The precip has been mostly south of Frederick since this morning. I’m ready to transition into nice weather with mid level cumulus clouds and late afternoon/early evening thunderstorm chances instead of daytime stratus cloud decks.
We might just be dealing with a "May showers bring June flowers" type of a situation. If my memory serves, April had more sunny days overall to this point.
I like these occasional days especially if I was able to get out and about while it was nice. What’s annoying is the frequency. We had a long duration, gray, overcast period several years back in May. This isn’t like that, but it’s not ideal. I’d rather get our precip via thunderstorms that last 45 mins and are surrounded by mostly sunny conditions.
To avoid wildfire smoke, we need the southerly flow to win out. No omega or Rex blocks, please. Hopefully, we can get a Bermuda High to establish itself. Been a while since we had a good ol’ fashioned, swampy summer.
I'm finding our climate to be more like PA than Southern VA/NC. Those GL lows impact us with clouds at the tail end of those vort spokes while areas further south end up with sunshine and milder conditions. What gets a little frustrating during the winter is that we miss out on the actual precip more often than not.
Another GL low...another cloudy day following it's passage. Hopefully, partly sunny wins out over mostly cloudy. Can't wait for the southerly flow to return.
Surprised the beer drinkers here haven’t been talking about the Frederick beer festival. Thought about going, but $45 is kinda steep for a bourbon drinker lol. Looks like rain is incoming as well.
Nam shows activity moving through overnight. Maybe we can pick up a few tenths. Cells are popping to the west. Water vapor shows the boundary pretty well.
I mention basketball a lot because...well...I'm a bit of a junkie...but man, this is up there in the top 5 of hoops conditions. 70's, humid, light wind (if any). Just got a few games in and ready to see what happens the next few days weather-wise.
Looks like OK is the place to be today if you like wild weather:
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
It'll be interesting to see how the forecast compares to actual.