George BM

A little late but I'll just get right into it. 1.) I'd have to pick to April 1st wind event. Got a couple of NW gusts that night to near 60mph which took out a 15-20ft section of the fence IMBY. 2.) Severe thunderstorm w/ quarter to ping pong ball sized hail, torrential rains and gusty winds on July 14th. The largest hail that I've personally seen in my lifetime so far. 3.) Peak severe season or rather Canadian smoke season as it turned out to be. Just a strangely quiet May/June severe season locally with smoke (whether elevated or at the surface) seemingly every other day. If we got hit the way NYC got hit on June 7th this would probably rank 2nd or possibly 1st place for me. Curious in reading your thoughts about 2023 below... if y'all aren't too busy tracking our next winter threat.

IAD just gusted to 43kts.

IAD just gusted to 37kts and the temp there has risen to 56F.

Hmmm... HRRR w/ 60mph gusts... interesting. Doubt we gust THAT high locally (stable-layer limiting mixing near the surface, as I know you know) but interesting nonetheless.

12/06/2023: T (brief light graupel (~2:25pm)) 12/11/2023: 0.9" ( Fairly heavy wet snow overnight... heaviest between 2:45 and 3:35am) 1/01/2024: T (Flurries w/ some graupel from late morning into the afternoon before changing to very light rain/drizzle) 1/06/2024: T (Morning sleet w/ few flakes before changing into a cold soaking afternoon rain) 2023-2024 winter total as of Jan 6, 2024: 0.9"

Very small snowflakes/ice-pellets in Herndon.

Weather in 2024. Hopefully we have some fun events. 38/30 at IAD.

"As this great new year of 2023 begins let it be a year of rewarding yourselves, even if it's a small reward, whenever you make a breakthrough with a goal or a dream that you have. Take great care of yourselves this year and don't be afraid to try that one thing or those things that you've wanted to try out for a long while." Happy New Years! Hopefully you had a great 2023 and treated yourselves a bit. Here's to a great and blessed 2024.

MERRY CHRISTMAS Amwx fam! Hopefully, unlike mine and my family's, yours is Covid free!

Didn't know whether to post in Long Range since it's just an op run but here's the end of this morns 6z gfs at 10mb for some Christmas dopamine:

2.27" total at IAD.

12/06/2023: T (brief light graupel (~2:25pm)) 12/11/2023: 0.9" ( Fairly heavy wet snow overnight... heaviest between 2:45 and 3:35am) 2023-2024 winter total as of Dec 11, 2023: 0.9"

Yeap. Just saw that flash from the bolt to my west.

Don't be too surprised to hear thunder this morning. Quite a bit of lightning, relatively speaking, with the activity near Charlottesville. Some limited elevated CAPE is available.

Tonights sunset was the earliest of the year. The sun set at 4:47pm est at IAD (time at which 100% of the sun disappears beyond the horizon). Starting tomorrow the sun will start slowly setting later giving us more evening light.

12/06/2023: T (brief light graupel (~2:25pm)) Total as of Dec 6, 2023: T

Brief light graupel. I'm on the board!

A MRGL wouldn't surprise me if wind fields are strong enough and the pencil thin-line can tap into that wind aloft.

New SON ONI/RONI out. SON ONI(rounded to nearest tenth): 1.8C SON RONI: 1.34C

Not for smoke enthusiasts.

...You're a very good storyteller.

BWI: 56.4" DCA: 40.2" IAD: 61.8" RIC: 32.7" Tiebreaker SBY: 37.2"

Happy beginning of a Meteorological El Nino winter! May it deliver us the fun white stuff.