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Thanks for tagging me @WxWatcher007!! I’ll gladly help provide some insight. First, congratulations to your son opting to go for meteorology! It is a rigorous subject to study and master, but when you truly love something, you will give it your all to succeed and I have no doubt he will do that! No matter the case, if he ever has questions, creating an account here and chiming in on the Banter page will certainly help alert us and we can answer any questions! As for school choice, that is a big life decision and as you mentioned has multi-faceted criteria for picking what is best. Since you are in Virginia, HIGHLY recommend staying in-state with the current state of school cost. Unless there is a well planned and funded secondary source (509’s, inheritance, etc.) which is none of my business and what you can manage… I do recommend staying in your state of residence for lower cost burden. VA has multiple schools for Meteorology and the Virginia Tech program already has a history of putting out grads into the Weather Service and private enterprise. I actually now a few myself, and they are excellent meteorologists. It’s a great program, but does lack a Grad program, as previously mentioned. Having said that, the curriculum is still very respected and the masters programs, if you son is interested, can be accessed at other schools, including the ability to do it virtually!! Millersville University of Pennsylvania (My Alma Matter) has two online Masters programs geared towards Emergency Management or GIS. Mississippi State has an excellent program, as well as Western Kentucky University, University of Oklahoma, and others. The accessibility to have a Masters education is now easier than before, and each school has its niches to help wherever a grad student wants to move towards. Some Universities also have ties together due to professor influences (Millersville had connections to North Dakota University, Wisconsin-Madison, and Wyoming), and others do as well. There’s so many options at the end of the Undergraduate tunnel. My recommendation is staying in-state to save cost (VERY HELPFUL for the future for debt) and go from there. Virginia Tech is a great program and probably a top choice for VA, but UVA I believe also has a program and is also well respected! I hope this helps and good luck to your son and family choice on the next step!!

Going as expected from last nights suite. Just a gloomy day in these parts

Increasing consensus that this will be mainly a light to moderate rain chance on the western shore with a heavier footprint on the eastern shore, but still likely to miss out on the worst. The trend the past few nights when doing the QPF was to bring down totals across the Central Mid Atlantic as the evolution would be a detriment to a widespread rainfall as the 5H pattern leads to a disconnect over our area. There will be some rain and some breezy winds, but the heavier precip and stronger wind field forecast from a few days ago has vanished with consensus now in the short term suite. I would imagine it'll still be kind of raw overall, but it won't be a total wash out at this juncture. The only way it could is if the occlusion of the secondary low to the northeast leads to a pinwheel back overhead and gets part of the forum before diminishing and fading out to see on the end of the SLP lifecycle. Tough break, but it'll at least moisten things up a little bit without getting fully skunked.

Yup. We were discussing this overnight as well about the handling of 5H. My hunch is we’ll be sneaking closer to the ECMWF solutions where it’ll rain but could very well support a minima from northeast NC up to the Lower Shore before picking back up closer to 40N. Sounds familiar, right?

This is becoming a legit option on the table. Doing the QPF tonight, that was evident. AIFS continues to have a theme of a split SLP with a primary near NC with a secondary to the northeast over the Gulf stream, occluding moving westward before weakening. There could be a QPF min between the evolution, so something to monitor closely. Winds are going to be there regardless, so the coast will get battered no matter the evolution.

Gorgeous!! It’s so nice to have fall in the air

Hi it a high of 66 very briefly here, but mainly 64 or lower the entire day. It was beyond nice out for my 4+ mile walk earlier. A perfect mid-fall type day. Currently 64/43

The look one Liam Cohen’s face when he ran that in was hilarious. Reminded me of Steve Kerr’s face everytime Steph Curry throws up a ridiculous shot and it goes in.

Southeast LA over into the Panhandle got 6-12" of snow last year. A new state record was set near Pensacola for 24hr snowfall. It was a freak event back in January

And you're a Bengals fan. How in the hell are you not an alcoholic?

