Eskimo Joe Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Just now, BlizzardNole said: Let's see how good ol' Stephens City does here. Anyone got some CAPE numbers for central MD? It is sooooo hot out there. CAPE is below 3k across the area...the 4k+ tongue of CAPE is kinda fake...derived on meso analysis from the small area of 80° dews near the bay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Some nice storms lining up to the west moving east... southernmost storm warned for golf ball sized hail and winds to 70 mph in Page and Shenandoah counties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 We should be under the southern tail end of these storms in a few hours if they hold together. Plenty of instability ahead, most likely they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I only peeked out the window to see if it was hot and humid for one second. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 The radar out west looks kinda boring. More storms should form ahead with good fuel also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 House just shook to an insane level from a strike of lightning + thunder. Felt like an earthquake for a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthArlington101 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Just about to depart on a flight to Reagan... looks bumpy the whole way. Hope local storms keep fizzling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 0.03” is not going to help my scorched yard. Amazing how the precip just shut off on Aug 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 LOL and that is why I was out this morning heavily watering my parched garden beds. I am calling in now -- nothing tomorrow or Sunday either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 51 minutes ago, MN Transplant said: 0.03” is not going to help my scorched yard. Amazing how the precip just shut off on Aug 1. Scorched? Seriously, NPZ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 What rain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 29 minutes ago, mattie g said: Scorched? Seriously, NPZ? You haven't seen my backyard I really wish my wife liked zoysia. That part of the front yard looks stellar. Fescue and this climate do not mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 5 hours ago, BlizzardNole said: Let's see how good ol' Stephens City does here. Anyone got some CAPE numbers for central MD? It is sooooo hot out there. Did pretty well, actually. .75" in the gauge. Warning definitely not needed, however. A bit of thunder, 25 mph winds...maybe. Got good rain, happy with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Very warm and humid night. Listening to moonlight sonata then off to dreamworld.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Absolutely raining buckets right now. Loud thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showmethesnow Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 12 hours ago, losetoa6 said: Drove thru a deluge between Littlestown and Hanover . Some lightning and thunder . Incredible rain rate for 5 minutes . Lots of tree branches down in Hanover Wheres @showmethesnow Wasn't anything earth shattering up this way. Quick down pour with some straight line wind gusts that lasted about 5 minutes but then it settled down for the most part with light wind and rain. Very little in the way of lightning and thunder though. Haven't really had anything noteworthy this year in the terms of severe though we have had quite frequent storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardNole Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Woke up to thunder at 2:30 am and checked Radarscope -- warned t-storm slipping just south through Gaithersburg/Rockville. Picked up a big 0.08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showmethesnow Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 1 hour ago, losetoa6 said: A friend up in Abbottstown said they had a lot of minor damages ....numerous large branches, trampoline damage, several shingles, part of a gutter etc. Nothing close to that in my neck of the woods. Might have had gusts to 35-40 mph for maybe a minute as the storm first broke but after that it was pretty pedestrian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 7 hours ago, Cobalt said: Absolutely raining buckets right now. Loud thunder 28 minutes ago, BlizzardNole said: Woke up to thunder at 2:30 am and checked Radarscope -- warned t-storm slipping just south through Gaithersburg/Rockville. Picked up a big 0.08. Yeah the thunder woke me up around 2:10am this morning. Got brief heavy rain/ gusty winds in Herndon, VA. One of my first thoughts looking at the radar and seeing a nice little bow-echo moving thorugh was: "If it had come through during the afternoon hours with steeper low-level lapse rates..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Instability is on the rise. Mesoanalysis has around 2000-2500 SBCAPE and 35 kt bulk shear. Partly sunny with mid-high altitude altocumulus and a little cirrocumulus and cirrus strewn around the sky with 70% sun. Wouldn't be surprised if we get jolted this afternoon although shear is almost unidirectional.. One weather station nearby has 91 and the other 87. It's probably 89-90. Heat index in the upper 90s to 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Tuesday evening looks decent on the soundings and the LWX AFD sounds decent... maybe a chance at some severe storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 25 minutes ago, losetoa6 said: Nice line of storms straddling the M/D line . Almost training with there trajectory. Might hit my yard if course holds. 81/76 We are out near Smithsburg and can confirm it’s a deluge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Picked up a fairly quick half-inch of rain here that brings the August total to 5.89" 14 of 18 days now this month with measureable rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 forecast bust today. not a single drop so far. that's 2 weekends in a row. maybe later on some showers will develop, but up to this point (aside from the humidity) it turned out to be a pretty nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Stepped outside. End of the world. Steam bath out. One of the worst summers for yardwork. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Got fringed by last nights storm. Picked up .10, but awoken at 1 AM by the most T&L this year. Fringed again this afternoon. Picked up .15". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 43 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said: Got fringed by last nights storm. Picked up .10, but awoken at 1 AM by the most T&L this year. Fringed again this afternoon. Picked up .15". 0.00” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 The late summer birds are starting to chirp here. Haven't heard those until now. Seasons are changing soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 10 hours ago, MN Transplant said: 0.00” You are having terrible luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 54 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said: You are having terrible luck. Hoping for a bit on Tuesday to tide us over. The Wed-Fri timeframe, and even into next weekend looks awesome for nice weather. Feel bad for the West though. That is an unrelenting bake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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