Herb@MAWS Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 0.39" IMBY Monday evening -- I'll gladly take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 61.1 Coolest morning since late June. Nice. DCA reached 66, which was the coolest since June 27th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjon Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Got down to 42 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 rogue dc cell! see it pouring on the mall on the news. sunny here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmfm Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 it's armaggedon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 it's armaggedon No rain for me or dca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Keeps intensifying....too bad, Stras was looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Another dc pop up over the south part .. Heard a rumble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 DCA finally got in on a pop up.. .59" as of last report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 DCA finally got in on a pop up.. .59" as of last report. That should take driest Jan-Aug out of play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 DCA finally got in on a pop up.. .59" as of last report. Where do you get the intra-hourly reports from? I see that the 19:52 report for DCA shows 0.42 inches for the last hour (http://w1.weather.go...story/KDCA.html), but I can't find a later update. That should take driest Jan-Aug out of play. Right -- that would bring the year-to-date total to 17.99 inches at DCA, vs 17.79 inches in DC through August in 1930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Where do you get the intra-hourly reports from? I see that the 19:52 report for DCA shows 0.42 inches for the last hour (http://w1.weather.go...story/KDCA.html), but I can't find a later update. Right -- that would bring the year-to-date total to 17.99 inches at DCA, vs 17.79 inches in DC through August in 1930. http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDCA/2012/8/21/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 http://www.wundergro...eq_statename=NA Thanks, Ian. Interesting that Weather Underground has that information available on-line prior to the National Weather Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Seeing flashes of lightning to my NW and the only thing close to me that I can see on radar is out near Cumberland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 wtf? where did this storm come from? 1 lonely cell.... at 61F at 1:30 AM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Cursed again here, Probably about 78 raindrops here in the burg. Leesburg, where storms come to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Cursed again here, Probably about 78 raindrops here in the burg. Leesburg, where storms come to die. Maybe if you hadn't installed a rain drop counter the storms would actually rain on you... Schrodinger's Thunderstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Last night's surprise t-storm dumped .65" IMBY, and made for a really poor night's sleep. Hard to believe such a storm could exist in such cool temps and low dew points (at 11 PM DP was 58 and temp was 65). There was a lot of lightning, as well as some gusts in the 30 mph range (estimated). The storm lasted about an hour, and though there were some periods of heavy, windswept rain, most of the rain was moderate. This morning is glorious out here, however. 55F when I stepped outside. Outside a 8 or 9 day dryspell last week, our summer of T-storms continues. Received 1.5" between Monday afternoon and last night. I wish I were keeping records, but since the derecho (June 30) I bet we've had 20 t-storms that have produced measurable rain, and a few more that gave us at least a light show and a cool-down. If the weather cooperates next month and into October it could be a very good year for autumn foliage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks, Ian. Interesting that Weather Underground has that information available on-line prior to the National Weather Service. I don't know why the NWS main site doesn't show the special METARs. Maybe just for continuity. Wunderground and others grab and use the data as soon as it comes out. I like http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/ for looking up METARs because you have the option for raw or translated and can go a few days back, but there are a number of other sites that also have the data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldie 22 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Cursed again here, Probably about 78 raindrops here in the burg. Leesburg, where storms come to die. It's that little hill on the way to Front Royal that does us in all of the time on systems coming from the West.....learned that about 6 years ago Dave....my first two years here were like WTF...why did it dry up...after 8 years I have given in to the hill...we are in a rainshadow of the mountains....works great for us though in winter as the deform band almost always forms to our West and moves over us....I moved here for snow not rain....so far so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Cursed again here, Probably about 78 raindrops here in the burg. Leesburg, where storms come to die. It's like it ran into a black hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyS Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I don't know why the NWS main site doesn't show the special METARs. Maybe just for continuity. Wunderground and others grab and use the data as soon as it comes out. I like http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/ for looking up METARs because you have the option for raw or translated and can go a few days back, but there are a number of other sites that also have the data. Thanks for that webpage. Perhaps the powers that be at the National Weather Service figure that true weather geeks can always find what they're looking for elsewhere, but I find it odd that the NWS main site is not the best place to turn to for up-to-the-minute weather information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 I don't know why the NWS main site doesn't show the special METARs. Maybe just for continuity. Wunderground and others grab and use the data as soon as it comes out. I like http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/surface/ for looking up METARs because you have the option for raw or translated and can go a few days back, but there are a number of other sites that also have the data. Fun fact: Even though the raw/decoded menu only goes back to 60 hours, if you change the 60 hour time span in "&hoursStr=past+60+hours" to something like "&hoursStr=past+768+hours" to go back the maximum archive length of 32 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Fun fact: Even though the raw/decoded menu only goes back to 60 hours, if you change the 60 hour time span in "&hoursStr=past+60+hours" to something like "&hoursStr=past+768+hours" to go back the maximum archive length of 32 days. Nice. Plymouth St has it back to '98, but the interface is kind of clunky http://vortex.plymouth.edu/sa_parse-u.html KIAD 061218Z 01012KT 1/8SM R01R/3500V5500FT +SN FZFG BKN003 OVC007 M02/M03 A2960 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 It's that little hill on the way to Front Royal that does us in all of the time on systems coming from the West.....learned that about 6 years ago Dave....my first two years here were like WTF...why did it dry up...after 8 years I have given in to the hill...we are in a rainshadow of the mountains....works great for us though in winter as the deform band almost always forms to our West and moves over us....I moved here for snow not rain....so far so good. Do you mean Beacon Hill just west of town or up by snickers Gap on the Loudoun/Clarke county line? Purcellville and Hamilton always seems to get rain and then it fizzles or splits as it approaches Rt 9 and Beacon Hill and we get missed. It is frustrating but damn it is also very interesting as to why it does that here. Since I left far NWNJ where we got every storm, I sure realize how much I miss it. There has to be something here or with the river close by that does this. Our congressmen/woman need to look into this. We should be able to apply for drought disaster relief. It's like it ran into a black hole. Indeed Nice. Plymouth St has it back to '98, but the interface is kind of clunky http://vortex.plymou...sa_parse-u.html KIAD 061218Z 01012KT 1/8SM R01R/3500V5500FT +SN FZFG BKN003 OVC007 M02/M03 A2960 oh and Im done. Ahhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 anyone have a time lapse radar around 11pm-1230am for Loudoun area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Big fire around Burke right now. You can see it on the radar. I'm right on the southern end of the smoke plume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 OK...close lightning strike and now it's pouring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 And the wind is ripping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I think this is the first time we've gotten one of these pulsers, certainly in the last month or so. Kind of nice. It's really ripping it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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