JTA66 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Hurricane Agnes said: For most of my life, it's almost always been cool and/or rainy around Memorial Day weekend (no matter what day the actual holiday came on and regardless of whether there was some heatwave or above average temps before or after). There were the rare few years with some of the weekend days that had weather that was decent (I think last year was one of those times), but more often than not as a kid, we would go out on our back covered patio with the grill due to rain or threat of rain. Of course July 4 was almost always the polar opposite. Pretty much guaranteed to be hazy, hot, and humid (with a few years when it was actually "nice" ). Am guessing it's the climatology of the month (based on sun angles). Am currently at 48 and up to 0.20" in the bucket this morning. Looks like that potential for a record low max for PHL for today might be do-able. Truth! As a kid, I remember looking forward to Memorial Day because that's the weekend our swim club would open. More often than not, the weekend was dark, dank and dreary, but I still begged to go swimming...lol! 48F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVLion77 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 We should get real close to 1/2” for the day by noon here SW of allentown, and this has been a pleasant surprise. The weekend has been a near-drought buster and a huge help to farmers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 The forecast has sun only on one day next week Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Hurricane Agnes said: For most of my life, it's almost always been cool and/or rainy around Memorial Day weekend (no matter what day the actual holiday came on and regardless of whether there was some heatwave or above average temps before or after). There were the rare few years with some of the weekend days that had weather that was decent (I think last year was one of those times), but more often than not as a kid, we would go out on our back covered patio with the grill due to rain or threat of rain. Of course July 4 was almost always the polar opposite. Pretty much guaranteed to be hazy, hot, and humid (with a few years when it was actually "nice" ). Am guessing it's the climatology of the month (based on sun angles). Am currently at 48 and up to 0.20" in the bucket this morning. Looks like that potential for a record low max for PHL for today might be do-able. Either that or set up the grill at the perimeter of the garage and let the smoke blow out. Think my Dad liked the garage idea because that's the location of the adult beverages. July 4th is almost a guaranteed lock at getting roasted and a decent chance of a late day T-storm screwing up your BBQ. If not your BBQ, then if you had plans to see a local firework display later that evening, it would screw that up. 48F / drizzle and mist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 31 minutes ago, Birds~69 said: Either that or set up the grill at the perimeter of the garage and let the smoke blow out. Think my Dad liked the garage idea because that's the location of the adult beverages. July 4th is almost a guaranteed lock at getting roasted and a decent chance of a late day T-storm screwing up your BBQ. If not your BBQ, then if you had plans to see a local firework display later that evening, it would screw that up. 48F / drizzle and mist Sadly once we had moved to a different house in '68, that house didn't have a garage but had that covered patio (with one of those near bullet-proof aluminum awnings). One of my sisters did eventually buy a house with a garage however, and that's where they move the grill during inclement weather (including in winter since they like to grill year-round and will shovel a path to the grill if there is snowpack). And of course there's an extra fridge out there for adult beverage storage too. The winters of 2013 & 2014 managed to absolutely destroy that awning after what was about 60 years of life due to the weight of the glaciers of ice that resulted from the freezes/thaws of the snow that didn't slide off or get knocked off. My temp ticked up to 49 with on and off light rain and rainfall for today now up to 0.32" (event total 2.23" so far). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Kudos to the new GFS for nailing the this holiday weekend record cold craptacular double barreled noreaster from hell. It had the forecast pegged from early in the week when the other guidance had the weekend as a Friday into Saturday event only. A broke clock is right twice a day... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Just now, RedSky said: Kudos to the new GFS for nailing the this holiday weekend record cold craptacular double barreled noreaster from hell. It had the forecast pegged from early in the week when the other guidance had the weekend as a Friday into Saturday event only. A broke clock is right twice a day... That's true. I had expected the guidance for a halfway decent Sunday to verify since what usually happens is either a Saturday or a Sunday washout and you can at least salvage one or the other. But didn't expect a Friday - Sunday wipe out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 1 hour ago, RedSky said: The forecast has sun only on one day next week Tuesday Probably because that's the only day Wimpy pays for his hamburger... 48F / light rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolHandMike Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Birds~69 said: Probably because that's the only day Wimpy pays for his hamburger... 48F / light rain Speaking of hamburgers, I'm due to start grilling soon. My parents and my brother and his wife are coming over at 4; hopefully this will have mostly moved on by then. We haven't seen each other in over a year, my brother just finished grad school, and nobody's seen our new house (except in pictures online), so expecting quite the little shindig this afternoon, rain or not. I've got a canopy I can set up over the grill on the deck if need be but I'd rather not. Sitting at .18" for the day, just under 50°F. Check out this graph from my weather station for the past week. Wild! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 21 minutes ago, CoolHandMike said: Speaking of hamburgers, I'm due to start grilling soon. My parents and my brother and his wife are coming over at 4; hopefully this will have mostly moved on by then. We haven't seen each other in over a year, my brother just finished grad school, and nobody's seen our new house (except in pictures online), so expecting quite the little shindig this afternoon, rain or not. I've got a canopy I can set up over the grill on the deck if need be but I'd rather not. Sitting at .18" for the day, just under 50°F. Check out this graph from my weather station for the past week. Wild! You look good unless precip starts former further S...moving N. 51F / light rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Picked up 0.98" of rain so far today. Storm total so far 3.24" Current temp 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 3 hours ago, CoolHandMike said: Speaking of hamburgers, I'm due to start grilling soon. My parents and my brother and his wife are coming over at 4; hopefully this will have mostly moved on by then. We haven't seen each other in over a year, my brother just finished grad school, and nobody's seen our new house (except in pictures online), so expecting quite the little shindig this afternoon, rain or not. I've got a canopy I can set up over the grill on the deck if need be but I'd rather not. Sitting at .18" for the day, just under 50°F. Check out this graph from my weather station for the past week. Wild! It would like a fall cookout! All you need is the Kamu firepit and you can get your grill-on! I finally made it above 50 and am currently (barely) at 51, overcast, and misty, and I think this may be it for the day, but we will see. KPHL is showing 52, so unless some sudden WAA comes blowing in down there, I think the previous record low max of 59 for this date is toast. Current precip for the day IMBY is 0.35" (2.26" event total). ETA - a snip snapshot of my temps (from my little local weewx setup that I have to get back to tweaking). Amazing the 40 degree temp swings for highs (91 vs 51). