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17 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Are you new here?

yeah lol this is nothing

1 minute ago, PhineasC said:

I'm cool with an extended sleet bomb here. Been years since we have had a good one. Let's go for it, better than rain. I think if this thing is going to over-perform near the cities, it will take that form. More sleet, less rain.

PD3 was mostly a sleet bomb for me in C'ville back in '03.  I guess one of the good things is it sticks around for a while.

36/24 downtown.  we might get below freezing eventually lol.

1 hour ago, yoda said:

Thundersleet would be pretty cool 

i got caught in thundersleet once on a jog in NYC - it was NOT fun.  i remember running by another runner - we were the only people out - and we both looked at each other like, "something is deeply wrong with us lol"

55 minutes ago, chris21 said:

I’m at 36/18 in Mt. Pleasant. I have about 200 feet of elevation and am right next to rock creek park which may explain the difference?

i'd imagine right there, but the most intense UHI in the entire city is actually Columbia Heights/Petworth area, so just a few blocks east from you really.

1 hour ago, Deck Pic said:

40/22, Downtown DC

where downtown are you?   37/22 here, we are pretty close to rock creek park.

finally into the 30s here downtown, probably the coldest we've been at sunset yet this season.

1 hour ago, Deck Pic said:

42/22

same in west end (actually 41/20 now).

1 minute ago, chris21 said:

Exactly what I was thinking. I’m about a block from the park...

not to veer too off topic, but probably the most insane transition is central park in NYC - certain nights you would leave the park and within a half a block it was like someone turned on the heat.

13 minutes ago, chris21 said:

Dropped to 30 briefly here in mt pleasant

rock creek park really does have an effect on its immediate surroundings.  even where i live downtown (but close to the park) it is a couple degrees colder at night here than even a few blocks to the east.  we got down to 32.4 here, DCA 33.

15 minutes ago, PhineasC said:

One factor working for this event is it is actually decently cold today. No spike to the 60s right before the storm at least. 

DC proper didn't even drop below freezing.  Lately absent a true arctic outbreak we seem to struggle to get much below freezing at night even in the heart of winter.

2 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

yeah, it takes DCA down to 24 tonight. I'd be skeptical. That said, quite the difference in guidance. I know I'd lean towards being hurt. 

yeah our temp hasn't budged basically since sundown (39/40).

1 hour ago, PhineasC said:

The NAM doesn’t require a supercomputer I’m sure. It can run on a Windows 98 laptop I bet. 

maybe NCEP's license key to Excel expired so they can't run it.

If it makes any of you feel better, at least in NYC the heavy snow is nice for about 10 min after it's done then it is f'ing miserable for days/weeks.

Just now, Ji said:

just reading this thread...i cant believe how many people live inside the beltway

"i can't believe how many people live in the most densely populated center of our entire region"

24 minutes ago, GATECH said:

The city dwellers should be in the Southeast forum, Our climate is now equal to Atlanta’s from 20yrs ago right!?

here right in the city, we still have bugs flying around etc.  barely been below freezing.

we've got the record for most days consecutive above 70F right?

3 hours ago, astarck said:

They had a number of 5 minute obs right at 70. It will be interesting to see if they broke through.

nope - stayed at 70!  The streak lives on.

9 minutes ago, Inverted_Trough said:

32 consecutive 90+ days at CHO

Incidentally, why has CHO been so much warmer (relative to their own averages) over the past few years?  I've noticed if surrounding stations are, say, at +2 for a monthly average, CHO will almost always be a +4 or +5.  It's been a very consistent phenomena for a few years now.

more development around the airport along 29?

thoughts going into August?

2 hours ago, H2O said:

1.00” rain exactly

0.99" here - juuuussst missed it

15 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

Honestly? A lot of it is people within my age group (18-29) or younger -- plenty of Snapchat stories or Instagram posts with people in large groups drinking/partying/whatnot.  Lots of my college friends are planning trips over the summer and are surprised when I turn them down. I'm super pleased with what I see as a whole in this area, but  that said I'm still not leaving my house all that much.

With the scientific consensus about the effectiveness of masks growing yet the pandemic not slowing down, there clearly have to be a decent chunk of offenders out there. My anecdotal observations line up with the spike in infections in younger people as well.  

yeah - i generally see most people in masks in my neighborhood.  they are required inside in our building so we are pretty close to 100% compliance there.

Just now, esullivan said:

River running down Nebraska Ave

i'm at over half an inch and that's likely missing a lot of it since it was (and still is) pretty sideways

Just now, TSG said:

Looks like a Cat 1 outside in Woodley Park right now.

yeah same here a couple miles south of you

all hell has broken loose here