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Got rain-shadowed by the Blue Ridge. 1.25” storm total.

0.25” so far on this side of the Blue Ridge. Winds generally between 15 and 20 mph. 53°.

0.85” today with a high temp of 57.

Rain moved in an hour ago. 54°

1.35” total here since Thursday.

Power was out here for about six hours last night after a fallen tree on my street brought down lines. I’m guessing it may have been a rogue lightning strike since there was no wind to speak of.

I attended the infamous Grateful Dead concert at Merriweather in 1983 which became known as “Terror Weather.” Also a stalled storm that dumped 3-4” of rain during the show. Lightning strikes all around. The power went out a couple of times as the band kept playing. People were sliding down the lawn on cardboard from beer cases. The footbridge we crossed to enter was a foot underwater when we tried to leave. Which meant wading through waist-deep water. Then we realized there was no getting out of the lots until the water receded.

Had some nickel-size hail today along with 0.70’” of much-needed rainfall.

Low of 50 here at dawn. Winchester reporting 46.

Nothing severe but some great lightning here now. Almost continuous thunder.

2.20” of rain from the two cells this afternoon. Some brief but large hail also. Neighbor of mine shared this pic:

It’s about as soupy as it gets here. Foggy and 79/77.

Lots of storms in this area the past two days. All of them missed my yard.

The trees along Rt. 9 on top of the mountain at the WV-VA state line are full of vibrant fall colors. I was very surprised to see that. Like you, I have never seen that before late August even in the driest summers, and not with such vivid color in those cases.

One of the better downpours of the season here with some decent thunder. Even getting some training action with a third cell moving in. 0.75” so far.

Less than an inch of rain for May here. Just over 8” total for the first 5 months of 2023

30° yesterday morning. 85° this afternoon. Gotta love Spring.

This blocked the road to my house today. Completely uprooted.

It would be pretty rare to have a lower monthly mean temperature in March than February. Since 1900 at DCA it happened in 2018, 1960 and 1932; with 1915 having the same mean temp both months. BWI pulled it off in 2017 and 2018, but before that you also have to go back to 1960.

Light snow just started falling here. 35/25

22” at 10:1 in the mountains of northern GA ? Seems realistic.

I came across this link today: https://www.americanwx.com/bb/forum/18-climate-change/

They closed our schools by 9:00 p.m. last night. I realize they probably have unused snow days, but they could have used today to make up for weeks of lost classroom time when Russian hackers shut down the county’s computers last month.

Congratulations on retirement Andrew. I’m happy for you, buddy.

Great post Bob. Happy for you that you’ve found that spread of dirt to develop a dream with. I started a business when I was 30. Made and lost fortunes. Had some great times, but never got too caught up in the successes. Once ego gets involved, the downturns that will surely come can consume you. Turning 60 in a few weeks. Fortunate to be in good health and a part of my kids’ lives. The rest of it is just rolling downstream as you said. I’m content letting others run in that rat race. Ain’t jealous of them at all.