GramaxRefugee

Low of 61f this morning. DP 60. Significant cloudiness too.

A rather weakened storm just gave us some breezy rain in Annapolis. About 1600.'

Looked pretty good on radar until about 20 miles upstream from us, then started falling apart.

2 hours ago, mattie g said:

Spontaneous combustion? As in piles of hay catching fire as a result of biological impetus and eventual chemical reactions? Seems more likely that they would start from lightning strikes.

 This occurs, (for example), in highway maintenance when roadside brush cutting crews pile their chips at the shoulder areas. I have witnessed this along multi-mile stretches in MD or VA, with multiple smoldering brush fires from different chips piles.  They're not hard to control, but do get response from local FD. Also cause rubber-necking backups. (No surprise there).

It's not normal; conditions have to be just right. But, it's a good reason to try not to do brush cutting in hot summer wx.

1 hour ago, H2O said:

...Im supposed to be retired. Lol 

Yep; just keep telling yourself that. 

Downright overcast in Annapolis for the past few hours. 

Lo temp 69 this morning, so starting a few degrees cooler than the past several days. Could hit 90 (yesterday's hi) anyway if more sun/less clouds.

Had 0.05" from yesterday's rain.

8 hours ago, Jebman said:

...where I've now been living for nearly 3 years,...

Seems like only yesterday.

2 hours ago, MillvilleWx said:

2 more mid shifts and 45 minutes stand between me and a 4 day birthday weekend. I am so excited.....and tired 

Not weatherman burnout I hope? 

Remember, many good souls stand with you. ( And maybe a few bad ones.)

My Davis wx station ate up a battery, so I opened it up and found not just an ant farm, but a little wasp nest for extra measure. (Have had the ant situation before). Gonna try to upload some pics....

Looks like it worked. I used some borax based powder to prevent further attacks. 

This unit might be 12-15 years old, not sure. Have had to replace the main board because the early versions had a problem with battery life, and I've noticed that ant nests seem to exacerbate the situation.

Low of 66f this morning. I thought we'd get a cool-down after yesterday, but not that much. No complaints

Finally getting a bit of rain after about 30 mins of threatening. Had thunder and darkening to the west in the usual manner, then clouds and storm slowed way down. Looks like rain wall to my south.

Edit 5:00; Legit T-storm now. Couple good CG hits out to my West. Sure did take its time to roll in.

0.10 storm total

about 0.10" yesterday/last night from the entire Elsa thing. Also, one of the cicada-dead leaves blew off a tree.

Reasonably pleasant morning however. 69f and blue sky.

0.07 in the gauge. Such a gentle rain.

Hi today of 92, and somewhere in there the max DP was 82, per Dr. Davis.

Currently 80/76

Pushed the lawnmower and sweated like a hog this evening.

2 hours ago, H2O said:

already pretty warm out to start the day

Was just thinking that. Had a high of 91 yesterday, (barely), I guess forecast we'll hit 93 today, starting from 73.

1 hour ago, Herb@MAWS said:

When did BWI become the new heat island?!

They have consistently been warmer than both DC airports. 

Since they expanded for the new (and enormous) Southwest terminal. You're not the first to notice.

Edit: I think WxUSAF is in the ballpark with the 2017 guess. And the reason

Spot shower here for 0.06", then later  (i.e. now), it's steady rain. Brought an early end to the cul de sac picnic and fireworks show.

65f and rain.

Lo temp 59

Currently 61/60

2.02" since yesterday noon.

Las night's rsdar showed a pretty strong storm in PG, weakened after Bowie, mostly gave us rain, (0.7").

Currently sprinkling rain, ovrcst, 69f.

June total 2.48"

Hi temp 94 (yesterday) Lowest 51.

6 days hit 90.

3 hours ago, dailylurker said:

Yeah. It came down so hard it seemed that way. Looking at doppler estimates it was 2-2.5". Bullseye though lol

Both my gauges agree at 1.17 (Davis) and 1.19 (real gauge). 

sudden and dark now in Annapolis . TS blowing in fast.

Power flickering.

Eta: power (BGE) long gone. Sky part clearing.

Reasonably heavy cloudburst in Annapolis. Clearing now.