scope1 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Bright lightning and thunder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wxtrix Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 thunder and lighting for the last 30 minutes with more to come. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 52 minutes ago, 87storms said: I’m getting fringed, but looks like an active cell scooting just to my west. I am up in Altoona for the weekend and saw the Special Weather Statement come in for that one. Looking at radar looks like my house got the east side of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HokieEnginerd Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, George BM said: Dang! What app did you use to get this information? I would love to be able to look this kind of stuff up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstorilM Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Wow what a night (unexpected!) I shall dub the mystery bolt as the “Brunswick Boomer!” Both my weather stations with lightning detection picked it up, somehow with fairly accurate distances too (10mi from my Middleburg station near goose creek, 16mi from my Catharpin station towards Manassas.) Then I was woken up again to lots of lightning and thunder as the training storms eventually aligned with me, and I got that impressive cell for a good 10 minutes (peaked out at just under 1”/hr .3 total, nothing too wild. These were some pretty impactful storms, especially the training action. There wasn’t so much as a single peep about any of this in the forecast discussion from LWX, just the showers earlier with the fropa around the evening commute. What an exactly happened from a meteorological perspective? Aren’t things usually pretty dry and stable hours after a front has passed? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstorilM Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 3 hours ago, HokieEnginerd said: What app did you use to get this information? I would love to be able to look this kind of stuff up. Looks like weather.us …also, wouldn’t this be up there with some of the most powerful strikes ever recorded? At least around here? Average is like 30kA right? I did NOT think there were any unique atmospheric variables at play last night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormchaserchuck1 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Quietly hitting 82 in DC Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Going to be spending the beautiful weekend inside a high school theater at a dance competition. Enjoy the sunny skies friends! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Currently 46.8/45.5 with fog here at 7:45am. Had a thundershower between 1 and 2 am, but only 0.03". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 0.28” 57 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 5 hours ago, EstorilM said: Looks like weather.us …also, wouldn’t this be up there with some of the most powerful strikes ever recorded? At least around here? Average is like 30kA right? I did NOT think there were any unique atmospheric variables at play last night. You can exceed 300kA with positive strikes for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 7 hours ago, EstorilM said: Wow what a night (unexpected!) What an exactly happened from a meteorological perspective? Aren’t things usually pretty dry and stable hours after a front has passed? You only need to go back one page in this discussion to read about the setup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 13 hours ago, HokieEnginerd said: What app did you use to get this information? I would love to be able to look this kind of stuff up. 9 hours ago, EstorilM said: Looks like weather.us …also, wouldn’t this be up there with some of the most powerful strikes ever recorded? At least around here? Average is like 30kA right? I did NOT think there were any unique atmospheric variables at play last night. Yes can confirm. weather.us Always like that site for figuring out how powerful certain lightning events were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted March 21 Author Share Posted March 21 2 hours ago, high risk said: You only need to go back one page in this discussion to read about the setup. One things for sure... The common non-weather folks sure weren't expecting thunder last night. ... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Legit gorgeous day for a bike ride. Perfect temp. Tomorrow will be too hot. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 19 minutes ago, snowfan said: Legit gorgeous day for a bike ride. Perfect temp. Tomorrow will be too hot. Just got back from a hike in the woods locally. Low 60s. 10/10 March day! I walk in these woods nearly every day and today is it - first green up is happening. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 First baseball game for my son actually had perfect baseball weather! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 On 3/19/2026 at 10:35 PM, pazzo83 said: I remember a freeze close to Memorial Day one year back in the 1990s in Staunton We have had many. 5-10-83 27 degrees, 5-16-83 29 degrees, 5-16-84 30 degrees, 5-30-84 32 degrees, 5-25-88 33 degrees, 5-31-96 33 degrees, 5-30-96- 33 degrees, 5-27-91 31 degrees, 5-20-93 33 degrees.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interstate Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 2 hours ago, WxUSAF said: First baseball game for my son actually had perfect baseball weather! I am looking forward tomorrows game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 6 hours ago, snowfan said: Legit gorgeous day for a bike ride. Perfect temp. Tomorrow will be too hot. Nice bike! Got out for a great long ride up in farm country with the crew today. Perfect weather. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Another beautiful day ahead while I’m stuck inside. Enjoy all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 MBY just spiked 6 degrees in the last hour. 80 or bust today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Was 40 for the low this morning, so if we hit the forecast of 82 that would be a 40+ spread on the high/low for the day. 54.4/39.0 just before 10 am here with mostly sunny skies with some high cirrus floating by. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 It’s wild that 2 months ago we were tracking a snowcrete storm and an anomalous stretch of cold that left mounds of snow and local lakes frozen to the point that you could play ice hockey on them. That was fun and interesting meteorologically, but needless to say I prefer this weather. Screen door is open, birds are chirping, and March Madness is ramping up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Found a snowcrete pile at the odenton marc station this morning 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Beautiful day!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ephesians2 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 84.6° feels legitimately summerlike in the sun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 2 hours ago, snowfan said: Found a snowcrete pile at the odenton marc station this morning lol that’s awful. In other news, I like my Trek FX 2 so far, but sometimes I want a road bike that has those style of handlebars like what the Trek Domane has. Certainly could see the benefit on longer rides (though mine are more neighborhood fitness loops). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 40 minutes ago, Ephesians2 said: 84.6° feels legitimately summerlike in the sun I’m truly loving this weather. There’s a little breeze as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfStock1 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 So a big *wow* at that super-strike the other night. Talking with a Leesburg FD person in church this morning - they got a bunch of calls from people reporting "a big explosion". And this is 15 miles from where the strike happened. I can't image how loud it must have been in Brunswick. Anyone happen to have any direct reports or pictures of where it struck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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