[Phil]

Woohoo, just broke into the warm-sector. Skies lightning up, wind shift to the S, now 72/70 with occasional rain showers.

[weatherfan2012]

the sun may come out but the engery with this system looks to be this line batch effecting us right now.I suspect even when we finlly get into the warm sector the main engery with this system will likey be past so while a pop up gusty storm or two is possable the worse should be over after this line move through.

[Phil]

Might be right..HRRR/WRF nest brings another line in w/ the approach of the cold front & preceding height falls, but that's never a given around these parts.

[weatherfan2012]

agreeded lots of times we don't recover enough largely because things get work over enough to keep the seacond round from geting to strong those there are indeed exceptions to that rule.off topic but when you get a chance check at the pms I sent about the ice age articals from ice age now I sent a few days ago

[Phil]

Yeah that was an epic fail as far as storms go. Nothing of significance here except heavy rain all day.

[Andie]

We're back in the doldrums here.  Hot, sticky, an occasional storm but nothing to write home about. we have had an unusually cool June as we didn't see 95 except in the southern part of the state.  Already past equinox now and so the days will shorten.  Temps will rise though I'm not expecting anything historic in the way of heat. 

Allergies should be a real test this year with all this water, mold, mildew, and weeds. 

[weatherfan2012]

funny how convective storms work now there fireing at this late hour must be forceing working tonight.

[Phil]

We had over a foot of rain in June..maybe July will be drier..

[Phil]

I don't think it could rain any more if it tried.

[Andie]

We had over a foot of rain in June..maybe July will be drier..

At least its falling on someone else. After receiving over 35 trillion gallons of the stuff in a month we were happy to see the back of it. It's still not our usual blistering heat. So far a cooler than usual summer in the mid 90's. We're usually nearing 100 by now.

These super soakers are hard on things however. Hope these haven't been violent.

[Phil]

As far as humidity is concerned, this summer is like the anti-2014.

Last summer, dewpoints were usually maxing out in the mid/upper 60s. This year, they're maxing in the mid/upper 70s. Huge difference in perception.

[Andie]

We're at 98* so far today, this time next week some Mets are saying we'll be at 106* by next weekend

 

Our heat index is currently at 108*.  I just came in and yes, it feels like it.   Humidity at 45%, ugh.

[Phil]

Yikes, that sounds crazy.

Yeah it's the hottest day of the year here right now. Currently 98/78, w/ a heat index of 115. It's the humidity that makes it awful..if we ever got dry heat it'd be a lot easier to handle.

[weatherfan2012]

the dew points this summer have been impressive with low to mid 70s last summer as you said we saw more low to moderate condtions dew points wise.

[Phil]

Yeah, the humidity is the story here, as usual. It's almost midnight and DCA is still 86/78, HI 98.

Heat indices were 110+ region wide today.

[Phil]

Feels amazing out there today. Has to be one of the lowest dewpoints on record today @ DCA for day..currently 89/54.

Pics of last nights cold front/gusty downpours before they moved in:

[Andie]

Nice image Phil. I'm envying your cooler weather.

Texas is hot today.
Followed by hot, with
Extended heat.

100* to 102*. It's our required couple of weeks of heat designed to purge the state of folks that thought Texas was the land of milk and honey. Many can't handle it and haul it bag and baggage back to cooler realms. Can't blame them, but I love it here too much to part.
Looking forward to cooler temps and the return of our blue carpets courtesy of Dame Nature.

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[Phil]

That sounds nasty..stay indoors!

[Phil]

Humidity creeping back up now..high of 91/71 today.

Storms have firing over the mountains since 9-10pm, however we've gotten the shaft here so far. There's a cluster of severe storms to the north in PA that could work in here by 3-5am if they cold-pool and put down sufficient outflow forcing:

[Phil]

It's been a fairly classic summer here so far. No extreme heat, but low/mid 90s everyday w/ dews between 70-80 outside a dry period last week.

[Phil]

Had a random storm pop-up overhead this afternoon. Wasn't expecting rain so I left my sunroof open..bad idea.

93/73 this afternoon, currently 75/75 and hazy.

[Phil]

It's crazy humid out there after the bay breeze passage. A few cells are firing up near the boundary, but otherwise the capping inversion is holding for now.

Currently 92/81, for a heat index of 112.

[iFred]

How often are you seeing lighting or hearing thunder?

[Phil]

How often are you seeing lighting or hearing thunder?

