May Discobs 2026

[wxdude64]

Another BN (but warmer) day at 72.2/37.7. Currently at -5.9 degrees for the month thru 13 days. S, M and T will put a dent in the 'coolness' with 87, 89 and 89 forecasted. 

EDIT- forgot, currently 62.5/55.9 at 2:45 pm with cloudy skies, had about 1/2 hour of light rain fall between noon and 1 pm. 

[nj2va]

I like the new 7-day hazardous weather outlook briefs put out by LWX now. I’ve noticed other offices do similar products for winter storms. 
 

https://www.weather.gov/media/lwx/DssPacket.pdf

[kgottwald]

Obs at IAD have light rain, but here at Merrifield it's just cloudy with maybe three raindrops so far.

[aldie 22]

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[kgottwald]

Rain actually hitting the ground. Radar more active to the SW.

[stormy]

.09"  in the last hour..........................   What a bonus!!

[Interstate]

First time I seen the Models get wetter near game time.

[MN Transplant]

Pretty nice line. Hope it holds for the rest of us.

[katabatic]

0.38" with a nice little thunderstorm. Chilly tho with temps right around 51. 1.07" for the month so far.

[dailylurker]

9 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Pretty nice line. Hope it holds for the rest of us.

Stephens City is about to punch a hole in it. I hope it skips over and reforms just east of Stephens City and crushes everyone else. 

[SnowenOutThere]

21 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Pretty nice line. Hope it holds for the rest of us.

I don’t know if it can. Our Cape values are 250ish compared to WV 500-1000. 

[Wxtrix]

incoming storm is warned for winds and quarter-size hail.

[AnEndlessMaze]

On 5/11/2026 at 11:14 AM, AnEndlessMaze said:

I haven’t moved the rain magnet from my old house yet, so congrats SOMD 

It is now fully operational. 

[87storms]

Gusty shower with distant thunder. Nothing earth shattering, but it’s rain.

[87storms]

49 minutes ago, SnowenOutThere said:

I don’t know if it can. Our Cape values are 250ish compared to WV 500-1000. 

It’s producing a nice little downpour here. Not much electricity, though.

[87storms]

…and of course, there was just lightning with fairly deep thunder.

[Mrs.J]

Getting some nice rolling thunder. Rain is decent also. 

[WxUSAF]

Looks like an old fashioned squall line. How much rain will it provide?

[aldie 22]

9 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Looks like an old fashioned squall line. How much rain will it provide?

.28 here

[MDphotog]

10 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Looks like an old fashioned squall line. How much rain will it provide?

If my weather station is accurate, we picked up about a quarter of an inch in the line.  Not too bad I guess.

[Mrs.J]

12 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Looks like an old fashioned squall line. How much rain will it provide?

.43” here and still a decent amount coming down. Proper nice line with all the rolling thunder. Have missed this. 

[Weather Will]

About .25 with a little rain still falling.  Will take every drop...

[AnEndlessMaze]

0.27” and a rainbow

[mappy]

Woo storms 

[wxdude64]

Had a warned storm roll through about an hour ago, mehish, only about .20" and a 31 mph gust. 

[Wxtrix]

the storm fell apart as it got here but at least it rained and left us with this:

 

 

[WxUSAF]

Heaviest rain in awhile 

[WEATHER53]

Radar looked ominous over me just now but the winds did not hit me 

[EastCoast NPZ]

.26"

Better than nothing, but not by much. 

[MN Transplant]

This is a good example of the polarimetric radar being important.  If you look at the reflectivity over my house you’d think that it was pouring.  The high differential reflectivity and low differential phase indicates that there are large, but relatively few big drops.  So, despite a radar that looks like below, I’ve had 0.07” so far in this batch.