Big Heat (and storms?) Week into July 4th Weekend

[Eskimo Joe]

9 minutes ago, yoda said:

Also dumping hail 

Wow!

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Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
437 PM EDT Sat Jul 04 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 S Keswick             37.99N  78.36W
07/04/2026                   Albemarle          VA   911 Call Center 

            Dozens of trees and wires down widespread across 
            eastern Albemarle County. 37 percent of the City of 
            Charlottesville is without power. 


&&

Event Number LWX2606996

 

[pazzo83]

the atmosphere seems perturbed looking at the radar lol.

[Paleocene]

Getting some storms out in the sticks in WV. Cooling things off... Eating outside at a pizza place

[JenkinsJinkies]

14 minutes ago, snowfan said:

Try not to burn up your neighborhood given how dry it is.

That didn’t stop all the people last night.

[SnowtoRain]

102.4 new record for pws. Still at 102. Seems 103 to 105 are maxes across Delmarva 

[GATECH]

just broke my weather station 5 year all time record.  106!   Good news though, HI=air temp, so better than July 2 when I had a HI of 125.   Finally I can really say…ya, but it’s a dry heat!

[dailylurker]

I'm seeing the first signs of some rising motion in the atmosphere. It feels like a little boundary came through and the dewpoint shot back up. I'm hoping some action gets focused into my area from that feature. Super hot out there!

[MN Transplant]

21 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

someone needs to check that out - there's no way they didn't hit 100 in western Fairfax / eastern Loudoun.

I haven’t hit 100 either.  Rounded, I’ll go 99, 99, 98 for the heat wave.  My station struggles when it is humid.  2024 in the dry heat I had several 100s.

[high risk]

If we're not going to use the severe thread, we should rename this thread to include the storm threat.

[JenkinsJinkies]

How legit is the severe threat? Dies in the mountains or beltway direct hit?

[pazzo83]

3 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

I haven’t hit 100 either.  Rounded, I’ll go 99, 99, 98 for the heat wave.  My station struggles when it is humid.  2024 in the dry heat I had several 100s.

ah ok - yeah I mean we are talking about a matter of a degree or two.  They are 99 at 5pm ob, so maybe one more push lol.

[snowfan]

My car therm is struggling.

 

[SnowtoRain]

1 hour ago, CAPE said:

All groundcover vegetation is fried here. Even the clover couldn't take it. Weeds ofc flourish. Need to max out the next few days with multiple chances for showers/storms as the pattern shifts. Not confident based on every month being below/much below avg here since Feb.

Just to your east in DE was baking today, slightly lower dews popped the temps.

[aldie 22]

Looked like a promising line heading my way but something is eating it up. Temp did drop a few degrees...thunder in the distance 

[aldie 22]

Crazy wind now with lightning and thunder to my west im crossing every appendage 

[yoda]

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
514 PM EDT Sat Jul 4 2026

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Augusta County in western Virginia...

* Until 545 PM EDT.

* At 513 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles northwest
  of Staunton, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR WESTERN AUGUSTA COUNTY.

  HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable damage to trees and power lines. Your
           life is at significant risk if outdoors. In addition to
           some trees falling into homes, wind damage is possible to
           roofs, sheds, open garages, and mobile homes.

* Locations impacted include...
  Churchville, West Augusta, Buffalo Gap, Trimbles Mill, Mount Solon,
  Christian, Swoope, Moscow, and Sangerville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This is a DANGEROUS SITUATION. This storm is producing widespread
wind damage across western Augusta County Virginia. SEEK SHELTER NOW
inside a sturdy structure and stay away from windows!

This is an EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION with tornado like wind
speeds expected. Mobile homes and high profile vehicles are
especially susceptible to winds of this magnitude and may be
overturned. For your protection move to an interior room on the
lowest floor of a building. This storm has the potential to cause
serious injury and significant property damage.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is
one of nature`s leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder,
you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3811 7921 3819 7937 3845 7919 3834 7900
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 210DEG 21KT 3824 7923

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...80 MPH

[yoda]

Looks pretty nasty down in the SW LWX CWA... lots of purples showing up on radar 

[pazzo83]

DCA back to 102/70 with a heat index of 110 - 4th straight day with heat index of 110+.

[Jebman]

You guys are gonna cool down BIG for the Fourth of July festivities lol. Storms inbound, getting more expansive as they approach. Nature's gonnabe putting on her version of fireworks!

[Eskimo Joe]

Gaithersburg (GAI) hits 101 degrees

[yoda]

75-80 dBZ pixels showing up in Augusta County on Radarscope 

[SnowtoRain]

Current obs from OCMD 86 and one orange crush down.

[Jebman]

80 dbZ is extremely bad news. Seek shelter IMMEDIATELY!

[Jrlg1181]

52 minutes ago, stormy said:

.22" more in a torrential short shower 4:05.

Temperature down to 79!

 

3 different showers down here 0.05 is all so far..

Good amount of rain down towards Lyndhurst with pretty good amount of limbs and a few smaller trees down..

[WxUSAF]

Shitty metro area fail? Or will that EZF cluster push north?

[AnEndlessMaze]

Starting to storm here, light rain and thunder. 

[pazzo83]

2 minutes ago, yoda said:

75-80 dBZ pixels showing up in Augusta County on Radarscope 

yeah i just took a look at that cell - good lord.  Luckily it's going over an area that is mostly sparsely populated (as long as it stays a good deal west of I-81).

[aldie 22]

Im getting all of the theatrics without the rain 

[Eskimo Joe]

BWI, DCA, and IAD all set record highs. IAD fails to get to 100.

[aldie 22]

Cooling off nicely as the complex shifts north of me. Hoping for some scraps now