Not as often lately. About 1-2 times per week since the dry pattern began 4 weeks ago, though 3 of the last 4 days have stormed, including today. Nothing severe this month, either.

June was much more exciting, storm wise. In fact it was probably the most exciting storm month here since June and September of 2012.

Nice avatar, btw.

[Phil]

High of 91/77 this afternoon before the line moved through. Knocked us back to 75/73.

[Phil]

Gorgeous out there today..dewpoints are a good 15+ degrees lower than they've been recently and it's making a huge difference.

Currently 91/61 with a deep blue sky and sweet smelling air. Doesn't feel nasty or overly hot.

[Phil]

Another very tolerable day. Peaked at 94/54 this afternoon, but the lack of humidity made it very easy to handle. It actually felt wonderful by 6-7pm.

Tomorrow's highs should peak in the upper 90s, but dewpoints should again be quite low (around 60).

[Phil]

Monster storm just woke me and the gf up. This thing is scary strong. Holy s**t.

Wind gust to 68mph (plenty of 60+ gusts), strobe lightning w/ several nearby strikes, pea sized hail, and a rainfall rate at a whopping 17.47"/hr.

[Phil]

Got a few radar snapshots of this sucker:

[Phil]

Lots of trees down from last night's storm (pics later), though it looks like the wind max was fairly localized..not much damage south of a line from Potomac to Wheaton. Someone's big grill was laying on Cider Barrel Drive..in two pieces.

Could have more storms today, already 91/68 @ 1pm w/ deep WSW flow and good Theta-E forcing.

[Phil]

96/64 currently. Very warm but still a relatively dry/tolerable airmass for this time of year.

Convection finally initiating along the Blue Ridge. Hopefully we don't get shafted.

[Black Hole]

Lots of trees down from last night's storm (pics later), though it looks like the wind max was fairly localized..not much damage south of a line from Potomac to Wheaton. Someone's big grill was laying on Cider Barrel Drive..in two pieces.

Could have more storms today, already 91/68 @ 1pm w/ deep WSW flow and good Theta-E forcing.

Make sure to post them. So I am in Boston at the Mesoscale Conference and we got hit pretty hard this afternoon. Several tornadic storms in the area...one of them morphed into a bow echo with golfball sized hail and moved into the city. At the conference we had some hail as large as half dollars, along with high winds and heavy rain. There were a few very close lightning strikes as well. That was the biggest hail I have ever seen and it dented a bunch of cars.

 

Earlier this morning a storm complex went by to the south and ripped up a bunch of trees too.

[Phil]

Make sure to post them. So I am in Boston at the Mesoscale Conference and we got hit pretty hard this afternoon. Several tornadic storms in the area...one of them morphed into a bow echo with golfball sized hail and moved into the city. At the conference we had some hail as large as half dollars, along with high winds and heavy rain. There were a few very close lightning strikes as well. That was the biggest hail I have ever seen and it dented a bunch of cars.

Earlier this morning a storm complex went by to the south and ripped up a bunch of trees too.

Awesome, did you get any pics yourself? I'll have mine up either later tonight or tomorrow.

Hope you're enjoying the conference and the weather. Talk about a well-timed visit..hail events like that occur maybe once a year (at best) in any given location on the east coast south of 40N, so you really hit the jackpot.

[Andie]

It's 90* at 10:30 pm. Humidity 50%.

We're forecast for highs at 105* for the next 4 days. That's a laugh, we had 107* yesterday. That means we'll likely see 107* again this weekend. It's suckin the very life out of everything.

Wanna come live in Texas now ??

[Black Hole]

Awesome, did you get any pics yourself? I'll have mine up either later tonight or tomorrow.

Hope you're enjoying the conference and the weather. Talk about a well-timed visit..hail events like that occur maybe once a year (at best) in any given location on the east coast south of 40N, so you really hit the jackpot.

I have some pictures I can post. For now why not watch this video I shot!

Its getting a lot bigger towards the last 45 seconds or so.

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=q1MIbts4P8U

 

And yeah it was awesome!

[Phil]

Beautiful weather here for the foreseeable future. Highs in the mid/upper 80s w/ dewpoints in the 60s is as nice as it gets around here during the summer.

I've been looking at real estate in Clarksburg/Damascus lately. Probably the most beautiful area in MD east of the Blue Ridge, with much more exciting weather overall relative to the DC metro area. I'm really hinking about moving up there when I finish school if I can afford it.

[Andie]

Temps for the next week. We're making up for all the cool weather we had in June. We've been in this cycle long enough now where it's killing things off. Many things struggling. I'm beginning to look forward to that wet cool fall they're predicting via the El Niño pattern.

