SouthboundYank

Because of the originally forecasted cool-ish, semi-washout yesterday (which, of course, failed to materialize...thanks, NWS!), Mrs. V asked if we could stay in for Mothers Day and if I'd instead make brunch for her and the youngest offspring living in Arlington. I obliged -- whipped up a batch of Betty Crocker's morning crowd pleaser, Impossibly Easy Breakfast Bake, and then picked up on Saturday a fresh loaf of Great Harvest Bread's Xtreme Cinnamon Swirl bread to make her personal fave, French toast. Oh, and maybe a mimosa (or two). She never wants to eat "heavier" stuff like this, so I was happy to make it for her...and because she's an awesome mom, too.

Interesting....I'd have thought where you live would be chock full of the smaller wildlife. We have literally dozens of foxes and a fair amount of raccoons that populate our big-ass subdivision, which also blows my mind...why so many in close-in suburbia? Not sure, but I wonder if it's because our neighborhood is hemmed in on three sides by woodland/protected wetlands (Coast Guard, Huntley Meadows and Fort Belvoir).

Oh, yeah -- I actually HAD that Red Zep in my hand at Wegmans this afternoon!

Yeah, noticing that on radar...weird. The larger batch of precip moving across the bay is heading ENE, while the line south and west of the beltway is sliding southeast. Interesting.

Oh, yeah....if Weggy's has Get Bent in the "pick your six" cooler, I always grab one. One of my consistently excellent favorites.

Indeed. And I just returned from the "candy aisle" at Wegmans...

I've heard some good feedback on the Impossible burgers. Doesn't Burger King offer one? I've been meaning to try it, but I need to go like a whole DAY without eating before tackling a Whopper anymore.

Okay, I would try this based on giant cartoon artichoke on the label alone...just sayin'.

Something wicked this way comes. Not really, though -- that was about 10 minutes ago, and the dark clouds in advance proved to be more bark than bite, as we're just getting a breezy hard shower right now, with a couple peeks of sun already on the backside of it.

As are those isolated I and X brood clumps in SW Virginia....very weird.

77 here, with several peeks of sun within past 30 minutes, and clear blue skies visible in the west....let's see how we do.

While I'd certainly like to avoid in the future the widespread power outages and damage we experienced in the June 2012 derecho, that event tops my list of best/most interesting wx phenomena I've experienced since moving to NoVA 30 years ago. The March 3, 2018 sustained high wind event is a close second.

Are you pleased with the Tempest kit? How long installed? I've read about this a few times in recent months, and I'm intrigued...have thought about pulling the trigger on it once or twice, but haven't heard a lot of "real world" feedback.

You got a great angle on the edge of that gust front. I tried to capture the speed of it on video with "meh" results -- doubling the playback speed shows motion better. It was definitely hauling ass, and I could hear the increasing roar of the wind to the west, about five minutes before it slammed Hayfield.

Northernmost line approaching LWX definitely looking more raggedy than an hour ago, however....the strongest portion does appear to be taking a bead on the area just north of the District, so maybe you guys are indeed in play.

This turned out really nice....and it's a perfect spot to hear the water playing in the fountains while sitting on the deck, very soothing. Well done!!

If so, then that swarm and the incoming line of storms are gonna meet head-on directly over our heads within the hour...maybe playing out a couple scenes from "Independence Day."

Same here over past hour, but clearing again just to the south and temp back up to 91. Planes taking off from DCA's southern end, which sometimes takes them directly over our neighborhood when heading W or SW, are pulling off some interesting banks and turns right now, no doubt trying to avoid the fun to our N and W. Related -- any idea what that feedback is streaming in from the coast, just north of (I think?) @CAPE's location?

You finally identified a few posts back this specific owl species that's been stalking my backyard, @Stormfly....and then I finally caught one on camera last night just a few minutes after midnight! Video quality is meh (it's a Blink camera), but you can see it fly in at lower left, probably going after a frog or mouse on the patio. I was excited to capture this, as I've only ever seen them as swooping silhouettes in past years!

Yep....the wx radio just started doing its happy dance. Forgot I had the volume raised and it just about blew me out of my office chair.

As a far bigger fan of the franchise you cited, I'm ticked that nobody's been able to do some sort of calendar mash-up with "Live long and prosper."

THIS is why I've loved watching hockey since I was a kid...especially the Flyers back then (thugs on ice).

Not sure why LWX is down, but for the record -- I don't care for the new NWS radar. It takes forever to load and I just don't like how it displays. I don't mean to sh*t on others' hard work, as I know they had to replace the legacy radar with something, but.... I now generally prefer to use Windy.com for radar if I'm at the laptop or, of course, Radarscope on mobile.

Ahhhh, Depeche Mode. You're bringing back the memories of working the DJ graveyard shift at the college radio station (the shift nobody wanted!), serving up all of those awesome alternative/new wave tunes from the 80s. Also, never heard of the Silversun Pickups, but good tune...so thanks! Many, many emergence holes around my property...have seen a few holes in surrounding blocks...but haven't actually seen any nymphs or heard any of the adults yet.