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When I first got into my car, it was 104. This was the 2nd or 3rd stoplight.

Ended up getting 3.71" last night. Went to bed at about 3:30. Weird part about the this am outside is that water either ran off or was absorbed into the lawn. I have a drain right by my house whenever we get this kind of rain. Was not even running this am. Been too dry?

another cloud develops and now up to 1.65", roughly 1 hr later.

after avoiding me all afternoon/night, a nice cell dumps about .80 in 30-45mins.

No water yet, but looks like 7pm outside; not 3pm.

Substantial rain coming down in S. Arlington. Just perfectly vertical rain. No wind or anything. It's like tropical, monsoon like rain. May have picked up more than .5 inches in the last 30 minutes.

got .69" early tonight like 7 or 8pm. May get more but going to sleep.

.46 in rain since last night. One sunny day tomorrow and then back to the muck, right?

1.42 for this event last night.

The federal government is not some all-knowing monolith that is stifling all the that is great about this country. More than half of federal government spending is sending out social security checks and paying Medicare bills to health care companies/drug companies. Another quarter is defense spending. You know, to take care of all the troops we have all over the world. That last quarter is the "traditional" federal government. Stuff like national parks, immigration, NWS!, FBI, agriculture assistance, road building, etc. Did they stay home? Probably half, IDK. BTW, I would be perfectly fine if we would not build an aircraft carrier in a budget year so we could have an agency to track and intercept infectious diseases when they crop up. Kinda like what S. Korea did.

1.24" in s. arlington. Goldilocks rain: not too much; not too little.

What she looked like before the quick 1":

I live about .5 to 1 mile from this area. I can confirm that we got over 1" in about 15-30 minutes. One of my window wells filled up. It only does this when we get a heavy downpour in under one hour.

Last night's models called for 1.5". All pretty much in agreement. Started out with .16 this am. The radar seemed to show horizontal rain blobs coming up this am. Not training stuff, yet. Just now, the yellows seem to dissipate when they get close to the metro area. We'll see how the models do.

got .48" of liquid last night/this am. System performed as the models called it.

Got .80 rain for Sat into Sunday morning. I think most of the models were calling for ~1.25 so a little big of an underperformer. The only way for this wet weather to end is for a long term drought. We can't shift to staying around the averages. At least that's been my experience.

When does one plow with this type of storm? I Had snow, and It's gonna be 32 tonight. Maybe freezing rain tonight?

I don't think I'll get over 25 degrees tomorrow. I know the forecasts are calling for 32 +. Cold air is pretty settled over the DC area. It'll take a while for it to be cleared out. Kinda like cold air damning. Everyone always forgets about that. BTW, I'm not a trained meteorologist. Weather is like a hobby and I've lived here over 25 years.

Last night's rain event brought me .92 in liquid. 98% of snowpack in my back yard has melted, but only 75% on my deck. 43 degrees outside and windy.

I had the same amount in S. Arlington: 1.08! System slightly underperformed (for me) because they were calling from 1.5 to 2.5 (most models). Temp never got close to 60 as they had also called. My high was 51.

Rain seems to be lighter and widespread. When a yellow spot pops up, it quickly goes away. Early models had a lot of training that were on or parallel to 95. Does not seem to be doing that thus far.

Rainfall totals have been trimmed down a little bit. Eastern shore of MD/VA looking to get more of the precip: .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... Powerful storm system still on track to impact the region Thursday night into Saturday bringing with it a variety of hazards. Strong low-level jet of nearly 60kt at 850 mb will transport rich air moisture into the area Thursday night with PWATs climbing over 1.5 inches which is around 400% of normal or +4 STDs. Rain will arrive after 12Z Thu and become moderate to heavy after 00Z Fri. Many GFES and EPS members show high likelihood of forced squall line moving through eastern VA and likely reaching Spotsylvania Co and southern MD and potentially reaching as far north as northeast MD around midnight Thu night. This squall line will bring intense rainfall rates and potential for winds to gust well over 40 mph and possibly as high as 60 mph depending on the strenght of the convection. Model guidance has trended somewhat quicker in punching mid-level dry slot into the area shortly after daybreak Fri potentially cutting down somewhat on rainfall totals. This is especially true for western areas where many EPS members do not show significant rainfall. Model trends also shown significantly higher totals for the eastern shore of MD/VA. There could be a brief lull in precip Fri morning before actual cold front crosses the area Fri evening. Models have also trended a little deeper with sfc and upper system Fri evening and are now showing deeper convection moving through Fri afternoon and Fri evening with some risk of charge separation and increased threat for t-storms. Cold air will also start filtering in across the west Fri night with rain showers turning into snow showers over the mtns Fri night. By Sat, trough axis and sfc low would have shifted northeast of the area with precip shutting off east of the mtns. Gust NW post- frontal winds will remain possible through Sat before conditions begin to improve Sat night. 3:08pm discussion.

I'll wait closer to Thurs. night to check the Euro. But the NAM had the last system clocked.

System exiting so I'm gonna say that we got 3.48" for this event. Overperformed for sure.

3.42" and still going. Keep in mind that we average around 3" in some of our wettest months (april, may).