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  1. Well whatever we're gonna get we're gonna get in the next few minutes.
  2. Yeah but we had mini-me come through to let the air out. Of course it's awfully dark to our west so maybe we'll still see some action.
  3. Actually that little cell fell apart like a Dollar General t-shirt in the heavy duty wash cycle. Maybe the big line will give us some excitement after all.
  4. Ehh, it'll prolly just ruin the main segment for the immediate DC metro. ETA: Anyhoo, it got dark here suddenly with some dollops of rain and low thunder. Actually now a downpour, but nothing else. Atmospheric premature ejac .... oh, this is a family website, so I'll stop there. But I think that's what may be happening DC immediate. ETA: I'm sure once this passes DC it'll put down wedges all the way to the Patapsco River.
  5. It's kind of depressing to read LWX: "this only happens a couple of times a decade." If we can't get decent widespread moderate/significant snow events around here anymore, it'd be nice if we could replace that with one or two robust QLCSs per year, like today.
  6. Looks like the peak of that bow may flush hit IAD. Interesting to see what their report will be.
  7. Yeah it's now SVR TS warned and looks to pass just to the north of Charlottesville. ETA: sorry, you just posted essentially the same thing.
  8. I have to admit, I haven't been this weenied out pre-event, I think, since 2016. Probably should dial it back a bit.
  9. Yeah I've been looking for that. I don't see any mid-level clouds right now, although I'm in the city and so visibility is limited. Admittedly, the low-level cumulus are moving pretty quickly to the N/NW. I remember 2002, the day of the LaPlata (E?)F4, seeing in Rock Creek Park low-level and mid-level clouds moving pretty quickly in different directions. This was a couple of hours before the LaPlata supercell took off. That memory (I was running there at the time) has stuck with me for some reason.
  10. For some reason, this reminds me of a play-by-play at a golf tournament.
  11. "the vertical shear is off the charts." That's the summertime equivalent of "robust frontogenesis will lead to rates of 2-3"/hour."
  12. Is that hodo the "wavy" kind that was mentioned in an SPC/LWX AFD (I forget which office) a day or so ago?
  13. How much of that hype do you think can be attributed to last week's storms?
  14. Believe me, when I saw that tree that had pancaked a (fortunately, parked) car from last week's downburst in DC ... well, I've seen tons of pictures of that kind of thing, but to see it first-hand, it brings home how dangerous 70-80+ straight-line winds can be in areas with lots of big old elm and oak trees. Bit of a quandary, because I want to park under a big-canopy tree to protect my car somewhat from hail, but that same tree might demolish my car. (No garage at my house, most people on my street have one at the back of their property, but I'm right next to a corner lot and the way our neighborhood is laid out, corner lots and those adjacent don't have garages that back onto alleys.)
  15. Then there's 1944, when a couple of F4 tornadoes hopped over ridges, evidently, like I'd hop into a pool.
  16. Who’s up for a wind-driven PDS watch today?
  17. I always like second rounds. Somewhat lost in the excitement, maybe, but we haven’t had too many days this summer with HIs over 100, as mentioned in the AFD.
  18. That always seems to be a threat. Still high clouds here; I’m beginning to temper expectations for my back yard. Still think it’ll be a big day for MA overall
  19. Last weekend’s two wind events aside, it’s been a pretty boring stretch of weather around here; we’ve earned some excitement.
  20. This is a mt. fort Reno day for sure. May need to take a folding chair there.
  21. Now let's put the beatdown on Houston and make a statement to the rest of the AL: "We're your daddy now." We're missing Mr. Kate Upton this series, evidently. But that's OK. We pushed him around in 2014 and he's 9 years older now. It's been a long time since I could feel cocky about being an Orioles fan. Should probably stop, though. Bad karma. That said, 30-20 the rest of the way gets us to 100 winds. That's a .600 winning percentage. Last time the O's won 100? (Trivia, see answer below.) They've played .622 so far. There's a lot of mediocrity in their schedule to come: Cardinals, Diamondbacks (who were good earlier), Cleveland. Some clunkers like the White Sox and A's; I hope the O's don't "play down" to their level. Four with TB in mid-September are going to be tough games and I think may decide the division title and home field advantage in the playoffs. Padres, Mariners, and (7) Boston could be tough as well. Trivia answer: 1980.
  22. I've been wanting to find a resource that could tell me "when was the last time XXX had a ZZZ," so thanks! Now I just have to figure out how to negotiate my way through all that data. I knew the IEM page has archived AFDs and many other NWS products, but I didn't know it could drill down even deeper.
  23. I think they expanded the 5% TOR risk, and expanded the wind risks eastward as well.
  24. If I'm reading Sterling's discussion correctly, if the storms hold off until later Monday afternoon/evening, the LLJ would give a boost to mesocyclone development. Is this akin to what I often read in discussions of Dixie tornado threats, which often mention a nighttime tornado threat being heightened by a nocturnal LLJ? And, no, I'm not comparing tomorrow to Dixie outbreaks. There is, however, this August event: https://michigan-weather-center.org/the-tornado-and-the-burning-of-washington-august-25-1814#:~:text=The tornado tore through the,of homes and scattered about.
  25. That's beautiful. Always wanted to hike in the Canadian Rockies.
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