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Scorching hot and clear skies in the SoMD area, a good storm would be nice...I'm guessing it'll be mostly junk for us though.

Still off & on in Calvert, 2.5" on the front step.
Phone cam is awful with low-light but here's a pic.

Coming down pretty heavy now here, clumping up on the ground fast with this little band overhead.

Getting our first few flakes now in the Calvert County area.

Nothing yet here in the SOMD area. Wish it was a bit colder but at least its cloudy now, 36F.
We'll see how things go toward the evening.

Really weird scan from KDOX a few minutes ago lol, I've seen many weird little anomalies but this one is new to me.

I think we have a bit of the Potomac River "bubble" going on here in the Southern portion of MD, storms have really struggled to sustain themselves as soon as they get over the water. I guess it just has a way of stabilizing the environment.

Sunny here in Calvert, nice and hot out, 87F. Feels like a day for storms so far.

Really liking the 18z NAM, looks good for the DC area into Southern MD...tapered expectations, of course.

Not bad...actually got a pretty good storm here, two actually...I managed to catch up to one as it passed over around Chesapeake Beach, turned around just in time to watch another near my place in Calvert, rare good luck in timing today...

15Z HRRR looks okay for MD (my area planted squarely in the SLGT) but our luck has been pretty sour so far this season.

4 hours ago, vastateofmind said:

On radar yesterday at lunchtime, it looked like the line really got its act together right at I-95...I'm about two miles east of the interstate, and it seemed to "bloom" overhead pretty quickly (in terms of lightning, wind and rain), and intensify as it moved east to cross the Potomac into MD.

For you mets and other smarter-than-me wx people -- is there something about our geography, or topology, or climate (or, or, or?) that causes lines of thunderstorms to strengthen between I-95 and the Potomac River, and pick up even more steam in southern MD? Is the Potomac playing a role in that? I can't tell you how many times I've noticed this phenomenon in the past 20 years -- a storm will approach us here in southeastern FfxCo in spring/summer, be "standard strength" while crossing overhead, but when checking radar and stepping outside to see the "backside" of the storm, you could literally hear/see it getting worse and building in strength as it moved toward the river...often producing warned storms in southern MD.

I will never forget watching the "backside" of the thunderstorm that produced the 2002 La Plata tornado move east away from us -- the sun started returning pretty quickly after its passage here, and the "backside" of that storm was lit up, clouds churning and building so high to make it look like the coming (or departure, in my case) of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.   

I'm not an expert either but I've noticed it watching storms over the years as well, the Potomac seems to either inhibit or enhance the storms we get, I'm sure there's also the usual "sea breeze" attributes at play. I was too young during the La Plata 2002 event to understand it, but I've read that it intensified substantially over the water before hitting La Plata.

That storm packed a punch yesterday, I saw that most of it ended up around St. Leonard but there was some decent velocities on radar on the Southern end that ended up over Calvert, little to no precip, seemed like a dry microburst. Sky looked pretty wild too.

Welp...didn't get the lightning I'd hoped for...lol but some nasty winds on that southern-most cell tore through St. Marys & Calvert though, just got power back on here. Had a tree come down on the substation apparently.

26 minutes ago, high risk said:

radar looks good along I-95 in VA for sure, although I think that this activity (except perhaps for the cells moving into Calvert County) is just behind the front which has now cleared IAD and DCA.

Looks like there's some hail in that bigger cell over Spotsy, it's 72/54F around the Calvert area right now, I'll be satisfied just hearing some thunder honestly.

Looking better than expected so far.

Maybe a bit of storm potential with the cold front passing thru Wednesday late afternoon/evening? Looks like at least some wind advisories.

Got around 71 here in SOMD. Enjoyed driving around getting errands done with the windows down & a cold cup of iced tea. I just hope our storm season gets cooking soon. I get a bit impatient lol...especially when storms become active down South...kinda looks pretty boring for us for a while though, but ya never know when something can pop up.

We had some gusty 30mph winds here, otherwise lackluster...I DID finally catch a flew glimpses of lightning as it moved out over the water so that's something I guess.
Can't wait til things actually warm up for our area...

Sheesh, don't know whether I should stay South down here or drive up North a bit too watch it pass.

35mph gusts in the Calvert area. Nice and sunny out for the moment. Might have to plot out a good place close by to watch it if a watch is issued.

Indeed, hard to say exactly where that sun is gonna end up. Here is the MCD, just went up a bit ago.
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0300.html

I still have a little bit of hope in my area in Southern MD, its brightened up a bit outside, 68/64F here currently...eh.

Woke me up here in Southern MD as well, it was distant however...really hoping the clouds thin out enough to allow for some heating.

This is what happens when we get a lull in weather events, lol.

Can't wait to hear the first rumbles of a good Spring thunderstorm, to see shelf clouds rolling in on warm humid days & watching the sunset as the storms pass on. I enjoy watching the more knowledgeable folks in here discuss Winter weather, but it doesn't take long for me to miss t-storms lol. Gotta start shopping for a new camera soon.