BlizzardNole

My bar is 0.3 of rain.  Anything else, lightning etc., is gravy.

Missed both rounds, got about 0.1 from a light shower.  Just 0.6 since May 13.

Well that escalated quickly.  Nice looking hook on that storm in FredCo.

Well it's gonna be a hot one for me.  HVAC shut down at work yesterday so they sent us off at 3 PM and we are closed today.  Then my house AC went out and they're coming tomorrow evening.  I'd LOVE to get a thunderstorm this afternoon to cool the roof off, but ol' Germantown is starting to get back to form missing all recent storms; only 0.5 since May 13.  

Just drove from Calvert back to Germantown and saw quite the lightning show to the N and E.  Not a drop for the drive though.

While in Calvert this afternoon, I watched three storms train just 2-4 miles north of us over about an hour.  It was nice because we were able to sit out and enjoy mid 70s and a breeze instead of 90 like we had dreaded.  When we drove through Dunkirk (northern Calvert) on the way back, there was a thick fog hanging in the trees like a rainforest.  They must have really gotten drenched.

11 hours ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

My nephew is getting married on Saturday in Annapolis.  Any locals familiar with the climate there?  My forecast high for Saturday has steadily risen all week long to now into the 80s.  Will water keep it any cooler there?  Not looking forward to sitting in the afternoon sun in a suit with temps 80+.

Looks like very light/calm winds on Sat so it'll get warm (but at least not super-hot like Sunday).  You'd have loved a steady S or SE breeze -- I've seen it 85 in Crofton and 60-something in Annapolis with that breeze off the bay this time of year.  Enjoy the wedding.

I got 2.7" over last weekend and have 4.7 for May so far.  I really want some warm, sunny weather to get my flower garden going that I planted last Saturday.  My vincas and marigolds look unhappy and my tropical milkweeds are just sleeping.

Got 1.4 yesterday, total for May of 2.0.  I just planted a bunch of flowers and it was MUD!  I hope they live but I don't want to wait for some unicorn dry period.  This is the last 365 days -- isn't our normal rainfall about 40-45 inches per year?  ENOUGH!!!

Nice thunderstorm in Germantown -- about 0.42 in 15 minutes, lots of lightning, and a brief gust to 45-50.  Sun is back out and the air is fresh.

Nice pictures!  What's that in the fourth one?  I don't see it in the third.

Don't have my rain gauge out yet but man we must have gotten about 2 inches.  Got the daughter and one other kid at the bus stop because it was hitting hard right then and there was some lightning.  I was surprised to see how many kids had no umbrellas.

Alright I take it back.  POURING here with alot more to the SW moving this way.  Decent amount of lightning with the storms in VA.

4 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

Doesn't look like much rain today for I-95 other than a line around 4pm.

That's because I canceled my mulch delivery and yardwork for the SECOND Friday in a row due to rain.  I rescheduled it yet again for next Friday so we all know what will happen.

LOL.  A whole week of build-up to this "severe" event.  Not even a single rumble of thunder.

4 hours ago, showmethesnow said:

Nowhere near the experience and knowledge of those on here when it comes to severe but this coming Friday into Saturday has my interest somewhat.

That's what I get for scheduling a delivery of six cubic yards of mulch and a landscaping crew for my gardens this Friday.  Damn wedge tornado will probably suck up all my mulch.

Great Falls, MT was 18 degrees below average for the month of February, and is running -30 for the first 14 days of March.  Can you even imagine?!

I think DC's coldest ever might be -11 or -12?

2 miles NNE of Germantown, 39.208660 N, -77.251600 W

November 15:  3.0

Jan 12-13:  12.5

January 17:  1.3

January 29:  2.5

January 30:  0.2

February 1:  1.5

February 10:  0.5

February 20:  5.0

March 1:  1.9

March 8:  0.8

Total:  29.2

0.8 here at Rt 355 and Rt 27 in Germantown.

Remember the great March clipper of 1999?  I cannot believe that was TWENTY years ago today.  Wow time flies.

Moderate rain and 33.  So nasty.

This part of LWX's disco gives hope for something next weekend.  I hope we get one last hurrah.

The bigger threat for a storm really comes later in the weekend. A
strong upper-level trough will traverse the US around the end of the
week leading into the weekend. Surface low pressure will form in
association with this upper-level feature. Meanwhile, a strong high
pressure (~1036 mb) could be in an optimal position for a cold air
damming setup across the forecast area. You put these two things
together at the right time, along with a potential secondary low
forming along the east coast, and there could be winter storm
potential. This is way too far off to really get specific at this
time, but this is certainly something that bears watching.

After this cold week coming up, I hope we get a massive SE ridge for the rest of March.  I am ready for spring.  I started dozens of tropical milkweed seeds under lights a few days ago.  The monarchs will be happy with me this summer.

First few tiny flakes in Germantown, 38 degrees.  I don't have a weather station, but nearby Gaithersburg reports 37/25 which should give us a little room to drop.  The dews in VA are terrible.

3 hours ago, C.A.P.E. said:

This winter has been a classic forum splitter. It has not been because of the typical temp issues for the most part, but rather odd dry holes/poorly modeled qpf, and late arrival in CAD situations with transient cold for eastern and even NE portions of the area. Everyone has endured too much cold rain, but the frozen events have all under-performed/minimized in southern and eastern areas, except for maybe the cold powder light snow event. I wonder how much snow the Annapolis area has had so far? I would guess not much more than 12". Yet not too far NW in Howard county it's pushing 30".

One of the main reasons I left Calvert County.  That place could be demoralizing in winter sometimes.

2 miles NNE of Germantown, 39.208660 N, -77.251600 W

November 15:  3.0

Jan 12-13:  12.5

January 17:  1.3

January 29:  2.5

January 30:  0.2

February 1:  1.5

February 10:  0.5

February 20:  5.0

March 1:  1.9

Total:  28.4

4 hours ago, leesburg 04 said:

My house has had 8 accumulating events this winter with only one under an inch and one over 11" I'm not sure how anyone that lives around me can call this a bad winter unless your only goal was a 20"+ event. If Sunday happens and then another next week....10 events and over 30" of snow is a rare winter around here...no arguments 

Agree.  I'm sitting at 28.4 which is almost twice my median of 15, and got a 12-incher which I consider a big storm.  Good winter for my area.  But I know there are many on this forum who have had a real stinker.

It would be great to have one of those long-lead time coastals that gets everyone.  Hoping for something next weekend before the pattern flips.