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Been a little windy here which is usually not an ideal ingredient, but this one might be difficult to avoid (though I’ve learned to never underestimate the power of being in a rain shadow location).

Not saying that it isn’t spicy out, but I’m still finding this to be a tolerable heat wave. I’m kinda enjoying it (from a classic summer vibe) and would take it over the “nicer weather” we had that was accompanied by periodic wildfire smoke. Only meh thing is that pools have closed. Hopefully we get some boomers to bookend the season.

This winter will be telling.

This is a deceptive heatwave...in Vegas, they call this a reprieve. Very low humidity for this area...a continuation of the same general pattern. Just got a bike ride in which I thought had potential to be a miserable decision, but turned out to be more tolerable than I expected, especially with the breeze.

Well, at least we have the Earth's tilt still in our favor. Snowfall decreasing is the most logical outcome, but this is the first year where I'm actually concerned about precipitation decreasing. If we have a jet stream that is farther north throughout the year, then just like what's been occurring throughout this summer, we may be too far from where the storm tracks are....or at least too far from minimizing the effects of downsloping. I hope I'm wrong about that one, but when you look at the geography here, I can see how we may get skimped going forward on winter clippers as well as summer MCS's due to the mountains robbing our moisture with more of those systems being north of the average path they take now. Obviously, I don't want us to lose our winters, but droughts and wildfires are more concerning imo.

Normally, when it's in the mid-upper 90s in the mid-Atlantic, it's also humid, but the nw flow (along with the breeze) has been the base state all summer, it seems...maybe even since last year.

Premier weather today. If you want to see a fun radar, look at Vegas. Monsoonal moisture in progress there. For now, we’ll continue our steppe-like climate.

That place has been my intro to riding rocks. Funny enough, I rode past someone the other day (on an uphill climb) who was taking a toke break lol. I haven’t ridden the crazy stuff there, but even the easier trails are intermediate because you still have to navigate around rocks at times.

Woke up to the garden shower. Looks like around 0.1” fell (guesstimate based off local wx stations). Gambrill/watershed might have done a little better, which is right up the street from me.

You mean you don’t like reading our constant kvetching about the lack of precip in the obs thread?? Lol. It’ll rain at some point, but man, this pattern is not ideal.

Hopefully not, but it appears that way… https://dcist.com/story/23/08/29/dc-preparing-backup-reservoirs-drought-continues/

I’ve begun to accept that Frederick is now a semi-arid steppe climate, until further notice. The outcome this summer has been similar to the front range of the Rockies. I don’t expect the pattern to change until the jet stream dips south in the Fall and finds a way to tap into the Gulf/Atlantic.

That's alright. I've got gloves...instead of working on my jump shot, I'll focus on my handles.

lol. We excel at boom/bust winters now. All or none is how we roll.

I don’t want that, but I rely on summer for stagnant airmasses and light wind with some humidity…it’s ideal for shooting three pointers (and even some from the logo if the conditions are truly ripe). This summer has really been more like a late Spring/early Fall. It has been warm periodically, but nothing noteworthy.

Good, maybe we can bookend summer with a derecho.

I’ve come across some tiny biting black bugs recently while shooting hoops at one of the courts I go to. I don’t recall that being a thing before. They’re like little beetles or maybe pirate bugs. I don’t think they’re no-see-ums, but they’re so small it’s difficult to tell exactly what they are.

We do clouds and breeze extremely well in Frederick especially post-frontal system due to the remnant moisture/mixing in place…but rain? Nah, this pattern is pretty similar to any other pattern out west on the lee side of the mountains (front range included). I think what we need is some Atlantic blocking and a return flow of moisture similar to how those places score. Relying on these little northern stream vorts isn’t working aside from hit/miss stuff.

Looking at the mid level maps a few days ago it almost looked like some remnant spin from Hilary ejected through the northern Plains and through the mid-Atlantic. I didn’t see it mentioned anywhere, so I figured it wasn’t quite that simple. Still felt quite tropical yesterday and there’s clearly humidity in the air today (though I actually like this stuff and would take it over a dry pattern any day, unless I was in the desert and expected it).

Only received a light shower here today. This continues to be a prolific drought pattern for the Frederick area. Really need at least several inches of rain up here and a productive winter to make up for the Omega Block that seems to have dominated the majority of this entire summer.

…nor a winter.

Abundant sunshine and warm with a premium amount of humidity in Frederick rn. Classic summer weather. Hopefully, we can cash in on this airmass later.

Yea, getting another little heavier shower rn. This is the Frederick I knew in 2021.

Just picked up a pleasant, garden variety shower (still in progress)…enough to create puddles and water the plants.

The drought up here is legit with brown and spotty grass. Almost seems like we’re in a summer version of a strong La Nina pattern with a notable absence of storm systems coming up from the south. Just got a light shower that didn’t even fully wet the pavement. That’s just not gonna cut it.