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MoCo did too, yesterday.

I'll be watching the 4 Nations Face-Off final on TV. It's at TD Garden in Boston at 8 pm, just about when the storm is expected to hit that area.

3" in Cloverly, MD.

31 and light freezing rain in Colesville, MD. Ice on the deck, haven't gone outside to check anything else.

About a half inch of sleet followed by maybe a half inch of snow so far here in Colesville/Cloverly, MD. Looks like the back edge is just about here.

Short Pump has all the fun: A magnitude 2.8 earthquake rattled the Short Pump area northwest of Richmond on Tuesday evening, with people as far away as Fairfax County reporting they felt it, too, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 5:28 p.m. in Henrico County’s Wyndham/Short Pump area. https://wtop.com/virginia/2025/01/small-earthquake-rattles-richmond-area-felt-as-far-north-as-fairfax-county/

Same here in Colesville.

Guess I should go look out the window!

Ellicott City under a flash flood warning.

I'm up on Skyline Drive and all we saw was a faint bit of purple in photos. We are back at our hotel now warming up and may go back out if it ramps up again.

98% clouds here. Going back to sleep.

Sure. If it fails, I'll owe you a refund on all the money you paid me.

Here in Colesville right now, the rain is ending, the sun is shining and there's blue sky in sight to the west.

I saw the they are predicting midday tomorrow UTC, which is 7am tomorrow morning. So 3 am - 5 am might be a good time to look.

Is there a good site to see modeled future cloud cover so we can head to the areas likely to clear later tonight.

More photos from Howard County 4:15-5:00 am

This is from my driveway in northern Silver Spring, looking back towards my backyard at 3:40 am. I didn't notice the pillars in the photo, but it did look purplish, which I thought might just be my phone camera being weird, but it was enough to hop in the car and head for my favorite dark spot in Howard County.

From Howard County, Jennings Chapel Road just now!

Cloud cover is breaking up nicely in northern Silver Spring now. May need to take a drive in search of a better view of the horizon.

From the Washington Post: Forecast group predicts busiest hurricane season on record with 33 storms University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann cites record ocean warmth as key factor in unprecedented Atlantic forecast A research team led by University of Pennsylvania climate scientist Michael Mann is predicting the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will produce the most named storms on record, fueled by exceptionally warm ocean waters and an expected shift from El Niño to La Niña. The new forecast, issued Wednesday, calls for a range of 27 to 39 named storms, with a best guess of 33. The most on record was 30 named storms in 2020. Gift link: https://wapo.st/3JBWmIZ