SnowenOutThere

1.8 inches near Reston, we’ll see if anything else can get added with a storm or two today

Photo for proof, though right now I'm sure the trail is now unable to be traveled on as its in the PDS warning.

PDS flash flood warning issued for parts of the Shannondoahs

During my hike it was super similar to tropical storm feel (part of which I’m sure is the orthographic lift and being in the clouds) but you could tell the atmosphere is saturated and the rainfall rates are maximized

So for the metros should we expect anything much overnight or is this last batch moving out pretty much it?

Turns out a hiking trail just turns into a waterfall if enough rain falls

I just spent the better part of 6 hours hiking that part of shannondoah and got out right as it was getting bad, so trust me you don’t want it. I’m sure some of the roads I used are now underwater

Any Mets wanna tell me what hiking the shannondoah tomorrow and Wednesday is gonna be like? I want to take waterfall pictures

Cross posting here

Quickly ran out to the Metro station parking building again as there were some super funky clouds on the cusp of the storms entering. Could see the embedded cell which is hitting Ashburn right now.

Got right around .6, not bad and gets the pollen out of the air finally. Excited to be able to go on hikes out west and in the Shannondoah and have the creeks not be dry.

I’m just to the east of Dulles airport watching the storm pass literally under 3 miles to the west. Glad the rain will at least get into the ground water from over there.

Repost here since it was severe warned with some definite shape.

Picture of the Louden storm from around 5 this afternoon. Picture taken at the top of the Herndon Metro parking lot.

Come to think of it that area from Baltimore to Philadelphia always seems to be a hot bed for some of our more impressive severe storms so the bay boundary definitely makes a ton of sense.

Mowed outside an hour ago and it was okay for 15 minutes before some breaks in the sun lead to it feeling like a summer morning. At least it definitely feels humid enough outside to rain today…

I’m getting February 20th flashbacks now

.15 near Reston, hopefully enough to knock out some of the pollen that’s been killing me

Wonder if that mcs out in WV can hold itself together for us

Warmth down here is fueling some crazy storms up in PA today, if you haven’t checked out their radar I highly recommend.

Thanks! My parents feel the same way on that first bit too

Its in a super pretty area, and for us NOVA people its in state so the price is... manageable. I agree its hard to justify anything besides in state schools with the tuition. I would've loved to go to a place where it actually snows but sadly they are 2 to 3 times the price. Anyways, If you ever have any questions about it I'll be able to tell you some answers next year! Some of my friends are going to UMD and they keep telling me the food will be better there than at UVA so maybe try that on her.

Wanted to give a quick post in the banter thread even though I now rarely post in here. Anyways, as some of the posters here know I joined this forum back when I was in middle school and for a while posted about my various swimming stuff that I've participated in along with some high school stuff. Well, now I am graduating high school! I have committed to UVA (am NOT swimming there because I both don't want to and am nowhere near that fast!) if any posters have gone there any advice would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully I can learn some things to make my posting here a little more informed too, as though I plan to major env sci. and public policy I will hopefully have some time to take some meteorology classes.

Some polished up pictures from Spruce Knob and the milky way last night. Can't wait for the weather to warm up a bit more and go back so I'm not battling wind and subfreezing temps.

Made the journey out tonight (with an assist from a now very tired dad) and it was awesome. Would highly recommend, and there was some snow at the top as a bonus!