SPC raises a good point, it ultimately comes up to how strong the EML is an whether it persists across the mountains. If we get a good chunk of that to get overhead, then it's going to be a fun day.
I think tomorrow and Saturday are going to feature one or two decent cells that drop some good hail, but there will be more famine than feast. Saturday might be a decent elevated convection.
Looks like the NAM twins and the RRFS (spelling?). Not necessarily buying their output, especially beyond 48 hours, but they're definitely trying to cause some problems.
Looks like northeast flow at the surface and southerly flow aloft. Probably enough convergence and limited instability to get a few cells firing up where the sun broke out a bit.
We're steadily devolving into a world where everyone has their own "special weather product" that's cheaply made and devalues legitimate weather information.
Agreed. The SE winds were evident on the rainfall disparity earlier today between the Thurmont site in Frederick County, and Keedysville in Washington County. Thurmont was racking up the rainfall, while Keedysville was in a bit of a rain shadow.
I've noticed that heavy rainfall events tend to jump north and east last minute. Perhaps the referenced CHO -> Winchester rain is going to fall in the metros?
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