Hopefully we'll be tracking more real snow than digital snow but either way this CFS run officially marks the first instance of predicted snow in our subforum!
Oh the natural beauty there is unmatched, I went and hiked Raven Rocks this past weekend and it was wonderful (besides the yellowjacket sting), but the quality of life on the other hand is a little rough.
I think that the storms this season may be sorted into two categories. Beryl and now Helene seem to be on the rapidly intensifying categories which haven't (or likely won't) be plagued with dry air and shear and instead fully take advantage of the prime environment, with the other category consisting of storms unable to fully take advantage of the environment due to dry air and shear.
Huge precipitation jump upwards area wide on the Canadian model, most areas around DC are over an inch on 12z vs barely anything on 0z. If this were winter it would make a lot of people very happy.
I mean you had a pretty impressive lead time with the original cape storm but this just seems cocky! Actually though, that's a very intriguing possibility and you will get full naming rights when (not if) this happens.
March to remember??? Personally already tossing the first 3 "winter" months and placing full trust in CFS (which obviously has never led me astray before)
The thread has been in fully hype mode the last couple pages but honestly it looks like it has a lot of work to do still. Very broad circulation that’s not even completely filled in with storms yet.
You live in Ashburn right? The difference in our rain totals over such a small distance has been cringe worthy. Sitting at 4 inches of rain this month and a little over an inch of rain from this storm with one last band lined up.
I live just east of IAD and managed to pick up a little over 2 inches of rain, crazy how tight of a gradient there was. At least the streams aren't bone dry like they have been now.
Global warming deserves to put people in hysterics. Have you seen the ssts that are under beryl right now? I’d have to wager they are probably playing a significant role in the current rapid intensification going on.
I’ve heard from my NVSL friends how much they like their relay meet (I’m a csl warrior), would be a shame if it was canceled but not much to do about that.
Reminds me of my spring championship meet in Saint Petersburg Florida, it thundered out for finals one night and we were all stuck in a van with no ac. It was close to a sauna by the time we were allowed to leave…
At least DC has the metro, the silver line being built out to Reston (and right next to our hs) has been awesome for me and my friends cause we’re able to take quick day trips into the city. Really wish we had more city to city light rail to expand our day trip range but at least we can go into dc!