dailylurker

7 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Feels like this spring we’re either wedged in with cool cloudy easterly flow or completely torched. Not much in between. 

I was just saying the same thing. It's our two base states fighting for control. 50 and cloudy for 6 months is fighting with 90 and dry for 6 months. Looks like only .03 last night. 

1 hour ago, BlizzardNole said:

10 days into May tomorrow and we're looking at highs in the 50s.  YUCK

May is shaping up to be a dreary boring dud. Oh look.. another cloudy damp morning. Shocker

13 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

87/88 at DCA.  

They must be new here lol

11 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Radar is looking kinda meh. Might have needed more in the way of afternoon sun and a further north vort track.

I was just going to say my comment didn't age well lol

2 hours ago, wxdude64 said:

Thundering big time here, just waiting on the rain. 

Damn! Radar to the SW Central MD is lighting up. Could we be in for a good ole fashion stormy night. It definitely feels juicy out there. My garden plants are loving this. 

4 hours ago, 87storms said:

Looks like OK is the place to be today if you like wild weather:

https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html

It'll be interesting to see how the forecast compares to actual.

I saw some crazy scary wording on their forecast. It's the kinda day you sit outside next to your bunker with a lemonade, bong and Reed Timmer lives and watch for monsters.

8 hours ago, CAPE said:

Don't forget the mushrooms. For pictures I mean. 

I found a huge fallen oak tree that had chicken of the woods all over it. It was beautiful stuff. 

Feels much warmer and more humid than it did this morning. Temps is 67

1 minute ago, CAPE said:

A few light sprinkles this morning. Mostly an annoyance and doing nothing for the dry conditions.

0.44" for the 'event' so far. Just enough to dampen the top eighth inch of soil. Powdery dry under that.

Definitely mushrooms! But I'm thinking it hasn't been wet long enough to find any. Well see. I lucked out here. The thunderstorm I got early Saturday morning really soaked the ground. I'm back to my normal swampy conditions. Other then that thunderstorm it's been sprinkles and drizzle and I'd be watering. 

Classic dreary day. I'm planning on rolling a couple joints and taking a 7 mile hike. I'm going to take pictures of moss. Yes.. I'm going to smoke pot in the woods and take pictures of trees and moss. Today's weather is perfect for it. Looks like another round of steady light rain developing in VA. 

3 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

.03" drenching.  Typical.

 

Looks like some more nice heavy showers building to your SW. They'll be missing you of course, but headed here to add to the inch I got overnight lol

16 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Just had a heavy downpour here. Picked up a quick tenth of an inch. Pretty surprised to see anything this morning as most guidance had any shower activity dissipating as it moved eastward into the HP. It is actually weakening and breaking apart but managed to get underneath a heavier cell. Most rain I have seen in weeks.

If I had to guess, probably close to an inch here to your west. It was definitely needed. 

I was awaken by a rumble of thunder. I was surprised when I looked at radar. There's a legit thunderstorm training of my area. RIP dry spell. 

3 hours ago, CAPE said:

Rainfall generally looks pretty meager here across guidance through the weekend. I'll probably do a significant watering tomorrow morning in anticipation. Soil is super dry now.

I'm thinking the same thing. I'll do a deep watering and feeding to my cannabis and early tomato plants. 

1 hour ago, Kmlwx said:

La Plata tornado was April 28, 2002. Analogs are showing up around 4/25 so it's not a "perfect" match - and I did look at the H5 maps - it was a MUCH sharper vort pass 

The day after it hit I explored the damage path where it crossed route 3. I met this poor girl and her dad. She had this blank stare that I'll never forget. Her dad said she was working at the Taco Bell. Their was nothing left of it except a wall and some benches that were bolted to the foundation. It cross Route 3 and tore up chunks of the highway. I saw a lot of unbelievable things. I was very humbled by what I saw. 

Dry as a bone in AA County. I hope it rains this weekend. 

Digging holes to plant my weed plants outside was a little uncomfortable this afternoon. High of 90.

On 4/27/2024 at 10:54 PM, Jrlg1181 said:

Exactly what I've been saying... Well under 6 inches total since late January.... Literally just about every month since the fall of 22 has been below avg here with the exception of the past Nov Dec and Jan... 

Pretty much of opposite here. It's been a swamp for years here. 

I'm so over cloudy cool mornings. I'm ready for the warm-up that's on the way. 

48 minutes ago, CAPE said:

I ran the sprinkler yesterday evening. Maybe a tenth of an inch over the last 20 days.

Soon as my potato plants popped up the rain stopped. It's a swamp for 6 months of the year, now we drought. 

30 minutes ago, Roger Ramjet said:

Are you for real! Today was a yard workers dream. No nats in my face and temps I can only  dream of in the middle of summer!!

I agree. It was nice doing some fast pace hiking without sweating bullets and being attacked by plants, snakes and insects. 

I'm over here on Wye Island doing some hiking and it's perfect weather. It's nice and cool with gray sky. It's really pretty over here. 

Maybe today the drought will get some help lol

Back to summer for 6 months. 

I was just in my greenhouse checking on my tomato, pepper, and cannabis plants. I was surprised at how strong the wind is ripping. It must be the new leaves on the trees because it sounds almost sketchy windy. 

It's wild how we go from the same weather for 6 months straight (40's and low 50's) to basically summer, overnight. When I was a kid, 35 years ago we had four seasons. Now we have two. Fall and summer.