Will the storms tomorrow have good photogenic supercellular structure that would be worth a local chase? Also where in the area would you generally target?
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
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
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.
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…