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2 hours ago, yoda said:
BWI 97
We seem to have won the Hot Spot Award for this afternoon. Only
El PasoSW TX can equal us. (That's 4:00 pm...got cropped out)
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0.60" yesterday + overnight.
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Another 0.05" or so
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4 hours ago, Bob Chill said:
Smith mtn lake is over 5' below full pool. Many ramps including the one in my hood are unusable. Many boats on lifts cannot touch the water. It's apparently the lowest the lake has been since 1968 which was just a few years after it filled up for the first time. Lake levels are generally quite stable and typically don't fluctuate more than a foot or 2 throughout the year.
The recent rain helped knocked the dust down but I'm starting to think it's going to take a tropical event to reset this drought with any efficiency. Thankfully the well on our property on the other side of the mountain has no competition from neighboring landowners.
Last I knew, Smith was released during the day and pumped back up at night to get power when needed ,(read expensive)...a 2 lake system. So, I'm guessing power demand affects it too. Looked at this site, and it is down 5'...
https://www.smithmtn.com/lake-levels/
...but it's been lower.
Appalachian Power used to have a great visitor center at the dam with large models that explain their system. It's out of the way, but really worth it. Staffed by volunteers too. Been years since I was down that way...hope it's still in operation.
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Almost 0.30" total for yesterday and last night.
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1 hour ago, Mrs.J said:
...Looking back my station logged 2.52” for the month of April. ...
Not bad at all.
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1.61" total for April
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2 hours ago, AnEndlessMaze said:
They can put it back after the home is completed though? Instead our builder used to sell it off to their landscaping contractor, who then turned around and bilked the HOA at double the market price for landscaping the common areas (of which the builder at the time sat on the HOA board). Ah, the good old days of Calvert… lmao
Hmm, interesting arrangement with that HOA, eh? ( I placed a laughter emoji, but it's actually sad. Laugh to keep from crying type of thing , I guess)
I went to a new/ongoing development in Bowie last fall, and was surprised how good the turf looked. They used sod with topsoil. And the builder (who I won't name) has a bit of a reputation for poor quality. Overpriced too.
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4 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:
Builders take topsoil??? That should be considered a legitimate crime.
Every spec requires stripping out the topsoil. It's not acceptable for graded areas. If it was left in, the Geotech would reject it.
P.G. Co no longer allows topsoil, seed and mulch. Sod is required. I'm not sure about other jurisdictions.
FYI...
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22 minutes ago, dailylurker said:
My rain gauge broke and their hasn't been enough interesting weather to motivate me to order a new one. It looks pretty wet here this morning. I heard it pouring around 10 last evening.
Looked like we only got about another 0.10 overnight , so about 0.60 for the event. Not bad really.
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0.49", dzl at obs
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29 in Davidsonville (plants safely covered)
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Low 35.
Woodstove back in operation with some Swamp Cottonwood which I've never burned before. Similar to Poplar so far.
ETA: Got a sprinkle of rain driving in to Annapolis. Overcast now.
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2 hours ago, George BM said:
Noticed a faint halo around the sun with the high clouds about half an hour ago.
Snow coming obviously.... But seriously, the early morning sky did remind me of the hazy days of August. Different reasons I suppose.
On the 2pm obs, the bay breeze is really doing its thing:
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Drove from Silver Spring to Davidsonville, temp fell from 76 to 66. mostly a couple miles after crossing the Patuxent. Down to 63 now at 5:30
DP 44
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31 with windshield scraping frost. Colder than yesterday here.
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33f
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1 hour ago, RDM said:
...If you had enough snow to ski from the top of the Klein Matterhorn all the way into town, that's about 8500 vertical feet in one run. About the only other place on earth that will match that much vertical in one run is in Chamonix. .........
Whoa!
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March total 1.58". ...1.8" snow. 17 days of Trace or more.
Highest temp 85, lowest 25.
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(Enjoyed reading everyone's grading and explanations)
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The criteria, (In chronological order. Not all items are equally weighted):
1. White Christmas: Fail; but significant December snow and BN cold softens this greatly
2. AN snowfall: Success; but not by a whole lot.
3. at least one MECS: Fail; but with a major snowfall in Jan which was close. Tough call here.
