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  1. AmericanWxFreak
    can't afford to be without practice until next winter, gotta keep the legs warm
  2. AmericanWxFreak
    I am thinking they may not even pull the trigger lol
  3. AmericanWxFreak
    New SPC Day 1 moved teh 5% tor risk into mostly SPA and NJ with NEMD included as well. They also yanked the 15% hail completely - now 5%. HRRR seems pretty meh now too. Im out.
  4. AmericanWxFreak
    Related 40-50+ kt of effective bulk shear will act to organize thunderstorms, and there is increasing concern that convection will grow upscale into a QLCS along/near the I-95 corridor in northern VA, MD, and eastern PA. Damaging winds would be the main threat if this mainly linear mode develops, although isolated large hail may occur with more discrete initial development. The potential for a tornado or two may also exist, mainly across eastern PA into NJ where low-level flow will be slightly more backed to southerly/southeasterly in the vicinity of a marine front.
  5. AmericanWxFreak
    15z HRRR still insistent upon the first cluster being a direct hit to DC and surrounding burbs in a few hours.
  6. AmericanWxFreak
    Boooooo! Paging HighRisk for some good news
  7. AmericanWxFreak
    That is seriously as pity as it can get on an ENH day lol welp. on to tomorrow 18z NAM looks pretty exciting
  8. AmericanWxFreak
    18z HRRR is once again a snooze fest for pretty much everyone but man does it show that line becoming quite fierce as it pushes through NJ EDIT: Well, a nice little pop up in S Carroll so maybe the HRRR is off its rocker
  9. AmericanWxFreak
    Also because we typically do not spend more than a day or two dumping our emotions into watching a potential evolve. With winter, it can be almost 2 weeks of waiting and watching lol
  10. AmericanWxFreak
    no direct calls but I can feel it coming based on our lack of MDs and/or watches lol
  11. AmericanWxFreak
    well, you are on a weather forum and we don't get many ENH days per year so seems pretty normal to me lol
  12. AmericanWxFreak
    Scary scenes in OH tonight. Is that the system that is headed this way for tomorrow?
  13. AmericanWxFreak
    you are spot on. that is exactly where the photo was taken from.
  14. AmericanWxFreak
    The two taller buildings on the left are office bldgs but the longer and lower white/beige buildings on the right side are the two new luxury appt bldgs.
  15. AmericanWxFreak
    Yep - its the iconic roof of the Columbia Mall where this photo was taken from the top of a parking garage.
  16. AmericanWxFreak
    I think it was a combination of that with the lens. Like I said before, could totally see the skepticism though. I am going to try to get in touch with the guy and ask him a few questions. Anyway, overall it was quite the photogenic storm. Hopefully some more fun this weekend and also hoping the plains threat for early week can make it this way.
  17. AmericanWxFreak
    Found the guys photography page on VSCO - here is another shot he took that looks similar. His panorama is certainly helping it appear more curved than it truly was - but it def had some nice curvature from my POV too. This guy was in Downtown Columbia @ the mall and I was 10 mins S and E so he had a different angle as well.
  18. AmericanWxFreak
    there was certainly light beind the storm on one side, it got sunny VERY fast after this blew through here. We were on the northern kink of the line too.
  19. AmericanWxFreak
    I totally see where your coming from, I think the actual sun is on the left side as you can see the lighting on the side of the building is pretty on point looking... But the light on the right side I think is just not as dark clouds as it got VERY dark. I think his panoramic mode on his shot is giving it more of a cylindrical look as well. It was certainly rounded from my POV too and If I could zoom out on my picture you would see what I am talking about. I could be wrong though, wouldnt be the first time
  20. AmericanWxFreak
    talking about this one? Im not sure that is fake, it looks very similar to the shots that I got just I wasn't able to get the complete horizon in my shot...
  21. AmericanWxFreak
    Thank you! It certainly could have been worse, just a decent amount of property damage - sounds like everyone in the house that was split in half by a tree ended up okay which is what I was most concerned about. Seeing how quickly the community came together to clean things up was fantastic to see as well - lots of beers being passed around too PS. I even ran into a lurker of our forum while walking around - so random lol
  22. AmericanWxFreak
    I knew it. Never seen anything like that before. I will remember this storm for a long time.
  23. AmericanWxFreak
    I am walking the area of Shaker Drive right at the intersection of 29 and 32 and the post above with the helicopter is accurate. Immense amount of very inconsistent tree damage. Including a couple homes that are close to comoletely destroyed by falling trees. I might put a few bucks on there being something more than straight line winds here.
  24. AmericanWxFreak
    Just a few I could grab quickly. There was a ton of damage like this all around Columbia and SE HoCo.
  25. AmericanWxFreak
    I just knew it was a storm of that caliber purely by the INSANELY strong smell of freshly cut trees. So fragrant. The size of the trees that were taken down is quite impressive too. When I was driving around I noticed how quickly even the small twigs and leafs one the road would stop. I am thinking there was a microburst or something that kept the damage pretty localized. I will post some photos now.
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