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  1. wxmeddler
    They got Bay Breeze'd and since the Heat Index is more sensitive to Dew Point more than it is temperature, it went crazy.
  2. wxmeddler
    Correct. Apparent Temp is Heat Index and/or Wind Chill. Yes. It's what the NWS systems call it.
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    I had nothing to do with the conceptions of it. I just run it. There was a push by MDEM to have a mesonet system following the success in other states. University of Maryland agreed to partner with the effort and it was just a matter of funding to show up for it. That's a very short narrative for a long process, but that's the gist of it.
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    I can vouch for this as well. Northeastern AA Co especially due to the orientation of the Severn / Magothy Rivers. The same goes for places such as Middle River up to Aberdeen with southerly winds. Edit: It's 87/78/100 at 11pm in College Park with SW winds coming from the DC Heat Island... Blehhhhhhh
  5. wxmeddler
    The white line is for Heat Advisory Threshold (100F) and Pink for Extreme Heat Warning threshold (110). That's why the colors.
  6. wxmeddler
    Even if you hop out of the pool, you'll still be 80 deg.
  7. wxmeddler
    In North Dakota we regularly saw -12 to -18F inversions between 0.5 and 9m. Between +2 and +6F during the daytime depending on soil dryness and vegetation. AASC Standard is between 1.5m and 2m. WMO is 2m. I prefer the 1.5m personally, but MD Mesonet follows the 2m.
  8. wxmeddler
    Definitely an odd mesoscale setup with the old modified arctic airmass sitting off the coast and mixing down the drier air on the eastern shore whole the mountains get obscene moisture
  9. wxmeddler
    Thew MD Mesonet station in Frostburg is hovering around a dewpoint of 75-76 degrees with a station pressure of 939.8mb. That's 21 g/kg Mixing ratio which is CRAZY.
  10. wxmeddler
    The offense and relief need more work than the defense to be honest. And for the defense, it's the left side infield that's mostly the problem.
  11. wxmeddler
    I was at the O's game last night. Besides the two defensive mistakes by the infield (only one of which was an error). The O's did not do terrible. The score did not reflect how close it was IMHO.
  12. wxmeddler
    It usually is not. I'm trying to change that here at UMD. I consider myself somewhat of a Meteorologist Metrologist myself. Though I'm always humbled by those NIST people.
  13. wxmeddler
    Having lived in North Dakota for a decade, this is spot on. With heat, once you're naked or have loose all white clothing on, there's nothing else you can do. With cold, just put on more layers. I will take -10 / -10 vs. 100/75 any day. Can you believe I have to work with this guy?
  14. wxmeddler
    So what I'm hearing when you say that is that you're asking for a heat dome derecho.
  15. wxmeddler
    As long as the dew point isn't 65+
  16. wxmeddler
    Loving it. My wife's newly put in plants... did not like it. Solstice + 40's dews + full sun = Toasted.
  17. wxmeddler
    Well, at least I only got wet this time and and not a concussion. But it was refreshing. Needed a cool off from planting.
  18. wxmeddler
    I had a garden hose go wild on me and got me good. Actually felt cold with the wet-bulb + wind! Good stuff.
  19. wxmeddler
    80 mph straight line winds determined by LWX survey last night near Libertytown (Frederick Co.) https://partnerservices.nws.noaa.gov/products/cache/166-2026/PNSLWX/187943434c0858f4f13424bc30b0894e
  20. wxmeddler
    Sonic Anemometers in general have systematic issues when there is dust / pollen or other particulates in the air. Even rain coming in sideways interferes with the calculations. Which, guess what, is common when there are gust fronts / thunderstorms. Some brands of sonic's have better error rejection than others, but for whatever reason Vaisala's are particularly bad. Which is a shame because it's what both ASOS and many DOT/RWIS networks use. The "Mesonet" source in the LSR's is a catch all for all different networks including DOT and even some of the PWS stations. It's an issue with the LSR program, there is not enough categories to properly differentiate an actual state mesonet (like MD Mesonet) and a RWIS network like MD SHA's. All MD Mesonet sites use traditional propeller anemometers. RM Young 05108's to be exact. MD SHA's RWIS network uses "all-in-one" T/RH/Sonic for reduced maintenance intervals / costs. But they are not good. lol.
  21. wxmeddler
    NoVA got skunked. Line to the west is fading. Just showers later I would think.
  22. wxmeddler
    Poppin off. Sunset magic hour. Boundary layer decouples and you get a stray gust front (La Plata storm) or subtle s/w aloft and go time.
  23. wxmeddler
    BWER on the E Frederick / W Carroll Cell
  24. wxmeddler
    There's nothing nearby, it's just the sfc parameters are still juiced. I think the lack of convection SW of DC is due to earlier showers in SW VA that had the area in cloudcover most of the afternoon. The sfc never quite destabilized enough down that way for sfc based convection to take hold.
  25. wxmeddler
    The CAM's really gusted out / crashed the surface parameters by this time and by looking at surface obs, that is just not the case. We have not overturned at all in the DC Metro. There's a lot of sfc energy still bouncing around.
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