snownut Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 surprisingly cool tonight. we may challenge the upper 40s again. Almost got there here. 50.0 was my low. Amazingly nice couple weather days forAugust. It drys so fast here in the subdivision grass is browning in areas. This was a pasture field so I think Richmond America sold the top soil? leaving red clay which they then rolled sod over. Except for heavy lawn serviced lawns most are like mine a mix of struggling grass and weeds..lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 75 days or less until first frost in the burbs. Can't come soon enough. No, it can wait. Late August into mid October has some of the best weather of the year here - why would you want to rush right into a winter that you know will be cold and windy, but that won't feature any real snow around here? What's the point of that? And that's when various illnesses start going around (flu, stomach bugs, etc). I just don't get the desire to skip the nicest part of the year, weather-wise. It makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 LOL. Love that area but driving in the winter can be challenging. I really dont like US 219 from Lewisburg up to Marlinton, up and down all those damn mountains, gets tiring after a while But still gorgeous. Yeah I got a pic of a sun dog here the other day too, was pretty cool to see. Glad you mentioned that about some of the trees in higher elevations. good to know. I saw one weed maple or whatever you want to call it on Fairfax co pwky in Reston area this afternoon that was totally red unless my eyes were playing tricks on me. Very very random. Yeah, I really hate traveling 219, but son wanted to do something in Lewisburg before we headed home. I always prefer to go up 92 to 39 to Marlinton, or keep up 92 to 66 and across at Cass. That is a much better road as far as curves, and not as heavily traveled either. Didn't get into 40's here last night, the clouds held temp. up I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 64 and cloudy. Perfect mood weather to watch the first weekend of Premier League action! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 looks like fall up north: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I'm assuming that is river fog showing up on the visible? That's neat stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I'm assuming that is river fog showing up on the visible? That's neat stuff.Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 On my phone, are the NAM and GFS really 24hrs different on their timing one day out from an event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Megadrought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Looks about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 0.10" so far. The heavy band set up from Waynesboro through Orange/Culpeper over to Stafford and did not want to move north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 0.33" yesterday and 0.59" so far today and hovering around 65* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 .28" nice to come back from a week off and finally see some rain up here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Up here, only a few sprinkles to wet the ground overnight. Otherwise, just cloudy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I thought it was supposed to rain this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Hours of rain and dry spots everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 It is kind of like radar watching in the winter where there is good coverage, but it is just flurrying outside. 0.12", but at no point was it raining hard enough to even record a "rainfall rate" on my VP2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 .01 here in the gauge. Pathetic lately with the "rainfall" out here. Maybe we can stay below 70* for the day though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Had .30 overnight and yesterday evening, that broke the three day 'dry' spell of 8/15, 8/16 and 8/17. The last time we had three or more dry days was back in June with 6/21, 6/22, 6/23 and 6/24 reporting 0.00's. So far today picked up picked up 0.11 and temp. has zoomed all the way up to 66.8 from a low of 60.5. Son just commented that the last 100+ days or so would be nice for winter, I agree. Average to slightly below temps. with 24+ inches of moisture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 .11" of drizzle so far today. Worthless rain, but the temps are wonderful. Currently 64F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 74 with only .04 of drizzle today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 0.02". Epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 71 hi so far at DCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 71 hi so far at DCA. 72 or 73 with the midnight high. We are slowly rising now that the rain has stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLPressure Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 70 and .15 here at National Harbor. Disappointing. Still have to water plants. At least it ain't scorching hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 72 or 73 with the midnight high. We are slowly rising now that the rain has stopped.Ahh yeah oops.Anyone see asparatus clouds today? Pretty sure they are but mainly west of here so not a great view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlo Snow Maker Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Record low max tied so far at RIC 70 what a stretch this has been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Once the sky brightened, for just a bit, the temp jumped to a high of 71. Not too shabby for Aug 18. Wish we could've had some significant rain, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.J Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Beautiful end to the day to end my girls summer break. First day of school tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfan Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Not to bring politics to the board, but I see that Peter Franchot is trying to get the start of the school year pushed back to post-Labor Day due to loss of tourism revenue. I'm so glad I'm not a little one now because it seems like the school year is starting far too early. A colleague of mine that works at an office in Indiana had to send her kid back on August 1st. Back to weather.....while it was cool today, it seemed a bit muggy, so I left the A/C on during the second half of the day. I'm really not looking forward to the return to summer heat later this week. Beautiful end to the day to end my girls summer break. First day of school tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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