George BM

Meanwhile 16 years ago at this moment...

This is GeorgeBM reporting live from Herndon, VA. The winds are starting to absolutely rip! I've experienced a few wind gusts all the way up into the 15-20mph range. If this keeps up a dead leaf or two may be ripped off of the trees around me and smash into the ground doing significant damage to the photosynthesis of the grass blades underneath! ETA: Looking outside there is already a dead leaf that I can see IMFY. Only 30% of the sky is clear with translucent sunshine shining through the high clouds right now. I hear that there may even be a brief sprinkle in a few spots?! I'm in fear for my life.

Meteorological Fall is upon us.

Meteorological Fall is upon us.

It was a strange wavy/jiggly feeling like adrenaline mixed with vodka and corona shaking it's way through my body... almost as if an anniversary of a wavy/jiggly event hit me.

What the-- I'm not the only one who felt that right?!

There was mention of a 59mph wind gust in Smithsburg in an earlier severe thunderstorm warning issued by the NWS in Sterling, VA.

1630z update put us in a SLGT risk for today. ...Northern VA and vicinity this afternoon... A small thunderstorm cluster and diffuse MCV will move eastward from the eastern WV Panhandle across northern VA/MD this afternoon. Surface heating in advance of this minor wave will contribute to moderate buoyancy (MLCAPE near 2000 J/kg), and some loose clustering of storms is expected this afternoon. Steep low-level lapse rates and DCAPE near 1000 J/kg will favor occasional downbursts with some potential for wind damage.

I'm surrounded in Herndon.

Were those the standard 16.9oz bottles? If so, then that's quite a bit of fluid downed in half a day.

IAD just got 0.23" of rain in one minute between 3:29pm and 3:30pm edt!

weather.us

No kidding! It's boderline disco at times.

The College of Dupage site has been down for days it seems...shame.

We DO have it now.

Low-key watching Tuesday for severe potential.

I've been low-key watching Tuesday myself fo- oh wait... you're talking about heat... nevermind.

Bookmarked. Nice find. 79/59 at IAD.

Feel the tropics. Taste the tropics.

72/68. Starting out in the mid 60's/low 70's tomorrow morning.

There are some left-movers that are trying to move northeast from central Virginia. They're worth watching especially from I-95 and southeastward where there's been more sunshine.

SEL7 0-CWZ000-010100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 547 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 115 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2019 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Connecticut District Of Columbia Delaware Massachusetts Eastern Maryland New Jersey Southeast New York Southeast Pennsylvania Rhode Island Northeast Virginia Coastal Waters * Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 115 PM until 900 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon within a warm/unstable air mass. A few clusters of severe storms are expected to form, capable of locally damaging wind gusts. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 75 statute miles east and west of a line from 45 miles south southeast of Washington DC to 25 miles north northwest of Boston MA. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 25030. ...Hart

Current dewpoint at IAD is 58F.

7/29/2019 highs: IAD: 96F BWI: 96F DCA: 94F

I dreamt that there was a supercell thundersnow storm the night before last and that people were getting blown around like they were leaves when the tornado blew through the campus.