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Sounds plausible.

Possibly the plane crash report in sw VA was the cause. But perhaps not. Maybe it was an intercept.

Me neither

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12158275/Explosion-heard-DC-shakes-ground-compared-earthquake-online.html

https://wtop.com/local/2023/06/officials-investigating-reports-of-loud-boom-heard-in-dc-region/

Yeah it typically comes out a day earlier. Last month's edition would not have generated any new discourse here though.

Sonic boom?

Prince died. Did ya hear?

Magnificent early June day. 69/45

Most general lawn safe weed killers will do it I think. I leave it alone because it's a good groundcover in combo with the grass (before it goes to hell).

Just did the same thing this morning. So nice out, but the soil is parched.

Tomorrow looks spectacular with temps mostly in the low 70s and dewpoints in the low 40s. Maybe it will rain again around mid month.

A little hope on the latest HRRR for northern Baltimore county. It does look like places west and southwest into the higher terrain have the best shot.

Just maybe we will see something like this in Jan.

High of 88 here. Ready for the cooldown. Bring the low to mid 70s.

Impressive looking cell on radar. 1.5" hail and 60 mph winds.

I just did it too. Despite recently saying I wouldn't.

I can smell the smoke here, and the visibility is notably lower. Hazy closer to the ground than previous days where there was a hazy sky due to the Canadian wildfires. https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=subregional-Mid_Atlantic-01-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined

Yeah we have a long way to go with probably a lot of hot, humid days to come, but this is something to look forward too. After 3 consecutive Ninas, this offers the hope of something different, with the possibility of the greater MA region having a better outcome wrt snow events, vs a complete shutout or relatively small areas scoring while the rest of the area misses out. The thought of the presence of a legit STJ with HL blocking episodes during winter is enticing. Those h5 looks suggest the possibility of suitable cold being injected into the pattern.

Looks pretty dry on the ens means for the first 10 days of June.

CanSIPS depicts a basin wide Nino with the stronger +sst anomalies shifting westward more into the CP as winter progresses. This would potentially be a fun second half of winter.

That training band of rain aligned well for your location. Only 0.14" up my way.

Maybe a chance of some rain with a backdoor front this weekend, then it looks like NS energy gets pinched off under the upper ridge and drops south for mid next week. A Nino-ish look to the pattern.

Getting some brief showers here, but the better stuff is staying just south. Half way to a tenth!

No rain here for the last 8 days, and what fell then wasn't very much. Letting the grass grow tall. Just mowed it to 4", and it still looks about as good as it can for here. If the dryness continues I probably won't bother watering it as it always goes to shit anyway with the high sun and heat in late June and July.