BlizzardNole

Dry slot into southern VA. Lots of bright orange in central VA moving north -- are they mixing? 53 and light rain here, waiting for heavier stuff. Oh and the maple seeds have clogged the gutter

I've been watching that as we have a big family event Saturday -- it's looking more and more like we get a break in the rain during the day, and maybe if we're lucky we'll have a few peeks of sun. Temps look nice

Agree also. I'm in a bit of a micro-climate where higher elevations from my W around to my NE result in a "shadow" effect where lines and clusters of spring/summer thunderstorms frequently miss or split around. I need to cash in on this synoptic rain

What do you use as host plants to get so many chrysalises? I had a couple clumps of rue and am thinking of adding parsley

Now I've got three black swallowtails hatched and one more to go. It's just too cold to release them today and with the big, cold rain coming I am thinking about holding them for a few days. Bad timing for them

35 with a little frost here and there. Brought all plants in last night I am hoping for 2 inches total in this rain coming up

Had our first on April 22 -- a male. My parents in Calvert saw their first one the same day and said it was the fourth straight year that they saw their first hummingbird on April 22.

Don't have a gauge but looks like a little more than a half inch based on rainfall maps and local reports. That helps but need more! I hate to do this but I'm hoping for a long duration stratiform rain later this week with one of those southern stream systems. Bright and sunny and 49

Got a good looking line heading in with some lightning. Got both pollen-encrusted cars out in the driveway with some car soap squirted on 'em

Nice morning out now with breeze and 60s. Really need rain bad as the last few chances missed and my yard is like concrete and everything is pollen encrusted. I'm a little worried as this is lines and cluster of thunderstorms which almost always miss this area. I need a long duration synoptic rain to cash in.

Wow got down to 35. Close call for some plants I left out

Overcast creeping in keeping temps down a little - will make for a nice walk in a bit. They are cooking up in New Eng with multiple low/mid 90s I hope we can score some rain tonight

Very nice! I have 5 black swallowtail chrysalises and am keeping them in a cool part of the house hoping they'll wait a few more weeks.

Went for a walk - whew it's hot! Some of the temps near water are wild to see -- 60 at Rehoboth and mid-80s a few miles inland; 83 on Kent Island and 63 just across the bridge (4 miles)

Still 80 at almost 9 pm! I have a lot of weeding and garden prep to do this weekend and I'll be wearing a jacket LOL

Those are some impressive gusts! Dulles at 68 whoa We have a 3-4" thick, 12 foot long branch down from one of our trash trees (maples). Glad it didn't hit anything

I've noticed the maple trees seem more loaded than ever with seeds. Mine are completely covered and I'm not looking forward to the onslaught. Just driving around you see clusters of maples decked out in reddish/brown seeds.

Jealous of those 70s in WV and even SW PA

Quite bit of the area at just 25-50% of normal over the last 30 days. We will need a couple good rainmakers in April. Eastern NC looking really crispy

Lots of lightning in those! Looks like a June radar

It is NICE out there! I hope that boundary stays further north tomorrow and Sat

That looks good to me. Bring on spring! Any way we could get a +5 April, average May and a -3 June?

The walk down 1st Street from Union Station was fun this morning with the canyon effect freeze-drying my face. Ahhhh March in the MA!

Nice discussion on the DMV. I've lived here all my life (except college) and all my family is here. My wife's from here too. But we want out and I have just a couple years left. One thing this winter and other recent snowless winters have showed me is I do not want to live in a climate that has months of forlorn bare trees and brown ground, but no snow. That means the Carolinas and Tennessee are out. I'd rather have a warm climate with a long gardening season and travel once a year for snow. We are contemplating Florida, but those damn hurricanes (and not the sucky football team down there ). One area that might be a little less risk for hurricanes seems like the northeast FL area like St. Augustine. Lots to think about.

You know it's bad when we're getting grill topper pics from Garrett County!