Mrs.J

Think you may be right. Got .49” yesterday. So far today have .42”. I keep looking at the forecast for Wolf Trap as we are headed down for a concert tonight. Glad Mr. J got indoor seating and not lawn. Going to be chilly though. Have to break out the jeans.

.03” overnight. With a 90% chance of a trace of precipitation throughout the day. AKA English spittle all day. Heading down to Wolf Trap for a concert tonight. No horrible heat but the drive down with rain will for sure be interesting. Opting to take 15.

I think our rain is done over here. Sitting at .49” and going to call it for the day. More would have been nice but almost half an inch is better than nothing.

Sitting in the front of the house and occasionally seeing lightning off to the East.

Looking at WXUnderground your station is directly North of mine. If I remember correctly that you moved off of Jefferson Pike. Will be interesting to see the difference between the elevations.

Picked up .32” in a clear slot now. But all the thunder is so nice to hear.

Currently sitting under that warning over here. So far lot of wind and thunder. Looks like I am right on the edge of the first cell.

95 here. Got some dirt to plant my pepper seedlings but will wait till later this afternoon. The sun on the deck is blistering. Will water every thing also. Would like some rain tomorrow but will not plan on it.

Beautiful still night eating dinner on the deck. Just a bit humid listening to the birds and cows.

Ask and you got it.

That line fizzled but the outflow from it is very refreshing.

Noticing the humidity getting up there. Only 66 here but with 65% humidity. Need something to clear out this pollen though. This year has been bad. Have a cat with asthma that is having a rough time of it.

Yep that is life

Picked up .60”. What a nice event.

.43” here and still a decent amount coming down. Proper nice line with all the rolling thunder. Have missed this.

Getting some nice rolling thunder. Rain is decent also.

Typical rain set up for my area again. Splitting the two lines will see if the back one makes it here intact.

Turned out to be a beautiful day for the older Ms. J to graduate.

Picked up .26” this morning. On purpose not looking at radar. Don’t want to be disappointed would rather be surprised.

I have to say if anything these past few years has shown me is, if it is labeled drought tolerant it will go into my yard. My front garden of sedums, day lilies and catmint are exploding in full bloom. And my Knock out Rose Bush is covered with buds. Have some Black Eyed Susans coming up in my container. I put them in there so they don’t over spread.

Most all is green in my area of Frederick. Oddly enough have a few trees that are struggling to leaf out from bud stage on the tree line behind my house. Where I noticed the lack of rain is when mulching my front beds yesterday with my perennials the dirt is dry and compact. Looking back my station logged 2.52” for the month of April. On the 1st 0.38”, 5th 0.73”, 19th 0.47”, 25th 0.22” and on the 29th 0.59”. Glorious day today though. Out on the deck eating lunch. Wind is a bit wild though and thinking the table umbrella needs to come down. Stalking DC weather for Saturday as the older Ms. J is graduating from college. Graduation is indoors but would be nice for a bit of sun. She is in the 9 am graduation slot.

You may have gotten more up your way. When I looked at radar NE of me looked to have a bit heavier and wider swath of rain than down here.

0.19” this afternoon. Will take it.

Getting some steady rain right now. At least it is something.

Well I should know better. Got all excited for the what was forecasted a decent soaker for today and planted some containers on the deck. Was also going to lay down some grass felt. And poof 90% with a trace of rain shows up. So that in my mind translates to England spittle. Glad I did not get to laying any grass felt at least I can just water my containers. I will say one thing though. After several years of dealing with a lack of rain I have curated some amazing drought tolerant perennials in my gardens. Sedums which look like they should need a lot of water love the dry. And got to love Catmint. Gets you green with small blooms.