Mrs.J

The pattern of hot as hell then gray cooler skies seems to be the definition of this summer. Being able to have my blinds opened back up from the heat is nice though. 

3 hours ago, dailylurker said:

Oh look. It's not even 9am and Frederick is already getting ready for the first hit of the day. I might do a little storm chasing today. I might try to get under one of these isolated flood events. Thinking it might me fun to find a hiking area under the best storm. Lightning? Yeah. It's scary in the woods but it really lets you know you're alive. And you suddenly might not be lol. I almost got fried last summer in Crownsville. 

Not my area of Frederick. The county needs to be split when it comes to rain. There is the NE and then there is everywhere else. Mind you I like my .87” that I did pick up late last night. 

.86” here with light rain still. Getting occasional lightning and soft rolling thunder. I don’t need severe but just some nice rolling thunder. 

Guess watering my deck plants about 20 min ago was the trick. 

2 minutes ago, nj2va said:

Just put on our sprinklers, hopefully that changes our luck inside the Beltway in VA. 

I am just getting ready to go out and water my deck plants. 

Thunder and lightning to my East. Older Ms.J says storms all around. Life living in the doughnut hole. 

59 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Legit rain event for the northern DC suburbs up into Baltimore metro.

I really hope so. I am very close to just giving up on my deck plants once again for the summer. It was just today while out that I noticed that the grass has really started to go burnt and even my drought tolerant garden beds are looking stressed. 

Just now, 87storms said:

Judging by radar, Frederick is maintaining its status as a 2026 precip magnet. Good to see. Could have used a storm on top of me while hiking near Lake Mead earlier. Vegas heat is the real deal.

Negative for me. I see the NE pivot happening. Will take my thunder, cool down and 0.01” of precipitation. 

2 minutes ago, Wxtrix said:

whiteout of wind-driven rain, and the streetlights all came on. we have had a storm like this in a while.

I am refusing to look at radar until it is on me. But getting a lot of thunder and my youngest said she looked at radar and there is a lot of lightning.

101/72/112

Was out briefly breeze makes it not feel quite as thick humidity wise. 

82/70/84

Juat watered my grass seed and garden and deck plants. Was quite comfortable in the shade. 

98/78/116

Was out doing some errands. Stopped by our CSA to get our weekly allotment. The older Ms. J is home for the weekend and we both said it did not feel as bad as yesterday. I guess we are just somewhat used to it. Still would not be out for long. 

Looking at my station data we got all the down to 77 this morning at 5:54 am. Cranking back up though. Currently at 82/76/90.

Just went out to water my deck plants. As suspected they did come back to life after wilt hibernating. I honestly cannot remember anytime where going on 10 at night it has felt as thick and gross out. What a test for the new HVAC systems we got back in April. Finally have dropped below 100 for our heat index. 99.9 currently. 

9:00 and the heat index is 104. Going to have to water my plants in a bit. 

101.1. At least my feels like went from 114 to 111. Had to go out onto the deck to clip some chives. Even though I soaked my deck plants early this morning the poor things just gave up. 

Missed the 100. Currently at 101 

37 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

On my way to work passing thru Frederick. Car reads 89 nearby stations confirm it nasty out. 

That would be correct. And my station is in shade. 

7am 84/76/93. Keeping the third level of our  TH cool in this is a challenge. Especially with solar panels on the front of it. 

1 minute ago, Jebman said:

You should not have dewpoints at 79 degrees. You are way too far north for this. Those are conditions for the Gulf Coast or places like Buda, Texas where I live. I've been out in this all spring/early summer. I'm used to it.

I am of the mindset that if we are going to have tropical dewpoints then we are entitled to have tropical downpours. 

Going on 9 and sitting at 88/79 with a heat index of 104. That is just not right. 

26 minutes ago, 87storms said:

That’s rough lol. Looks like I’m missing a highly legitimate heat wave. Not the fake stuff.

Yeah. And I thought today was not to be this hot. It is hard to breathe outside. This is the heat that I can do without. 

99/75 heat index of 114. No thank you. All the blinds are closed up. 

This early humidity and heat is no joke. Just got a call from my youngest who is helping at a Pony Camp in Bluemont. She just passed out. She is ok but it was a wake up call that she needs to get some issues she has been having figured out. It was definitely the heat that cause it. 

Hoping all the garden and yard work I just did lets Mother Nature give me some good soaking rain. I watered all the grass seed I put down but would like some help with that.