Jump to content
  • Member Statistics

    17,610
    Total Members
    7,904
    Most Online
    Vesuvius
    Newest Member
    Vesuvius
    Joined

Central PA Summer 2020: Hoping The Heat Makes a Hasty Retreat


Recommended Posts

25 minutes ago, paweather said:

Thanks for the heads up guys. I thought we would see nothing today but once I saw this and Bubbler's post I got my cushions in from the outside. 

No problem! I posted because I was thinking the same as you. A thundershower each day saves me time from watering plants. :) 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Another great thunderstorm just concluded.  Had no idea anything was coming until the dark clouds started rolling in from the west.  Then, kaboom!  Torrential rains and the temp plummeted from 82 down to 65 at the end of the event with 0.64" of rainfall.  Combine that with the 0.69" that fell late Monday and another 0.03" on Tuesday and I've had 1.36" in the past 3 days.  That helps to make up some for what was an incredibly dry June leading into this week.  I only had 1.34" for the month as of the 21st, but now am up to 2.70" having doubled the monthly total.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

I did not say ONLY.  LOL.  I said they scored.  LOL.  I did call my area a loser though.  

Add the trainingtime guy to your list...it was legit here. 

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
453 PM EDT Thu Jun 25 2020

PAZ065-066-252130-
York PA-Lancaster PA-
453 PM EDT Thu Jun 25 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF LANCASTER AND YORK
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 453 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Maytown, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts to 45 mph and pea size hail are possible.

Locations impacted include...
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, Columbia, Lititz, Mount Joy, Manheim, East
Petersburg, Stonybrook-Wilshire, Salunga-Landisville, Maytown,
Rothsville, Mountville, Hallam, Marietta, Wrightsville, Yorklyn,
Rheems, Bainbridge, Brickerville and Yorkana.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Itstrainingtime said:

Add the trainingtime guy to your list...it was legit here. 


Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
453 PM EDT Thu Jun 25 2020

PAZ065-066-252130-
York PA-Lancaster PA-
453 PM EDT Thu Jun 25 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PARTS OF LANCASTER AND YORK
COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

At 453 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over
Maytown, moving northeast at 30 mph.

Wind gusts to 45 mph and pea size hail are possible.

Locations impacted include...
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, Columbia, Lititz, Mount Joy, Manheim, East
Petersburg, Stonybrook-Wilshire, Salunga-Landisville, Maytown,
Rothsville, Mountville, Hallam, Marietta, Wrightsville, Yorklyn,
Rheems, Bainbridge, Brickerville and Yorkana.

The homestead gets a highlight on an AFD! 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 hours ago, canderson said:

It’s pouring here right now and have deep thunder. Radar looks like it’s a light sprinkle. Very bizarre. 
 

It’s as dark as midnight out. 

we were coming back from a call and watched this coming in, it like rode along the mountain. pretty cool to watch. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

44 minutes ago, sauss06 said:

we were coming back from a call and watched this coming in, it like rode along the mountain. pretty cool to watch. 

Looks like a stormy weekend with several threats centered around overnight/early tomorrow morning, late afternoon and evening Saturday, and then again on Sunday afternoon. Any storm can bring torrential downpours and damaging winds. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

I saw the NWS AFD mentioning this...especially Sunday.  The NAM  and Euro are poo pooing it for the LSV.  Keeps the LSV practically dry as the forcing veers off to the north.  Hoping for some more welcome rains. 

There's been talk all week about severe on Saturday...Sunday kind of snuck up on us a little bit. But it does seem like Sunday could very well work out better, especially for those of us closer to the M/D line. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Itstrainingtime said:

Looks like a stormy weekend with several threats centered around overnight/early tomorrow morning, late afternoon and evening Saturday, and then again on Sunday afternoon. Any storm can bring torrential downpours and damaging winds. 

 

1 hour ago, Bubbler86 said:

I saw the NWS AFD mentioning this...especially Sunday.  The NAM  and Euro are poo pooing it for the LSV.  Keeps the LSV practically dry as the forcing veers off to the north.  Hoping for some more welcome rains. 

that is what i saw too, risk is minimal. So that means we'll get smacked. :wacko2: i'm off all next week to work around the compound. looks hot and humid. The beer distributor will love me.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Was just outside for 30 min.  It's hot out.   May get a surprise 90 here today if clouds do not stop the rise.  87 right now.

 

5 minutes ago, canderson said:

It’s 81 here but feels not bad. Was working in the garage a bit at lunch and wasn’t too uncomfortable. 

I'll meet you in the middle at 84 here. Today is an interesting sort of day - out front I'm sheltered by the breeze and in the midday sun it felt uncomfortable. Walked into my backyard and with a nice west breeze it felt delightful. 

It's just warm enough and just humid enough that without the breeze it feels a little stuffy. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 minutes ago, Itstrainingtime said:

 

I'll meet you in the middle at 84 here. Today is an interesting sort of day - out front I'm sheltered by the breeze and in the midday sun it felt uncomfortable. Walked into my backyard and with a nice west breeze it felt delightful. 

It's just warm enough and just humid enough that without the breeze it feels a little stuffy. 

Yea for me I was in the sun and the breeze is just blowing warm air at this point.   Not record breaking heat but came in feeling like I was hotter than I wanted to be.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

On 6/25/2020 at 4:07 PM, Itstrainingtime said:

No problem! I posted because I was thinking the same as you. A thundershower each day saves me time from watering plants. :) 

A heavy shower rolled through here in the last couple of hours.

Yet another day with no watering needed for the plants or garden this week!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 hours ago, Blizzard of 93 said:

A heavy shower rolled through here in the last couple of hours.

Yet another day with no watering needed for the plants or garden this week!

Nothing but a few sprinkles down this way. Everything this morning was north as Bubbler said. 

Not sure if the atmosphere recovers enough for storms later - our friend Canderson would shed better light on that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

SPC Meso discussion out that includes parts of our forum MD1023

Quote

Surface analysis shows veering winds across western PA,
   west of a deepening surface trough over eastern NY and PA. Nearly
   parallel to the winds a loft, a convergence zone oriented WNW to ESE
   is noted over central PA with associated showers, while rain
   persists from northeast PA into NY.

   Temperatures are warming quickly south of these showers across
   southern PA, MD and VA, and west/southwest 850 mb winds of 25-35 kt
   will aid destabilization northeastward toward the rain-cooled areas.
   A zone of 200 m2/s2+ effective SRH also exists along the warm/cool
   air interface, and this should translate east today as the warmer
   air spreads into eastern PA, NJ, and NY.

   Around 1000 J/kg MLCAPE is expected to develop over the next few
   hours where temperatures warm into the 80s, beneath modest westerly
   flow aloft. Since this area is behind the primary midlevel
   disturbance, lift will be driven mainly by warm advection, with at
   least isolated storms forming along or ahead of the aforementioned
   convergence zone over PA. A broken line of storms is possible,
   producing damaging wind gusts given favorable deep-layer mean winds.
   A supercell is possible as storms interface with the larger SRH area
   along the warm/cool air interface as well, and a brief/weak tornado
   could not be ruled out.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...