We were headed up 355 to visit friends and got caught in that very heavy cell and had to pull over north of Clarksburg. Some of those areas got 2" in about 20 minutes. I was very happy to find 1.3 in the gauge when we got home
Hope everyone gets some tomorrow before the crisp fall weather arrives. And football!
Nice to be on the downswing of average highs -- now 87 and 84 by end of month (Dulles), then we get into gorgeous September. Except I'm afraid somewhere on the east coast is going to really get clocked by a hurricane that month. Hope not
Thank you for that! It is dead-on for my spot (marked) and shows the much heavier amounts just to my east. This will be my go-to since they inexplicably ruined the iweather rainfall map which used to be really good
Such a huge difference over short distances. I've seen some 4-5 inch amounts just east of me in central/east MoCo and they are under just a pain train of rain. I have 2.5 total which is perfect
Rain comes down more intense than it looks on Radarscope. I got a shot of moderate rain under light greens. Makes me wonder what it's like under the yellows and oranges along the Howard/MoCo border
Finally scored with some intense bands this morning and have 1.5 in the gauge. That is amazing and is half of what we got in all of June and July combined. I love this kind of rain that is spread out and soaks in. The grass is already greening up
I hope everyone gets the rain they need out of this! Oh and bonus just look at those gorgeous temps starting this weekend
Picked up 0.52 which is most in a day since early July. I'm a little jealous of 1.0 to 1.8 inch amounts just 2-3 miles to my north and south but I have to take what I can get
Finally a nice hit from a thundershower. The first bolt was very close with the thunderclap less than a second after the flash. I love night lightning! Moderate rain for about 10 minutes. Hoping the stuff out west holds together
I am so looking forward to much lower temps over the coming days. This has been a rough summer!
It would be extra sweet to get 2" of rain but that is asking a lot
My area is in severe drought according to the map. The thing here is my specific spot (just NE of Germantown) misses close by over and over. Like Saturday I saw dark sky and thunder first to the N and later S with nothing here. Seems like south county gets the storms over and over or they swing up thru the high elevations to my west around to Damascus/Mt Airy. The big rain days a weeks ago yielded me 0.43 and I got just 1.1 for July.
It would be incredible for my area to get 2 inches from this especially if it's spread out over a couple days. But man I have to see it first I am jaded
I turned my garden sprinklers on early this morning and forgot to set a timer. Best rain in my garden all summer LOL!
Two more blazing hot days to power thru and we get a big break on temps. I don't expect much rain but I'll take couple dry overcast and cool days
This pic tells the story of how things go here. It happens over and over and takes a fluke to get a summer t-storm here. My only chance is tropical remains in a few days but it wouldn't surprise me if there's a sharp cutoff to my east
We couldn't even get it done with a cold front plowing into a 100-105 degree airmass a couple weeks ago. I'm hoping that tropical system coming into the eastern Gulf takes a further west track up the coast than predicted
Starting out at 78/72. Today is gonna blaze!