IronTy

Looks like Roundy has JB in his corner. That's a duo I wouldn't want to be forecasting against.

Yeah they were way worse in Michigan than even this year down here so I know they survive cold. This year is just anomalously bad here, it's like some sort of boom cycle. They bite me and as they bite me it hurts so is obnoxious. But after that I never get any sort of bump or itchy welt like I used to when I was a kid. I also used to get covered in chigger bites for the first couple years when I moved down here but now I don't even get one all summer. Guess my immune system has just gotten lazy with age and doesn't even bother mounting a response anymore.

Why are the mosquitoes so bad this year? It's the worst year in the past 24yrs I've lived here. It makes no sense, we had drought last year, the coldest winter in decades and then more drought this year up until just recently. I'm lucky in that I don't get actual itchy bites, but they're annoying as heck to swat off.

Yeah we originally thought to just get the chainsaw out and cut that off but as I am aging and winter is long and cold up there I appreciate having a handhold so I don't slip and break my back.

I had 0.73" down in Calvert from the event. No major wind damage. Up at the cabin, holy cow ..this pic was during the tornado warning. You can see it's raining so hard it's literally spraying off the roof! It almost looks more like snow.

I can smell the pine in the the air. Derecho alert confirmed. Ah geez nvm it was just the wood floor cleaner. Had a TOR warn up at the cabin. Game cam showed some very heavy rain and wind but no damage as far as I can tell.

Moved a large mulch pile this afternoon. Man it sucks out there.

Well this event sucked

Well this event sucks.

I'll take those numbers. Hoping for at least one big storm I can go up ahead of time for and get snowed in.

Reading the tea leaves I've got a good feeling for this winter. December is gonna be a dumpster fire and I'll be cutting grass up til Christmas but I'm seeing storms in January and February. I'm not even going to do any snowblower prep so that'll bring more luck. How does Garrett county do in super ninos?

Total for the event for me was 2.32" according to my new rain gauge.

Storm out there again this morning. Really gross, no wind,.just rain. Rain gauge looks to have over 2" in it but I'll have to measure properly once it stops raining.

I'm nearing 2" now and yes the radar looks good. Drought terminated.

Just got home after driving through heavy rain all the way through Calvert county. My rain gauge has 1.1" in it from the storms today so far. Solid drought remediation. Seems like more to come too.

Gross day out at DCL. Misty rain and a cloud forest up at 3k ft. At least it's cool. Packing up to head back to Calvert, sounds like it's more gross down there.

I love dolly sods. We've still never been there in any season other than the dead of winter though. Winter backpacking there is always an adventure.

What the flip? Just arrived at the cabin, 57F on top of the mountain with a stuff breeze. Had to put on a sweater, feels like fall! Lighting for moths tonight is probably going to be a letdown.

RIP winter 2026-2027...we never even knew ya. Quick @Weather Will post up that CFS DJF prediction to steer us back toward the light. Or somebody post up the latest JB tweet to give us hope.

Lol, a 2-3DegC BN DFN temp and 6-8" AN DFN precip...what could go wrong?

0.12" total. Unbelievable.

If that line holds together I might get hit but looks like a whiff for you. Maybe it'll fill in a bit more.

0.03" according to my new gauge from the shower that moved through...a veritable monsoon for us.

Oh look it's the SoMD precip split in full effect. I recognized the signs before the precip had even exited SE Ohio. It's so predictable. Try harder, weather gods.

Woke up last night a few times and each time I heard a light steady rain which is good for the drought. Unfortunately I didn't put my new rain gauge out because none of the forecasts showed any rain for us!