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still 66/66 and raining

Gotta love it. 7/10 split

Please pin this thread @buckeyefan1 and unpin the Spring/Summer thread. Thank you Michelle!

Yep, for the first time that looks like a real nascent eyewall. It is not just low topped convection. If that wraps up this will obviously strengthen quicker. It is very obvious now though that the system is in a strengthening phase.

Wow, look at that strong mesovortex wrap up at the tail end of the intensifying core band. Fascinating stuff watching this unfold on radar.

Severe chances dropped for tomorrow

Yes, like an ERC when it finishes and the sig intensification can occur again, Just the dry slot gap N and E makes this process less likely here.

2016 was amazing 31 inches of snow ( 27 hours of snow )

Yea prolonged cold will most likely not going to happen especially in the first half of winter. Im fine with that. Dont want suppression depression

Lightning in the core, convection rotating upshear.

Eff them.

At least we’ll Be mowing in December when it finally rains.

Recon finally starting to see winds come up, correlating with a flare up over center and increased radar velocities. The strengthening has begun

Met fall...we made it! Now if we can get the weather to cooperate. 74/F/DP 73F at 9am.

When one's narrative is destroyed by the facts, some accept reality. Others, however, resort to conspiracy theories.

We are finally seeing a blowup of very deep convection near the center over the last 30 minutes.

The odd reason is two things, hype for clicks/like, and as I have said before, esp. when it comes to satellite and cold clouds tops, some just "see at the trees w/o seeing the forest." The question you have to ask, is that developing deep convection banded or showing twist, esp near the center? If not, that means you have to temper your expectations at first. Many times a big blow up of convection collapses almost as fast, as one example, and irregular blobs of convection for a TC are not conducive to RI. One large coherent blob is ok, esp. if it persists, b/c that often is a sign of a developing CDO.

Problem is the evidence and history..Every Super Nino has lead to warmer than normal temps. But that doesn't mean it can't snow. Just prolonged winter weather is unlikely. I remember 1972,1982,1997 and 2015. Not fun,but we did get blizzards in 83 and 2016.

You know, interestingly, in the past thirty or so minutes since posting that, the old inner circulation or nascent core is getting absorbed by a strong band that is intensifying. That is what you want to see if you want strengthening, but it needs to wrap around to become a proto-eyewall feature. At any rate, such a strong band should be resulting in a significant expansion of convection / cold cloud burst on satellite soon.

looking forward to a couple rainy benchmark nor'easters.

They've increased 20 kts in last 20 minutes in SW part of circulation. This could be the much-awaited strengthening showing up. Definitely something to watch. Some 50-55 kt barbs showing up now. Once again I think H is too much to ask for but this likely does strengthen into LF as a mod-strong TS

August 2026 at DCA tied for the 14th warmest August in DC history with an average temperature of 80.1 degrees -- 0.7 above the 1991-2020 normal. June-August 2026 at DCA was the 8th warmest meteorological summer in DC history with an average temperature of 79.8 degrees -- 1.4 above the 1991-2020 normal. January -August 2026 at DCA was about the 19th warmest first eight months in DC history with an average temperature of 61.4 degrees. August 2026 precipitation at DCA totaled 4.27 inches, 1.02 above the 1991-2020 August normal of 3.25 inches. For the first eight months of 2026, DCA precipitation totaled 21.56 inches, 6.35 below the 1991-2020 normal of 27.91 and the 22nd dryest in DC history. However, IAD precipitation totaled 29.40 inches, 0.18 above the 1991-2020 normal of 29.22 inches.

Yup

New month, new obs. Post them here.

Finally back to .500 and 1/2 game out. I know it is a very long shot of the Orioles making the playoffs, but they are fun to watch right now. September is a burtal schedule.