87storms Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 this is probably the first day all summer where it's reached my threshold. i'm welcoming a cool down. hoping we get a nice line of storms, though not so nice where the electricity shuts off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 92/76 in DCA, heat index 105 already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowershoresadness Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 92/74. hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I just realized something... At my house, it is easier to get a warning criteria snowfall than a severe thunderstorm. I've had 7 snow events 5"+ since December 2013, and only 1 severe thunderstorm in the past two years. The MA sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhineasC Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I just realized something... At my house, it is easier to get a warning criteria snowfall than a severe thunderstorm. I've had 7 snow events 5"+ since December 2013, and only 1 severe thunderstorm in the past two years. The MA sucks. Like I said a couple of weeks back: severe weenies in this area have to be even more delusional than snow weenies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I love workplace power outages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I just realized something... At my house, it is easier to get a warning criteria snowfall than a severe thunderstorm. I've had 7 snow events 5"+ since December 2013, and only 1 severe thunderstorm in the past two years. The MA sucks. I can only remember a handful of truly severe thunderstorms in my entire life. They are not very common around here and are usually isolated. I'm happy with just a good ole thunderstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I can only remember a handful of truly severe thunderstorms in my entire life. They are not very common around here and are usually isolated. I'm happy with just a good ole thunderstorm. Agreed. That's why I cringe a little bit at the discussion of thunderstorm events in the thread that always seems to be named "Severe storms somthingorother." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOfClimatology Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 We're better at severe than we give ourselves credit for sometimes. Locally speaking, we've been on kind of a heater since 2012. The last several years remind me of 2002-2004..I was young but remember some big storms during those years. Severe criteria met imby since I started keeping track in 2008. - June 4, 2008: Big line of storms, strong SW winds, heavy rain. - July 25th, 2010: Strongest winds I've observed to date, no power for 5 days, lots of tree damage and minor roof damage. Old oaks and tulip poplars snapped off and uprooted. - June 29, 2012: Derecho, heavy, loud winds. Some old oak trees snapped off 10-15ft up. - September 8th, 2012: Stronger than the Derecho locally, snapped a pine and an elm in my neighbors yard. - July 15th, 2014: Microburst, strong winds and small hail. Lots of tree damage locally. - August 31, 2014: Downburst in a squall line, took down multiple tulip poplars. Stronger than the July 2014 storm, but less tree damage, probably Darwinism at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 We're better at severe than we give ourselves credit for sometimes. Locally speaking, we've been on kind of a heater since 2012. The last several years remind me of 2002-2004..I was young but remember some big storms during those years. Severe criteria met imby since I started keeping track in 2008. - June 4, 2008: Big line of storms, strong SW winds, heavy rain. - July 25th, 2010: Strongest winds I've observed to date, no power for 5 days, lots of tree damage and minor roof damage. Old oaks and tulip poplars snapped off and uprooted. - June 29, 2012: Derecho, heavy, loud winds. Some old oak trees snapped off 10-15ft up. - September 8th, 2012: Stronger than the Derecho locally, snapped a pine and an elm in my neighbors yard. - July 15th, 2014: Microburst, strong winds and small hail. Lots of tree damage locally. - August 31, 2014: Downburst in a squall line, took down multiple tulip poplars. Stronger than the July 2014 storm, but less tree damage, probably Darwinism at work. I was out of town for that July 2010 storm -- hiking in the Colorado Rockies after a business trip, so I don't regret it at all -- but my wife said the winds here (Tenleytown) might have been as strong as the derecho's, as well. Didn't you use to live around American University? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 96, 94,93 at DCA, BWI, IAD. A little underperforming on the highs, but the dews made up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 We're better at severe than we give ourselves credit for sometimes. Locally speaking, we've been on kind of a heater since 2012. The last several years remind me of 2002-2004..I was young but remember some big storms during those years. Severe criteria met imby since I started keeping track in 2008. - June 4, 2008: Big line of storms, strong SW winds, heavy rain. - July 25th, 2010: Strongest winds I've observed to date, no power for 5 days, lots of tree damage and minor roof damage. Old oaks and tulip poplars snapped off and uprooted. - June 29, 2012: Derecho, heavy, loud winds. Some old oak trees snapped off 10-15ft up. - September 8th, 2012: Stronger than the Derecho locally, snapped a pine and an elm in my neighbors yard. - July 15th, 2014: Microburst, strong winds and small hail. Lots of tree damage locally. - August 31, 2014: Downburst in a squall line, took down multiple tulip poplars. Stronger than the July 2014 storm, but less tree damage, probably Darwinism at work. Half of these were so localized that they are forgettable for more than half the region. In any given location, there's no reason to expect true severe storm criteria every single year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Half of these were so localized that they are forgettable for more than half the region. In any given location, there's no reason to expect true severe storm criteria every single year. My neighborhood has only hit true severe 4 times since I moved here in 03. My yard only twice. But 8k in house damage and 3k in tree damage is more than enough. The only acceptable event going forward is a roof collapse from 3' of snow followed up by a foot of ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Quite the orange glow to the sky now with the setting sun trying to push out behind the storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I just realized something... At my house, it is easier to get a warning criteria snowfall than a severe thunderstorm. I've had 7 snow events 5"+ since December 2013, and only 1 severe thunderstorm in the past two years. The MA sucks. This is why I've always been more interested in snow than severe. Snow is a better bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Got another inch of rain in Oak Hill on Tuesday. Over 5 1/2 for the month. Happy plantings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 81/70 at 1:40am. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Heck of a easterly fetch set up for Saturday. Forget the 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 much nicer this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 First comfortable morning in a long while. Low of 63F. DP 58F. Still sitting on 2.20" for the month after yesterday's goose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handy1 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Had 5 minutes of solid marble sized hail yesterday and the storm knocked out our central AC unit. Managed to get the hail on video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potvn_sx Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 My video from Silver Spring. Not severe though. 6/23/2015 Time Lapse Thunderstorm: https://youtu.be/i8xX4PkGy_0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Heck of a easterly fetch set up for Saturday. Forget the 90s. Ugh. The worst. NAM has 73 as the high before the rain moves in at 2pm GFS doesn't even get me out of the 60s with rain all day Perfect day for family to come over to celebrate my birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Wonderful morning. 64 lovely degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozz Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Heck of a easterly fetch set up for Saturday. Forget the 90s. Looking forward to opening the windows and not needing to run any AC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Looking forward to opening the windows and not needing to run any AC Did you get any of the golf ball size hail last night? I'm really glad it missed this area. .91" yesterday, bringing the month to 7.14" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 6.83" on the month in the Cocorahs gauge. 6.91" in the Davis VP2. I think my tipping bucket adjustments have worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodhi Cove Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Ugh. The worst. NAM has 73 as the high before the rain moves in at 2pm GFS doesn't even get me out of the 60s with rain all day Perfect day for family to come over to celebrate my birthday Well that sucks! Postpone? Or is this a big one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Well that sucks! Postpone? Or is this a big one? lol last year was the big one -- just the usual get together this year. not sure about the postponement, we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Chill Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Time to start tracking July 4th temps. Early indications are no heat wave. 80's. July 1-3rd looking decent temp wise but we could always get stuck with a boundary draped overhead. All in all, the pattern going forward doesn't look anything like the persistence we seem to be moving away from. I wouldn't mind a stretch with no 90's (except for dca of course. The can hit 90 because a goose farts on the runway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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