BlizzardNole

I just went to Giant one mile from my house (see arrow) to pick up a few things.  Heard thunder so checked Radarscope and saw the northern MontCo pop-up.  It was still filtered sun and dry at the store.  I get almost home and there's a curtain of mod/hvy, large-drop rain just sitting stationary right about the entrance of the neighborhood.  Pretty good dose of rain -- maybe a half inch - while places 1 mile away got nothing.

My fortunes turned today -- got a quick hitter for 0.2 a couple hours ago, then caught the edge of that severe warned one for another 0.5.  About time!

Wow I am just stunned.  Great looking line with lots of lightning coming right at me and POOF it splits at the last minute and misses 2-3 miles south.  Hardly any rain at all.

This place in just incredible for missing thunderstorms.  Maryland's dust bowl.

Hot and dry here, and looking like no rain again.  Some places like White Oak that got nailed yesterday are getting again.

91 here with a decent breeze.  It's actually not too bad out.  I'd LOVE to catch a thunderstorm later but I'm not holding my breath on that LOL.

MAN does it look like a scorcher for the 4th!  Not going to be pleasant for people on the Mall.

Man these cells just pop out of nowhere and explode fast!  Not looking good for me, but one could pop at any time.

91 here and longingly watching those scattered storms to the west.

Petersburg, VA raking it in today -- after reaching 93, they've had multiple rounds of thunderstorms since 2 PM with 1.75 and counting.  Raining and 67 degrees there now.

11 hours ago, Stormpc said:

You live in Hell. 

Those orographic effects are crazy.  I saw an annual rainfall map and his area averages something like 30 inches, while areas not too far away are over 60!  He should have a rock garden LOL.

I missed all the rain yesterday as well. It got close and we actually went under a warning at one point but it fell apart.

Just sat outside for about two hours.  So gorgeous!  Perfect weather tomorrow for a college visit to Catholic U with our soon-to-be 12th grader.

7 hours ago, yoda said:

So your garden is now flooded lol

It's happy now, that was some much needed rain!  2.05 total.  Luckily my yard drains well but the houses behind us, not so much.  Their small back yards turn into rivers anytime it rains hard.

One more round possible today then we bask in gorgeous weather tomorrow.

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.  I got home at 6:30, saw the blank radar, and went out to water my parched gardens.  A few fat drops started splashing down so I looked at Radarscope and saw a small shower developing overhead.  Meh, kept watering.  It suddenly darkens and starts raining pretty hard, so I stop and come in.  WOW!  That cell exploded over us giving us about 1 inch in 20-30 minutes, with decent CTG lightning.  Then more formed just SW and trained over us.  Finally winding down with about 2 inches in the gauge.  Below is the shot of the first cell over me just minutes after it formed, and a wide shot showing how isolated it was.

1 hour ago, RandyHolt said:

Re: Derecho I remember folks here were posting links to traffic cameras out to the west, and watching them and seeing unreal lightning shows.   A tree took out the powerlines next to my house, but i missed seeing it as I got a face full of dirt and dust right as it all happened, looking out a screened window.  I do like the social aspect of power outages as all the coach potatoes are forced outside. Many of us, flash light and drinks in hand.

I remember hearing about people on I-70 getting caught from behind by that derecho because it was moving so fast.  That is crazy.

Hope everyone is staying safe amid all the severe weather and flooding.  Remain vigilant!

Did someone say thunderstorms?  Bwahahahahaha!  I was confident in no rain so I watered everything heavily this morning.  All this talk of multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms this week.  Psssshhh.  I am calling it now -- shutout.

Alright sun coming back out and it's 77/66.  Need to build up come instability.

Wasn't expecting overcast and light rain at mid-day.  Does this impeded severe chances for later today?  I am coming out from under my weather blocking shield and going to Gaithersburg for dinner, and am hoping to see a thunderstorm.

We have beggars at intersections around here and they have some creative signs.  Saw one this morning that said "TV meteorologist out of work."  LOL that's a new one.

Got a total of 1.05 which is great after getting only 0.9 over the previous 30 days.  Hoping to cash in on some showers next week.

Can't believe it's 55 and breezy out!  I saw Oakland at 43 with 26 mph winds.  Wow!

Finally!  After weeks of little to no rain and cracks opening in my parched yard, got 0.6 so far and still raining at a nice light/mod pace.  It would be nice to top it off with some showers this afternoon.

21 minutes ago, losetoa6 said:

Sterling's thoughts are leaning somewhat bullish imo with 1-3" possible for the event tonight/ tomorrow.  

Imby I'm thinking low end . This type of setup always comes in faster and is out quicker then modeled and last minute trends always bump east with heaviest bands and any convective showers.  I95 on east has to be favored.  The surface temps and dews  in the 50s don't add confidence either for north + west areas . But ...something to track  and maybe a thunderstorm late Thursday 

Yeah here too.  My bar is 0.5 which would be more than the last few weeks combined.

7 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:

WPC had 2 to 4 inches of rain forecast for the area over 5 days and se will be lucky to get to 1.5". Colossal whiff.

Move that decimal point for me -- a whopping 0.15 for the "event."  No significant rain since mid-May.  

28 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Me neither lol. Looks like a beautiful day on tap. This is typical of our "rainy days" this time of year. A rainy weekend ends up being a overnight shower. Glad I knew better and watered the garden. 

Yep.  I've had 0.25 since May 23 and 0.75 since May 13.  I was hopeful for good rain since we do stratiform fine here - we just don't do thunderstorms.  Now this is looking more like a thunderstorm event Monday afternoon/evening and a shut-out is on the table.

Nice video ge0 - thanks for posting!  Hard to believe that's so close -- I am just N of the intersection of 355 and Rt 27 and got 0.15 of rain and nothing else.  Clarksburg just as close to my north got a strong storm too.  This spot and Stephens City are uncanny.

6 minutes ago, ge0 said:

Whoa, lots of hail just started in Germantown

Are you there?  What part?  I am 2 mile NE Germantown in the Milestone area, and have whiffed on everything again.  Saw purple on radar 2-3 miles north from one cell, then 2 miles south with this one.  Got nothing more than a brief shower.

I'm curious to know what those storms were like in Germantown and Gaithersburg - they looked wild on radar.

3 minutes ago, yoda said:

At 5:45 PM EDT, 3 SSW Damascus [Montgomery Co, MD] CO-OP OBSERVER reports HAIL of egg size (M2.00 INCH). HEN EGG SIZE HAIL

https://mobile.twitter.com/iembot_lwx/status/1135305756448677889

Bwahaha now that's Damascus for you!