Watering the deck and was surprised to see no less than half a dozen monarchs. This front must be scooping up a bunch of straggling seasonal birds and insects and escorting them south.
A damn good thread on improving tornado warning accuracy, it includes a couple of radar grabs from Frederick County, MD. Big takeaway is this research so far is only valuable if the storm is within 60 km (37 mi) from the radar site.
44 for a low this morning in Reisterstown. My garden is abruptly coming to an end, I'm hoping we can salvage the last of our squash this week before ending things.
Turkey Branch in Rockville rose 7 feet in <1 hour, Sligo Creek @ Sherrill Dr rose 4ft <1 hr. ~50 waters call between 12pm and 2pm Montgomery, about 20 required some kind of FD action.
Someone did a story of October snows greater than 1" at BWI, MDT and DCA. The results were pretty close to 1:1 that showed more than 1" in October with the exception of 1 year (2002-2003?) was warm and well below average.
Would love to see a 6"-10" Christmas snowstorm this year. Something that covers the ground. It starts right at sunrise and goes all day. Then clears out just after sunset and you get the see that stars. That alone would be great.