4. Just plain cold: Success. BN for each month of DJF. Don't have a thermometer? Just observe the tidewater and freshwater both. Fast ice for a month +/-. I have made a crude chart below of DJF Temp Avg at BWI since 1950, and this winter was 14th coldest out of the 75 years. Anomaly not listed, but roughly -3f for each month. Sorted by Average; the usual suspects are on top. (Apologies for my XL skills)
YEAR
JAN
FEB
Previous DEC
DJF AVG
1963
28.7
27.7
30.9
29.1
1977
22.9
36.5
32.6
30.7
1978
29.2
27.3
35.6
30.7
2003
28.3
30.2
34.3
30.9
1961
27.6
37.0
28.4
31.0
1964
33.8
33.2
28.7
31.9
1982
25.5
35.8
34.5
31.9
2015
30.8
25.3
39.9
32.0
1994
27.0
34.0
36.2
32.4
1959
32.0
35.7
29.9
32.5
1962
32.4
32.3
33.4
32.7
1970
27.8
35.4
35.2
32.8
2010
32.7
30.9
34.8
32.8
2026
30.5
33.7
M
M
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M
M
M
M
M
34.2
32.8
1966
29.8
30.5
38.3
32.9
1968
29.2
32.1
37.3
32.9
1979
33.1
25.5
40.1
32.9
2004
27.6
34.8
36.4
32.9
1986
33.1
32.9
33.7
33.2
2014
27.4
32.9
39.6
33.3
1958
32.4
28.9
39.1
33.5
2011
30.2
38.5
32.4
33.7
1969
31.7
34.9
34.6
33.7
1996
31.7
35.7
33.9
33.8
2001
33.0
38.5
30.0
33.8
1955
32.3
34.4
35.0
33.9
1981
27.9
38.8
35.5
34.1
1956
32.6
38.7
31.3
34.2
1984
28.5
41.7
33.2
34.5
1967
37.4
30.7
35.6
34.6
1988
28.6
35.8
39.8
34.7
1965
30.7
34.9
39.0
34.9
1987
32.4
34.3
38.1
34.9
2009
29.3
37.4
38.5
35.1
1980
33.8
31.4
40.3
35.2
1971
30.0
37.4
38.2
35.2
2025
30.3
37.6
38.6
35.5
1951
36.9
36.5
33.3
35.6
1993
37.9
31.4
38.9
36.1
2005
34.1
36.7
37.5
36.1
1974
37.9
33.8
37.3
36.3
1973
34.6
34.3
40.3
36.4
2018
32.0
41.8
35.5
36.4
1990
42.0
42.2
25.3
36.5
2000
32.5
38.0
39.1
36.5
2007
38.7
29.1
42.4
36.7
1992
34.5
37.1
38.7
36.8
2008
35.4
37.1
37.8
36.8
1989
37.9
36.4
36.3
36.9
2019
33.5
37.8
39.7
37.0
1960
36.0
36.2
39.0
37.1
1983
34.6
34.7
42.0
37.1
2006
41.5
36.1
34.0
37.2
2021
36.7
35.8
39.4
37.3
1976
30.8
44.0
37.2
37.3
1985
29.2
38.7
44.1
37.3
1957
30.3
39.0
43.5
37.6
1954
33.0
40.9
39.0
37.6
1997
32.7
40.9
39.6
37.7
1999
35.1
37.6
41.0
37.9
2013
36.9
35.0
42.7
38.2
1995
39.0
33.1
42.6
38.2
1972
37.6
34.3
43.7
38.5
1952
38.5
39.3
38.3
38.7
1953
39.0
40.0
37.8
38.9
1975
38.5
39.0
40.3
39.3
2022
32.3
40.0
45.5
39.3
2016
31.9
37.4
49.0
39.4
1991
35.5
40.7
42.2
39.5
2002
39.1
39.3
42.1
40.2
1998
40.9
41.7
38.4
40.3
2017
39.0
44.2
38.3
40.5
2020
40.2
42.0
39.9
40.7
2012
38.3
41.6
42.2
40.7
2024
37.6
41.1
43.7
40.8
2023
43.9
44.7
37.5
42.0
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0.13"
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Thank you for posting, @wxdude64.
He seems to have made 12 posts on Feb 24 which the obit lists as the date of death. Watching the weather to the end. (Guess I shouldn't say...don't know anything about the circumstances. Just saddened.)
May the angels lead you home, Roger.
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May Discobs 2026
in Mid Atlantic
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0.06" . Umbrella dog walk, but cooled to 76f now.