Scarlet Pimpernel

10 hours ago, AnEndlessMaze said:

Hope it comes back soon. This does remind me of the 2012 derecho in that it doesn’t feel like the power companies region-wide were adequately prepared for this. Could be the holiday or just complacency from lack of high-impact weather lately. I do remember back then everyone was so angry and then it did lead to better prep for Sandy later that year.

Ugh, that June 2012 derecho event was awful!  It was over 100 degrees that day and still at or near 100 into the evening right before the blast hit.  Knocked our power out for 2-3 days solid which was miserable because the following days were still in the upper 90s.  During Sandy we didn't have a power outage (or perhaps very briefly, can't recall exactly?) even with the more consistent winds.  There was better prep during Sandy for sure as I recall...but also, the derecho ironically cleared out a fair bit of older trees/growth so that by October there wasn't as much to fall or get uprooted.

(ETA:  Interesting tidbit about the derecho event.  Didn't get a lot of rain from that where I was, it was primarily a literal blast of wind in a concentrated amount of time.  And there was a TON of lightning.)

2 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Make NOAA look incompetent, then get rid of it, and let WHacku-weather fill the void. Ofc their missions are diametrically opposed.

Yup, and don't even get me started, LOL!!  I had to seriously restrain myself from making too "overly political" of a comment with my DOGE remark!  But damn, I have been utterly pissed off (and worried) the past year and a half, it's hard NOT to make at least some reference to the reality going on.

3 hours ago, IronTy said:

I wonder if TWC will start naming heat domes like they do winter storms?  Heat Dome Aaron?

Don't give them any ideas!

Personally, I can't stand extreme heat and consider it a "win" if we can avoid a ton of mid-upper 90s or 100+ degree days in any given summer!  Hell, last August was about one of the most pleasant Augusts I can recall in this area, in a summer that wasn't overly insufferable.

1 minute ago, CAPE said:

Hey we don't need NOAA/NWS. Cut funding.

AccuWeather can do the same job even better!

But...DOGE-ball is oh so much fun (not)!!! 

1 hour ago, Kay said:

Problems loading forecast.weather.gov all day. 

Edit, oh looks like it's national and being troubleshooted

Thanks for confirming that, I was just checking in here to see if anyone else noticed forecasts aren't loading and haven't all day thus far.  Even when I can get to LWX's main site or the weather.gov main site (after a bit of a wait), the point-and-click for a location just sits and spins.  I thought there was some issue with my wi-fi, but no other sites I visited had any issues.  Wonder if they're getting hit with a ton of traffic due to the upcoming heat this week.

9 hours ago, mappy said:

Thanks yall. Spending my birthday weekend (and most of next week) at, you guessed it, a dance competition 

And...Happy Birthday to you @mappy!!  I didn't realize your birthday and @stormtracker's were on consecutive days!

On 6/26/2026 at 7:23 AM, mappy said:

Happy Birthday @stormtracker  

Didn't realize it was his birthday!  Happy Belated, @stormtracker!!!

Took this photo of the "blue moon" this past weekend (2nd full moon in May).  Altered the white balance and added some blue tint to make it a "blue" blue moon!! 

Also, same evening, some remarkable sunset glow to the north (looking toward Rockville, for those in the MD/DC/VA area).

Happy Easter, happy spring to all!  And @mappy, here are some tulips for you!!

On 3/31/2026 at 7:08 PM, Ji said:

FOLKS!!!!!

FYP!!!

OK in all seriousness I'd have to give it a B or B+.  Yeah, we missed out on more snow which was indeed frustrating, but it's hard to top the 2 straight weeks below freezing, deep winter.  And "snowcrete" was pretty cool, 5-6" snow with 2" sleet on top that turned into a solid layer that went nowhere for a long time.  I could literally walk on top of it without pushing into the snow.  And though we missed the big snow for February, I still got 3-4" when it fell at a good clip for awhile in the evening.  Not to mention, the amazing turnaround with 80 degrees one day followed by half an inch or so of snow the next day in early March.

24 minutes ago, paulythegun said:

*nerd voice*

EXTRAPOLATING. EXTRAPOLATING

So...snow on December 5th??? 

9 hours ago, MillvilleWx said:

Normal temps this time of year are fantastic with the late March into April sun. I’ll gladly take that right now. I’m ready for spring (NOT SUMMER). I have my limits 

Amen!!  I'm fine with 60s to 70s or so right now, but mid-upper 80s?  Not yet, please!!!  We'll have plenty of days (weeks!!) with oppressive heat in the 90s-plus and high humidity, that's a guarantee.  Days where you feel like you'll just wilt or melt as soon as the sun hits you!

I remember all too well the late spring and summer days when I was at Florida State University for grad school.  Now THAT is oppressive, day in and day out with no break!  It was always a sad day when that last cold front would go through north Florida sometime in early May...you knew there wouldn't be another one to bring in more refreshing air until nearly October!!

5 hours ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

I need to change my screen name since I’m moving out of Prince Frederick, but it says I can only change it once every 30,000 days. Can anyone help me? 

Not sure if you changed it once already, but yeah, there's some ridiculous amount of time to then change it yet again on one's own I believe (it's possible to do it once, basically, on your own).  So I'm guessing that you had changed it sometime awhile back, thus got the "30,000 day" denial or something like that when you tried again more recently.  I'm sure perhaps a mod would be able to go in there and change something to let you do it again.

ETA:  I'm tempted to suggest that you change your name to "The User formerly known as Prince[FredericWx]"!! 

3 hours ago, TSSN+ said:

Try again in 82 years 

8 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said:

Why is it always the GFS starting crap, bruh lol

Just you wait until we see a tropical system near the Bay in late July that drops 24"+ snow on us for a cycle or two!!! 

1 hour ago, SnowenOutThere said:

START THE BUS BACK UP BABY. MARCH SNOW ON SNOW IS INBOUND!!!

12 hours ago, stormtracker said:

Gentelmen and Ladies,

It's been a pleasure to track with you guys.  We've had good times, bad times and Houston times.   I love this forum.  We truly are the best subforum here.   It's been an honor tracking our digital blue. But now has come to the time to admit defeat.  It's over.  We move to spring and I move to my hibernation until something big happens around here.   It's been fun, but kind of lackluster outside of snowcrete.   We'll get 'em next year.   Peace out and RIP Roger Smith.

Driving the bus into the sunset.   Until next time nerds.

And thank you for keeping the faith, for the fun PBP (guys, folks...jaws!!) and commentary, and of course for being a Beethoven music lover!  Until next winter then!

2 hours ago, stormtracker said:

Been busy all day.  It’s happening.  One more adventure guys.  One more folks. 

March 32nd snow is the best!!! 

2 hours ago, mitchnick said:

Thought I'dpost this off the 12z Gfs before @CAPE does. Lol

Dammit, you made me look! 

12 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

I just issued a Fail Watch.

The anti-FOLKS!!!

3 hours ago, yoda said:

The 70 degree temperatures have captured me

Et tu, Yoda?  Say it ain't so!

1 hour ago, aldie 22 said:

That tracks I'll be in Charlotte on those days

LOL, by then you may be in the bullseye there!  You can find an Irish Pub in Charlotte to toast the St. Pat's Day storm!!