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


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Heavy stuff has rotated northwestward into my area now.  Been pouring for the past 30 minutes.  I'm up to 0.75" since midnight.  At the rate the storm is moving it's hard to imagine getting much over 2" here and points west.  So far winds have been gentle from the NE around 5 to occasionally 10 mph.  With a temp of 69 is almost feels "raw" outside...lol.

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Up to 0.92" now at 9:45 as the heavy rain rates begin to slow down to moderate.

***The following from NWS is posted here for posterity...***

.CLIMATE...
July 2020 was a remarkably warm and dry month in Central PA.

*Average Temperature*
-Warmest month on record at Harrisburg & State College (82.2F
 at MDT, breaking the old record of 81.8F set in July 1999;
 77.0F at STC, breaking the old record of 76.5F set in 1955).
-T-3rd warmest month at Williamsport (78.2F, tied with July 1921
 and behind 1955 with 79.1F and 1901 with 78.9F)

*Average Maximum Temperature*
-3rd warmest month on record at Harrisburg (92.2F behind 1999
 with 93.5F and 1966 with 93.2).
-5th warmest month on record at Williamsport (90.0F; record of
 93.0F set in 1955 with other warmer Julys in 1988, 1934, and
 1921).

*Average Minimum Temperature*
-Warmest month on record at Harrisburg & State College (72.2F at
 MDT, shattering the old record of 70.7F last year; 67.5F at
 STC, breaking the old record of 66.6F set in 2012)
-2nd warmest month on record at Williamsport (66.4F behind 1901
 with 71.1F)

*90 degree days*
-2nd most on record at Williamsport with 19, behind 1955 with
 25.
-T-2nd most on record at Harrisburg with 22, behind 1966 with 23
 and tied with 1999.

*Precipitation*
-Driest July since 2007 at Williamsport (1.86")
-Driest July since 2002 at Harrisburg (1.35")
-5th driest July at State College (1.38")
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7 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

HRRR really lays it on your guys in a couple hours.  Would probably be some flooding if correct.

 

 

Looks like a very heavy band is getting ready to come up into Lanco out of NE MD shortly. Rain here was heavy but is down to moderate now. 

6 minutes ago, sauss06 said:

Wow

Damn, it is moving fast. 

I might have been too conservative, as @Superstorm said it's hauling and might be gone in a few hours!

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3 hours ago, pasnownut said:

need to stop drinkin that Guers Iced tea

I don't. I know all about that stuff. It tastes good, but is one hell of a stone producer.

As for the storm, so far as I type this 1.65" in the gauge with what Id guess to be about 15-25mph gusts. Currently raining at about 3/10 inch per hour rate. I'm guessing the totals of 2-3 inches will end up being about right.

My neighbor's son (who is in Oak Island, NC) got back to me and said it was at first it was ok, but once they got into the eyewall, it got crazy. They were surrounded by tornadoes, the dunes failed, and they had water under the (stilted) house a block or so beyond them. Officially, Oak Island had a 91mph gust, but he told me it seemed like some were up over 100mph. He said 11pm to midnight was the worst, which was when they were in the right front quadrant. I'm guessing winds were probably sustained, during that time, at 70+ mph.

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