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@PrinceFrederickWx here's our answer:

6 minutes ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

What happened in 1989?

i moved to DC.

4 minutes ago, George BM said:

I wonder when the last time a Code Purple for air quality was issued for DC.

not since 1989 at the very least.

we were at 179 last hour and have now bumped up to 225. i haven’t been out yet to see if i can smell smoke.

good thread on protecting yourself (and your pets--smoke is bad for them, too):

not thrilled by the dark orange patch right over my neighborhood on the HRRR.

it hasn’t rained significantly out here in a long time. i’m hoping for a good slug this afternoon now that the rain bands have finally reached me.

On 5/7/2023 at 10:22 AM, Kay said:

Terrible, horrible phone pic but for bird peeps this pileated friend from a few days ago. There's actually a nice-sized group in these woods this year, it's very cool! I've seen multiples at once but not this close/in flight.

i’ve heard them call around me for years but only saw my first one Monday. he’s now busy defending his territory and looking for a mate. i was pretty psyched.

a burst of heavy rain, some thunder and lightning, and now just a steady rain.

totally dry here today. looking forward to being able to grill dinner after all.

83 on the back deck while i listen to birds and smoke a prime rib.

High Winds Warnings have been downgraded to Wind Advisories for counties west of the Blue Ridge.

still gusting to the mid-40s at KMRB. glad it wasn't worse.

3 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

 

Ok tried that. Still to big. Never used to have an issue with posting photos. Will have to look into it more. 
 

In the weather front have a change of wind direction now from out of the SW to now the NE. Down to 63 from 74. 

we're limited as to how much space our total attachments can take up. you can either delete attachments or use a third party to host photos.

22 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

Well if I could would post the photos I just took of a devolving storm over here. I have issues with getting the image size small enough so if anyone knows how to downsize a photo taken with IPhone let me know. 

mail to yourself, and then it'll ask what size you'd like to send, and you can choose a smaller file for posting.

9 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

76F here.  Wtf?  Winds howling.

But DP down to 29F.  I assume that takes care of any threat of T storms.  Although we should be able to snow with the front when we wet bulb.  Lol.

April 2000–i was still living in DC and a cold front passage after a warm day (i had the windows open overnight) ended as a coating of snow.

breaks of sun now here in Charles Town.

the winds died down around 2 am and it’s still calm, with light rain showers.

i just managed to catch it. another chance tomorrow:

snowing again and the radar is blossoming!

heavier returns bring light snow 

22 minutes ago, Solution Man said:

Is that a golf course behind you?

yep--and it's full of golfers, lol.

heavy snow sticking to everything now 

flake size just tripled