June Banter 2026

[George BM]

Sunday June 7, 2026 3:28PM EDT

High impact tornadic and flooding weather event is currently underway.

Thunderstorms and embedded supercells will continue to train over the same areas stretching from the Charlottesville, VA vicinity up through northern VA and into north/central MD just west of the two major beltways exasperating the flash flooding situation in these areas. Strong low-level SSE winds continue to bring in low/mid 70sF dewpoints beneath moderately steep mid-level lapse rates (7+ C/km). This is resulting in over 3000J/kg MLCAPE and with the strong LL shear in place (effective SRH of 250-450 m2/s2) and strong deep-layer shear in general (~60 kt EBWD) organized supercells with be maintain for the remainder of the afternoon and well into the evening hours before the best dynamics lift to the northeast.

Tornadic supercells will train over the same or similar spots over the next several hours as this broken line ever so slowly crawls eastwards into the metros (Individual storm motions: 230/40kt. Broken line motion: 310/5kt.) With the dynamics and instability some tornadoes may become strong to significant and possibly long-tracked. Other severe hazards with these storms include severe winds (50-65+kts) and very large hail(2-2.5”+).

The other highly impactful threat from these storms will be the major flash flooding. Much of the area will end up with 3 to 6 inches of rain with up to 8”+ in some locations.

[snowfan]

The Os enter June 1 game out of the wild card. On June 1 last season they were 14 games under .500, second worst in the AL. 

[RickinBaltimore]

It could be worse O's fans. You could be Tigers fans. 6-22 in the month of May, yikes. 

[WxUSAF]

Solar panels been making $$$$$ the last several days 

[nw baltimore wx]

44 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Solar panels been making $$$$$ the last several days 

How many panels do you have?  Do you mind sharing what company you used?

[WxUSAF]

21 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

How many panels do you have?  Do you mind sharing what company you used?

Don’t even know exactly. We used solar city which is now Tesla. 

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

Took this photo of the "blue moon" this past weekend (2nd full moon in May).  Altered the white balance and added some blue tint to make it a "blue" blue moon!! 

Also, same evening, some remarkable sunset glow to the north (looking toward Rockville, for those in the MD/DC/VA area).

 

[Jebman]

It's only 80 degrees today, nice high cloud overcast.

But the dewpoint is a muggy 77. It's a real sweatshop out there today!

[Jebman]

On 5/31/2026 at 9:04 PM, George BM said:

Sunday June 7, 2026 3:28PM EDT

High impact tornadic and flooding weather event is currently underway.

Thunderstorms and embedded supercells will continue to train over the same areas stretching from the Charlottesville, VA vicinity up through northern VA and into north/central MD just west of the two major beltways exasperating the flash flooding situation in these areas. Strong low-level SSE winds continue to bring in low/mid 70sF dewpoints beneath moderately steep mid-level lapse rates (7+ C/km). This is resulting in over 3000J/kg MLCAPE and with the strong LL shear in place (effective SRH of 250-450 m2/s2) and strong deep-layer shear in general (~60 kt EBWD) organized supercells with be maintain for the remainder of the afternoon and well into the evening hours before the best dynamics lift to the northeast.

Tornadic supercells will train over the same or similar spots over the next several hours as this broken line ever so slowly crawls eastwards into the metros (Individual storm motions: 230/40kt. Broken line motion: 310/5kt.) With the dynamics and instability some tornadoes may become strong to significant and possibly long-tracked. Other severe hazards with these storms include severe winds (50-65+kts) and very large hail(2-2.5”+).

The other highly impactful threat from these storms will be the major flash flooding. Much of the area will end up with 3 to 6 inches of rain with up to 8”+ in some locations.

Nice, George BM! I love your summer storm presentations!

[Jebman]

Lots rain about 2500 feet to our east, as much as eight inches of rain, but we are just too damn far west to get rain. lolz

 

This is one of those nights when some locations get 5 inches of fresh life-giving rain and most of it just keeps sliding either east or west of Buda.

Damn. Of course!

[AnEndlessMaze]

If anyone is looking to move to southern MD (or knows someone who is), send me a PM. Our previous home in Prince Frederick is still for sale… it’s been a much slower market down there than anyone expected (including our realtor).

[Eskimo Joe]

Just going to screech in the banter thread for a moment. It's exasperating to see an sustained increase in social media weather trolling from accounts that have a sizeable following. It's either "SPC/NWS is over hyping", or "SPC/NWS is asleep at the wheel". Combined with low budget AI images, the online noise from these accounts are tiresome. Normally I'd ignore them, but we're seeing these posts leak into comment threads and email chains. It's almost becoming a full time job dampening down the silliness at work.

[nw baltimore wx]

41 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Just going to screech in the banter thread for a moment. It's exasperating to see a sustained increase in social media weather trolling from accounts that have a sizeable following. It's either "SPC/NWS is over hyping", or "SPC/NWS is asleep at the wheel". Combined with low budget AI images, the online noise from these accounts are tiresome. Normally I'd ignore them, but we're seeing these posts leak into comment threads and email chains. It's almost becoming a full time job dampening down the silliness at work.

I think that’s across all topics on social media. There’s a lot of misinformation out there.

[nw baltimore wx]

What’s the point of replay if a bad call can still cost you three fn runs?

four now. 

How is this not an out? Gunnar went to tag him and he ran 7 feet off the baseline.

[MillvilleWx]

1 hour ago, nw baltimore wx said:

What’s the point of replay if a bad call can still cost you three fn runs?

four now. 

