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2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion
Eskimo Joe replied to Kmlwx's topic in Mid Atlantic
Just wanted to add for the Maryland folks. The Maryland Department of Environment has some real nerdy pollution meteorologists. Their forecasts are almost always spot on and they regularly coordinate with the various NWS offices. We're very fortunate to have these folks in our state!- 1,044 replies
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2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion
Eskimo Joe replied to Kmlwx's topic in Mid Atlantic
Plot Twist: the edges of the smoke plumes can act as differential heating boundaries for storms, and the increased particular can act as nucleation for lightning. We saw that in PA/WI/NJ the past few days. Satellite loop for visual:- 1,044 replies
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2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion
Eskimo Joe replied to Kmlwx's topic in Mid Atlantic
Code Purple Rain to wash the smoke away.- 1,044 replies
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Cool site to track metar visibility. https://cyclonicwx.com/models/metar/neus/vis/
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Smoke definitely waning a bit. I can see two blocks over now!
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Zero metering PM 2.5.
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Smoke may insulate our overnight lows. It's 12:15 am and the Baltimore City mesonet site is at 84°.
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Was up in Philly today. It was far worse than Baltimore, everything had a chlorine-esque odor. There was fine particulate in a lot of surfaces.
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Less snow means more drought means more needle fall means more fuel load.
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Wonder if we undercut our high temperatures with this smoke? Looks like some the the solar radiation readings in NE MD are dropping a tad due to the smoke/haze.
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Drop that shortwave from Hudson Bay due south into Tennessee, and that'll end the drought real quick.
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Wonder if those two boundaries over Montgomery/Howard will do anything today?
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Mesonet data shows eastern Montgomery County, western Howard, and northern Harford/Cecil with wet soils. If something fires in these spots, I could see a rogue flash flood warning or two this evening. In this storm term, impressive cell near Federalsburg, MD
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Welcome to summer convection!
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We've been clouded over so hard today. It seems like the PA activity is getting some enhancement from the terrain up there to offset the marginal surface instability.
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Yes. Est based El Ninos are not favorable for snow in these parts. Prove me wrong atmosphere! Never let Ji start a winter thread again.
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Cold all winter. Bury us in snow. Let us sweat to the 90s in summer.
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JFC that's terrible. Wish it was just hot in the summer.
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TVS on the stafford county cell. Likely TOR coming.
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I've always cut those hail estimates in half and it works well for me.
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What time will the Category 5 Giga Chad El Nino kill my puppy?
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The poorly written, clickbait articles with dopey catch phrases are inbound.
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You should! Virginia Tech does have a small assemblance of a meaonet, but you have a much bigger state, so they could always use the public's support. You can DM and/or @wxmeddler for some ideas or talking points if you wish.
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Hey Frederick County folks (especially @Mrs.J), we got another mesonet station online in Frederick County at the community college! https://mesonet.umd.edu/station?stid=MDMSNT-45
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That seems to be the story of the next few days. Efficient, but hit or miss rainfall.
