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It’s weird, high cloud cover is mostly gone here in culpeper, tons of low level cloud cover but sun it still managing to shine. 

Interesting. Anyone care to elaborate. 

Seems to be differing opinions on the impact of cloud cover today. 

Been a while to see such juicy discussions from NWS!!!!! 

Been full sun last hour in culpeper. Certainly Has that “feel” today but we shall see. 

3 hours ago, Mrs.J said:

75 and cloudy with a brisk wind. Sitting on the deck waiting on dinner to cook. Will be eating outside. 

About 3 o clock today with the rain and the stiff breeze it was actually cool out enough to I wish I had a hoodie!!!

The overall dry pattern area wide is a concern come early fall and deep into fall. If the pattern continues, I’d expect an active wildfire season around here.

44 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

Lol.  Another day where the same areas get deluged and the usual are sunny, dry, and hot.  Noticing a lot of trees dropping leaves around here.  Everything that is not being irrigated is already burned to a crisp.  And now we head into 4 days of upper 90s.  There will be nothing left.  This is the driest I have ever seen this place, and that is saying something. 

I’ve noticed premature browning/yellow of a lot of leafs here as well. Cant tell you how much I’ve missed rainy/cloudy days lol. 
 

going to be a very disappointing fall leaf season!!!!

12 minutes ago, vastateofmind said:

I don't know...the STW that's still up just doesn't seem justified for close-in DC, based on ongoing radar. I'm seeing a few new towers going up S/E of my location, in the same area that had towers building just after the lunch hour...with nothing happening going west of there to I-81...and then only down around Harrisonburg/Staunton.

It seems like a wrap for the majority of us. We just haven’t really cashed in this summer. 

2016 blizzard….classic setup and days lead time of model agreement. Models never really wavering from an historic storm. 

All week and this weekend will be no different, west of 95 is a shut out. 

95 East to the bay today. Quiet evening and night for most of us. 

Wasn’t the DC (NOVA) split said earlier today??? Sure enough that’s what happened. Severe days aren’t the same around here anymore. the potential is there but never realized. Firm believer if it weren’t for the midday cloud cover the majority of the area would have capitalized. 

looking like this really gets going 95 eastward.  Midday clouds robbed us again. Radar is rather pathetic at the moment. 

Clouds have really filtered back in. 

It would seem we will find a way to fail today!!

3 minutes ago, stormy said:

The widely ranging totals are to be expected in June.   The Va. State Climatoligst used to tell me. Jim, we have to go into the spring wet, otherwise it will be very easy to slip into drought. We went into the spring dry this year. Drought will be likely this summer unless we witness a complete reversal of the pattern....................  Will it be a drought disaster???

I have heard the same for our parts. Very anemic severe season so far and just lack of rain overall. Which I’m partially okay with, I like to keep the hours down on my zero turn lol. 

Smoke Oder is very noticeable in culpeper. 

Listening to Staunton fire/rescue, rescue crews still have not reached the crash site by foot due to the terrain. Going to be a very sad and interesting story the next couple days. Another concerning thing about this is that the jet even made it in and through restricted air space. But I guess unlike 9/11 at least the F-16’s were scrambled in the right direction. 

1 hour ago, mattie g said:

They’re not allowed to go supersonic over inhabited areas unless they’re cleared to engage an unauthorized flight.

They were cleared. 

5 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Reading all kinds of theories, but the one that seems most plausible is a sonic boom caused by a meteor entering the atmosphere, which I guess would explain the reports coming from a roughly Manassas-Burke-DC-Bowie line.

Sonic boom….F-16 military exercise. 

I live in culpeper near 729/229, definitely some gusty winds came through. Small limbs branches down nothing crazy. 

Man the capitals are garbage!!!!!! Would have been nice to see them finishing out the season on a positive note !!

1 minute ago, Weather Will said:

18Z EURO.

Ehh another big rain maker potential shrinking with every run.