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If you play hoops, then you know that this is goat-level weather (near 80, mostly cloudy/partly sunny, and mostly calm winds). I loved the desert sun, but it was breezy (unusually breezy) and obviously dry almost every day.

Thought I might see my first storm in over 2 weeks, but it missed mby. Might have to wait a bit, based on the forecast.

Came home today after spending 2.5 weeks in Vegas and that humidity slapped. Reminded me of when I was traveling to/from Denver for work years ago.

Lol wow.

This Vegas heat is getting aggressive. Approaching 110. I’ve been getting my sunny fix…and now starting to crave a couple of gray and cooler days lol.

Looks like it’s been another mostly cloudy stretch there…I don’t miss that. Definitely replenishing my vitamin D tank in the Mojave, but it’s been legitimately breezy and gusty at times almost every day. I don’t remember it being like this on my prior trips.

That’s the problem I’ve faced a couple times while hiking out here in the summer (when it’s 100, not 110 bc I’m not messing with that)…there’s just no shade.

Oh I did and my car felt very far away lol.

If I can risk my life hiking in 100 and sunny in the Mojave, then you can hike in a storm in the Catoctin’s. Jokes aside, when it gets like this in the desert it’s serious business. I turned around on Saturday after a mile (was my 2nd light explore of the day) because I didn’t like the way I was feeling and I consider myself decently heat tolerant. That desert heat cuts.

That’s been kind of a theme…northern sections have done a little better this year. I’ve been on the southern edge of several events.

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.

Think Vegas is gonna outdo DC temps today…starting to get spicy again. Hopefully you all get some storms out of the heat wave, at least. Glad I moved my balcony furniture in…not doing so my last trip was not ideal.

Yea I definitely didn’t have “Maryland hotter than Vegas” on my bingo card. There’s heat wave and then there’s thick, dense heat wave (you know it when it happens) which it sounds like is occurring there today and tomorrow.

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

Dang, I thought it wasn’t supposed to hit 100 until tomorrow. Gonna get spicy in Vegas by the weekend…already getting chippy, but it’s desert dry…probably because it’s the Mojave.