May Discobs 2026

[Mrs.J]

.86” with a lot more coming in. 1.88” for the event so far. 

[Weather Will]

Really beneficial rain and since we are near the head of the Potomac in MD this benefits the entire basin.  Perhaps we will remember this weekend as the true beginning of the pattern change toward El Niño. Approaching 2 inches so far. (Pouring right now!)

[yoda]

51 degrees and rain on May 22nd... unbelievable 

[mdhokie]

7 hours ago, RIC_WX said:

49/47 at Deep Creek.  Steady rain, clouds, wind, even more utility disruptions than normal.  .66" yesterday and .38" so far today.  Does not appear that the temperature will move much (if any) prior to Sunday afternoon and the rain chances appear categorical most of that time.

With respect to holiday weekend plans, consider anywhere else.  A real disappointment for the people and the limited economy up here sadly, they can't really make it up when a holiday period is washed out like this.

Yea this stuff sucks. I have some tiling to do but the kids are gonna be bored all weekend. Maybe we'll check out the Oakland railroad museum. 

[WEATHER53]

58.3 for high and looks like a lull incoming 

[WEATHER53]

Good steady soaking  now 0,70”

[AnEndlessMaze]

49 degrees and running the heat on Memorial Day weekend after it was nearly 100 degrees four days ago- my brain can’t grasp this bimodal spring 

[wxmeddler]

8 hours ago, BlizzardNole said:

Radar trend looks good for central and northern MD and spotty at best down here.  My county went into this at just 9.2" since Jan 1 for a departure of -7.3.  Look at those soil moistures (20-40% is what you want)

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Correct, but it highly depends on the soil characteristics. The measurement here is Volumetric Water Content (WVC).

Soil is made out of Soil, Air, and Water. The balance of which changes with precipitation and temperature. The soil fraction remains constant, usually between 50 and 60%. It is soil after all. The rest is either microscopic air pockets or water. The air pockets are just void spaces which water could occupy. When there are no air pockets left. It’s just soil and water which of course is called Mud.

A VWC of .4 means it’s 40% water, which means that there likely isn’t much air left. This indicates that the soil can’t take much more water, and will start to run off into streams.

The VWC in which that happens varies. Sand for example saturates as low as .2 while Clay can go to .5 or even slightly higher. It just depends on the soil present. 

We’re gathering data to try to estimate/ establish the thresholds not only each location but also each depth. In the future we hope to have some sort of parameter that goes from 0-100, so there isn’t the VWC guesswork of saturation.

[Jeff B]

2.2” since 5/20/26, hoping for 3-3.5” total by the end of the holiday weekend.

[aldie 22]

2.56" so far 3+ seems reasonable although it looks to be pretty spotty for awhile this morning...currently dry with lots of happy frogs outside 

[dailylurker]

Days of drizzle haven't done anything for the drought but it has ruined the weekend for lots of fokes. Congrats PA and northern Md on the drought buster. It's been raining for days nonstop up there. Impressive. 

[nw baltimore wx]

4 minutes ago, dailylurker said:

Days of drizzle haven't done anything for the drought but it has ruined the weekend for lots of fokes. Congrats PA and northern Md on the drought buster. It's been raining for days nonstop up there. Impressive. 

That sucks. Hopefully you score today.

At 6AM. 1.49” for the day and 2.25” for the event.

[BlizzardNole]

6 hours ago, wxmeddler said:

Correct, but it highly depends on the soil characteristics. The measurement here is Volumetric Water Content (WVC).

Soil is made out of Soil, Air, and Water. The balance of which changes with precipitation and temperature. The soil fraction remains constant, usually between 50 and 60%. It is soil after all. The rest is either microscopic air pockets or water. The air pockets are just void spaces which water could occupy. When there are no air pockets left. It’s just soil and water which of course is called Mud.

A VWC of .4 means it’s 40% water, which means that there likely isn’t much air left. This indicates that the soil can’t take much more water, and will start to run off into streams.

The VWC in which that happens varies. Sand for example saturates as low as .2 while Clay can go to .5 or even slightly higher. It just depends on the soil present. 

We’re gathering data to try to estimate/ establish the thresholds not only each location but also each depth. In the future we hope to have some sort of parameter that goes from 0-100, so there isn’t the VWC guesswork of saturation.

Thanks for that info!  We're new to southern Calvert and I garden as a hobby.  The soil here scares me - mix of sand and cement.  The horrible drought hasn't helped, and this event has been very paltry so far.  Hoping for better luck later today and tonight, but I'm starting to think we end up real short down here.

[WVclimo]

16 straight hours with rain falling.  1.13 from this batch.  2.11” since Wednesday.  48°.

[AnEndlessMaze]

3.35” since Wednesday

[Roger Ramjet]

2.62" for the event so far.

[H2O]

Rainy on the lower eastern shore. Hoping it’s not an all day washout but if it is there are other things to do

[Mrs.J]

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

Days of drizzle haven't done anything for the drought but it has ruined the weekend for lots of fokes. Congrats PA and northern Md on the drought buster. It's been raining for days nonstop up there. Impressive. 

It is not all sunshine and rainbows up here, literally. While we are happy that the rain we have gotten is helping, the lack of any sun for the last 3 days is really taking a toll on a lot of people. And it does not look to change in the near future. 

[Herb@MAWS]

Columbia— as of Saturday morning:

Another 1.3” (!!) Fri 7pm-7am Sat bringing total for this event so far to 3.04”. 

And 4.20” for May so far. 

[dailylurker]

8 minutes ago, Mrs.J said:

It is not all sunshine and rainbows up here, literally. While we are happy that the rain we have gotten is helping, the lack of any sun for the last 3 days is really taking a toll on a lot of people. And it does not look to change in the near future. 

Same thing here but still severe drought lol. I knew this was going to be the case in my area. Models were hinting at a screw zone in this area. 

[stormy]

2.71" wonderful total!  Hopefully another 2 inches thru Monday.

[WxUSAF]

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

Same thing here but still severe drought lol. I knew this was going to be the case in my area. Models were hinting at a screw zone in this area. 

I know AA county has gotten less than N/W areas but still a decent amount with more to come? CoCoRAHS seems like 0.75-1.75” south to north through your county. 
 

[CAPE]

0.36"

Later today and tomorrow need to produce.

Ridgely Mesonet just is under a half inch and Goldsboro 0.66". I'm right in between lol. Might move the gauge again as tree branches have grown out overtop in the current location.

[dailylurker]

26 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I know AA county has gotten less than N/W areas but still a decent amount with more to come? CoCoRAHS seems like 0.75-1.75” north to south through your county. 
 

Yeah. I was just looking at totals and we actually did better than I thought overnight. It looks like today we could catch up a bit. Models look great.

[mappy]

On 5/22/2026 at 5:59 AM, mappy said:

5/20: .55”

5/21: 1.09”

5/22: .44”

.46” so far today 

[George BM]

2.22" since Wednesday for me as of 8:15am this morning.

[snowfan]

This weather blows.

[mappy]

Just now, snowfan said:

This weather blows.

Or it’s perfect for those who want a lazy weekend reading books 

[CAPE]

Wind has picked up over the last couple hours. Gusting over 25 mph. Chilly out there with a temp of 54.

[frd]

7 minutes ago, CAPE said:

Wind has picked up over the last couple hours. Gusting over 25 mph. Chilly out there with a temp of 54.

 

crazy waves 

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