s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Picked up 0.27" of rain for the day. Current temp 57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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