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[Ellinwood]

I foresee plenty of highs in the 90s in our future.

Sunday's storm could prove to be interesting if the vort max can scoot far enough south.

[MN Transplant]

No measurable rain at my house since the 22nd. Need a good synoptic system, since these pop up storms aren't doing it.

[H2O]

Can a brother get a mess o rain? That's all i want for this month.

[mattie g]

No measurable rain at my house since the 22nd. Need a good synoptic system, since these pop up storms aren't doing it.

Amen. We need something area-wide. We got sprinkled on overnight - that evening complex went *POOF* like so many others have so far this summer.

Last Thursday was the only time I've mowed my lawn in six weeks.

[NE Balti Zen]

Drizzle in downtown Balt this AM.

[NE Balti Zen]

The drizzle has progressed to a very light rain in downtown Balt.

Stay vigilant all.

[mapgirl]

The drizzle has progressed to a very light rain in downtown Balt.

Stay vigilant all.

It rained my entire drive in earlier

[NE Balti Zen]

It rained my entire drive in earlier

That's the kind of commendable vigilance that will see us through this weather crisis...

[ThreeRedheads]

Thunder and heavy rain in Western Fairfax county.

[Ellinwood]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1134 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL ACCOMACK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1129 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
WATERSPOUT THAT CAME ONSHORE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES NORTH OF PARKSLEY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRISFIELD. THE
TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

[Scuddz]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1134 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL ACCOMACK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1129 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
WATERSPOUT THAT CAME ONSHORE. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES NORTH OF PARKSLEY...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CRISFIELD. THE
TORNADIC STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

Woo?

[Ellinwood]

Woo?

Sure, why not.

There's been several reports of a tornado now: http://twitpic.com/ae9l1f

[H2O]

Thunder in Fairfax/Merrifield

[marked8]

Herndon got hit hard a little while ago. Thunder was setting off the car alarms in the parking lot.

[MN Transplant]

Thunder in Fairfax/Merrifield

Heard it, but nothing more than sprinkles here.

[mattie g]

Heard it, but nothing more than sprinkles here.

*POOF*

[H2O]

Heard it, but nothing more than sprinkles here.

yeah. got geeked up for a sec but was nothing.

[Ellinwood]

lol another one.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
156 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ACCOMACK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 152 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON
ROSECOTTAGE ROAD...SOUTHEAST OF ONLEY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EXMORE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ACCOMACK COUNTY.

[H2O]

lol another one.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
156 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ACCOMACK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 152 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON
ROSECOTTAGE ROAD...SOUTHEAST OF ONLEY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EXMORE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ACCOMACK COUNTY.

That's not that far from my family's place over there.

[mitchnick]

lol another one.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
156 PM EDT WED AUG 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ACCOMACK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...

* UNTIL 230 PM EDT

* AT 152 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON
ROSECOTTAGE ROAD...SOUTHEAST OF ONLEY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
EXMORE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ACCOMACK COUNTY.

looks like the tornado petered out pretty quick once it got close to the beach
that's a nice ride down Rt. 13 from Salisbury to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
I hope it didn't destroy one of the Royal Farms down that way....love their coffee!

[Fozz]

lol @ another cell popping up right in Baltimore.

[Bob Chill]

Any chance the stuff slowly getting organized over the wv pandhandle make a slow soaking pass through dc metro? I'm getting sick of watering my hot pepper garden every other day. I'm not sure how much rain mby has gotten the last 2 weeks but it sure seems like not much is the right answer.

[wxtrix]

warned storm in Berkeley County with lots of lightning to the north. waiting to see if it heads my way.

[Mrs.J]

Had thunder but the storm that came out of Washington Co. split with the western side dissolving and the Eastern storm turning left towards Carroll Co.

[MN Transplant]

Another storm that is close enough for thunder, but not for rain. At least the sky has been fun to look at this week.

[mattie g]

Another storm that is close enough for thunder, but not for rain. At least the sky has been fun to look at this week.

Came in to mention that cell. Looks like it'll go just to my WSW.

[mattie g]

Any chance the stuff slowly getting organized over the wv pandhandle make a slow soaking pass through dc metro? I'm getting sick of watering my hot pepper garden every other day. I'm not sure how much rain mby has gotten the last 2 weeks but it sure seems like not much is the right answer.

Less water = hotter peppers.

[Disc]

Wow, just went through a very intense storm. Hail for 20 minutes, lightning with a flash and boom combined, winds gusting to 20-40mph. Reports of golf ball size hail a few miles to the west. I'm in the SW part of the city.

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[Bob Chill]

Less water = hotter peppers.

Yep, they do like dry spells. I got a good crop going but they will droop if I don't water every other day. That's what's frustrating. If I forget a day they get too dry. They'll even drop flowers sometimes.

I do a partially submerged planting pot type of thing. Big benefit is I can pull them in October before the frost and finish off the ripening in my house. Plants are usually loaded with half ripes just about the time we get our first cold snap. I can increase harvest big time by pulling them and moving them inside.

No suprise on the cells out west. Fizzled like a wet firecracker before they got here. Oh well. Par for the course.

[WinterWxLuvr]

Today seemed to be Frederick county's lucky turn. Storms would pop up in and around the county, dump a bunch of rain, fizzle out, and do it again. Had two storms for about 1.25 total. Much needed.

[yoda]

So what do we think about Sunday? Too far south for the action like last week?

[mattie g]

So what do we think about Sunday? Too far south for the action like last week?

Don't get excited about IYBY, yoda. You know we'll be just on the outside looking in!

[Ellinwood]

So what do we think about Sunday? Too far south for the action like last week?

We definitely won't be in the good stuff, but we might get lucky and have the southern edge of a line of storms work through with the cold front... probably some pre-frontal showers and storms, too.

[wxmeddler]

Even though in the paper I read this morning that there was only a 20% chance of T-Storms today and the SPC is not even going for a "general" t-storm. I believe that were going to have some popcorn thundershowers today by mid-afternoon. More so towards the foothills with mountain circulations.

[Ellinwood]

Even though in the paper I read this morning that there was only a 20% chance of T-Storms today and the SPC is not even going for a "general" t-storm. I believe that were going to have some popcorn thundershowers today by mid-afternoon. More so towards the foothills with mountain circulations.

Most of the hi-res models have a storm or two popping around DC/central MD this afternoon, but in the region as a whole I'd say a 20% rain coverage is fair.

EDIT: The forecast soundings on the latest RAP and NAM look pretty dry... 850-700 layer's fairly moist but that's it. Plus it looks like there's a little cap between 600-700mb that holds through the afternoon, which you can see on the IAD sounding.