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had a gusher earlier and seeing quite a light show the last 30 mins to the east, and recently a nice cg strike nearby.

that's definitely an active storm in southern moco. getting a fireworks display here.

seeing occasional cg lightning in the distance. no rain here as i'm on the west side of this cell. looks decent though.

this is a truly impressive amount of rain here. i have no doubt that some of the nearby gauges in bethesda will read 2"+ by tomorrow. i could see rising cloud tops this afternoon which made me think this could be the start of a line of storms, but didn't expect them to produce like this. not much wind, but there has been some lightning/thunder.

today is above the heat threshold. hopefully we get some bangers moving through. in other news, finally did old rag last week and glad i did it then as opposed to now. that hike is legit...straight up (at a decent grade) for 4-5 miles including 1 mile of rock scrambling. though challenging, it was one of the those hikes where you feel accomplished at the summit.

hail here

absolute torrential downpour. there will be some severe reports from this line. i'm on the southern edge, but still getting my money's worth.

looks like they may reach bmore though. seeing some cells developing. all that sun earlier set the stage...these are healthy storms.

cloud to ground lightning here. most energetic storm of the season in that regard.

been pouring off and on for the last 3 hours here. unexpected soaker.

i don't know if it would classify as severe but got a pretty decent downburst, torrential rain (won't be surprised to see up to an inch here) and impressive lightning.

strong storm moving through bethesda. this one is packing some vitamins.

it's shaping up to be a stormy evening. nice sample just moved through...initial gusts, some torrents, and a fair amount of T&L.

the sky had a very south florida look to it today with all the cumulus clouds around. water vapor/satellite/radar all look decent. would have liked to see things pop earlier, but hopefully some of these cells hold together to clear out some of this pollen.

this has been a certifiable soaker. we're good on rain after this...ready for a pattern switch.

turned into a nice day. the temps and humidity combo > the chilly/damp we've had. looks to be setting up for the soaker tomorrow.

also, a couple key stats from last night are boards and fouls. terps got outrebounded by 6 and msu had 11 more fouls which indicates to me right off the bat that msu was the aggressor. i want to see the terps attack more going forward whether it's cowan or any of the other wings. msu also had 9 more assists. i think all of this points back to them being too passive on both sides of the floor. if they stay in attack mode without becoming a bunch of hackboxes, they've got enough talent to play with just about any team because of their court balance.

the offense was yet again too conservative which is a fairly common theme under turgeon. instead of driving and dishing, they play too much iso/hot potato. i'd also like to see cowan scope out the lane more. drive and find the open man. too many times he's getting stripped or blocked at the rim instead of weaving in and out of traffic. if he's going to dribble down the court and hand it off right away, then guys like morsel, wiggins, and ayala need to put the ball on the floor and get to the rim more often. i think they can still make a run, but they can't play this conservative style offense against blue chip teams like msu.

Just saw lightning and heard thunder. That’s a win.

this winter has been rare. no real debate needed there. however, it's not the first time, nor will it be the last. i certainly remember 97/98 being a joke. imo, this winter fits the vibe of the last 2 years which has been anomalous in general with the epic 2018 record-breaking rains and the 60+ 90 degree days this summer (though i don't recall too many extremely hot days except for one which i chose to bike in...that was brutal and not my best decision). long story short, i'd wait until this time next year to get too carried away with analysis paralysis.

bit of a mini, rainer bust in progress.

i think the terps play better when they step on the gas. the court shrinks in the playoffs (ie, march madness), so they need to get to the hoop more and not play so much hot potato. they've got a chance to make a run because of their defense, but they can't play passive against the blue chip squads.

agreed. there really hasn't been much digital snow at all. some of the downplaying of the models are due to storms 7+ days out. unless we're talking a large scale pattern change and/or large storm, it's going to be difficult for models to hone in on that type of chaos at that range. it's impressive enough that we can model storms 3-5 days out with pretty good accuracy already, certainly more accurate than analyzing the sky and drawing medium range forecasts...good luck with that lol.

I experienced similar in killington back in 94, when it was also cold here. Absolutely absurd cold on the mountaintop...way into the negatives and an even more obscene wind chill. Ironically, warmed up the next day and snowed. I definitely had some early frostbite symptoms on my hands but smartly only skied a couple runs.

there's just nothing keeping the cold air locked in...it seems to either get run out of town or trails a rainer. need a perfectly timed setup with cold being so transient.