104, 105, 102, 100, 99, 99, 102, 100

So Phil, what's that degree in ? Let me guess, Physics ?

[Phil]

Temps for the next week. We're making up for all the cool weather we had in June. We've been in this cycle long enough now where it's killing things off. Many things struggling. I'm beginning to look forward to that wet cool fall they're predicting via the El Niño pattern.

104, 105, 102, 100, 99, 99, 102, 100

So Phil, what's that degree in ? Let me guess, Physics ?

Sounds nasty..how are the humidity/dewpoints? It's been three years since we've seen that kind of prolonged heat..yikes.

I'll be degreeing in Atmospheric Science and Physics. At the rate I'm going now, it'll take until 2017. I'm transferring into UMD sometime in the next 8-12 months.

[Phil]

Another 430AM storm. Not nearly as intense as the last one, though..heavy rain and some lightning.

Currently 69/67..chilliest it's been in awhile.

[Andie]

Well, its 103* at 6pm. High today was 104* officially. Where I am further west, we were more like 106*

Dew point is 53*
Humidity 19%

Humidity rises to 38 to 40 by morning. I was outside an hour ago and the heat actually burns your skin in the shade.
In the sun its really fierce. Another 8 to 10 days of this. Pretty rough.

[Phil]

That's truly awful heat. The saving grace is that your dewpoints aren't in the 70s/80s to go along with it.

We've been lucky enough to avoid the big 100-110* heat since 2012. Since then, we've been maxing out in the upper 90s w/ frequent stretches of sub-90* temps. It's been wonderful.

The worst heat I can recall occurred in July of 2011. Temps were maxing out around 105*, which isn't too abnormal in the modern era, but the dewpoint was sitting between 85-87*. I felt like I was going to pass out and drown just walking to the mailbox. I can't imagine how people can live in places like Qatar and Dubai/UAE.

[Phil]

Line of storms moved in about 90 minutes ago, 35mph gusts and heavy rain. High of 86/76, now 82/70 behind the front. Tomorrow should see dewpoints plunge into the upper 50s.

About 45 minutes before the storms moved in:

[Andie]

It's only 98* today - feels like 101.

Dew Point 66 °F

Humidity 35%

 

Temps to stay between 98 and 101 for the next few days.

I had to get out and get some yard work done yesterday evening.

It was 92 and felt like a cool front !.....Crazy how we adjust to this stuff. 

[Phil]

I'm just about ready for autumn. Things could be much worse, but the 90-95*F highs get old after awhile.

[Andie]

It's 11 am and 84*.

Everyone is outside getting stuff done. We're desperate for more normal temps to get outside work done.

Come on Autumn !!
We're not known for our fall colors but this is Hill Country in the Perdenales.
Looks good to me ! ( , am I rushing things? )

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[UnionWX]

Looking at the GFS. I believe we will see BN temps around the 29th. GFS also showing some snow in Northern Canada (eastern half). But for now, enjoy the AN Temps!

[Phil]

Very tolerable today..90/58 with no clouds in sight. Looks like the humidity will gradually increase everyday through the next 7-8 days as moisture advection increases along the periphery of the Bermuda high.

[UnionWX]

Very tolerable today..90/58 with no clouds in sight. Looks like the humidity will gradually increase everyday through the next 7-8 days as moisture advection increases along the periphery of the Bermuda high.

Yep, hit 88 today. How is the dryness down there in Maryland? 

[Phil]

Yep, hit 88 today. How is the dryness down there in Maryland?

The dry pattern, rainfall wise, began ~ 4 weeks ago. June delivered 13.74" of rain, and through July 10th we'd had 17.78". Then the spigot shut off. The pattern since July 10th has been quite boring overall. Not much in the way of synoptic action.

How about you guys?

[UnionWX]

The dry pattern, rainfall wise, began ~ 4 weeks ago. June delivered 13.74" of rain, and through July 10th we'd had 17.78". Then the spigot shut off.

The pattern since July 10th has been quite boring overall. Not much in the way of synoptic action. How about you guys?

Impressive totals in and around the BWI/DC area during that era. Overall, the pattern has been boring. I think we end this dry spell around the end of August, and with it the Subtropical jet gets kicking.

 

 

 Same around here. Dry pattern started about a month ago. Its been a meh summer. Severe section here has been quite boring as well. If I reoccur, we had about 7 inches through July 4th. (Central Jersey)