MN Transplant

Gloomy day with some showers. Love it.

7-1 through 7-21: 0.91" 7-22 through 8-4: 12.00" 8-5 through 8-19: 0.49"

Hoping for a bit on Tuesday to tide us over. The Wed-Fri timeframe, and even into next weekend looks awesome for nice weather. Feel bad for the West though. That is an unrelenting bake.

0.00”

You haven't seen my backyard I really wish my wife liked zoysia. That part of the front yard looks stellar. Fescue and this climate do not mix.

0.03” is not going to help my scorched yard. Amazing how the precip just shut off on Aug 1.

I’m at 2.65”. You are trouncing me. quick edit - 1.25” of that was in the hours after midnight on the 1st. 1.40” from the morning of the first to present.

No DC split this time. Good VILs at Bailey's Crossroads headed to the Arlington Cemetery.

Weird statistical quirk. For the second time in August so far, we’ve received the exact same totals on consecutive days. Earlier in the month it was two 0.35” days and this weekend was 0.21” each day.

3 hr flash flood guidance is still under 2” for much of LWX’s area.

Nice downpour, kicked off on a prior boundary.

Amazing how no rain for a week can dry up a yard. Looks good for something this weekend, especially Sunday.

And word comes out that Easton (LG) is out for the year. Sigh.

Offseason power rankings. Better pack up the Lombardi and start the parade route Cousins is fine. He is a borderline top-10 QB being paid ridiculous amounts because of how NFL free agency works. I'm not so much worried about him as I am the OL. So far, all three interior OL spots have had players held out for injury during training camp. Cousins hasn't had one snap with Elflien (C) yet. Overall, the Vikings are completely loaded. They had one weak spot on defense that they plugged with Sheldon Richardson. Keenum was a nice story last year, but we've upgraded a bit there. Injuries could derail any season, but this is as talented as the Vikings maybe have ever been. Eagles and Rams are going to be nasty too, though. Should be a fun season.

Our tomato crop is going to be robust this year. Cucumbers were good, squash was good. The raspberries have been terrible. I don't know where I went wrong with them after the first couple years of terrific output.

Three straight days of whiffs. I’d be annoyed if we didn’t have the nice surplus going.

Afternoon thunderstorm time.

The outflow boundaries are majestic today.

Full sun and loud thunder here. 91/76

That’s not a DCA thing. That is how you make observations. Remember, many of these obs are at airports for a reason. DCA 052026Z 18008KT 10SM TS SCT060CB SCT110 SCT250 33/21 A3011 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW AND W CB E MOV E VCSH E CB DSNT SE-SW MOV SE T03280206

Just left the in-laws west of Warrenton. They are getting crushed. The flash flood warning alert that is sent through the phone scares the hell out of you when routed through the car speakers. 0.04” at home

If you shift the outlook 15 days it is stellar. Even without that I’d consider it an A.

I know it is trendy to say that the NFL is in decline, etc, but I love football and can’t wait for the season to start. Doesn’t hurt that my team is loaded.

0.35”. 2.63” this week so far.

The little line is hanging in there. A lot of lightning out ahead. I’m interested in the stuff west of Richmond. The HRRR kills it off, but I’m not so sure.