MN Transplant Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Cool. That's what I thought. They used to use unrounded for the monthly as we went along which made it easier to track. Now it seems to be rounded? We should be a -2.2 but maybe that is because the norms are really 87.5/70.5? Otherwise the -1.7 makes no sense. I guess in the end it is 78.1 however they get there but don't understand -1.7 unless 88/71 is bogus. I'm guessing you are right that somewhere in the climate system is an unrounded version of 88/71 and that is what is used for the departure-to-date, but I don't know for certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Wow, the sky is so clear... I'm at 100% of the theoretical solar max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Beautiful morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I'm guessing you are right that somewhere in the climate system is an unrounded version of 88/71 and that is what is used for the departure-to-date, but I don't know for certain. Why round at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Such a nice day outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Why round at all? Probably for the media. Nice round numbers. The rounding problem that zwyts notes doesn't really come to play there, since the media doesn't bother with average daily temperature anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Having thunderstorm withdrawal. Instability keeps me stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Amazing day outside. Was outside shooting (photography) since about dawn. Ground is pretty soaked from all the recent rains, but it's nice that we have a shot at a dry, sunny day for once. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Another cloudy non-summer day. Just 68 degrees here, with rain. I bet you'd be ecstatic if we had this weather in January We may have positive nighttime mins giving us positive departures for the summer months, but it has not been a hot summer. We've had a lot of cooler days. Hoping tomorrow is as nice as forecast. Thank goodness for that If it's not snowing, then yes, I would be more than happy to have 68 degree days in January. I love snow. I don't love cold. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Although the lack of thunderstorm activity has made it a bit boring at times, this summer has been OK in my book. Except for that one stretch in July -- when for most of it I was out of town in Beaufort SC where it wasn't nearly as uncomfortable as here, evidently -- this has been an easy summer. Another grade-A summer day today. Time to go out running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLPressure Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Having thunderstorm withdrawal. Instability keeps me stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaWx Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 What are those lines moving on radar? Look a lot like lake effect flizzards http://marylandwx.com/klwxstate.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 What are those lines moving on radar? Look a lot like lake effect flizzards http://marylandwx.com/klwxstate.php Fair weather cumulus. http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/wfo/lwx/mflash-vis.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Lower 80s in our region, lower 80s along the Arctic Ocean in northern Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 80/49 at 6p DCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 high 79 low 59 quite remarkable last couple of days. Yesterday high 70 low 65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 It was nice today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 It was nice today.If we don't get some hurricanes this might end up the most boring weather stretch on record by the time Oct rolls around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 10 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 It is almost like vacation here, shame it isn't our normal summer weather but I'll take it anytime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 A lot going on in this picture, but a few things to point out. Each of the lines are 1 GFS run (the last 7). Blue Line: Warm cloud depth, the higher the better the rain making efficiency. (Scale is the far left) Red Line: Temperature (far right scale) Green Line: Dew Point (far right scale) Lower Green Line: Accumulated Rain Total (middle scale) tl;dr. IT GONNA RAIN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 That graph tells me it's not going to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 down to 61F. gonna be beautiful in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 61.2 for the low. Upper 50s in the low spots in the neighborhood. IAD at least 55, DCA 64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 52F for the low. Magnificent. My burning bushes are starting to turn red and an odd Maple up the road that is always the first to go each year is already showing color. I can't wait til September; I'm already hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 If we don't get some hurricanes this might end up the most boring weather stretch on record by the time Oct rolls around. 2011-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 If we don't get some hurricanes this might end up the most boring weather stretch on record by the time Oct rolls around. What, a record run of disgusting low temps isn't exciting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Got to 57 in my neighborhood. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellinwood Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 2011-12 Severe totals for June and July in MD: 2011: 64 (35 June, 25 July) 2012: 164 (115 June, 49 July) 2013: 87 (77 June, 10 July) 2011 does beat 2013 in terms of a quiet June+July, but what is very notable is the scant 10 reports in MD in July compared to 25 in 2011. VA was even more notable in July with 187 reports in 2011, 247 reports in 2012 and 39 reports in 2013. June in VA had similar trends as June in MD. (EDIT: Source data... http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/newm.html) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Got down to 52 here. Pumpkins and beet seedlings love this, but the tomatoes and hot peppers no bueno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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