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Who thinks we really get some decent rains this week? The forecast looks wet and my P&C has 1.25-1.75 inches for just Monday/Mon night but I've seen this story too many times before Nice start to a summer day - sunny and 68

Southern and SE VA getting it going early as they look to rain much of the next week. Meanwhile the Shen Valley thru central MD will get little or no rain over the period

Cool pic! But after sitting out on the deck to enjoy these nice temps, I think I hate annual cicadas more than mosquitos

Wow NW VA needs help asap. Hope it comes next week but I have to see to believe Drought Monitor - VA

Psshhh it ain't gonna rain next week. We'll get plenty in our 6 month wet season But wow it's a gorgeous day! Almost noon and only 79 degrees

That's what I'm hoping for. Tropical is going to be dead for a while with all that Sahara dust but should start up again in a few weeks. I'd like to see a large remnant go up the coast with a front slowly approaching from the west Cloudy and 78 in late morning which is a welcome change!

"Heavy rain" wording in forecast and I got a big 0.15. Total for July just 0.80 and there is no chance for any more rain for a long time

Yeah sorry to infect your area with the desert bug. Eh, I don't care I've let the grass go dormant and it'll be back when we get to our 6 months of rain and 40s in a few months. I just keep the flower garden and pots watered Let's get ready to enjoy some GREAT temps over the next week or so. We deserve it!

Cluster of thunderstorms were heading straight for me, but I knew better. Sure enough, they split around my desert then reformed to the east. 0.05 I fully expect a dry frontal passage tonight and am watering this morning

That walk from my office on 1st Street to Union Station earlier was like being in a furnace! It was just like that day in June 2012 when we hit 104/105. I am salivating at this pattern change coming with a decent stretch of maybe not even reaching 90. I do not expect any rain tomorrow but that's OK

No rain - missed to my south. I am looking forward to better temps later this week although I fully expect a dry frontal passage

I think the Penn line is different and doesn't get the heat-related speed restrictions we get on the Brunswick line heading NW out of DC, which is a standard track (no overhead wires). We get them 90 and over, or even 85 if there was a big swing in temps from morning lows. All due to heat kink risk

Here too! I love the big, colorful sunpatiens and had a bunch last year but they are water needy. This year lots of lantana and annual vinca which are tough as nails with high heat and dry Already 86/70. Not looking forward to commuting to DC on MARC train tomorrow with the problems they have with big heat

Do we threaten this? (Free derecho not included)

That really is crazy. Meanwhile someone farts in Delaware and it rains 3 inches

That 6-10 day looks good and has above rainfall as well, but I remember how bad that 6-10 performs in winter. It's worse than the Euro Sunny 87/72

Random but looked at July 2000 (IAD) and oh man it must have been nice: only one 90-degree day (91), 10 highs below 80, and 7 nights in the 50s (with lowest of 50) Departure of -5.4 and 4.28 rain. And look at this stretch: 2000-07-23 78 60 69.0 -8.4 0 4 0.00 0.0 0 2000-07-24 71 64 67.5 -9.9 0 3 0.24 0.0 0 2000-07-25 77 62 69.5 -7.9 0 5 0.00 0.0 0 2000-07-26 71 64 67.5 -9.8 0 3 0.20 0.0 0 Sun coming out now - planning on cooking out later as it will "only" be about 90 today

Wow you (Rockville) lucked out bigtime! I only got 0.05 last evening for a total of 0.45 for the event. That strip of MontCo from Potomac to Olney did great while most of the rest of the area did terrible. I wasn't expecting much but I can't believe how AA Co and other east areas got robbed so bad I's sitting at just 0.6 for July so I'm watering the gardens heavily heading into a nasty heatwave followed by a dry cold front passage

Can't wait to see the comments on this Seriously though I am hopeful at that batch down in central/southern VA reaching here later on

Sun is coming out and the cicadas are singing. Emptied the gauge at 0.40. Not what I was hoping for but better than nothing 0.55 for the month so far

I'm hoping for a weak but wet tropical system to come into the FL panhandle and take the perfect track to deluge us later this summer. We have a shot with a very active tropical season coming up.

Enjoy the heck out of it because the first half of next week looks brutal! Maybe 100-plus three straight days? Sitting at about 0.3 here which makes me one of the lucky ones so far. The good part is it's just 73 degrees at mid-day

Yeah the rain in central VA looks to be moving north, I hope it gets up here and fills in I did manage to catch some of that thin line this morning for 0.27 so far which is triple what I had gotten for the month 'til now

That's good as I'm to your NE. That thin training band has been undulating back and forth but mostly staying just east. I can see clear sky looking up towards Frederick Echoing what others noted -- the rain comes heavier than it looks on radar. Some real efficient rain makers

That is a nice looking map for me but it's the Euro... Nice evening outside with low 80s and decent humidity