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17 hours ago, mappy said:

Mr Map took this shot of our giant weeping cherry tree after the storms. Our favorite tree, loving the contrast 

Beautiful picture!  Years ago I made crab mallets out of a cherry tree branch for family members which was great until the discovery that cherry bark contains arsenic. That was not my intended message.

On 1/20/2023 at 9:20 AM, mattie g said:

My seed order from Territorial Seed should be arriving in a couple days. Going to get my setup tidied up in preparation for getting seeds started at the beginning of next month!

I've never had a ton of success with spring vegetables, but I'm going to give it a shot this year. Lettuce, broccoli, spinach, and mache will go in for early season, followed by four different tomato varieties, jalapenos, and Athena melon (with some herbs sprinkled in).

Do you use a seed incubator? The tomato seeds and especially the pepper seeds need warm soil (75F) to germinate. I use a string of incandescent Christmas lights sandwiched between large, metal cooking trays, under an insulating hood with grow lights.

5 hours ago, anotherman said:

Winter: The Revenge....This Time It's Personal

2 minutes ago, MDphotog said:

Maybe this poor person up in PA is your kindred spirit.  

Never put your WX station above a heat vent or hot car engine.

Absolutely yes and thank you.

Not wishing for carnage but would enjoy some wx energy to replace this wx drama.

1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said:

That first pic...I am pretty much WSW from Bel Air.  That's what rolled over us. The punch when the wind hit was immediate. We went from no wind to had to be 60 mph+. The power was gone just a second or two after the wind hit. Sustained for the first bit. The tree damage and snapped lines in Monkton on Monkton Rd. near the NCR trail and also on Corbett Rd between NCR trail and middle school was jaw dropping.

 

I assume NWS found straightline wind damage in northern balt county as opposed to a quick spinny?  Cell service and data has been hard to come by so I didn't see any of the posts (if there were any) about what the NWS survey found...

I could not force open a door against that wind pressure on the upwind side of my building in Sparks during that surge. In hindsight that was probably a good thing.

1 hour ago, mappy said:

Home lost power briefly. Hearing lots of tree damage south of my house down 83 to Hunt Valley, seems the worst of it missed my house per Mr Map

Multiple trees down around Sparks Md. blocked all possible paths for a few hours today. Good to finally be home.

3 minutes ago, Kmlwx said:

Cappucci "it will weaken" - he's really on the weakening train. Like duh...it can't stay that strong for hundreds of miles - of course it will weaken. But he's hammering the "it will weaken" headline HARD. 

1 minute ago, 32º said:

 

1 hour ago, Stormfly said:

March 1980.

March 01, 1980 we got 6" snow.

March 08, 1980 it was in upper 70s and we had severe thunderstorms at dinner time.

That was how March should be.

And March 28-29, 1984.  Robert Irsay took the Colts to Indianapolis that morning too.

Superstorm '93 pummeled us hard here.  Lowest all time barometer (966) and over 16" snow before the sleet bomb which was disappointing.  Would have easily been in top 5 snow events if it stayed all snow. 

Most recently would be the March 02, 2018 wind event.  Probably the most legit non tropical non thunderstorm widespread wind event in recent memory in this area.

March is how you stroll through deep snow.

1 hour ago, IronTy said:

That's lame, your equation doesn't include dels, curls or differentials.  I can help you there.  

It also needs at least one factorial

GFS showing serious wind at 132.

54 minutes ago, mappy said:

700-720 depending on where in my yard you're at, yes I've actually surveyed it  

The 800 ft line goes across my front yard.

3 hours ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Actually now would be the perfect time

Like the next weekend?

25 minutes ago, high risk said:

one last tornado warning on the MD/PA border, near @mappy

Rotation went right over us with no immediate damage.

54 minutes ago, mappy said:

Gross out. 75/74

.47" yesterday

.69" since midnight

1.1" since midnight. Large difference/distance. Small but strong cell. Peak 3.5"/hr.

6 hours ago, H2O said:

Other than waiting for tropical stuff August is a hella boring month wx wise

I would take this over wildfires any day. We still have smoke drifting through.

https://fire.airnow.gov/#

On 7/29/2021 at 2:55 PM, nw baltimore wx said:

I just bundled up and shot up the nest with a whole can. I’ll hit them again tomorrow to be sure. My hand isn’t too bad now, and nothing that this beer won’t cure!

From my bee keeping past, if one lands on you, simply blow it off. They think it is wind and do not react defensively. Just don't accidentally inhale it in the process.

On 7/22/2021 at 7:35 PM, nw baltimore wx said:

I wonder what we’d have to sacrifice to get the kind of extreme cold and duration here next winter that compares to the heat in the west this summer?

Maybe suspended smoke from record wildfires?

Nice ranbow cloud was visible at 11:30 am today from Jenette's pier, Naggs Head NC

1 hour ago, Stormfly said:

It looked like it was trying on radar.

NWS going to Jacksonville to investigate, radar looked much more impressive there.

Because red and green do not meet in stark contrast, could this be outflow from a downburst?

To avoid working in the mud, I planted 9 rows of sweet corn before the rain Friday. However I now must wait to see what comes up because the 1.6"/hr rate may have washed away the seeds.

A cool spring is good for garden spinach, radishes, peas and even the dandelion leaves from your front yard if you are adventurous.

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