Eskimo Joe

It was a TDS. Damage was reported almost immediately, but when you're warning or trying to detect tornadoes in rural areas with a high beam height, you're going to miss things. The same thing happened the other year in Garett County when the TDS pushed above 11,000 ft, the radar out of Pittsburgh finally saw it. Unfortunately, it was too late by then.

Thank you again for the information.

Appreciate the response and map! What month, if any, would average much above average precipitation so that we can put a real dent in this drought.

What about June?

Warmer global temps = more instability = more wind

Several 30+ gusts today.

If it's a raging, basin wide El Nino in September, then it's time to just put the coffin in the ground IMO. We might get lucky with a 2016 like fluke, but I wouldn't bet money on it happening twice in a decade.

If it's a strong, basin wide El Nino then I mentally prepare for 1998 or 2022-23.

Hope everyone got their snow fix last year. That's a black dog look for 2026-2027.

I would welcome a statewide 1" -1.5" and call it a day. We need several events where the soil profile has the opportunity to slowly rehydrate, not some big event where we get several months of rain in a couple of hours.

Went up to Farmer Stan's in Upperco. Got more Lobelia Cardinalis, Bee Balm, Daisies, and Columbines. We have them in a cold frame right now for the cool weather tonight. I'm especially hopeful that I can keep the deer away this year and get my Russian Mammoth sunflowers to take. Last year, deer got inside our fence and ruined our entire garden in one night.

Builders scrape vast quantities of topsoil and then sell it for profit. It's a total scam.

What did you plant? I'm always looking for good plant ideas. RE: dry soil, I agree. @wxmeddler and I were talking about that earlir this week. Bittinger got almost and inch of rain, but the four inch soil moisture probe barely moved. Must be a combination of hard pan soils and surface vegetation being very thirsty.

Oh, month to date rainfall. Interesting. @wxmeddler might be a useful product to add to the page!