BlizzardNole

Whew Monday is looking hot - I bet we see a couple spots hit 92-94, and we probably don't reach 60 today LOL.  Wish we could average it and get a week of 75

34 here but Gaithersburg Airport has 28.  Wonder if that's right?  It is in kind of a low-lying area

3 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

Low to mid 50’s  throughout the region while loopy DCA hit 62/63.  Disregarding that inaccuracy , on 1/21 instead of 4/21 this would have been highs 25-28 and lows 15-20 

Yep, and we would be wailing about the snow in VA Beach while we smoked cirrus 

Man I thought we were bad - VA Beach and NC coast in the 40s with rain.  Yucko

Looking sunny for a couple days coming up

9 minutes ago, mdhokie said:

One of those rare days where it was warmer in the mountains. Other than a brief shower this morning it was a good day in deep creek. Sun came out for a bit. 67 when i left this afternoon and I watched the car thermometer DROP driving home. 

Im assuming some sort of easterly winds bringing in cool ocean air?

Yeah classic wedge with marine airmass ; even VA Beach stuck in low 50s.  YUCK!  We were on the good side yesterday with 70s and sun while not far away in Philly it was overcast with upper 40s and low 50s.  The boundary got us today

I saw clouds and upper 40s/low 50s around Philly yesterday while we were basking and thought glad that's not us.  Welp!

Cloudy and 53.  Blah!

I just got a demonstration of how dangerous lightning can be.  Just overcast here and not raining but had a lightning bolt out of nowhere followed by the thunderclap one second later.  Here it is on RadarScope and the thunderstorm cell is a few miles to the northeast!  That is how people get struck

That's one storm I am GLAD missed me to the south.  Look at the colors in that thing!  I am not in a position to replace a bunch of windows in our house right now

10 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Yeah, I hadn’t checked in a while.  Been to 84.9 here!

And now we got some small thunderstorms rolling through.  The one coming into western MontCo and aimed for Rockville looks strong

Wow wasn't expecting this hot today -- Dulles reporting 84 already

2 hours ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

…I think I’m getting faint whiffs of a wildfire smell again?

Now that you bring that up -- I've been reading that Canada had a very warm and dry winter and some think that 2024 could be even a worse wildfire season than last year 

As much as we love those cool, low humidity days after summer cold fronts, I'd rather take the big heat that comes with a SW flow if there are big fires burning up there

Yeah that months-long period of 40s/50s with dreariness and bare, forlorn-looking trees and barely any snow most years is too much.  I call it "The Dark" lasting from Nov. 1 to March 31 and am glad it's over.  Although sometimes April can stink but next week's looking great

What a gorgeous afternoon - you can almost see the trees greening up

Next week is looking real good with late spring-like temps

Remains to be seen but it's nice to see 60s and 70s all the way thru the forecast period.  Lot of rain later this week hopefully several dry days starting this weekend

9 hours ago, NorthArlington101 said:

lessons for 2045 (writing these for myself)

- cirrus clouds are fake - don’t worry about them.
- probably want to spend the day before and the day after there
- pre-eclipse traffic is fake. Post-eclipse traffic is more real
- can watch from anywhere. Doesn’t matter where… just go
- if you want to film a video to show others, try and avoid crying of awe in the background lol

2045 center path goes right over Disney World -- that place is gonna lost its mind over that

I wanted to see this one but it didn't happen so it's 2045 or bust!  (I'll be 78)

It would be cool to be at Lake Cedar just south of Carbondale, IL where "x marks the spot" from the 2017 and 2024 eclipses.  Weather looks great there too.  I wonder how rare it is to have two eclipses intersect just a few years apart?

2 hours ago, North Balti Zen said:

Rained again this AM briefly and apparently supposed to rain again later? We've had rain each day in my part of the area since last Saturday. Seven days in a row with rain. And cold. Ready for warmer weather. 

I'll second that!  They're advertising three days of sun starting Sunday so better enjoy before we get days of rain again after.  There's light at the end of the tunnel though as the 6-months of 40s/50s and rain that we endure here is almost over

6 minutes ago, katabatic said:

So...question about measurements. Around lunchtime, I was on an endless Teams meeting and we had about 45 minutes of fairly heavy snow. It looked like it was nearly an inch but by the time the meeting was over, the sun returned and most of it melted. How would I account (or not) for that?

Go with the inch!  I was also suffering thru a two hour Teams meeting at that time 

Burst of rain is thru here and had a little graupel mixed in

Nice looking line moving in from the west.  I await my serving of graupel

54 minutes ago, Snowchaser said:

Heading to the mountains.

Snowshoe by chance?  We want pics!!

2 hours ago, dallen7908 said:

Maybe clearer here? 

On July 22, 2028, a total solar eclipse will occur in Australia and New Zealand. The maximum duration of totality for this eclipse will be 5 minutes and 10 seconds.

 https://nationaleclipse.com/maps/map_07222028.html

Oooh Sydney is right in the center of totality at 2 PM!  That's gonna be a huge event.  At first I thought aw man mid-winter but July is actually their 3rd sunniest month in terms of percent of possible sunshine.  Average highs in the 60s

Looks like the southern side of the eyewall is starting open up as it moves thru the Eastern shore

Wow at that squall line blasting thru western WV -- warning says it's moving east at 70 mph

1 hour ago, Bodhi Cove said:

Hummingbird spotted in Columbia 

I saw that too!  Earliest I can remember around here.  I usually get my first sighting the 3rd week of April, and occasionally 2nd week.  Looking forward to them arriving

Cloudy and 57.  Hope LWX radar is back up for tomorrow

3 hours ago, yoda said:

So no being missed?

 I don't know why but my area gets as much rain as anywhere, except summer thunderstorms.  I guess it's the higher elevations to my west around to the north