July Discobs 2025

[GramaxRefugee]

0.75" from last night's storm. And, add my station to the list of crazy lightning locations. Strongest T&L we've had in a few years, and without much wind. 

[EastCoast NPZ]

1 hour ago, ravensrule said:

You and East Coast NPZ should definitely grab dinner together. 

Whoever has the highest monthly total at the time pays.  Lol.

[EastCoast NPZ]

Outdoor wedding at 5PM today in Bel Air.  

[JenkinsJinkies]

That little bubble of moderate drought in Baltimore and Harford county is gone now.

[Interstate]

Just now, JenkinsJinkies said:

That little bubble of moderate drought in Baltimore and Harford county is gone now.

To be honest... the whole state should be out of the drought.

[nw baltimore wx]

16 minutes ago, Interstate said:

To be honest... the whole state should be out of the drought.

Though these totals are really good for the first half of July, the Baltimore area is still struggling to keep pace with the surrounding area.

[adelphi_sky]

35 minutes ago, EastCoast NPZ said:

Outdoor wedding at 5PM today in Bel Air.  

Oh man. Stay hydrated and dry. I wonder if sweat wicking suits exist. 

[Interstate]

When will the FFW be issued today?

[stormy]

10 hours ago, Jrlg1181 said:

0.02 today for a three day total of flood watches of 0.03... Never seen that before..

Not that we need rain - got slammed Sunday - monthly total approaching 4.50...

Remain torn on these daily flood watches , there is no doubt that where these storms in this moist atmosphere set up-fast and significant flash flooding can occur.. We haven't reached the technical ability yet to pinpoint exactly where that will be - like identical supercells out in the plains - one might produce a significant tornado but the other dosent... However there is no doubt that any tornado watch out west will be taken much more seriously than a flood watch around here..

However to the average person - non weather fanatic who knows nothing about the details ,  daily flood watches showing up on phone weather apps without a large synoptic or tropical system that's all over the news or social media kind of creates a yeah ok whatever attitude......

You're  exactly right and I agree with you 100%.   You were lucky to be slammed Sunday.  I received .10".  The last 4 Watches have given me a total of .15".  

That's fine because I take all watches with a grain of salt even though I still fire them on my newsletter.   I'm not foolish enough to trust the government to protect me from a flood or other harm in life.  People who play that game often wind up disappointed or worse.

The NWS only gives me a 30% pop today so my chances are probably better late this afternoon or evening of finally getting a decent rain.

The Watches will likely return tomorrow.

[ravensrule]

1 hour ago, adelphi_sky said:

Oh man. Stay hydrated and dry. I wonder if sweat wicking suits exist. 

I would put on a crap ton of Gold Bond. 

[Mrs.J]

Getting through NE Loudoun County out of MD was interesting this morning. 

[Paleocene]

I've been in Maine for a couple days now; this part of state seems to be having the opposite pattern to us. They were very wet in April - May; but having a very dry June-July. 72/68 and foggy. Feels almost cold after the last 6 weeks in the DMV.

[pazzo83]

lol DCA hovering around 90/78 - 90/79.  Come on.

[mdhokie]

Can't even escape the humidity in the mountains.. @nj2va I don't remember summers this humid, you've been out here longer, do you?

[pazzo83]

WP has a good write up on it - basically the atlantic ridge has just been streaming tropical/Gulf air over us endlessly

[Roger Ramjet]

54 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

Getting through NE Loudoun County out of MD was interesting this morning. 

How so? Storm damage and/or flooding?

[Wxtrix]

tons of trees down (some from lightning strikes) and power lines yesterday in town. 

a senior housing building not too far from me lost its roof:  https://wvmetronews.com/2025/07/17/heavy-storms-rip-through-eastern-panhandle-residents-evacuated-from-charles-town-apartment-building/

my house was right on the edge of where the worst damage was and I'm glad it missed me.

 

[Roger Ramjet]

1 minute ago, Wxtrix said:

tons of trees down (some from lightning strikes) and power lines yesterday in town. 

a senior housing building not too far from me lost its roof:  https://wvmetronews.com/2025/07/17/heavy-storms-rip-through-eastern-panhandle-residents-evacuated-from-charles-town-apartment-building/

my house was right on the edge of where the worst damage was and I'm glad it missed me.

 

Wow, your just over the hill and a short distance from me. All I received was heavy rain (1.45") and very little wind

[Wxtrix]

15 minutes ago, Roger Ramjet said:

Wow, your just over the hill and a short distance from me. All I received was heavy rain (1.45") and very little wind

I noticed the wind picking up after @WVclimo had said he'd seen very little wind. i think a lot of the damage was from lightning strikes on trees.

there was a lightning strike on a substation very close to the apartment building which lost its roof. I wonder if NWS will send a team to investigate what happened in that part of the city--there was also a very large tree down a block or 2 from the apartment building.

 

[Roger Ramjet]

2 minutes ago, Wxtrix said:

I noticed the wind picking up after @WVclimo had said he'd seen very little wind. i think a lot of the damage was from lightning strikes on trees.

there was a lightning strike on a substation very close to the apartment building which lost its roof. I wonder if NWS will send a team to investigate what happened in that part of the city--there was also a very large tree down a block or 2 from the apartment building.

 

I sure am glad that wasn't me. I noticed since moving here 5 years ago that Charles Town seems to get the worst of the severe weather in the general area. That lightning show yesterday was intense and the thunder was nearly continues. Glad you escaped the worst of it.

[Wxtrix]

40 minutes ago, Roger Ramjet said:

I sure am glad that wasn't me. I noticed since moving here 5 years ago that Charles Town seems to get the worst of the severe weather in the general area. That lightning show yesterday was intense and the thunder was nearly continues. Glad you escaped the worst of it.

thanks--glad you did, too.

[Interstate]

2 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

WP has a good write up on it - basically the atlantic ridge has just been streaming tropical/Gulf air over us endlessly

Yep, it has been one pesky washed out front and a huge Bermuda High causing all of this.

[mdhokie]

Super heavy rain in Deep Creek, these dots keep cycling through on radar. One minute its a wall of water, the next suns out. 

[weatherCCB]

93/76

 

[Herb@MAWS]

Isolated pop-up heavy shower imby just before 8pm. 

[BlizzardNole]

Oh look, another t-storm for Rockville LOL

[dailylurker]

That's a loud little storm up around laurel. 

[snowfan]

This cell is packing some nice T&L.

 

[Herb@MAWS]

1 minute ago, dailylurker said:

That's a loud little storm up around laurel. 

From my view south from Columbia, it looks like a really good electrical storm toward Laurel and Burtonsvillle. Lightning is even intense here. Looks like I could miss by a little, unless it builds northward a bit. 

[snowfan]

Now under a warning here. Pounding rain, wind, T/L.