MN Transplant

2 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

5? Try like 1 or less for me. Getting NPZ-level raintease here.

Yeah, I forget how close together things are here.  Side note, sneaky decent heat day today.  97 at DCA, 95.4 at home.

I hate this time of year where the radar can look great 5 miles from you, but you are somehow sure that the whole thing will just collapse.  Rocking 0.02" so far.

54 minutes ago, yoda said:

In September?

I'm guessing he's looking for a tropical landfall.

2 hours ago, JWilliam9830 said:

88/79/102 out

Edit: What's going on up there in that new england forum? 

Appears that politics spilled over into the banter thread.

Have we had a 36 hour HRRR model run posted yet?  If not, I hereby christen the new weeniest of all weenie models.

14 hours ago, mattie g said:

Wife ripped out four azalea bushes this weekend. I watched from the comfort of my air conditioned home.

That is nasty work.  I remember going after our holly bushes the year after we moved in.  When we had the rest of them removed 7 years later it was by a crew with a front end loader.  That was more efficient.

A few raindrops fell late yesterday, enough to call it a trace.  Still at 0.10” on the month.  DCA sitting at a T.  Going to be a gut punch for whoever misses on Tuesday.

Incredibly still out there this morning.  Not even a leaf at the top of a tree wavering. 

1 hour ago, frd said:

You see any changes in the Pac that might help us here with rainfall the second part of July?

I see the talk of the El Nino standing wave.

 

 

 

The thing is, it isn't like the entire east coast has been dry.  We've just been in a particularly bad spot.  The ensembles aren't showing much change yet, so hopefully we can score with a couple of the frontal passages coming up. 

1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Outside of that warm week in July this summer has been cold.  Wonder if it's a sign of a cold winter coming.

No, it has been very average, not cold.  The big deal is that other than the first week of July we haven't had a big east coast ridge,

Looks like we are going to get to mid-month with a T of rain at DCA.  I think that there are only 2 or 3 Julys that have ended up with <1" of precip.

This is exactly what we want at the height of sun-angle season.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

59.5 for the low.  Always happy to be in the 50s in July.

Haven’t had a drop of rain in a week.  Hope the HRRR is onto something for tonight.  

Blew past guidance at home today.  93.7/77.  

Didn't get any rain at home, but the outflow has knocked the temp back to 86.7. 

19 minutes ago, coolio said:

I'm in it! Outside the beltway it'll be sweltering, but everyone will point to DCA in the mid 80s, lol. 

Looks like it mostly skipped over the airport itself.  Lowest 5 min ob was 91.  It does likely lock in 97 as the high for the day.

1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Heat Warnings going to be needed for DC, Arlington, Baltimore and Baltimore City.

Good call.

1 hour ago, losetoa6 said:

96 at DCA at noon...nasty 

Hottest day of the year so far at DCA.  3rd 95+.

6 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Looks like a slight NE flow today, which would keep the DCA temp below 95°.  That site is just so poorly place.  Need to get another ob inside the District.  Why not the White House or a Smithsonian location?  I would make so much more sense.

It is already at least 94 on the 5-min obs.  The north wind is better than south for heat, a shorter fetch over the water and the city before that.  80 for the low will be the record unless it rains.

Highs through the 2pm ob

DCA: 95

IAD: 94

BWI: 98

This is more like a muted version of July 2011.  Not the searing 100° heat of 2010 and 2012, but the stagnant, disgusting heat/humidity.

2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Martin St airport is reporting a HI of 111°

Martin, Annapolis, and Pax river all with DPs of 80 or above as of 11am.

91/79.   Nope. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.