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVLion77 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Small thunderstorm just swung through the Lehigh Valley after a few peaks of sun. This has been a very interesting weather weekend! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Finally able to get on the grill for some ribs, brats, and burgers. Might be able to salvage having a fire tonight too since I covered the wood. Sad that I wasn't able to use my new smoker though this weekend, maybe next weekend.... 2.6" storm event total. Dry spell busted. Also made it down to 45F last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Rain seems to be training S to N to my W... 48F / mist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Out of nowhere loud rolling thunder...no rain. 48F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTA66 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Birds~69 said: Out of nowhere loud rolling thunder...no rain. 48F I heard it too, wasn’t expecting that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rtd208 Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Picked up 1.12" of rain for the day yesterday. Final storm total 3.38" Current temp 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Final rainfall for yesterday was 0.36" for an event total of 2.27". My low this morning was 47 but at least I did move up above 50 much quicker and am currently at 51 and overcast (had a brief break of sun earlier before it clouded over again). In other news, pretty much everyone forecast to do so or get close in the Mt. Holly CWA blew up their record low max temps - Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310620 RERABE RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 219 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT ALLENTOWN... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA WAS 51 DEGREES ON SUNDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 52 DEGREES SET IN 1953. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310617 RERACY RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 215 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT ATLANTIC CITY... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY WAS 54 DEGREES ON SUNDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES SET IN 1971. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310623 RERGED RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 0223 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT GEORGETOWN... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE DELAWARE COASTAL AIRPORT NEAR GEORGETOWN, DELAWARE WAS 56 DEGREES ON SUNDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 57 DEGREES SET IN 1996. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310619 RERILG RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 218 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT WILMINGTON... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE NEW CASTLE AIRPORT NEAR WILMINGTON, DELAWARE WAS 53 DEGREES ON SUNDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES SET IN 1971. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310625 RERMPO RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 225 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT MOUNT POCONO... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE POCONO MOUNTAINS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT NEAR MOUNT POCONO, PENNSYLVANIA WAS 47 DEGREES ON SUNDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 53 DEGREES SET IN 1924. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310618 RERPHL RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 217 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT PHILADELPHIA... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA WAS 53 DEGREES ON SUNDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES SET IN 1918. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310624 CCA RERRDG RECORD EVENT REPORT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 224 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT READING... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE READING REGIONAL AIRPORT NEAR READING, PENNSYLVANIA WAS 54 DEGREES ON SATURDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 58 DEGREES SET IN 1990. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310621 RERTTN RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 221 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT TRENTON... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE TRENTON MERCER AIRPORT NEAR TRENTON, NEW JERSEY WAS 51 DEGREES ON SATURDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES SET IN 1915. $$ DEAL Quote SXUS71 KPHI 310627 RER55N RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 226 AM EDT MON MAY 31 2021 ...RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURE SET AT ATLANTIC CITY MARINA... THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE AT THE ATLANTIC CITY MARINA NEAR ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY WAS 54 DEGREES ON SUNDAY BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 56 DEGREES SET IN 2000. $$ DEAL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Skies clearly quickly...bright blue to the W. 51F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane Agnes Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Sun has popped out and it's partly sunny with lots of scattered cumulus. Temp recovered quickly with the sun and is up to 56 and rising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Birds~69 said: Skies clearly quickly...bright blue to the W. 51F Bag this, clouds rolled in and overcast. 55F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Here in East Nantmeal Twp. 3.33" of rain in the gauge over the 3 days with 3.00" on the Davis VP2 and 2.64" on the Tempest station. The 4.55" that has fallen the last 6 days brings the May total rainfall to 5.80" which is +1.45" above normal. Year to date we are up to 19.58" only 0.18" below our normal through the month of May. Our chilly spell will also ensure this is our 2nd straight below normal May regarding average temperatures - of note this is our 4th below normal May over the last 6 years in Chester County PA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Today was to be the sunny day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Next week looks like hell, 90s and humid/muggy.... 76F / DP 53F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds~69 Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Thurs the next chace at some activity/storms...tomorrow, meh, cloudy and normal temps. 75F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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