How is this not an out? Gunnar went to tag him and he ran 7 feet off the baseline.

My Dad and I were LIVID!! Absolute bull on that non-call. Just run to the outfield while we’re at it. Absolutely ridiculous. And then the umpire was a little ***** and wouldn’t look at Baz when he was leaving the game. Inexcusable 

[nw baltimore wx]

I don’t understand pro sports getting strikes and balls or yards gained down to a 64th of an inch, and then letting blatantly wrong calls stand.

[nj2va]

On 6/1/2026 at 5:45 PM, Scarlet Pimpernel said:

Took this photo of the "blue moon" this past weekend (2nd full moon in May).  Altered the white balance and added some blue tint to make it a "blue" blue moon!! 

Also, same evening, some remarkable sunset glow to the north (looking toward Rockville, for those in the MD/DC/VA area).

 

Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

[Wintrest]

4 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

What’s the point of replay if a bad call can still cost you three fn runs?

four now. 

How is this not an out? Gunnar went to tag him and he ran 7 feet off the baseline.

Gunnar never extended past the elbow in the attempt to tag. He likely thought it was a non issue and he’d get the call.

Not excusing poor officiating, but the more this guy is thrown to adversity, the better for the team in the long run. 

[AnEndlessMaze]

6 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:

Just going to screech in the banter thread for a moment. It's exasperating to see an sustained increase in social media weather trolling from accounts that have a sizeable following. It's either "SPC/NWS is over hyping", or "SPC/NWS is asleep at the wheel". Combined with low budget AI images, the online noise from these accounts are tiresome. Normally I'd ignore them, but we're seeing these posts leak into comment threads and email chains. It's almost becoming a full time job dampening down the silliness at work.

The owners of social media sites are mostly aligned with the same people whose goal is the privatization of weather services. The disinfo is intentionally allowed to proliferate. “Flooding the zone.”

[WxUSAF]

Jupiter and Venus putting on quite a show in the western sky right now 

[Herb@MAWS]

7 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Jupiter and Venus putting on quite a show in the western sky right now 

9:15pm Saturday evening:

 

[dailylurker]

Anyone ever winder why it seems some areas get more thunderstorms then others? For my immediate area it's Glen Burnie that is the Hotspot for storms. I feel like from Ellicott City down to Glen Burnie is thunderstorm ally. My area was on a hot hand last July. Every chance for storms seemed to deliver. Some years I can't buy a storm. They all hit Glen Burnie. 

[wxdude64]

15 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I don’t understand pro sports getting strikes and balls or yards gained down to a 64th of an inch, and then letting blatantly wrong calls stand.

Not to be 'that' conspiracist person, but the more the sports betting has increased, the more those types of calls are seeming to happen. 

[nw baltimore wx]

1 hour ago, wxdude64 said:

Not to be 'that' conspiracist person, but the more the sports betting has increased, the more those types of calls are seeming to happen. 

It’s pretty wild to think that not so far back, the nfl and mlb were so opposed to betting. Right up until they got their cut. 

[Eskimo Joe]

13 hours ago, AnEndlessMaze said:

The owners of social media sites are mostly aligned with the same people whose goal is the privatization of weather services. The disinfo is intentionally allowed to proliferate. “Flooding the zone.”

Yes there is a clear desire to destroy NWS et al from the social media and tech bros. They're all hat no cattle.

[Eskimo Joe]

1 hour ago, wxdude64 said:

Not to be 'that' conspiracist person, but the more the sports betting has increased, the more those types of calls are seeming to happen. 

All you see anymore on sports broadcasts are betting commercials. It's like that and medicine and supplements are the only things being sold any more.

[AnEndlessMaze]

6 hours ago, dailylurker said:

Anyone ever winder why it seems some areas get more thunderstorms then others? For my immediate area it's Glen Burnie that is the Hotspot for storms. I feel like from Ellicott City down to Glen Burnie is thunderstorm ally. My area was on a hot hand last July. Every chance for storms seemed to deliver. Some years I can't buy a storm. They all hit Glen Burnie. 

Because I used to live in Glen Burnie; I left a rain magnet there for my family. I took the Prince Frederick one though, so those people down there are all screwed. 

[Maestrobjwa]

6 hours ago, dailylurker said:

Anyone ever winder why it seems some areas get more thunderstorms then others? For my immediate area it's Glen Burnie that is the Hotspot for storms. I feel like from Ellicott City down to Glen Burnie is thunderstorm ally. My area was on a hot hand last July. Every chance for storms seemed to deliver. Some years I can't buy a storm. They all hit Glen Burnie. 

I asked the same question awhile ago but was kindly lectured that it's all random...but I swear it sure feels like some areas are magnets. And living in the city...it does seem like the counties get severe better than we do. But I have no way of quantifying that...

[CAPE]

1 hour ago, Maestrobjwa said:

I asked the same question awhile ago but was kindly lectured that it's all random...but I swear it sure feels like some areas are magnets. And living in the city...it does seem like the counties get severe better than we do. But I have no way of quantifying that...

Microclimates due to terrain effects, mostly in the western areas(orographic lift/rain shadow) largely determine winners and losers. In areas at lower elevations it is random in a lot of cases, but there are localized boundaries that can help trigger storms due to bay/sea breezes enhancing lift in some cases. When a legit cold front runs into a warm, unstable airmass the chances for more widespread coverage of storms is increased, but there will still be locales that maximize more than others. Again over time, that seems to even out. A linear/elongated line of storms(QLCS) probably gives the best chance for all in the affected area to be impacted in a similar way.