SouthboundYank

Yeah, this is the first morning I can't actually hear any chorusing at all, just the usual nearby traffic sounds and long-distance train horns -- and with a beautifully clear and sunny morning like this, they'd be singing to beat the band starting at sunup (at least a couple weeks ago). Time to admit the show is pretty much over here, but I can't complain, because we got a pretty early start -- snapped first "emergence hole" pics IMBY in mid-April, and started a big uptick in daily photos of nymph > mature adult transformation and solo adult pics starting on May 10 on though to last week. Fare thee well, my red-eyed friends...

Didn't measure but we only had perhaps 30 minutes of moderate rain, reduced to light showers on that line's way east. Even the lightning/thunder was garden-variety summer thunderstorm here, but we were on the very southern edge of the roughest stuff. Radar did look intense to the north, though, and I wondered if there would be flash flooding in the usual trouble spots like Huntington and over by Wolf Trap. And man...did I get an earful from Mrs. V this morning about the wx radio klaxons signaling flood warnings, which came through around 1:45 a.m. and 6:05 a.m. Since we rarely "flood" here, might have to disable those particular alerts...

For once. Being effing east of I-95 (by a few miles) is a potential advantage... Currently 84/66. Took doggo for the 4-mile walk an hour ago, and it was damn humid. Aaaaaand, STW 273 just issued, effective until 06z.

Honest question -- I'm assuming the winds surrounding some tornadoes could easily "grab" that plane and flip it around a good bit, no doubt stalling it and sending it hurtling back toward earth....right? I love to see a good chaser video....but hate to see people make dumb decisions to get closer to the phenomenon (kinda like this dude).

Yep. I'm sure we're on the downhill side here. We barely heard them all day yesterday, and the same applies this morning so far...very distant chorusing. Noticed LOTS more flagging of branches on tree tips, too, over this past weekend. I'm thinking another week or week and a half, and the 2021 edition of Brood X will mostly be a memory in this part of FfxCo.

THAT sounds heavenly...sounds like it would be a good firepit night out there tonight, if you have one! Cleared out completely here by mid afternoon, has been in the 77-79 degree range since then. Pretty nice end of the day...although not dry enough to mow the (very high and clover-y) front and back lawn...but tomorrow's another day.

How's it feel up there? Little cooler, hopefully slightly less humid? Temps holding in high 60s here right now, but it's still pretty sticky.

Interesting that you mention that 4" height -- I read today that, to help combat the prevalence of clover in a lawn, that it's recommended to set the mower deck slightly higher to keep a lawn level of 3" or greater. Apparently clover won't thrive in grass left to grow slightly higher, as it's a more shallow weed. #LearnSomethingNewEachDay

I'm not feeling good about this. Haven't cut the grass since 9 days ago...the clover is so thick, my lawn (front and back) look more white than green. Tomorrow, providing I get A window to mow, is NOT going to be pretty.

FFW just issued for central FfxCo, which we got an alert for as well here in the SE corner. Has certainly gotten much darker out and we've had 4-5 peals of thunder and some sprinkles, but we're not getting multi-inches of rain like they apparently have over the past half hour, roughly 5-7 miles to my W and NW. EDIT (2 min later): The deluge has arrived.

WTAF is that? A cooler? A pool filter? A generator engine block? Ewwwwwww.

How's the humidity feel out in the Valley yesterday and today, @WinterWxLuvr? We just returned from walking doggo, was about 90 degrees when we started just after 5 p.m. with humidity probably in the high 60s. High clouds have since moved in here, but it's still damn muggy out.

Yeah, noticed that the singing hasn't been as intense the past two days, whereas last Friday-Sunday was pretty loud. I also noticed an uptick in the occurrence of 2-3 cicadas (males, presumably) somewhat desperately chasing or following a single cicada (again, presumably a female) over the past couple of days. Like, it's almost closing time at the bar, and the beer goggles are coming out...

Our AC performs just as you describe here, however, I maintain that one shouldn't have to put on a pair of jeans, a long sleeved tee, and (sometimes) a fleece jacket to keep from freezing during the summer months after a regular cooling cycle. But that's due to an ongoing "discussion" between Mrs. V and myself as to where the AC temp should be set in terms of personal tolerance...and not the fault of our HVAC system.

Interesting. I was watching the vid that @North Balti Zen posted thinking, "They even HAVE tornado sirens in CO???" Guess I never thought of that state as getting as many tornadoes as, say, Oklahoma or the southcentral Plains.

Same -- had a few lightning flashes to the west and north last evening during the 9 p.m. hour, maybe a few hard drops of rain, but nothing substantial enough to even see wetness outside. Currently 81/72...muggy, of course.

Yeah...and that rotting cicada funk you mentioned a week or so ago? Definitely becoming more pronounced in certain areas.

This truly sucks....sorry for you and your fam, especially in these temps. And trying to call to get an actual human on the line to help anymore is like seeking out the Holy Grail.

A really unique and defined tornado from yesterday. Since cell phone cameras have become so ubiquitous, and we see more and more informal chasing, or just man-on-the-road stuff like this....I'm astounded at 1) some of the angles we're getting on tornadoes now, and 2) how quickly some tornadoes travel. Yeah, I've read the statistics and after-reports over the years, but man....actually seeing the on-the-ground speed (e.g., like the 2nd video here) is something else...

So. Had numerous friends recommend over the past two months to subscribe to HBO Max (like we need to subscribe to one more streamer), even if on a temporary basis, just to watch "Mare of Easttown" with Kate Winslet. So we did...and WOW. What an incredible series, that perfectly captures the slice of life that can be southcentral/southeastern PA. Best thing I've seen in decades. Great story, incredible cast, with a few major (and mostly unforeseen) plot twists thrown in at the end. Ms. Winslet is sublime...too many people want to define her by Titanic, which is criminally unfair to her and her talent. So. Like several of our friends, I'll recommend to you -- even if you don't want to shell out for HBO Max for the long-term, do it for just one month to watch this show. Excellent stuff. Of course, now that we HAVE HBO Max, we're sticking around for Chernobyl, Hacks, to catch up on Big Love and other older series, etc, etc.

LOL. My wife and I were walking the dog around the Coast Guard property off of Telegraph Road and we both noticed this very same cloud formation off in the SW. I wondered out loud if it was a highly localized thunderhead, and she popped off with, "It's kind of...obscene looking, isn't it?"

Well, I guess I'm not the only one. Given the amount of smooshed and bird-dissected cicada corpses I'm seeing ALL over the damn place, I've been picking them off of our patio, our patio chairs, out of the grass, and even off of myself, and carrying them over to the big ass oak tree in the backyard. Did it so often yesterday I lost count. My wife was all, "What in the HELL are you doing?!? LET them die!!"

Preach. My parents would open all the windows on 2nd floor and set up a strategic arrangement of box fans in windows in an attempt to "make" a breeze where none existed during the worst of summer heat/humidity. Remember countless nights laying in bed as a kid, NO air moving in the house, sweating my arse off...