BlizzardNole

2 hours ago, dailylurker said:

It's getting pretty bad NW of the fall line. The drought is definitely alive still. 

Article below says this is the 2nd driest year ever for Mont Co, and my spot is the worst of all as places nearby have had downpours that I missed.  I do water my flower beds and pots but I'm letting the lawn go dormant.  

WTOP Article on Drought

Well here we go again with likely wording for storms Fri-Sat.  Let's see if I can top the big 0.05 I got from the last "event"

Well the rain may have failed yet again but the front delivered with nice weather today.  85/63 with clean air and a breeze.  Not bad for July 10

Completely whiffed AGAIN with just enough to barely wet the ground.  It split right over me then formed a solid line 3 miles to my east like it does over and over.  I wish I took screenshots of radar because it's hard to believe.  My wife just got back from Gaithersburg which is outside the desert zone and said it was pouring there.

JESUS CHRIST this place sucks.  I can't wait to move out of this SH!THOLE in a couple more years.

A rainfall map showing the stark differences in totals in our region from June 1 thru end of today will be unbelievable.

Mostly cloudy and humid as I did some gardening work.  I'll be running the sprinklers tomorrow morning

2 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Updated LWX AFD:

 

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
MID-MORNING UPDATE: CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT THAT THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS, AND ESPECIALLY FLASH
FLOODING MAY BE FROM THE BALTIMORE METRO AREA NORTH AND EAST.

Well I and my fellow desert rats are just shocked!  

My bar is a half inch and one rumble of pity thunder but that will take some luck

2 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Leesburg has been in a tiny little precip hole too. We're sitting at a measly 0.5" for the month as everything seems to be collapsing just before getting here. I'm optimistic about today though... things will ultimately even out:)

This rainfall estimate from the past 72 hours shows that hole pretty well. 

Sidenote... why did iWeather stop letting you actually zoom in on their maps? Makes them far less useful

We went to the Tarara winery near Leesburg last night and the ground was dry as a bone there - even worse than my micro-desert.

I really miss the zoomable iweather rainfall map!  I don't even use it any more.

Let's see if my drought-stricken area can finally cash in.  I have just 0.85 for July after a very dry June.  I also have not seen 1" in a day in ages.  This just feels like another 0.2 or less deal.

Hey LWX, I fixed tomorrows FFW for you:

30 minutes ago, Weather Will said:

WB 18Z EURO....there are always the next fantasy storms to track.  

Ahahahahaha!  NOPE

Dumb Euro gonna dumb Euro.  We got zip today and we'll get zip Sunday.  I've had one "big" rain event with 0.6 which is like other places getting 5 inches.  I've had less than 2" total since June 1 and would be surprised to see more than 3" for the entirety of met summer.  So pardon me when I LOL at these pathetic QPF forecasts

Another ominous-looking forecast including a FFW, and dry as a bone again.  Watch the big Sunday rain wording yield nothing as well

It's crazy how much of a thunderstorm magnet the Baltimore area is!  I didn't even know that line had formed.  Oh well too far east for me today -- on to Sunday?

Part of one bed with lantana (still small), tropical milkweed, sunpatiens and vinca

Another bed with more of the same -- I garden for butterflies and hummingbirds

8 hours ago, osfan24 said:

For whatever reason, seems like the winners are Baltimore County and the Upper Eastern Shore. Stuff just keeps blowing up. Not much happening to the southwest of that.

Yep, they have up to 9" in some spots north of Balt City since June 1.  And look at northern DE:

A big 0.10 in the central MD desert.  The last two days were probably the last chance for a very long time for rain here so the extreme Drought of '23 rolls on.  All of the 1.5 or so I got in June was nickels and dimes, no more than about 0.3 at a time.  I can't remember the last time we got a downpour here - I have yet to see one thunderstorm.  My thinking is I won't see real rain until our six months of 40s/50s and wet starts in November.

On 6/26/2023 at 7:37 AM, Hank Scorpio said:

Anyone else dealing with a severe Japanese beetle outbreak? My yard was suddenly full of them over the weekend, with enough flying around to completely fill one of those beetle bags in 12ish hours. 

They're totally wrecking my poor birch tree

They must have big years every so often at different spots.  We had a massive infestation about 10 or so years ago that was so bad you could hear them munching on stuff and they actually killed a number of 10-20 foot cherry trees in our neighborhood.  I never saw them like that again including this year.  We are probably due soon.

I see LWX dropped its laughable severe thunderstorm watch for this evening

We did get a brief pop-up shower but that's it.  Maybe 0.10

1 hour ago, vastateofmind said:

Seriously. I'm tired of all of the threats of "heavy rain!" and "thunderstorms!" in the forecast....just not seeing it verify on radar, and anything of consequence on radar is already E/NE of us. I should've gone with my gut earlier and uncovered all of the patio furniture so we could, despite warmer temps/higher humidity, hang out there today....in fact, going out to uncover everything right now, and thumbing my nose at the LWX's scarily-worded forecast for tonight.

This.  I chuckled when I read things like "90%" and "half to three quarters" and the severe thunderstorm watch LOL.  I'll be running the garden sprinklers later and have no concerns on plans to grill on the deck this evening  

49 minutes ago, Wxtrix said:

84/76 with a thunderstorm literally splitting over my house.

24 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

Another day, another shut out.  The only storms today formed north of winchester.

One of us three desert rats has to get lucky at some point! 

Got a small t-storm moving due east toward me....but usually they get pulled up along the high elevations in the NW part of the county towards Damascus.  We'll see

A big 0.15 for the desert!  Better than nothing I guess

Sorry in advance but what my area needs is a tropical storm landfall in the NE gulf which tracks slowly up the east coast.  I'll need some of you to take one for the team and deal with 8-10 inch amounts so that I can get a 2" rainfall.

1 hour ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

Had a solid line approach from the SW and it split right around us...   Why did i move back to this cursed place.

Wait, you moved back to Stephens City?

Watching that line coming through Loudoun and hoping, but I also know what west-to-east usually means for my rain shadow

Just did some garden work and (of course) some watering.  Even though it's only about 80 degrees it is HUMID!  There's a crew doing a roof a couple doors down.  Those guys gotta be sweating bullets

9 hours ago, George BM said:

Second half of the year arriving. Hopefully more eventful than the first half. 

Got that right!  Snowless winter followed by drought, smoke and consistently missing every good rains in every direction.  I hope the luck changes for my area.  I'd be happy to see ONE good thunderstorm this month.

2 hours ago, stormy said:

Wonderful rain for the D.C. folks. I am happy for your air cleansing.

But, don't be deceived into believing that .50 - 1.00" of rain will solve your drought problems.

I have received 5 inches in the last 10 days and it has not returned expected results.

So you're saying my 0.8 for the last 10 days has not ended my drought?  Dadgummit!

I'd like to see an early tropical system come into the FL panhandle and ride slowly up the coast while being squeezed by a cold front.