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FWIW - The 12z run of CIPS got pretty nice looking at the 60hr mark.

That was a heck of a day. Talk about a DC area special. Little baby moderate just for our area. Always hard to believe that event and the derecho were within a calendar month of each other.

Out at Day 3 I won't say any fat lady has sung yet. I'm just longing for some actual severe tracking. We've had some interesting sneaky days this year so far - but so far not a ton of the big time area-wide "meat and potatoes" type events. By years elapsed only - we are due for a derecho I think. Maybe we can sneak in an ENH or MOD at some point. Hopefully we are not stuck "punting" until tropical season.

Wouldn't be surprising at all. One of the more common ways for us to fail. Morning junk!

The NAM nest has some respectable parameters too it seems. Will be interesting to see trends as we get closer. Would be fun to have a higher end slight or enhanced style event.

Day 3 slights often turn to Day 1 mehs around here.

CIPS would support something around that time. The 120hr panel is lit up decently.

This was the 15z surface map. Not today, folks. I'll be back watching CIPS.

Honestly - based on wind obs - the front is likely all the way down in central or southern VA still. Louisa, VA area still showing NE winds.

After some sun earlier this morning - it's been pretty overcast since. Was able to get the lawn mowed - it doesn't "feel" like severe today.

Wind direction is usually a good indicator. Winds look like they are out of the ENE in most of Maryland. Would seem to indicate the warm front isn't there yet. I've had some sun already in the Colesville, MD area. We've seem some cases in the past where even areas just north of the front can get action if something anchors along the front. Today is far from a guarantee on anything for anybody. But I'd definitely want to be south of DC as everyone has been mentioning. Southern MD and the Spotsylvania area might be a good place to be for action.

Any time we are looking at a warm front - it's always a game of inches. If the warm front blasts through we get warm sectored - but lose the nice wind profiles...but if it stays south we stay socked in.

That new hi-res FV3 model on TT looks good for tomorrow - too bad it's almost alone - along with the ARW.

Slight risk for tomorrow.

Lots of PEPCO outages showing preliminarily in the area off of Old Georgetown Rd in Bethesda.

Better storm than the brief thing earlier. Lots of lightning/thunder, and VERY hefty rain.

Pretty nice signature - will miss me to the south. But the beltway area should get smacked around a bit.

I got a brief rumble of thunder and a 5 minute downpour earlier. But certainly nothing noteworthy. Nice to have the rain, though. That SVR cell looks like it will miss me to the north

I''ll take my gusty showers and enjoy them I suppose.

Trajectory would seem to argue that my only hope is the cell between MIddleburg and Leesburg (if it can ramp up.

Other than the storm to the west of Manassas - things look pretty meh locally.

Radar actually looks decent. Lots of cells - if they can congeal and gain some intensity it could be a fun afternoon. They could just as easily form a DC area split, though.

Love that little appendage in the watch county outline in the counties bordering Garrett Co, MD.

Sun is out here in Colesville, MD

SPC seems to agree with the 2% - but shear is pretty weak sauce. Could be fun to see some quarter sized hail.