IronTy

Haven't gone out to do a close inspection of the rain gauge but so far it's somewhere between 1" and 2". It's very still and gross out, the tree frogs seem to be confused about what time of year it is.

0.93" so far and raining steady now.

Man we have so many deer around here it's insane. Even with dense forest all over they've been mowing down my mountain laurel all year so you know they're desperate. My house is too close to others to shoot them with a rifle so I was thinking about getting a crossbow at some point. I could literally just walk out on my back deck on any given evening and net dinner for the next couple months whenever I want. I wish there was an easier way to reduce population numbers, they're destroying the local flora. Went on a 3mi hike and it was really gross out in the woods with a ton of mosquitoes.

44.9F the low here.

Yeah it seems like in SoMD pretty much everything is better in a nina other than drought. I still miss a good noreaster even if it if mostly white rain. But not this never ending gloom shit.

Pfft, if this is what we have to look forward to in the el nino - gray, misty, wet every weekend - bring back the la nina.

Still raining here. Up to 0.5", 61F. Fired up the fireplace for the first time this season!

Cue all the pro twitter Mets: "This is a very complicated setup and we won't know how it's gonna end up until it ends up".

Yeah I'm an electrical engineer - primarily power systems and their controls.

Hey I'm consulting for a SMR job right now. It's onshore though...and I'm only in charge of the electrical/controls part, nothing nuclear-specific.

Yeah I'm not too worried about it but it's been persistent and I keep wondering what's with the model that it keeps putting a blob of AN right over the DMV. It's gotta be doing that for some persistent reason. All I could come up with was water temps or hot air bellowing out of DC. In any case I'm getting a good feeling for this winter.

Cansips is looking diesel. Does anybody know why it has that stubborn small blob of AN temps right over the Chesapeake for the winter? It's been there for a number of runs now. Is it something to do with bay water temps that it's picking up on?

I'm not sure what you're expecting out of a nino, like bomb cyclones twice a week or something? We just got through with a solid week with multiple inches of precip. It's been crap clouds with occasional drizzle since Saturday at least. We're tracking precip for the upcoming weekend. Our avg precip is like 4" a month, not 14".

Yeah once we get through Thurs/Fri I think we're good with temps/Dp for the season. But these low clouds need to go.

I'm ready for drought again, this weather is depressing.

Yeah there's a cocorahs by me that has 2.25" for the past seven days. Must've had some heavy rain at some point last week.

My rain gauge has 3" in it though I think an inch of that came last week when I was on vacation.

I'm declaring the pattern has officially changed.

Yeah I think you're right, it's gotta be some weird stuff going on with the IR lamps. I didn't see a temp lower than 50F all night. A man can dream.

Wtf, did it snow up at DCL this morning? Temp on the game cam seems too warm but it certainly looks like snow on the ground.

Only if you actually thought it was actually going to rain. I know the drought pattern persists, so I don't get rug pulled.

This better be a good winter out at DCL. I'm gonna be chasing out there for every event. I'm not even gonna pay to get the drive up the mountain plowed so I can use snow chains instead.

WTF happened? Thought it was a sure deal and then it just got C**k-blocked as it hit the Potomac.

Ugh it's gross out. 70F dp, not a breeze to be found, overcast. Mosquitoes and gnats out in force.

Nobody knows, but IME usually a significant pattern change comes about with a big storm ushering it in.