Someone check my work here. We need global warming to make for a longer and more intense fire season. We need a longer and more intense fire season to produce a lot of smoke. We need a lot of smoke to offset global warming.
How am I doing so far?
One of the best I recall for central MD. I was living in Columbia then and was a little disappointed when we got a foot and then dryslotted, but I went to bed and the backside dropped another foot overnight.
Not much wind here. Lightning, thunder, and heavy rain. It looks like about .75" so far using my low tech "binoculars looking at the rain gauge" method.