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The rain shadow of Frederick continues to be a powerful force. This pattern, for whatever reason, doesn't seem to be working too well for those on the lee side of the Blue Ridge (my guess is it's due to a lack of direct hits from these shortwaves rotating through). On the bright side, I'm loving this weather. I'm not interested in a NW flow in July...I want that mid-Atlantic swamp filth. The only place I want desert-like weather is in the desert.

That was a primo goal.

Woke up to the initial cell that produced a downpour followed by on/off thunder for a couple hours. Productive event. Wish it was s daytime thing, but still needed.

Yea, this is the polar opposite of summer 2021 when I first moved to Frederick and had to bail on a couple hikes at Gambrill because I kept getting stormed on. Region-wide…it’s definitely a polar opposite of 2018 when Great Falls was bustling.

The mountains love this type of system. If I can see lightning in the distance with remnant light showers, I’ll call it a win.

Whenever I see a GL low, I temper my expectations. The only thing that’s been an improvement lately (if you like an increased chance of storms and dislike wildfire smoke) is that it’s been more humid. Today has actually felt like a classic summer day.

Looks like it mostly skips over the recently constructed rain shield around downtown Frederick and reorganizes in time for points east.

I’m expecting a broken line of light showers that lasts 15 minutes to cross the Blue Ridge during the overnight period. I’ll take an actual thunderstorm, though.

I’m wondering when we’ll actually get a region-wide system that slides right underneath our latitude instead of relying on perfectly timed vorts pinwheeling around what seems like an endless stream of upper Midwest to New England sliders.

I must have brought a piece of the desert back with me from my trip...essentially nothing from the last week which shows up very well on recent rainfall maps. 'tis what 'tis.

Another strikeout. Looks like some chances the next couple days, so…we’ll see.

This prolonged boring stretch of weather can only last so long.

Just noticed some activity out there. Frederick is in line assuming they don't fizzle out crossing the Blue Ridge (losing daytime heating probably won't help).

Radar looks busy in PA as they continue to win the precip battle with what seems like the exact same upper level pattern as the winter lol.

I haven’t really noticed the smell of smoke today nor does it seem as bad as several weeks ago, though it’s still a continuation of a subpar weather pattern that’s existed since at least last Fall. Hoping that El Niño can shake things up at some point, possibly kicked off by tropical remnants.

Turned out to be partly cloudy here. More humid than I expected. Maybe the front can squeeze out a surprise storm for Frederick, though I’m not counting on it. Pretty impressive bust for this area. Flood watch hoisted and prob got less than 0.1” total the last 3 days lol.

Notable bust especially considering how humid it’s been the last 2 days. Basically just a quick light rain event up here last night and practically nothing the day before.

Getting some decent wind gusts here before what looks to be a 10 minute shower incoming. Most of the stuff is to my east atm.

Mid levels are sprucing up a bit as can be seen on wv imagery. Maybe increased radar coverage will follow (there’s hints of that starting). Tbd

Yep lol. This pattern just does not seem conducive to a widespread event. We need a better/strong vort pass that gets the whole board in the game.

Yea, it was impressive especially with the wet snow accumulating on the trees. The next day looked like a winter wonderland. If memory serves, I think schools were closed for a week in part due to the power outages.

If my area in Frederick manages to escape without at least one period of a gully washer shower from this system, then I'm going to have to place that as a top 10 weather bust. It's literally Florida outside rn.

February 1987 surprise snow blitz. Enormous flakes. Greatest storm I've witnessed here? 2016. As close to perfect as it gets here...to the point that I'm not sure we'll see another one like it unless we get a well timed Miller A/PV combo. For hype? Superstorm '93. Great storm, but not the most memorable for snow...memorable for being able to walk on it, though (due to the period of sleet/ice in the afternoon). Greatest winter? Probably 2009/10, but 2013/14 was legit if you like wall to wall winter.

It's admittedly overly sticky out, but nothing unusual...standard July weather. In comparison to spending 3-4 months tracking snowstorms with pretty much nothing to show for it, I'll take this weather any day. Big question is will it actually rain up this way.

Beautiful summer day out there. Partly cloudy, light breeze, humid. Exponentially better than a few weeks ago. Hopefully, northern MD can score with the next round of potential storms.