A late-weekend guest, unwanted by most people, stayed a little longer than expected on Sunday.
Avoiding a big puddle left over from the overnight rain, Peg Nonnenmocher walks her two "rain poodles,
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And even with the cleanup from the visit finished, the after-effects are still being felt for a little while.
The guest was a powerful storm that came through over the dinner hour Sunday, dumping more than an inch of rain across Lancaster County.
Expected to pop in and pop out, the rain then lingered most of Sunday night.
There was some high water and a few downed trees — and one police computer system got taken out by lightning — but there were no major problems, emergency dispatchers said this morning.
As the new work week gets started, today "we're going to struggle to get into the mid-80s" as the clouds continue to linger, a forecaster said this morning.
"After that, for the rest of the week, we should be getting 2, 3 degrees warmer each day," and Tuesday and Wednesday should feel more summer-like, added Millersville University student meteorologist Matt Potter.
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The signs of the unwanted "guest" should keep decreasing through the day, forecasters said.
Tonight should be cooler, with some patchy fog developing and a more comfortable overnight low into the lower 60s.
Then, Tuesday and Wednesday should feel more like summer, with sunny skies and a high into the mid-80s Tuesday and then the upper 80s Wednesday.
But thoughts of summer sun seemed a long way away late Sunday afternoon.
After a mostly sunny day, the skies quickly turned dark and then opened up, blanketing the county with wet stuff.
There were scattered reports of high water and a few downed trees, but no major problems were reported, county emergency dispatchers said today.
Lightning did knock out the computers at Northwest Regional Police Department, but calls were still being received and the strike was having no effect on public safety, officials there said.
The Lancaster Barnstormers had a two-hour rain delay at the start of their game Sunday night, and a planned fireworks display afterward had to be canceled due to the late hour.
Staff writer David O'Connor can be reached at doconnor@LNPnews.com or 481-6033.
