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Are you all drought trolling or do we just have a lot of micro climates in the DMV? I've been digging in my yard and the soil is plenty moist. Digging out in Deep Creek too and my boots are caked with mud. 
We are well above normal both at BWI and Oakland. Granted the last couple days have been dry but to be honest we needed that around here to do any outdoor work. 

 

Any significant rain chances are probably a week away(which would be May 1st), when HP along the east coast breaks down and a front associated with LP tracking across the GLs gets closer.

Guidance really dried up in the long range.

It seems we're capable of 3 days in a row of sunshine.  Music to my ears.  Also, doesn't look like it rained last night which I'm ok with because I left my sunroof open.

Day 2 of sunshine…spring is springing.

It’s a tolerable chilly outside…quality matzah ball soup weather.

Sunny today (win), looks like sun tomorrow (another win), but getting that 3rd day straight of sunshine is very difficult around here.  So far, it looks like clouds/rain return on Wednesday.

The main reason I look forward to summer is because we're generally out of the "all day cloudy/cool" vibe.  With that said, having some rain to wash out what's been a pretty solid pollen year so far, is something I'm ok with.

Are you for real! Today was a yard workers dream. No nats in my face and temps I can only  dream of in the middle of summer!!

Today's weather should be illegal.

I'm looking forward to a pattern where we can sustain 3 days of sunny, mild weather.

…today was nice, though.

I want it to be 88, humid, hazy, and swampy with afternoon storms every 3 days. I’m 100% all in on a classic dc summer.

Today's weather was primo...nice, warm temps with occasional storms to keep things interesting, but not enough rain up this way to keep me off the courts.  This is what I'm here for.

Frederick is a rain magnet…the opposite of last year.

1 hour ago, BlizzardNole said:

Now that you bring that up -- I've been reading that Canada had a very warm and dry winter and some think that 2024 could be even a worse wildfire season than last year 

As much as we love those cool, low humidity days after summer cold fronts, I'd rather take the big heat that comes with a SW flow if there are big fires burning up there

Rooting for a NW flow around here is suspect.  It's probably my least favorite type of weather pattern...typically leads to dry and/or cloudy and/or breezy and/or wildfires.  I'd rather live in the desert (southwest is on my radar) where that kind of weather just makes sense.  Around here, this area is lush...or supposed to be.  We need a dominant sw to easterly flow/storms/humidity with occasional frontal passages, not the other way around.

Woke up to quite the light show from that one. Think it was around 3/4 am. I had a hunch that stuff up in PA last night might push south so we hauled the catio in before we went up last night. Glad I was correct as hauling that thing in that early in the am would not have been fun. 

I had a slightly different experience on my bike. I like to get out on the road and a 30+ crosswind gust is no bueno lol. 

51 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Is it me or do wind forecasts generally fall to low? My forecast started out with gusts to 25. I believe BWI maxed out w a gust of 38. Wind over performing seems to be quite common.

It was breezy here and part of the reason I chose to bike today over hoops. I think the wind helped dry out the Frederick watershed…streams are running high, but the trail itself was in better shape than I expected.

Back to summer for 6 months. 

3 hours ago, Mrs.J said:

Just lost power at my house. Did not even try to reset. 

Wind-infused shower moving through my neck of the woods atm.

Ended up with 1.07" for the event.  .41 yesterday and .66" overnight.
Dare I say this is the rare event where west of the BR wins?

LWX isn't doing too well with this system.  It's been a generally nice day again today...and an overall pleasant week.

4 hours ago, North Balti Zen said:

I think I've been seeing for a few days things pushed back to tomorrow - been looking decent today for several days now...

Yea, when I saw the Nam yesterday it didn't look all that inspiring for rain today, though I thought there was still rain in the forecast today.  I'm good with today turning out as it did.

Looks like everyone south of Mason-Dixon and east of the Blue Ridge gets sun today.

Looks like the forecast for rain today is turning into a moderate sized bust...and I'm ok with that.

Beautiful temps today. Just played some full court hoops, but it was clearly a pollen covered court. I had a feeling allergies were gonna ramp up after last week.