2026 Mid-Atlantic Severe Storm General Discussion

[TSSN+]

Cloudy with light rain here at work in Charleston wv seems pretty cappy 

[adelphi_sky]

Did I read large hail? 

[bncho]

My school just issued a tornado drill. Coincidence? 

[adelphi_sky]

Just now, bncho said:

My school just issued a tornado drill. Coincidence? 

Virginia Severe Weather Awareness Week. 

https://www.vaemergency.gov/severe-weather-awareness 

[AmericanWxFreak]

Heavy downpour with a rumble of thunder here in Jessup.


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[SnowenOutThere]

Still locked in overcast with only scattered clearing even down south. 

[TSSN+]

14 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

Still locked in overcast with only scattered clearing even down south. 

Models don’t show much action today. 

[high risk]

42 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

Models don’t show much action today. 

  Yeah, this is the problem.    The shear is good, but how many storms will form?   HRRR pops a couple of cells, but it thinks that we're still going to the mid 80s today.

[TSSN+]

12 minutes ago, high risk said:

  Yeah, this is the problem.    The shear is good, but how many storms will form?   HRRR pops a couple of cells, but it thinks that we're still going to the mid 80s today.

Yup we stuck in the clouds. Capped 

[nw baltimore wx]

11 minutes ago, TSSN+ said:

Yup we stuck in the clouds. Capped 

Clearing here.

[Kmlwx]

Maybe it'll be one of those days where a lone supercell does something in a narrow swath - but nada otherwise. 

[Kay]

46 minutes ago, Kay said:

Thunder

Moving this here since the first rumble of spring counts as severe thread worthy (doesn't it?).

Had rain, thunder, and lightning nearby per Radarscope about an hour ago. Cleared and sun out now.

[Nomz]

Still a really heavy cloud deck here in DC. My thoughts are pretty similar to that of the latest AFD; we probably aren't gonna get enough surface heating and instability to pop anything cool. 

[TSSN+]

Clearing in fdk. Up to 76

[yoda]

Tornado Watch up out for our NW parts of CWA

[Eskimo Joe]

Sun's out. Temp spiking from the Potomac River and points south. I could see someone getting a decent storm today, especially the further north and west you go.

[MN Transplant]

All three airports and my yard have made it to 80.

[Nomz]

Almost clear in DC, although we still might have some cloud deck coming in, according to vis sat. Already 84/54 at DCA, so it will be nearly impossible for storms to get down to the surface. The HRRR and RRFS are progging ~500 CAPE peak for DC, while the NAM nest and RAP are >1000. Usually, I'd lean towards the RAP, but both it and the NAM are initializing too cold (3 degrees or so), so I'll lean towards the HRRR and RRFF, which show a kind of isolated low-topped supercell event. Maybe some small hail.

[arlwx12]

Tornado watches up to the west of the Blue Ridge from about Luray northward.

[clueless]

Toasty in south Sterling by the airport. 82.

[George BM]

IAD has peaked at 86F so far!

[TSSN+]

Will have to keep an eye on those storms in north central wv