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High of 68° today but back down to 49° with the clouds. Because even on the sunniest days, somehow the clouds find the upper Valley. The DP‘s are going to take their toll so I’m guessing I’ll be down too 50% snow pack by Thursday. Probably about 90% right now.

looking for an hour 240 snowstorm....

Max temps across NJ today:

After a high of 80 today the peepers are loud and proud.

Tufts kids enjoying the beach day on the mystics

By 3 days. They hit 85 on 3/13/1990. Their 78 on Feb 21, 2018 might be even more anomalous, but today is only the 15th day they've reached 80 or warmer in the month of March, POR from 1/1/1869 so it's March #157 there.

Would expect the watch any minute now

Man, once any of these get their feet into the BL and locked it could get scary. The ventilation is crazy good. Look for one to hang a hard right. Somebody gonna get smacked. Hopefully just a cow

Looks like IAD will do it too for 85F...they've at least tied the earliest for 84F.

Full cover here still

Yeah, I like the 2% hatched. It reflects that there right now is an overall low threat of tornadoes in this area, but if we were to get one, it could be a strong one.

Amazing what strong mixing with a warm low-level airmass can do coupled with WAA ongoing in the low levels as well.

Yeah, that was impressive. I agree that there is a lot of uncertainty, but there does seem to be some consensus that the best shot at storms and severe weather tomorrow is north of I-66 in VA and Route 50 in MD. And the real threat might be another county north.

Cold yes but really just two one day cold snaps and nowhere near as impressive as what’s been going on with this heatwave! We have set 3 record highs, 2 record high minimums already and tomorrow the point click has been upped to 89. We had 88.5 this afternoon here, which was nearly 6 degrees above the forecast and 7 above the RDU record! For the piedmont looks like Friday morning will be around freezing and one night around freezing and one night in the upper 20s next week before it warms up. Hardly a historic event, but a significant shock after this stretch of summer in early March. If RDU hits 90 tomorrow it will be exactly 2 months before average, as the average first 90 reading of the season is May 11… RAH commented that this weather and heights are more typical of early July!

Doors and windows open, 76F in the house.

The latest forecast for me (Gaithersburg) STILL has no mention of severe for tomorrow, doesn't mention thunder at all! I checked the point-and-clicks for several other cities/counties in our area... nada.

Crash and burn ineedsnow

come visit us in the severe thread!

Earliest 84F ever for BWI.

65 here above 12" pack, but almost no wind and 100% sun. Earliest time we've gone above 60 prior to March 18, when the 2012 heat blast arrived.

Down to about 20 percent coverage in the back yard. With the dews and rain coming, she gone.

The didn’t hit 80 in feb 2018? I think it was 2018. One of the feb in the late 2010’s tha completely torched. I swear they hit 80.

March is not winter, has no bearing on the grade which is obviously an A

The storm near Yorkville would be a problem if it gets its act together and pukes some hail

Might (or might NOT) be a bit stormy tomorrow. From LWX's latest AFD: (snip) KEY MESSAGE 1...Severe Thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon and evening. Tomorrow`s forecast is an extremely challenging one. At this point, there`s a wide range of potential solutions on the table, with very low confidence in which solution will ultimately verify. Forecast details follow below...