87storms
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Never lol, though there were a few more hazy days in the summer. Not sure I buy the improved pollution thing too much. There seems to be less of a vibrant blue sky than when I grew up, though my eyesight is not a strength of mine and there could be other reasons for it (more air traffic, cloud seeding, whatever).
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This wildfire smoke thing was not a thing like this in the 80s and 90s, that I recall. In other news, the humidity right now is quite impressive.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Oh I did and my car felt very far away lol.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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That’s rough lol. Looks like I’m missing a highly legitimate heat wave. Not the fake stuff.
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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.
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Kinda weird that it’s gonna be hotter there than in Vegas this week, for at least a couple days. Was breezy af all weekend but now winding down and barely hitting the low 90s. Sunday and yesterday felt more like Denver than Vegas. Pretty great hiking weather.
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Only gonna be in the 90s here in sunny Vegas next week. Breeze has been kicking up here and gonna ramp up this weekend…big trough moving into the northwest which should translate east I’m assuming by next weekend which is when Vegas starts to heat up again.
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Decent steady rain, though.
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Very exciting storm. So when does the sun return?
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Early congrats to lower MoCo and points south and east. The light shower earlier had chunky raindrops. Someone down in that batch of precip is gonna score a gully washer.
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I’m jealous. Been mostly cloudy up here all morning and mild. Hoping we can get some sun up here for a bit. I’m gonna be out west for a couple weeks so I’d like to see/hear some storms prior.
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Still mostly green here in my neck of the woods in Frederick...basically the complete opposite of the last two years. Too bad those wins haven't translated to more in the way of quality snowstorms. The wind has been something, too...played some basketball today and had to aim the ball 3 feet to the left of the rim when shooting three-pointers to offset that westerly breeze.
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Downpours and thunder is this morning’s theme. Minimal drought issues here.
