CoolHandMike

Still waiting for this warmth to break. Soon.

unbelievably warm out. Let's go already, autumn!

Pattern change? Please let it be so.

Ok, see this tiny, little blob of barely nothingness? My fault. I decided to wash my car for the first time in many months. (mumbled angry coolhandmike noises)

I tried seeding a spot in my backyard earlier this year, and it sorta kinda took--the previous owners had held a bonfire in that spot right before we closed, grrrr. Anyhow, if you're familiar with the janitor from Futurama, I always made an effort to use his voice whenever my wife was within earshot: "Mmm hmm, yup. Just a-waterin' muh dirt patch. Mmm hmm, yup." So yeah, I totally get it you guys. What I DON'T get is how stinkin' warm and humid it still is out there. We're about to be in meteorological AND astronomical fall. This has got to break eventually.

Looking at those nearly stationary cells just south and along the MD line. That's been the story of this summer, hasn't it? Hope Ellicott City will be ok. Anyway, I don't see this moving north any time soon though. Slightly cooler today in the field, mid-eighties and mostly overcast all day made for a much more pleasant day in the hazmat suit compared to the rest of the week. Still waiting for the humidity to taper off.

Got .83" as of now. Nice, gently rolling thunder and the occasional flash in the distance. Looking forward to our mini-cooldown tomorrow to close out my field work for the week.

.31" in the gauge. There was a lull so I figured I'd throw open both garage doors and get a breeze while breaking down the trash and recycling. NOPE. Sure, it may be 67°F, but that comes with zero breeze and 95% humidity. I. Am. Soaked.

Got a nifty little shelf cloud on the storm coming my way. I'll post a pic in a bit.

True, but I'm seeing only one day under 80° in the ten-day forecast, with nothing below 60 at night, and that's kind of alarming. Tomorrow it's supposed to be 89 with heat index in the mid 90's. This doesn't feel right, but I don't have any data at the moment to support it... I'll have to do another lunch-time deep-dive one of these days. Growing up though, my dad always pegged this time of year for a pattern change and the pool was closed up right after Labor day. How many people still have their pools open right now these days?

Now that's some interesting data. Surprising to see less (or even not at all) 2000's data in the "warmest" category. I also think it'd be interesting to see each plot graphed separately just for clarification. Looking forward to more data, thanks for taking the time to make this!

No no, it's just this week and then some other random weeks in October (yet to be determined). As soon as my field schedule for October is finalized, I'll let you guys know because those weeks are guaranteed to be hot and miserable. Just like this week. Then I'll have a nice, normal office month in November while it's absolutely gorgeous outside, and then I'll be assigned to do fieldwork again once it cools down to an unacceptable level in December/January.

Can't wait until that hits here. So tired of the heat already.

Fell apart right over me, which is what I'm accustomed to these types of storms doing. Lol. Cool outside. Windows have been open all day here. Going to be nice sleeping weather for a change.

Decent little line of storms approaching from the west. Nothing like last night, but I wasn't expecting anything at all today. You can kinda see them bubbling up to my NW in this pic:

I feel like the more I watch and learn about the weather the less I understand it. Boy howdy have I been riding high on the initial Dunning-Kruger curve, but for like, 10 years now. This for sure looked like it would fizzle out given what I thought I knew about daytime heating and recent past events that have struggled to maintain order after rafting over the Appalachians. Instead what happened was that it intensified after dark. So what didn't I take into account for this time? Jetstreak? It spans the whole eastern seaboard, so where would the right entrance region be? Oh wait. I think I might have just answered my own question. Anyhow, apologies for the stream of consciousness. Interesting little event. Looking forward to the breakdown from those more weather-wise than I.

There were two spin-ups near me according to velocity scan, one headed right towards my subdivision. Front came through and the rain was loud enough to hear in the basement, thought that was all we heard, thankfully. Wish I was closer to a better radar. Threat has passed, now just heavy rain. .88" in the bucket.

Yup, we're in the basement

And I've just been tornado warned.

Bit noisy out there, actually. Usually we see discrete cells producing bursts of lightning, but this whole line is producing. I feel now that I was a bit premature in my previous statements regarding the perceived reduced intensity of this system. Batten down the hatches.

Ok that line strengthened quite a bit. Still a ways out but we are getting the light show and low, distant rumbles.

Ok those are valid points. Hope I'm right all the same.

This event seem way overhyped to anyone else? I mean, I'm all for a good storm but the news mets have all been squawking about this for a couple of days, getting everybody all riled up. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this all seems pretty run-of-the-mill. I think they all need to dial it back a notch. People are storm-warning-fatigued enough as it is. On one hand, yes, everyone please pay attention, it might get stormy tonight. But on the other hand, it's not like every event has to be billed as OMG tHe WeAtHeR aPoCaLyPsE is upon us once again! Yeesh, maybe I'm the one who's fatigued...

There's about a 10-20° temperature gradient across the front, with the larger differences to the south, though I think the loss of daytime heating as this thing moves east is going to reduce the threat for the I-95 corridor at least. The line looks much more robust more north of us.