MN Transplant

DCA is taking advantage of the west wind. Up to 93. Milky sky, but not a ton of irradiance reduction today. 90.5 at home. Likely a late high day as the warm pocket aloft is still advecting in.

Not only Canada, the Boundary Waters area of northern MN has lightning-induced fires and they've closed the park for only the third time on record.

Nasty

Probably not too much of a leap to think that the smoke might be holding temps back a bit.

The 00z sounding from last evening had the highest 500mb height on record at Minneapolis (1957-forward).

With Norway out, now I just want a toxic as hell France/England final.

0.67” at DCA. 0.20” at home. Nice refresher.

Rainfall over the last week. A lot of us in the 1-2.5" range, with some big winners near Frederick, Manassas, Dulles, and Martinsburg. As has been tradition this year, DC itself, southern DE, and Stephens City did poorly. Airport totals continue to diverge (year-to-date total, departure): DCA: 14.71", -6.94" IAD: 21.95", -0.81" BWI: 18.45", -3.94"

Happy with 0.70”+ of rain. Still no thunderstorms this year.

No thunder yet, but at least it has started raining.

Me watching radar

We should probably be looking at the stuff initiating out by Dulles

C'mon little outflow boundary

5 consecutive days where I’ve had measurable precipitation, and my yearly negative departure has grown.

Did the exact trip last summer. Incredible stuff. One note - parking in Glacier is damn near impossible, even with the reservation system. Traffic flows, there is just nowhere to stop near the major trails/sights. So, consider the buses.