From your lips to hopefully God's ears @George BM

Today was an incredible day for any outdoor activities. I was out and about pretty much the entire day, including a nice 5.5 mile walk. Love these earlier fall days. Now we get closer to the perfect season

Welcome to the sub fellow Met! Great position you have and a really important one at that. I was the Upper-Air focal at NWS Midland for 3 years before I moved back east to work at WPC. I loved the UA program considering its importance, and how often can you say you launched/worked with weather balloons as part of your job characteristics? This will be a great experience! As for the area, there’s so much to do around here, it’s hard to fit into one post. We are one of the best regions (VA/MD) for maintaining natural beauty with several counties enacting laws that dictate percentages of trees and greenery that need to be in place to maintain its image. We have several smaller parks, state parks, wildlife preserves, and Shenandoah National, plus Luray Caverns to partake for hiking/walking/biking pleasures. This area is also home to one of the most ethnically diverse populations in the world, so we have lots of great shops and festivals that celebrate it all throughout the year. And with ethnic diversity comes some insanely good food from everywhere. Seriously, whatever you are in the mood to try, I guarentee we have it. The local fare is fantastic and revolves around seafood, mainly crab forward dishes that will blow your mind how good they are. We could have a thread just dedicated to food in this place (paging @stormtracker ) How many areas do you know where you can visit the beach, a Bay, rivers, major cities, vibrant suburban life, pristine rural beauty, and multiple sets of mountains, and see it all in one weekend? It’s actually possible here. We are home to several major attractions through both states steeped in history. If you want to try different activities, there’s clubs galore and people of similar interests in whatever you could imagine. I could go on and on. If you ever have questions on specifics, I’m sure we can provide locations and ideas to basically anything. Welcome to the Mid Atlantic! PS: Sorry in advance for the traffic

Full event total of 0.91" for my area in Londontowne/Edgewater. I'll take it since we needed any rain. Things were already greening back up I noticed as I went out this evening. Congrats to those who cashed with that rain today. I love seeing areas that need rain get smacked

0.79" today at the house. Little more expected overnight. I'll take it

It's crazy how often this happens.....We won by a large margin, but I wasn't thrilled with that first half execution. We can't do that kind of stuff vs. better competition. I know it sounds like complaining, but this is the same song and dance for years and we have nothing to show for it. Got to play better up front to have a chance at anything more than a one and done.

Simply sublime. Wife and I went for a hike/walk around Beverly-Triton State Park and it was absolutely immaculate out. Temps in the mid-70s with a breeze off the Bay. Honestly couldn't ask for much better.

@North Balti Zen Glad I could help! Lots of choices out there, but that Ambient is best bang for what it delivers and the accuracy component of it all. I know you want as close to perfect as possible, so that is a solid choice! I think you'll love it!

Finally getting around to some final tallies for my location over the course of Meteorological Summer. Total Rainfall (JJA): 13.18" Average High (JJA): 84.2F Average Low (JJA): 68.5F Average Temp (JJA): 75.0F Most Rain Daily: 7/9 - 1.80" Average temp of 75F puts this right near seasonal average, but a touch lower than normal (75.4-76F)

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56F for the low at mi casa this morning. Glorious start to the days, but I am actually looking forward to hopefully any rain this week. Been pretty dry and some of the brown starting to creep into the neighborhood after being lush green for almost two months.

Unbelievable for late August. I’m glad you got a chance to enjoy an amazing weekend of weather out there in the mountains. Gorgeous mornings and fantastic afternoons to be outside.

If this works…..

This weather is truly a treat. 10/10 in every way possible. I think this is the best Labor Day Weekend weather wise in over 30 years.

Looking back at temperatures this month, I think this might be the best August this area has seen in terms of thwarting hot/humid conditions since the summer of 2014. Lows in the area will remain near to below normal for the next 10-14 days leading to some spectacular starts to the days ahead. Will gladly accept after what was a MISERABLE late-June and July.