August Discobs 2026

[snowfan]

Its gross outside.

[yoda]

1 hour ago, dailylurker said:

The NAM says what rain today or tonight for DC and east. The storm to the west just goes north and hits the same ole flooded areas of NY. 

 

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

Maybe it’s correct but the NAM has been awful this warm season 

Looks like its already going to be wrong looking down south

[IronTy]

Gross day out at DCL.  Misty rain and a cloud forest up at 3k ft.  At least it's cool.  Packing up to head back to Calvert, sounds like it's more gross down there. 

[WxUSAF]

1 hour ago, yoda said:

Isn't it retiring soon for the RRFS?

Yes. Probably @high risk can update us on that timeline but I thought it was like the end of August at one point? 

[Mrs.J]

1 hour ago, 87storms said:

Light rain at the little Bennett trailhead (biked a different loop this time). Perfectly timed…started to rain right at the last stretch. Humidity is thick…the atmosphere no longer wants this area to be in a drought.

I think you are correct on that. This is nothing like the past two summers here. I am happy for this nice steady rain coming in as we put down lawn patch yesterday in hopes that this rain would pan out. 

[high risk]

58 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Yes. Probably @high risk can update us on that timeline but I thought it was like the end of August at one point? 

Current target is early October. 

[aldie 22]

2 hours ago, aldie 22 said:

0.26 so far

0.40

[BlizzardNole]

1 hour ago, IronTy said:

Gross day out at DCL.  Misty rain and a cloud forest up at 3k ft.  At least it's cool.  Packing up to head back to Calvert, sounds like it's more gross down there. 

Partly sunny and 83/75 here.  Got a surprise 0.2 yesterday afternoon and hoping for more today.  

[87storms]

1 hour ago, Mrs.J said:

I think you are correct on that. This is nothing like the past two summers here. I am happy for this nice steady rain coming in as we put down lawn patch yesterday in hopes that this rain would pan out. 

Yea I haven’t noticed any real browning of grass here. Very green summer overall, especially when compared to the tumbleweed summers we’ve had recently.

[yoda]

Pouring rain here right now

[southmdwatcher]

Rain and in many places a LOT of it is incoming....radar is awesome, bring it!!

[WxUSAF]

On 8/1/2026 at 9:01 AM, WxUSAF said:

Once again the NAM looks like crap before a precip event. But hrrr is really rainy for the metro areas tomorrow.

 

3 hours ago, dailylurker said:

The NAM says what rain today or tonight for DC and east. The storm to the west just goes north and hits the same ole flooded areas of NY. 

Looking like a slight forecast miss by the NAM 

[frd]

 

Appears that August is going to take over where July left off.  

 

 

 

 

[BlizzardNole]

85/76 now feeling like a sauna.  Radar looks good and the precip disco is interesting with the discussion of big rainers

[wawarriors4]

Picked up 1.76” of rain between 11:00-1:00 today. Now it’s just gross as the sun comes out.

78/76, Soupy

[H2O]

pouring rains.  almost 1" in the last 30-40 min

[Mrs.J]

Absolutely pouring here. 

[Mrs.J]

1 hour ago, 87storms said:

Yea I haven’t noticed any real browning of grass here. Very green summer overall, especially when compared to the tumbleweed summers we’ve had recently.

Well ours is from a FiberOptics company digging trenches in our yard in January to lay cable. And then just dumping the clay they dig up putting seed and straw down as if that would grow back. It was a neighborhood wide project and they chose for whatever reason not to use the easement. 

[weatherCCB]

Missed on the heavy rain.

0.20” here

[Ajb]

Some of the heaviest rain I’ve seen here driving down Georgia Ave from Olney.  

[Paleocene]

Good ole fashioned gullywarsher here in silver spring 

[snowfan]

Pouring with T&L.

[RDM]

58 minutes ago, H2O said:

pouring rains.  almost 1" in the last 30-40 min

Congrats.  You got the brunt of the heaviest slug (very high-tech weather terms there).   We got the fringe here ivo Vienna - .21" so far.  

[snowfan]

Time for some street kayaking.

[pazzo83]

torrential rains there for a bit in upper NW - seems like more stuff developing from the south.

[WxUSAF]

1 minute ago, pazzo83 said:

torrential rains there for a bit in upper NW - seems like more stuff developing from the south.

Yeah I was driving through it on 16th street. That was a mess. Tons of standing and flowing water on the road.

[pazzo83]

1 minute ago, WxUSAF said:

Yeah I was driving through it on 16th street. That was a mess. Tons of standing and flowing water on the road.

DC streets quickly turn to rivers with this type of rain.  Happened on Tuesday as well.