Stormfly

I'm in Harford county and can see the lightning from our tower cam, same view as the clear sky shot I posted earlier. I'll upload some video in a bit. That is crazy. If I saw that I'd guess those storms would be in Calvert county!

Feels like June. The humidity could be lower especially if it's not going to rain! And last night, for the first time I saw fireflies. I have to say this is the latest I've seen them first. Here is the view facing south. That boomer near Calvert Cliffs isn't visible from this view. I need to move the PTZ higher on the tower.

2.67" here, less than 2 miles NE of me over 5" Gully washer for sure. Not much in the way of wind. A few lightning strikes or so. And then BOOM! While we were at the dinner table at 18:15 a blinding pink-ish flash and boom at the same time like a howitzer going off. Caught nicely on security cameras (just the flash) and crazy report. Peeled a tree right behind the detached garage. I hate those, literally no warning at all, and the thunder part was seemingly over. Also at 16:32 there was nice rotation noted just north of us where there was significant lightning activity.

Funny but think about when we get warnings, at least here actually experiencing warning criteria weather is slim pickin's. That is 58+ mph wind gusts and/or 3/4" or larger hail. It seems when we actually get legit svr it's the hail that comes.

I'm seeing lightning from the cell that just ripped through Red Lion. We got a trace of precip today just before sunrise. Talk about a bust.

Severe TS watch for us. What an odd time to have one of those. I will be watching, however. Caught some lightning before dawn on the tower cam looking to our north. Popcorn just north of the MD line. 20 mile radius CG alert woke me up.

Pretty much same here. Some wind and rumbles and alerts for CG lightning <20 miles from the antenna here. Breeze settled down a lot but just had the dog outside and it's quite muggy. I don't know if anyone here remembers that silly movie "Click" but if I had a remote that let me skip things I'd probably skip to November. Of course skipping 7 months/year means you'd notice everyone around you aging faster. Even in an imaginary world there are limits. Skipping traffic jams and taxes though, wouldn't mind that at all.

That includes us. Nice soupy southerly breeze. It's quite disgusting actually. Running central a/c for the first time of the year.

I'm in the yellow (slight)... Mark my words we'll have wind of sort, enough for damage. Why? I have a fir that's cracked halfway up and I can't get a bucket truck out here before tomorrow to pull it down. And if it falls it will go squarely through the roof of the poolhouse! Lovely!

Second round of storms came through here managed to produce a 61.3 mph peak. Heard a few limbs cracking. Glad it left as fast it came. 2.73" total. Performed about as expected TBH, we usually bust but the eastern shore gets the goods. I'm OK with that. Don't feel like breaking my back logging downed trees nor paying thousands for a pro to do it for me! Gotta save that money for a new drainfield, mine is 45 years old so it's only a matter of time.

No rain but strongest wind gusts so far peaking frequently over 50mph here. For the first time since Jan 25, 2010 the front door "tooted" twice due to strong southerly wind gusts! Last time before that was Isabel. So that's saying something. Power went off for 5 seconds at 0905 as well. It rarely goes out for long here unless it's a legit event. Last long term (>24 hr) event was 03/02/2018. Be careful guys, we got 1.85" here so far, there's ponding in the yard and puddles everywhere our 7 month old border collie pup has dug! Even strong trees can uproot in these winds. At least they're still bare otherwise we'd have the usual damage from tstorm gusts in the summer but much more widespread.

Specifically for us it would be the morning of January 25, 2010. The front of my house faces due south. The front door has metal weatherstripping and when the winds gust around 50mph or higher there's enough pressure to make it buzz like a kazoo. It's quite loud. And IIRC the last time this happened was then. Before that would have been Isabel. The sound is just like as is heard in this video here:

If this verifies then there's going to be a LOT of tree/power pole damage!

If there was an online gambling site for weather I'd bet on bust with these every time. It's like betting on the Orioles losing on Sunday games!

Oh yes, just finished clearing out the felled trees around the pasture (from Feb's storm) and have a few more widowmakers stuck in the ground from last night's winds. And now this! Chainsaws are ready!

First legit thunderstorm of the season for us in Harford Co. Nocturnal storms are great. Was watching it safely from our bunker in quarantine. The PTZ on the tower is great for watching lightning spider all over the sky and I know the thunder is getting loud when I can hear it down here! Saw some hail mostly pea and marble sized disks bouncing off the solar panels. Nothing like what they got earlier in S MD and lower eastern shore of VA though. And that's OK with me.

CAD (Cold Air Damming) screws NE MD as usual.

Feb 26, 2016 comes to mind...

I'll take the heat for it! There's nothing like ending a HOT day with continuous lightning and roaring winds. July 21, 2019 was such a day for us. Most of the time here we bust bigtime with anticipated widespread severe events. It's the ones that seemingly come out of nowhere that sneak up on you. Those you have to watch out for!