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BumRushDaShow

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4. Definitely not going to be enough

Reply to Walleye (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 06:06 AM

Nov 28

We "normally" get remnants from tropical systems in late summer through fall but that didn't happen this year. There are some reporting sites within the Mt. Holly NWS coverage that are breaking or have broken their "driest 3-month period" ( "autumn" and/or "any" ) on record.

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.CLIMATE...
Driest autumn (Sep-Nov) on record, and any 3-calendar month period
on record, plus current status:

9/1-11/27 Driest Driest 3 Year/
Site 2024 precip Autumn Year Calendar months months
Allentown (ABE) 3.02 3.81 1922 3.58 Oct-Dec 1928
A.C. Airport (ACY) 2.27 3.34 2001 2.35 Oct-Dec 1946
A.C. Marina (55N) 1.68 2.89 1941 2.52 Aug-Oct 1895
Georgetown (GED) 1.43 2.67 2001 2.20 Aug-Oct 2024
Mount Pocono (MPO) 5.34 4.21 1931 3.36 Oct-Dec 1928
Philadelphia (PHL) 2.50 2.37 1922 2.37 Sep-Nov 1922
Reading (RDG) 2.44 2.89 1922 2.89 Sep-Nov 1922
Trenton (TTN) 2.26 3.18 1922 2.66 Jun-Aug 1966
Wilmington (ILG) 2.14 3.17 1922 3.17 Sep-Nov 1922

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Ocean salt water entering Delaware River due to drought and sea level rise, water managers say [View all] BumRushDaShow Nov 28 OP

Not good JustAnotherGen Nov 28 #1

Just the beginning. Think. Again. Nov 28 #2

I hope the rain we are getting today helps out with the problem Walleye Nov 28 #3

Definitely not going to be enough BumRushDaShow Nov 28 #4

Not to worry Musk wants to fire the scientists who study this. Botany Nov 28 #5

that's the thing that worries me most- fucking w fed data. mopinko Nov 28 #6

No way to hide from the reality of rising sea levels which are flooding N.J.'s cedar forests and killing them Botany Nov 28 #9

I assume the reservoirs serve some function. Igel Nov 28 #7

I think the "tidal" part of the Schuylkill only goes up to around West Philly/Center City BumRushDaShow Nov 28 #8

That's not good. .....nt Figarosmom Nov 28 #10

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