WEATHER53 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Get ready to soldier up Weather Warriors. My lights are already winking and that's usually a bad sign highest number of impressive to severe summertime ts for me since 2010 major wink just now, something close by got hit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 How can I not? You'd be a fool if you didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 DC is gonna jackpot on wind. It's pulsing!!!! Seeing gusts close to 60mph on lowest elevation scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 The big winds are rolling in. Maybe a 40mph gust so far though it seems to be intensifying over me according to radar. Split Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 This breeze feels so nice. Sky is lit up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWC Split Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Rain has let up quite a bit, but the house has been shaking from thunder for the last 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Probably had 35-40 gusts up in the trees. Lightning is best now, maybe ~8 min after the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Radarscope showing 60mph winds just to my south. Can vouch for 40 or so on the ground. This may be a rare verifying warning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Driving rain here now and some distant thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Rain just started with the first storm. Still Thunder & Lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Great light show. Strobing up in the clouds and CGs to make it noisy. About 0.50" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 BOOM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Not much wind here, but lots of nearby strikes. One CtG just popped really close by...like within 100 yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 About as dead-on of a DC jackpot as you can get in terms of a wind maximum. Showing near 60mph at like 1500ft or so. Not sure how much mixed to ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Winds went from zero to oh my in a matter of seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Definitely nothing like the one I drove thru near olney the other day. I think I'm getting fringed. Downpour, some distance thunder, and not much wind. Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caviman2201 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Wow...Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 CWG retweeting some videos with serious wind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Let me get in on the how far away you can see convo. A few weeks ago, I was driving north heading to my house and I could see a distant thunderstorm. It was near dark and the lighting flashes made the clouds visible. You wouldn't have been able to see it had it been earlier in the day. Anyway, radar showed no storms to my north until you got up to State College. That's about 110 miles north of me. So yeah, you can see high storm clouds from a long distance. BTW, in flat areas where mountains don't block the view, the rough math (using 4000 miles as the earth radius) tells you that a 40k tall storm top will be visible from 246 miles. Of course you would have to have lightning to illuminate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Very nice lightning show as this moves east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbakerman Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 19 minutes ago, mattie g said: Not much wind here, but lots of nearby strikes. One CtG just popped really close by...like within 100 yards. Trying to get my older son's heart to stop racing from that one. We were watching by the front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 64 and 66mph gusts showing up from mesonet source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 6 minutes ago, jbakerman said: Trying to get my older son's heart to stop racing from that one. We were watching by the front door. I was out under the carport with my dog. He's jumpy enough when it comes to thunder and other booming things (it's one thing he actually barks at) and he about jumped out of his fur! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Crazy amounts of lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 T&L the trademark of this one with a yellow hue to it wind minor and rain just .3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Rain stopped from the first storm. Constant lightning in all directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 12 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said: Let me get in on the how far away you can see convo. A few weeks ago, I was driving north heading to my house and I could see a distant thunderstorm. It was near dark and the lighting flashes made the clouds visible. You wouldn't have been able to see it had it been earlier in the day. Anyway, radar showed no storms to my north until you got up to State College. That's about 110 miles north of me. So yeah, you can see high storm clouds from a long distance. BTW, in flat areas where mountains don't block the view, the rough math (using 4000 miles as the earth radius) tells you that a 40k tall storm top will be visible from 246 miles. Of course you would have to have lightning to illuminate it. Last night, I was driving up Fairfax County Parkway and saw lightning from out near Cumberland. Looked like it was just around the corner, but it's more like 100 or so miles away. Pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 The real time lightning map is insane https://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#y=39.1359;x=-76.6904;z=13;t=3;m=sat;r=0;s=0;o=0;b=;n=0;d=2;dl=2;dc=0; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 The lighter stuff behind the line kind of reminds me of deform in winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Hvy rn here...starting 9:38 T&l Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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