Mid Atlantic Weather 2010

[Stephanie]

I'm glad that the power finally came back on.

I believe that we were our monthly precipitation average in June and THAT was a hot month. We had some heavy duty storms throughout the month, but a lot of it was runoff. We need a couple of good days of soaking rain.

I hope that it doesn't get to the point where we are in a drought situation.

[Stephanie]

IT'S RAINING!!!

[angelwing]

Is that what those clear drops are

[Stephanie]

Is that what those clear drops are

It's not sweat...EWWWWW!!!!

[breeze]

Glad you are all getting some rain, Steph! We actually had some storms roll through last evening
that dropped quite a bit of much-needed rain on our dry, brown and crunchy lawns and gardens!

[Stephanie]

Glad you are all getting some rain, Steph! We actually had some storms roll through last evening
that dropped quite a bit of much-needed rain on our dry, brown and crunchy lawns and gardens!

I'm glad that you received rain as well. Summer can be really tough.

It looks like we did get a little bit more overnight. My rain gauge had .75 inches of rain late yesterday. Maybe an inch of rain total. We do have a chance of thundershowers during the course of the week.

[Stephanie]

Fortunately, we had some thunderstorms roll through at around 4:00 am this morning. It's going to be disgustingly hot this weekend - mid 90's and high humidity! YUCK!

[mitchell]

the most amazing/uncomfortable thing about this summer for me has been the consistently warm overnight temps. I live out in the country, away from water with sandy soils that dont hold moisture so summer nights it usually cools off. This summer we have had countless nights where the low temp hasnt gotten below 75 and several lows of around 80. Steamy!

[Category 5]

More storms this morning, right back to hot and humid.

This is definitely the worst summer since 99 at this point. Granted rain was unheard of in June-August 1999.

[Stephanie]

the most amazing/uncomfortable thing about this summer for me has been the consistently warm overnight temps. I live out in the country, away from water with sandy soils that dont hold moisture so summer nights it usually cools off. This summer we have had countless nights where the low temp hasnt gotten below 75 and several lows of around 80. Steamy!

It's amazing, isn't it? And to think that we barely had a summer last year - the heat didn't crank up until now and stayed for about a month. Normally we would have a "heat wave" when the temps hit 90 or above, for a few days, then back to the mid to upper 80's. The temps have been in the 90's consistently with no end in sight.

Okay Mid Atlantic people, which would you prefer, this past winter of 70+ inches of snow or this perpetual heat wave? - Actually, I'm going to start a poll..

Cat 5 - yes, THANKFULLY, we have been getting rain when we most need it. We just had another thundershower roll through here not too long ago.

[angelwing]

I would rather have the snow, easier to get warmer than it is to get cooler!!!

[Stephanie]

Actually, I prefer the heat because I hate driving in snow. However, I wouldn't mind the heat being turned down a notch or two...

[mitchell]

Saturday July 24

My house: Low 83 high 100
nearest NWS station (Salisbury MD): Low 81 high 100

probably the hottest day (overall w/ low and high averaged) in the 19 years ive lived here.

[WeatherLovingDoc]

Posted at 05:30 PM ET, 07/24/2010
Today's worst is over; still really hot tomorrow

"Thankfully the District's fourth 100-degree afternoon of 2010 has come to a close. All three area airports set record highs today as the mercury neared or surpassed triple digit levels across the region with heat indices up to 110. Here are the actuals:

Reagan National: 101
Dulles: 99
BWI: 100

If you thought it was bad here, it was worse to our southeast. Richmond and Norfolk hit 105, both records."

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/

[Stephanie]

Extending the Excessive Heat Warning until 6AM tomorrow morning!

Excessive Heat Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010

DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-251000-
/O.EXT.KPHI.EH.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100725T1000Z/
NEW CASTLE-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
348 PM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
SUNDAY.

HOT, HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S IN THE MORE RURAL AREAS TO THE MIDDLE
80S IN CENTER CITY. BUT WHEN COMBINING THE HIGH HUMIDITY, THE HEAT
INDICES WILL ONLY FALL TO AROUND 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE OF CENTER CITY
AND INTO THE LOWER 90S IN CENTER CITY ITSELF.

BECAUSE THERE WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY RELIEF TONIGHT, THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THROUGH THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS.

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TOMORROW. IT APPEARS MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOWER 90S WITH DECREASING HUMIDITY AND
HEAT INDEX VALUES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. THOSE NUMBERS ARE
JUST BELOW THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING CRITERION. IF THE FRONT
ARRIVES A LITTLE LATER THAN ANTICIPATED, THE HEAT WARNING MAY NEED
TO BE EXTENDED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS IS
CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. REMAIN HYDRATED AND STAY IN AN AIR
CONDITIONED LOCATION, WHEN POSSIBLE. BE SURE TO CHECK ON YOUR
ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

PETS SHOULD BE KEPT IN A COOL LOCATION WITH PLENTY OF WATER
AVAILABLE.

DO NOT LEAVE A PERSON OR ANIMAL IN A PARKED VEHICLE FOR ANY LENGTH
OF TIME. DEATH CAN OCCUR IN MINUTES.

&&

$$

It's currently 87 degree at 10:06 pm - real feel temp of 97 degrees.

[Stephanie]

AAAHHHH! BIG thunderstorms ripped through the area. From the severe weather warnings issued by the NWS this afternoon they stretched from VA to NY. Besides the wonderful rain they left it's now 71 degrees outside!

Windows are open, LOVING the fresh, cool air.

[vbhoutex]

AAAHHHH! BIG thunderstorms ripped through the area. From the severe weather warnings issued by the NWS this afternoon they stretched from VA to NY. Besides the wonderful rain they left it's now 71 degrees outside!

Windows are open, LOVING the fresh, cool air.

Currently sitting at 87F with 57% humdity. big thunderstorm just to our SW, but once again we got nothing for the second day in a row. Not that we need more rain, but they seem to keep moving around us. Maybe the Bear Creek Dome has moved East? Open windows in summer? What's that?

[Dave]

AAAHHHH! BIG thunderstorms ripped through the area. From the severe weather warnings issued by the NWS this afternoon they stretched from VA to NY. Besides the wonderful rain they left it's now 71 degrees outside!

Windows are open, LOVING the fresh, cool air.

Took 2 weeks to get the humidity out of this house so there is NO way I'm opening the windows till fall! And it's a beautiful 76 degrees with a heat index of 80, lowest in 2 weeks. However enjoy tonight, headed back to the mid to upper 90's by wednesday. Where's the snow?

[Stephanie]

AAAHHHH! BIG thunderstorms ripped through the area. From the severe weather warnings issued by the NWS this afternoon they stretched from VA to NY. Besides the wonderful rain they left it's now 71 degrees outside!

Windows are open, LOVING the fresh, cool air.

Took 2 weeks to get the humidity out of this house so there is NO way I'm opening the windows till fall! And it's a beautiful 76 degrees with a heat index of 80, lowest in 2 weeks. However enjoy tonight, headed back to the mid to upper 90's by wednesday. Where's the snow?

- I hear you! It felt SO NICE last night sleeping and it's supposed to go below 70 again tonight. Marty left the windows open today - it's a little warmer inside than I would like, but it's not humid. We have a whole house fan which helps to flush the heat out.

Bite your tongue about snow....

[angelwing]

I want snow, lol