BlizzardNole

Just gorgeous out 75 degrees at 1 PM with sun.

I would like to request this troughiness in Jan/Feb please.  Thanks

39 minutes ago, jacindc said:

I remember the summer of 1980 so well! 

I guess having an August birthday makes me a little more focused on my sense of its weather over the years. 

We moved to Calvert in fall of 1978 and the house did not have AC!  Oh man were we hot.  My parents finally got AC in 1990

46 minutes ago, jacindc said:

Is there anything in the recordkeeping that shows what longtime residents myself and my father have been sensing, that August in DC is not as awful as it used to be, or at least as it was in the 70s and 80s? Seems like the first signposts of summer's end (even if there's still plenty of warm days ahead) come earlier than they used to.

A quick look at monthly averages doesn't show anything too extraordinary for August in the 70s and 80s -- 1980 was a nasty summer though!  August is a pretty nice month here with the average high at DCA going from 88 to 84.

3 hours ago, Jebman said:

What a very anomalous summer down here!

Yeah here too man!  DCA has only recorded 3 days of 95 or higher so far.  It's August 2 and my area woke up to a chilly 55 degrees and we are looking at highs in upper 70s to near 80 all week.

10 minutes ago, CAPE said:

GFS has a foot of rain for eastern NC over the next week.

I was just reading the disco for that area -- oh man I feel bad for the folks vacationing at the Outer Banks this week:

Tuesday through Thursday...A very wet three days are on tap for the
middle of the week. The unseasonably strong trough over the southern
Appalachians remains in place (potentially cutting a low off at
its base), ensuring that a deep tropical moisture belt remains
over the area. PWAT values of 2-2.5 inches prevail through the
period. At the surface, the boundary will generally remain along
the coast, with several weak waves riding along it about every
18 to 24 hours, leading to periods of increased rainfall
coverage and intensity. The heaviest rainfall is currently
expected to fall along and east of the boundary, with 3 day QPF
in the neighborhood of 6-8 inches along and south of US Hwy 17...

I caught a brief but heavy shower!  No not here -- I was out from under the dome and down in Gaithersburg.  That shower looks pretty decent not as it rolls through the Laurel to Odenton area.

Got on and off light rain here which is just enough to thwart my gardening plans.  I'll just do it tomorrow which looks cool as well.  Instead I am working on a shrimp and sausage jambalaya and will get a couple beers chilling

I won't get any rain but it's a nice day for being outside.  Not a great week for people that went to the beaches this week!  Looking like an all-day rain today and more later in the week.  Hopefully they'll be luckier than that.

We go next week and the long range discussion mentioned cut-off low.  Don't do it!

11 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Euro drenches DC to Dover tonight and tomorrow with 2-3” of rain . Sharp cutoff just NW of 95 in MD.

Sound about right.  Oh well I could use the cloudy dry day for some needed garden maintenance.

5 hours ago, wxdude64 said:

Well, that 'chance of storms' went the same direction the last 3 weeks have gone...nada. Still at 1.02 for the month, 0.25 last 19 days and goose eggs last 12. 1.50 since 6/15. Sheesh. 

WOW and I thought my spot was bad!  Some areas in western VA with only a half inch in the last 30 days while places near Richmond are 10-15 inches

1 hour ago, Stormfly said:

But winter's coming, back to back nor'easters with howling, bone chilling winds and rain at thirty three freedom degrees!

LOL yeah you got that right!  Five months straight of 40s and rain.  A few more years of this horrendous climate and I am out

I just don't get how this happens so consistently.  Other parts of my county have had numerous storms over the last week while I have to heavily water my garden this evening.  It's such a dull boring place for weather.  Lucky to see one or two thunderstorms in a whole summer.

Aaaaaaaand another whiff by just a couple miles.  They've happened in every single direction over the last week

I know I won't see a thunderstorm here but man are we looking at some gorgeous temps starting tomorrow.  Looking forward to that!

Thunderstorm dropped good rain so close to my east with only 0.07 here.  Never seen so many close misses in one season.  Unreal.

Except for missing thunderstorms, this has not been a bad summer at all.  So far only three 95 degree days at DCA.

We'll miss this sun when we are in the five months of upper 40s and rain starting in November

72 hour rainfall map shows the central MD desert perfectly

Not a drop.  Thunderstorms passed just north and south, then merged into the nice line moving south of DC now.  This place is a true micro desert.

Heavy shower rolling across the same exact part of southern MontCo as yesterday while most everywhere else high and dry.  It's really amazing how it does that

That was something how that heavy shower near the Potomac sat over one area with 1-2" totals.  It sucked the heat out of the air even up here and made for a nice evening sitting out.  Speaking of a storm sitting on an area, check out the 8.5" totals SW of Charlottesville!

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

 

The forecast for Montana is ridiculous!  Highs in the 100s thru Thursday with as high as 108, then upper 90s after that.

Can't believe it -- 1.0 here for the best one-day rain amount since June 14 and the first with more than a half inch since July 1.  The lawn needed that badly.

67 degrees with a breeze -- might take an early morning walk.

1 minute ago, ge0 said:

Neat look in Germantown facing north toward the Frederick storm

HA!  Reminds me of "Independence Day" with the huge alien space ships

10 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

I heard Stephens City got crushed. Any truth to that?

Afraid so -- NPZ said a huge storm missed just to the south (NP now lives north of Stephens City).  Man, harsh.

Looks like I have another little cell inbound

Got a rare lucky hit and picked up 0.6 with some good CTG strikes.  Looking at that huge line in central PA -- it's amazing how much t-storm activity that area has had the last few days!  I hope areas that have been missed score this evening.