weatherCCB Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Loud thunder no rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 33 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: About to get something from this hoco cell that popped up Just under 0.1”. No thunder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrlg1181 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 .02 Slowly inching up past 5.20 since May.... Im even behind Eastcoast up in Stephen's city by at least 17 points if this was a football game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 51 minutes ago, MN Transplant said: About a half inch. Good timing since the surface was getting dry again. We got a good hit this time - unlike several other misses recently where the split was in true form. Managed to get 0.97" from the 20+ min deluge. Needed it with the heat inbound the next few days. The ground was rock hard again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 0.08” in Sunday evening’s 15-20 min pop-up Columbia shower. 4.22” for August thru 8/30. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgottwald Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 22 hours ago, yoda said: And the crowd boos Despite the uncertainties, it remains likely that high temperatures will reach the lower to middle 90s for much of the region for much of the new work week. Latest guidance indicates potential for temperatures in the upper 90s to near 100 mid week, so long as it is not disrupted by cloud cover or convection. Depending on smaller scale details, dew points could end up a little higher or lower than currently progged which will ultimately affect how high heat index values get. Values approaching Heat Advisory criteria (100-104 west of the Blue Ridge, 105-109 east of the Blue Ridge) are possible. Temperatures may begin to moderate by next weekend as a cold front crosses the region. That exact same paragraph is carried over to this morning's AFD. "Latest guidance"? NWS and CWG disagree on storm chances today: NWS has a 40% pop for central Fairfax, CWG downplays it: "Can't rule out an isolated evening storm, especially north and northwest of the Beltway." Decided to live dangerously and leave the umbrella at home; let's see how that works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleocene Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Lots of thunder and lightning around 8pm last night but it sorta fizzled over DC. Got a tenth or a fifth of rain or so. Back to swamp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Finally got to the beach this weekend and got teased by Jeep week (which I didn’t know was happening, so that was kinda cool). Also went boating and swam in a shallow part of Wight Bay. The bottom felt like a mix of mud, sand, and algae. It was different lol. That part of the bay was warmer than I expected…in a refreshing way. Looks like a mini heat wave incoming before hints of Fall arrive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgottwald Posted Monday at 09:22 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:22 PM The reality split the difference: sprinkles, not enough to need the umbrella, but just enough to keep me from reading while walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrlg1181 Posted Monday at 09:50 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:50 PM 0.30 past 24 hours... 1.90 for the month now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted Monday at 10:22 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:22 PM About a nickel from shower that rolled thru between 4 and 5 pm. Made it humid/muggy x 1000 out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted Monday at 11:34 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:34 PM I really think this might be one of, if not the most humid summer we’ve ever had. These dewpoints are straight out of the gulf coast states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted Tuesday at 12:04 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:04 AM 28 minutes ago, 87storms said: I really think this might be one of, if not the most humid summer we’ve ever had. These dewpoints are straight out of the gulf coast states. We have had worse lol. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87storms Posted Tuesday at 02:33 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:33 AM 2 hours ago, CAPE said: We have had worse lol. I’m not convinced. 2017-2018 were wet summers if I recall, but it’s been consistently humid for for at least a month and a half straight (I got back from Vegas in early July). Dews in the 70s on the regular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted Wednesday at 02:06 AM Share Posted Wednesday at 02:06 AM August total rainfall 5.00" . Highest temp 91..... Lowest 58 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted 42 minutes ago Share Posted 42 minutes ago Late, but you can thank the power outage for that, was working on this when it hit lol. August 2026 numbers- Averaged high was 83.1 degrees vs a normal of 82.7 degrees, a +0.4 degrees above average. Warmest temp was 87.4 degrees on the 15th. Averaged low temp was 61.9 degrees vs a normal of 60.4 degrees, a +1.5 degrees above average. Coolest temp recorded was 48.8 degrees on the 25th. Overall averaged temp was 72.5 degrees vs a normal of 71.6 degrees, a +0.9 degrees above average. Total rainfall for month was 5.29 inches vs a normal of 3.32 inches, a +1.97 inches above average. Wettest day was the 15th with 1.54 inches. There were 13 days with measurable, 4 days with a 'T' and 14 dry days. Highest wind recorded for the month was 53 mph on the 17th, with only 7 days with a speed above 25 mph. No new records for the month. Overall, a wetter than average one with slightly above normal temps with a couple big thunderstorms thrown in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted 15 minutes ago Share Posted 15 minutes ago Just doing August numbers got me thinking about when @nw baltimore wxasked several years ago how many years I had with no +90 days in August, so I went and pulled it up from the August 2020 thread- "OK, years without a 90 or greater in August...2017, high 89.3 18th. 2014, high 88.2 29th. 2013, high 87.7 10th. 2012, high 89.7 10th. 2008, high 89.5 on 5th and 21st. 1982, high 89 on 4th. and this year, so 7 years total. LOTS of years with only one or two 90+ days including 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2016. Hottest I have recorded is 102 degrees on July 17th 1988 and Aug 1st 1999, 101's on Aug 20 and 21 1983, June 30th and July 9th 2012 and Aug 17 and 18 2007." So, we can add this year with the 87.4 on the 15th, 88.2 for the 22nd in 2023 and 88.9 for the 10th of 2022. That makes 10 years out of 46 now. Weird how majority are after 2008, and they seem 'clustered'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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