Its a Breeze

May is the one month I don't mind being just a tad warmer than normal. Though this morning was a slight taste, we're not in oppressive humidity mode just yet. A cool May is just painful....

We have a couple of Pileated, they never go to the feeders though. The Red-bellied (greedy) and Downy definitely do though. Seen a Northern flicker once, but only once so far...

Media is absolutely fascinating. This headline SpaceX blows up: Starship rocket fails seconds after launch site take off | The Independent It goes on to mention it was 240 seconds after take off. Why not use minutes? lol The launch btw, was definitely a success. The first one always blows up. This test lasting four minutes before rapid unscheduled disassembly, is cause for celebration.

^ Absolutely none of that is true. Like at all, lol But we're off topic. Apologies for my contribution.

So many questions, lol. You hate 09-10 because we had 3 blizzards?? Are you referring to the 1909/1910 season? Melted in 3 days? Where exactly were you during that season? Also, those weren't the only times we got snow and it still doesn't explain why it was in the one hit wonder category. Which of the three was the one? If the most snow we've ever seen in a season, for a huge majority of the region, was in a "snow drought pattern", what's the complaint? Given that no non-drought pattern season has given us that much? Much needed indeed. But as much as we need the rain, it is absolutely atrocious timing if a cool wet pattern is trying to set up now. May is our last chance of one last gasp of spectacular weather.

Saw a few last week and was shocked. Don't recall seeing them this early before. Same. Haven't seen any yet.

With those dates and when you say "1 storm vs many" are you saying: "one or many vs one or many"? Or "one or one vs many or many"? 9-10 is throwing me off...

Got it. But, it's not us. "Drought" is used by NOAA, USDA, et al. when specific conditions are met. We've been below normal since late fall (actually we've only had one above normal month since August,) but we weren't in "drought" conditions until mid-late March. And even still, it's not the whole region. If we were in a region where it wasn't constantly wet, and we were 5" above normal, it would be talked about as flooding would likely start to be a concern.

? Maybe I'm misreading. Are you saying that when it's not dry and things are normal, people aren't concerned with drought? Um...yeah? Why would they be? What am I missing? Like, if the sun isn't exploding, people aren't going to talk about the sun exploding. But if it is exploding, then they'll talk about it. Seems like common sense *shrugs* Also, to the common man, I don't see anyone making a big deal out of this. Interesting, sure, but I have not seen one complaint about sunny and dry

Rejoice! This may be the last day under Snyder's control for the Commanders!!!

Don't know about sneaky, we've been in Elevated Fire Danger mode for a few days now (Fire Weather Watch for many a couple days ago - or was it yesterday?)

Records are definitely going to be threatened today. Records are : 90 DCA 87 Dulles 89 BWI

I'm sure we'll have another cold shot, but for some there's the real possibility this was it. The last dip into the 30s until October/November.

I just looked at DCA... Last week was basically the only "nice" week we've had. Half the month has been at or below normal. We had a whole stretch from the 8th to the 20th with only 3 days AN in that stretch.

Looks like We're going to end up pretty much spot on average. Tomorrow may push us very slightly above. Maybe.

The December miss (for all the northern folks) would have pushed it to the 'great' category....

Nah, just move further south, lol Last year was above normal with a 13"er. The 2019 season was well above average as well. Ya'll are too far north! Edit to add: This "drought" started after 3 above average seasons in a row. Do you know how rare that is?? '14, '15, and '16 were not that long ago For us at least, this year completes the balance. 10 years. 5 above average. 5 below.

I didn't go out earlier in the day, but you apparently were definitely not alone in smelling something. https://wtop.com/local/2023/03/fire-officials-investigating-reports-of-smoke-odor-across-dc-region/

"we" as in ya'll. West-based please.

Looks like the area is starting to be officially abnormally dry now - https://www.drought.gov/current-conditions

Just about exclusively a late Fall to early Spring thing. The frequency this year has been thanks to a winter of endless cutters.

Officially our 2nd 70 degree day this year.

With 90s sprinkled in. For DCA, the record today is 93 (1907.) Not sure what was going on in 1907. All three 90+ degree March records happened then. In an above avg. snowfall year. Including 6" in March...

Absolutely brutal tomorrow 80s so close....

From the Terp perspective, nope. Not even a little bit.... George Mason? That a community college? Haters gonna hate....