PrinceFrederickWx

She's coming soon... (as long as NHC doesn't screw up and name the wrong one )

Ah, today should be a nice, mostly sunny day so we can continue to dry out this we- *looks at radar*

I moved here in 2013 and actually remember that the first two years I was here- I used to call it the Calvert split- every storm would find a way to miss. But then, starting around summer 2015... Anyway, I got 1.39” for this event. Glad it was on the lower end.

I’d love to know what it is about our microclimate that has us getting bull’s eyed over and over and over.

1.08” since midnight- it’s been a steady moderate rain for the last few hours.

Oh I had sent you another PM awhile back (not sure if you saw it).

Many areas down here have had 25-30+” of rain in 45 days (with several more inches on the way). The ground here is still completely saturated- I’m worried that’s going to start causing foundation issues for many (note: I’m not a structural engineer so maybe my concerns are overblown).

12z GFS is yet another southern MD bull’s eye for Sunday.

1.19” so far today, 14.26” for the month, all time monthly record has been BTFO already

I love how that storm did a U turn just to swing around and hit us. Calvert is literally a storm magnet now

This pattern is insane. I have no idea what my monthly total will be- 20”? 30”? Always middle of the night too for maximum insomnia.

Winters and early spring are cold, rainy and miserable (but usually not cold enough to snow). Peak spring (generally mid-April through early June) has potential for decent weather but we usually either blowtorch it or go too cold. 2014 notwithstanding, it’s pretty clear the new normal for July is an unbearable inferno with insane dewpoints. Springs and summers generally oscillate back and forth between droughts and deluges, punctuated by severe storms that always occur at the worst times. I posted data awhile back about the September creep- September is basically a summer month now. The only time for potentially nice weather (other than May) is around October. I can’t think of any other region in the US that has a worse climo than ours, other than maybe the Gulf states or parts of the southeast. Just my opinion. I don’t judge climo solely on snowfall either btw

Currently storming here again, so yet another sleepless night. It’s been almost a carbon copy of the July 6-7 event- 0.29” in the 11pm storm, and now an additional 1.11” (and counting) in the last hour with the second storm. I have no doubt this month will be double-digits just like the previous one (and probably my rainiest month ever). The last 9 months or so have convinced me I need to move out of this state- I can’t stand the climo here anymore. (There’s other reasons for moving too, but I won’t get into that)

Imagine- after months of closures and backlogs due to Covid, you finally have a dentist appt lined up for your kids... and the appts are this Tuesday...

10.42” for the month. The monthly rainfall map is crazy to look at- most of Southern MD is in double digits, yet western areas are in a drought.

NY Times said this in a recent piece, and I’d like to know who in the world they polled, because my wife is half Native American and she’s always found the team name deeply offensive.

One of the reasons we moved down here was for the good school systems- now that that’s gone, the idea of moving away permanently to somewhere cheaper is definitely on the table. I’m not seeing this being resolved at all this academic year. I can say that this situation has caused numerous mental health issues for our oldest son (and I’m sure many other children), but the system doesn’t care.

Calvert's current proposal (not final yet) for schools is having parents choose the option of either 2 days a week, or 100% online. We strongly support 100% in person school, but since that's not an option we'll take whatever we can get, so 2 days a week it is. Most of the parents, bus drivers and contractors associated with the school want in person- the main pushback is coming from the teachers union. The county seems to be backpedaling now in favor of 100% online, so we're worried we're going to lose even the 2 days a week. I wrote a letter to the Calvert County board of education (as did many others), but most parents pleas seem to fall on deaf ears. Last spring's online learning was a complete disaster and I see nothing to indicate it will be any better this time. The most infuriating thing I saw was a poll from the Calvert Education Association, which showed that 95% of teachers in this county do not want to even come into an empty school to record lessons... seriously!?

Yet another crushjob IMBY this month. I’m thinking double-digit rainfall for the month is gonna verify.

That guy’s tweet reminds me that I should probably go all in on a Betelgeuse supernova later this year (be honest... would anything this year really surprise you at this point?)

Lady Baltimore Hibiscus blooming IMBY

0.98” storm total overnight, 6.82” for the month. Pattern has definitely flipped IMBY after a somewhat dry May and June. The last time I had a double-digit rainfall month was September 2018- seems like that’s on the table again as a possibility.

This is looking like another big hit IMBY- 0.66” in the last 20 mins and still raining hard.

My wife’s name is on the list of hurricane names this year- that’s the one that will be the cat 5 up the Bay later this year (now you all have to figure out which name it is so you can prepare!)

Aster always does well too in my yard (sorry, had to split this into two posts, the site wouldn't let me put two pictures in one post- said the files were too big).