June Discobs 2025

[Paleocene]

2 hours ago, dailylurker said:

I don't remember this smoke from Canada ever in my 46 years of life. Maybe the haze in the 90's was smoke? I'm definitely not saying it's some conspiracy. I'd like to know why now and never before. Or was i just not noticing it years ago? 

Cloudy with thick smoke and 56

When I was a teenager in Central PA in the early 00s there was a a summer where we had really bad Canadian wildfire smoke - I think it was 2002. Here's an old paywalled news story about it: https://www.morningjournal.com/2002/07/08/smoke-from-canada-forest-fires-blankets-northeastern-states/

I agree with you and @WxUSAF that it seems to be more frequent post 2020. 

There is an interesting branch of climate research that deals with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrocene

[Maestrobjwa]

So you're telling me there's not a cloud in the sky...but all of this overcast is wildfire smoke? Wow, lol

[George BM]

Third morning in a row that IAD gets down into the 40s.

47F for the low this AM.

[frd]

19 minutes ago, Maestrobjwa said:

So you're telling me there's not a cloud in the sky...but all of this overcast is wildfire smoke? Wow, lol

Smoke plume thickest at this time in our area,  but moving out in WV., so maybe some improvement later in the day, certainly once the winds shift to SW tomorrow. week. 

 

close up here     https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G19&sector=ne&band=GEOCOLOR&length=24

[WEATHER53]

22 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

I finished May with 7” of rain that’s the 6th time in last 60 years I have recorded that amount or more 

The others since 1965 are 1989,2003, 2008(record of 10.2”) 2009 and 2018 

 

 

One of the winters was warm, one average to mild, three cold. For snowfall  One was well below average , three around average, one historic.

lets see if those years  show up again in a different manner 

[frd]

Definitely not as comfortable today with the higher temps watering the garden. As soon as I got home I could smell smoke in the air from above. 

Also many insects swarming around.

[katabatic]

39 this morning - may be a while before I see that again. See ya on the flip side. 

[midatlanticweather]

Thursday starting to look a lot different on models. Heat getting muted by clouds and easterly winds? 

[dailylurker]

The sky over my garden sure is smokey. 

[IronTy]

9 hours ago, dailylurker said:

I don't remember this smoke from Canada ever in my 46 years of life. Maybe the haze in the 90's was smoke? I'm definitely not saying it's some conspiracy. I'd like to know why now and never before. Or was i just not noticing it years ago? 

Cloudy with thick smoke and 56

Just a couple years ago we had this (in SoMD at least).  It was a lot worse and even mid day the sky was reddish and you could really smell the smoke.  I don't remember if the smoke was from Canada or somewhere in the US though. 

[Weather Will]

WB 18Z 3K NAM.  Friday may be wet at the beaches.

[Eskimo Joe]

7 hours ago, Maestrobjwa said:

So you're telling me there's not a cloud in the sky...but all of this overcast is wildfire smoke? Wow, lol

Yes. Intermittent smell of burning pine today was odd.

[CAPE]

1 hour ago, Weather Will said:

WB 18Z 3K NAM.  Friday may be wet at the beaches.

That's not the 3km NAM, although at hour 60(end of its run) it does suggest a glancing blow in the hours just beyond. All other guidance keeps it pretty far to the south.

[Daniel Boone]

4 hours ago, dailylurker said:

The sky over my garden sure is smokey. 

Cannabis ?

[snowfan]

5 hours ago, dailylurker said:

The sky over my garden sure is smokey. 

 

[Weather Will]

3 hours ago, CAPE said:

That's not the 3km NAM, although at hour 60(end of its run) it does suggest a glancing blow in the hours just beyond. All other guidance keeps it pretty far to the south.

With correct WB 18Z 3K NAM map...

[WxUSAF]

Still some smoke but bluer sky than yesterday 

[87storms]

Now this is the weather I need.

[JenkinsJinkies]

Looks like widespread half inch on Saturday

[mappy]

49 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Now this is the weather I need.

81 here 

[George BM]

1 hour ago, 87storms said:

Now this is the weather I need.

Lol. I'm out of the summer touch at the moment. 84/62 is kicking my butt for some reason... probably due to the extended cool period. I'm screwed aren't I. 

[George BM]

I didn't see this posted but the recent cool period had some cool stats (no pun intended).

 

[87storms]

17 minutes ago, George BM said:

Lol. I'm out of the summer touch at the moment. 84/62 is kicking my butt for some reason... probably due to the extended cool period. I'm screwed aren't I. 

It takes a little adjustment, but this weather is so much more versatile.

[BlizzardNole]

I'm in Marco Island, FL -- this heavy stuff is aimed to train right over us for the next several hours.  It already looks like a tropical storm out there.  Precip discussion mentions 3 inch per hour rates with some spots of 5 inches possible

[wxdude64]

UGH. 81.4/60.4 here at 1:40 pm. AC is on. 

[WxUSAF]

I think there is enough evidence that BWI’s temps have been off since the tarmac was expanded a few years ago  not note that it’s more of a problem now than DCA

 

[MN Transplant]

38 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I think there is enough evidence that BWI’s temps have been off since the tarmac was expanded a few years ago  not note that it’s more of a problem now than DCA

 

Funny thing is that I thought it was worse 2-3 years ago and then wasn’t as bad last year during the dry heat season.

[weatherCCB]

88 here

 

[WVclimo]

First 90° day of the year here.

[dailylurker]

I hate working in the heat. Today was rough because I'm not use to it yet. It felt kinda good though. I chose to work outside so it is what it is. I just schedule shorter days and take more breaks. 

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