Not a drop! But I think we will be getting some rain in the next hour or so and the whole area may be getting hammered on Saturday eve.
The reservoirs did get some rain which is good. Just a few ticks below normal but it’s starting to feel a lot like last year (very dry)…
Yeah, looks like the next wave may catch you and selg. And crazy; radar looks like it’s intensifying as it gets up north of us; really weird for so late at night. Looks like Poughkeepsie area is getting pounded. At least that should be good for the reservoirs on both sides of the river (no idea what ours are like; never found a tracking app like you have)
We did get a couple claps of thunder at around 12:20. I didn’t stay up to watch the show but the area appears to be very wet (grass / landscaping). Must have gotten a decent amount.
I need to wake up more before I come to SAS. I read that as ‘light SNOW’.
Since my wife keeps pointing out the red in the trees around here already it wouldn’t have shocked me. I keep reminding her that she does NOT need to tell me about the colors because I am not a fan of falling leaves followed by falling snow. Of course she ignores me every drive we take-- “Oh look at all pretty colors…” 
Sadly, here, red in the trees means they are on fire.
Missed the storm you mentioned the other day, but just got a good soaking in the city. Couldn’t see 2 blocks away and had to cancel the PO run, (actually a walk to the PO).
Yeah, got some pretty heavy stuff here, and heard more thunder as I was taking my afternoon nap, so not sure how hard it rained. It’s cooled things off a bit, but still a bit on the yucky side of the heat/humidity combo.
But MAN!, the forecast looks great for the next week. 
Went outside this morning with a t-shirt on and turned around to go back inside to get a shirt with long sleeves on. It was in the mid 50’s outside at 10am. We have been in the high 70’s / low 80’s during the mornings for such a long time that had forgotten about cool weather mornings.
But, then in four to six weeks, we should have our first freeze so this morning was just a gentle reminder of the season changes which are about to happen.
So was out at an undisclosed location yesterday experiencing g forces and air time. Weather was going to be “meh” most of the day, cloudy, spotty storms. Storms never happened. But got an alert around 6pm that power was lost at home (the septic tank monitor told me). Check the generator, “running.” OK well its doin its thing.
Get home around midnight, yup its running, yup, meter is dead, and the rest of the block is dark (5 of us). Check the power company outage map, no outage. So I report it. Text my neighbor, fall asleep. Sometime around 2 I hear the generator go quiet but the ceiling fan is still running.
Get up this morning, aparently all of us on the street we’re out yesterday! No one got home till midnight!
Weather wise some lightning near home yeaterday, no wind, no rain, maybe a squirrel went poof! Today much cooler though
We got a decent amount of rain the last 24 hours. Much needed.
Things are drying out now.
Your account of your recent power outage reminded me of a blackout we had in 2003(?). The electricity went off when I was using the toaster oven and the microwave at the same time. I thought I had blown a fuse, so filpped a few switches in the fuse box to no effect. Opened the door to the hallway, and the lights were out. OK, this is not just me. Found an old transistor radio, and realized, slowly, that it was much of the East coast, stretching out to Ohio.
I remember that well. Sweating on my couch, staying up all night, looking out the window to make sure the typical Ozone Park riff raff didn’t start trouble in the hood….
So glad we moved out of there….
LOL! When there is a power-supply issue, I always fill both bathtubs ASAP, since NYC water pressure only works for 5-6 stories. Those of us who live on higher floors are dependent on electric pumps to get the water from the gound level to those funny-looking water tanks on the roofs of our buildings.
To those unfamiliar with New York rooftops, as I was when first arriving here years ago, almost every building of any size in NYC has a structure that looks like a wooden farm silo on the roof of the building. It is a water tank. Water is pumped up to the roof, electrically, offering decent water pressure for every apartment above the 6th floor, which is as high as NYC built-in water pressure provides.
For those interested, there is one company that provides water tank services in NYC: https://www.rosenwach.com/
There are other tanks up there too - cooling towers - the leading cause of legionnaires disease….
You are right. What a mess that has been.
So interesting to hear from different areas of the country on this thread!
New Yorkers/New Jerseyites and those living in lush New England have different lives than those in the Midwest or Southern climes. Then there/s the west coast and those like myself in the desert southwest or the very different areas/climates of Texas
When we sell our home and move, we long to travel- not scout books though I usually can’t help myself. .
One: Take the train from Denver on the “Leaf Peeping” trains to Vermont/New Hampshire. Two: Drive(road-trip), not cruise, to Alaska. Figure it’ll take us about 2-3 months round-trip! Never been in Oregon or Washington, except via train and would like to poke around Spokane County. My grandfather was born there over 120 years ago- on a houseboat! His father, owned a lumber company and they “followed the timber.”
If accomplish these trips, we’ll really be retired!!
Did survival school in Spokane and my friend bought a Christmas tree farm up there. Beautiful region to explore around in. Just pay attention to your GPS, as that part of the country is not a fan of drivers accidentally driving down private roads, as it interferes with them watching out for black helicopters and chemtrails LOL.
I spent time at McChord AFB, and it was one of my more favorite places to live. Lush green trees, friendly people, a decent commute as long as there is not a Seahawks game, where there is a lot of road rage because they seemed to loose a lot when I lived there (attempt at NFL humor as I don’t know or care if they were any good). Lots of stuff to do in the region both socially and outdoors.
Just add to the list, as there is so much to see in the Northwest. Just the major mountains alone will take months of your time exploring and camping, then there is the coast and Columbia River regions to explore. So much to do and see.
Well, it happened.
Fall finally arrived enough to make it cool enough that, for the first time in months, I put on jeans instead of shorts. Might even have to pull the A/Cs out of the windows soon.
I love the fall (pleasant days, not much to upset allergies), but dang, putting on long pants for the first time in months just feels weird!
We are supposed to get some rain this weekend. I looked at weather maps in the Boston Globe and the WaPo, but I still don’t understand Nor’easters.
Yeah, looks like it could be a doozy. Lots of flooding in Charleston already.
And a Nor’easter is just a big storm moving up the coast. Since it’s still mostly over water, plenty of moisture for it, and since (in Northern hemisphere) a storm rotates CCW, that means that the winds on shore are coming from the North East.