Wxtrix

a low of 50. amazing.

ended up with 1.27". meh.

weird that the trees are untouched.

telephone poles? we had them blow down last year. they're not well anchored.

there is more rain coming...

thanks—i can only take credit for the flower boxes. the golf course takes care of the rest. and it’s now pouring, windy, and thundering here. i really don’t want severe.

Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 04:30PM Dear Nixle User, The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Washington County in north central Maryland... Northwestern Frederick County in north central Maryland... North central Loudoun County in northern Virginia... East central Frederick County in northwestern Virginia... North central Clarke County in northwestern Virginia... Jefferson County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... Eastern Berkeley County in the Panhandle of West Virginia... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 349 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Wilson-Conococheague to 8 miles west of Inwood, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damaging winds will cause some trees and large branches to fall. This could injure those outdoors, as well as damage homes and vehicles. Roadways may become blocked by downed trees. Localized power outages are possible. Unsecured light objects may become projectiles. * Locations impacted include... Hagerstown, Martinsburg, Charles Town, Shepherdstown, Municipal Stadium, Robinwood, Brunswick, Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Ranson, Boonsboro, Smithsburg, Inwood, Paramount-Long Meadow, Wilson-Conococheague, Williamsport, Mount Aetna, Mount Lena, San Mar, Harpers Ferry and Long Meadow.* AFFECTED AREAS: FREDERICK, MD ... WASHINGTON, MD ... CLARKE, VA ... FREDERICK, VA ... LOUDOUN, VA ... BERKELEY, WV ... JEFFERSON, WV

the Hagerstown storm from my back deck:

i hope it splits—i don’t want any part of it.

my husband called from Martinsburg to tell me he had pea-sized hail from whatever storm he was under. just heavy rain now.

an overnight low of 54 as those few perfect August days begin. and the smoke is back:

winds have shifted to the west and the dew point is falling.

it briefly rained so it’s extra humid now. 89/77/102

and boom! storms all over my area.

a high of 97, snd currently 93/75/104 with clouds and thunder.

it'd be nice to have storm sirens though. I lived in Minneapolis for a few years in the pre-internet years and they were very useful if you weren't near a radio or a TV.

i could hear the emergency vehicle sirens --turns out yet another house got struck by lighting and was on fire.

now 78/75 with .15” of rain. 2 warned storms came through in the last hour and i’m hearing sirens.

woohoo, it’s raining!

95/75/105 it rained a little this morning and we’ve only had a little sun. one storm just scooted NW of me and another is brewing (i can hear thunder).

a storm popped up overhead this afternoon and dropped .93" here. parts of town got several inches and the county was under a flood warning for a while. still need a lot more, though.

.79” with some thunder and lightning overnight. not even close to putting a dent in the drought out here.

AQI here is back to red.

drove around town to run errands and was surprised at how many trees and branches were down (we're about 2 miles from downtown and had no damage). also saw the buildings that had been set on fire by lightning which is usually pretty rare here.

more on the lightning here--so far i've read that one building downtown got hit by lightning and also a house in my development.