George BM

This link explains it in detail. https://www.spc.noaa.gov/exper/mesoanalysis/help/help_lllr.html

Well I'm certainly no meteorologist but I do know somethings about meteorology so here it goes. This past Monday, as you probably know, was the last day of the heatwave in the region. Very hot surface temperatures usually correspond with very steep low-level lapse rates which can help with higher winds aloft being mixed down to the ground say with, for example, a line of thunderstorms . Now this past Monday NJ had an area of 3,000+J/kg of mlcape (Mixed-layer convective available potential energy), which is fairly high (higher than usual), due to the high heat and humidity (surface temps in the 90's and dewpoints in the 70's). With you being in central NJ that means your area missed the previous days storms. This is important because it means that nothing was able to stabilize and moisten the atmosphere. That means that there was some drier air aloft (10,000-20,000ft) for Monday afternoon in your area. So, when strong heating of a moist boundary-layer (the layer below the cumulus clouds) helped cumulus clouds grow into cumulonimbus clouds the water droplets evaporated in the dry air which causes it to cool and sink creating a downdraft. On Monday afternoon there were also some stronger winds aloft around the 700-600mb layer (10,000-15,000ft above the ground) of around 35-40 kts. That can help storm clusters generate a cold-pool and with warm/moist air being forced upwards ahead of the storms and the rain cooled air (the cold-pool) sinking as they move through this creates a feedback loop allowing the storms to accelerate forward to 35-40kts (40-46mph) or faster especially if instability is strong (which it was on Monday). The storms on Monday blasted through your area at 50-60 mph and with the steep low-level lapse rates in place a lot of that wind energy was able to reach the ground. The result is widespread 50-60 mph wind gusts. However, with stronger downdrafts embedded within the line of storms they could've added 15-20+mph to the 50-60 mph winds in localized areas. This is my two cents on Monday's storms in your area. I'm no meteorologist or expert for that matter and I probably look like a total fool to those experts. Oh well, I live and I learn and boy do I have a lot to learn in this field. I also apologize for the horrible grammar. I hope you were able to understand something through all that. Hopefully an actual expert can clarify what the heck I just tried to say lol.

Currently 68F at IAD. It's bitterly cold out there. Bundle up in warm-layers today.

Probably because you're in Carolina.

IAD has hit 93F.

I'm watching the activity that's currently in southern West Virginia.

IAD hits 100F at 2:59pm edt Sunday, July 21, 2019.

110F with a 140+F heat index with an epic severe MCS to end it or bust.

@yoda Psssssst.... Monday afternoon on the 12z 3knam. We abscond immediately!

@wxdude64 Day one. If your in the area hang in there my friend.

@WxWatcher007 What would you say were the peak wind gusts that you experienced chasing Barry?

Severe Thunderstorm Watch incoming.

IAD is 95F right now. http://iadasos.org/condensed.html

IAD now 93F as of 11:02am edt, Wednesday, July 17, 2019

https://twitter.com/islivingston/status/1151137077431422976

I'm low-key watching the post-Barry remnants period. While areas to the north are definitely favored a ring of fire type pattern looks fairly likely to make an appearance.

Happy Birthday Mr. Reaper!

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My friends my friends welcome to the club!

95/69 IAD 5:10pm edt Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Yeapers on a bigly reaper stick drenched in weenie tears. It's become a yearly tradition.

I'm watching the activity in Michigan right now (MCV with some convection) that will drop to the southeast throughout the day. CAPE will be limited early but could rise to over 1,000 J/kg (mlcape that is) especially west of I-95 by mid-late afternoon ( the later it gets the higher CAPE gets). It will be interesting to see whether anything can grow upscale a bit and move in from the northwest later.

No I meant just tomorrow morning. A beautiful start. Now if we get HX of 115F+ with 7000+j/kg mlcape and 80+kt deep-layer flow... wait what happened? Anyway 50's/low 60's tomorrow morning would be beautiful indeed.

A beautiful start to a great summer month.

Holiday Season approaches.