Got a little warmer here than I expected. Sun has finally made its appearance, though certainly not a blue sky kinda day. The lower visibilities are apparent when looking south towards Sugarloaf (which I can hardly see) and w/nw to the Catoctin's.
These cells have been doing the ol' Catoctin skip. Not much rain imby the last couple days...I might be a bit too close to the mini rain shadow. Next few days are looking summer'y.
Today has better storm vibes, at least hit/miss. Sun, calm wind (I'll confirm during lunch), and humid. We have a decent track record with those variables.
Was hoping the warm front would push a little further north, but seems like it's hit a wall. Not expecting much up here with the current temps and cloud cover except periods of showers.
It definitely has that classic, mid-Atlantic swampy feel outside, I'm assuming in part due to how saturated the ground is. Nothing like the last few years.
I don't know if it's my allergies acting up or phantosmia playing tricks on me, but a couple times today I could smell a faint "smoky" scent, similar (but to a lesser extent) to what we experienced 2 years ago.
Samesies lol. And I get “crabbier” about colder weather as I get older. But I will say…the temps are a bit nicer than I expected today…was expecting chilly (thank you, June).
Yea, the reflectivity looked smoke'ish. This has been an off and on thing the last few years and a reason why I don't like those upper level lows spinning over the northeast this time of year.
It looked like it on satellite, so I checked out LWX and they mentioned it as a possibility. Not sure if the current sat loop is showing smoke or high clouds or a mix of both, but HRRR vertically integrate smoke loop shows a swath of it to the west.