MN Transplant

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.

Picking this up from the July thread - the models are really having a tough time sustaining the convection that fires to our west (except Stephens City, of course). The NAM and HRRR both show small complexes coming east, but given what happened the last couple of days it wouldn't be a stretch to think that they will be more robust than modeled. Same may go for Thursday late evening. These aren't region-wide events, but whoever gets hit would get quite wet.

10.75” in July, which is just absurd considering how the month started. August is picking up right where July left off.

1.34”. I was just on the east side of the heavy stripe.

Just under an inch with a bit to go. Nice soaker. Needed this at the start of July.

Honestly, it has been wrong all day. It really did not like the atmosphere east of the mountains for whatever reason.

HRRR is suggesting the possibility that many of us get missed today, as the rain shield stays east and the mountain convection stays west.

Southern side really bit it. Baltimore looks like fun.