katabatic

The fireworks display at Wisp was awesome. Had a few sprinkles ~8PM which dropped the temp into the mid 60s so it was quite refreshing. What was super strange was after we got back home and turned on the Cubs game, Wrigley Field looked like the London Fog of 1952 - even delaying the game due to fireworks smoke. I used to live within walking distance of Wrigley and don't remember fireworks let alone those kind of after effects (I realize the wind was calm, etc.). Hit 88 yesterday and so, never reached 90 this past week.

Made it to 89 again. Guess the mid-70s dews kept the temp in check.

89.2 with dews all day 72-74. Should reach 90 for the first time this year tomorrow. Deep Creek Lake is packed - the Oakland Wal Mart's shelves look like a grocery store in DC when a big snowstorm is forecast (not that anyone remembers when that occurred). My poor little window units are all panting and out of breath. At least it's beautiful when the sun sets (the Broadford Lake fireworks show tomorrow and the biggie at Wisp on the 4th should be spectacular so long as we don't get thunderstorms).

It was groooosssss today. 86-87/73-74 all afternoon. Very high DPs for this area. Also, looking solid Thursday for our first 90+ here.

Yes! I have a cousin that lives outside of Anaconda, MT and he said he got a pretty good dump. Kinda reminds me of the Unabomber so we don't talk often but still the (almost) July snowstorm is pretty damn neat.

In case anyone was wondering.

DCA: 98, 101, 100, 98 BWI: 99, 102, 103, 100 IAD: 97, 102, 101, 100 SBY: 97, 98, 101, 99 RIC: 99, 102, 104, 100 Total rain: 0.00"

I frequently drive to Richmond and noticed the same thing. We've done fairly well in this overall pattern - certainly a change from the past 2 summers (at least so far) which were bone dry. Beautiful, crisp morning today with a low of 47 (34 at CNWR). Hope to get some more rain this weekend before we rev up next week.

70/59 with a nice breeze and the sun returned. Measured 0.54" yesterday with 3.55" for the month so far.

A true, old-fashioned soaker this morning. The radar, to my delight, looks like a traffic signal. So far, 1.29" of rain has fallen with ongoing storm intensity of around an inch per hour. With the wind advisory kicking in soon, I hope any tree damage is minimal.

Sun is out after 0.16" of rain. I hit 70F dews only a few times per year and this afternoon it reached nearly 72F which, iirc, is the second highest since moving here in '22.

The amount of rain is rather pitiful with this line moving through (0.15") but did have a 66 MPH gust that did some minor tree damage.

Low of 40 this morning. Absolutely spectacular day yesterday. Pic is of Broadford Lake in Garrett County where we watched a nesting pair of bald eagles for at least an hour.

74.5/41.5 with wall to wall sunshine (like everyone else). Trees are probably 80-90% leafed out now and with 7.14" of rain this month, everything is a brilliant green.

5.85" since Thursday. Some nasty flooding just south in the Parsons - Davis WV corridor. @jonjon hope you guys are doing OK...never want to see that. On the upside, this was overall sorely needed especially since we're back to the dust bowl beginning tomorrow but ohhhhh what a beautiful upcoming weekend it's going to be