WVclimo Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Had a wind gust of 50 mph earlier this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, losetoa6 said: Grass hasn't grown very little if any at all in the past week. That 25+30 degree lows this past week definitely helped. Tonight has a good shot to hit freezing . I've only mowed twice . Let's keep it up. I don't care about @C.A.P.E. plants Why did he plant sensitive plants in March anyway.....lol I try to never plant things with feelings myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, losetoa6 said: Grass hasn't grown very little if any at all in the past week. That 25+30 degree lows this past week definitely helped. Tonight has a good shot to hit freezing . I've only mowed twice . Let's keep it up. I don't care about @C.A.P.E. plants Why did he plant sensitive plants in March anyway.....lol I did it a week or so ago. LOL 3 freeze warnings since. It felt like Spring so early this year. Guess I got lulled into it.. I covered em' again. THIS should be the last time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Might be a tad wet over the next 5 days.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, C.A.P.E. said: I did it a week or so ago. LOL 3 freeze warnings since. It felt like Spring so early this year. Guess I got lulled into it.. I covered em' again. THIS should be the last time. My full bloom 30 year old fruit trees were zapped by 27 degrees Sunday morning. Can't cover those girls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Freeze warning but forecast low here is 34. Hope the warning doesn’t verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkelWx Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I think we'll see a sharp transition from cool to very warm or even hot around the mid-May timeframe. But as of the next 2 weeks, I think it'll be cooler and wetter than normal. Polar vortex is finally breaking down and the main source of cold air now is the arctic with all the snowcover still. Once that melts the temps are off to the races 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, stormy said: My full bloom 30 year old fruit trees were zapped by 27 degrees Sunday morning. Can't cover those girls. That sucks. Have you ever turned a sprinkler on one overnight when there’s a freeze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Dews are really low this morning but the breeze has kept me from getting to freezing. 34 here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Wind and chilly day. Just like we all want. And then it will rain some later this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Only got down got down to 38 vs a forecast low of 34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 No freeze this time. As I suspected, it stayed quite breezy. Low of 36. Bring on the soaking rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 After running more than 6 degrees above normal through Jan-Feb-Mar, MRB is -1.1 for April. Only two 70 degree days so far this month, versus the 5 we had in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 12 hours ago, JakkelWx said: I think we'll see a sharp transition from cool to very warm or even hot around the mid-May timeframe. But as of the next 2 weeks, I think it'll be cooler and wetter than normal. Polar vortex is finally breaking down and the main source of cold air now is the arctic with all the snowcover still. Once that melts the temps are off to the races That would figure. We're set up for the worst possible Fall to Spring pattern for those of us who enjoy beautiful 60s and 70s and snowy 20s and 30s: Above normal September/October, below normal November, above normal Jan-March, below normal April, and above normal May. That's a lot of 40s and 50s quickly transitioning from/to 80s and 90s. Bleh! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Couple of rounds of wet weather...Thursday night and then Saturday night. Good for the lawns at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Partly cloudy and 65 sounds anything but boring. I would love to see it. For about 12 weeks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj2va Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Signs of the never-ending pinwheel of ULL cycling through the east breaking down in the uber LR (end of the 1st week of May). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southmdwatcher Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Euro's latest run is a soaking through Monday morning. 2-3.5 inches regionwide and some higher amounts. More rain on Wednesday and Friday next week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, southmdwatcher said: Euro's latest run is a soaking through Monday morning. 2-3.5 inches regionwide and some higher amounts. More rain on Wednesday and Friday next week. Jeez...4"+ through D10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, WxUSAF said: Jeez...4"+ through D10. RIP drought thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 minute ago, psuhoffman said: RIP drought thread Except for one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psuhoffman Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 6 minutes ago, C.A.P.E. said: Except for one.. “There is always one”...or was it “there can be only one” I get confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 LOL That Euro 4" from 12z yesterday dropped to 2" at 00z. Cancel the Flood Watches. Of course, it is somewhat delusional to pay serious attention to a 10 day qpf from any model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Fully believe that the theory of a region wide drought is false and based on what must be incomplete data. We are above normal here, in a place that is prone to being dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 15 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said: Fully believe that the theory of a region wide drought is false and based on what must be incomplete data. We are above normal here, in a place that is prone to being dry. Hello up north. I don't know who has a theory of a "region wide drought"? Can you enlighten me? What is his or her handle? During late March after a very dry month in Augusta I posted an advisory of a growing rainfall deficit in the central valley. I also advised that this is NOT DROUGHT, but we would be in agricultural drought if the pattern continued another 60 days. Fortunately, April has been generous. The first 22 days gave my recording station 2.58". Normal for the first 22 days of April would be 2.42". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, stormy said: Hello up north. I don't know who has a theory of a "region wide drought"? Can you enlighten me? What is his or her handle? During late March after a very dry month in Augusta I posted an advisory of a growing rainfall deficit in the central valley. I also advised that this is NOT DROUGHT, but we would be in agricultural drought if the pattern continued another 60 days. Fortunately, April has been generous. The first 22 days gave my recording station 2.58". Normal for the first 22 days of April would be 2.42". The region wide drought thing I mentioned was referring to those drought maps we often see posted. I’ve always thought they were notoriously inaccurate. Heck around here 5 miles can be the difference between desert and swamp, especially during the thunderstorm season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Steady light rain has commenced here. I got ready this morning by cleaning the bird turd out of the rain gauge that got dumped in there a few days ago. I had to break out the big gun brewery cleaning PPW powder to get the last of the dried-on stuff out of the inner cylinder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 16 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said: Steady light rain has commenced here. I got ready this morning by cleaning the bird turd out of the rain gauge that got dumped in there a few days ago. I had to break out the big gun brewery cleaning PPW powder to get the last of the dried-on stuff out of the inner cylinder. I just got a new one a few days ago. My old one was junk and cracked when the water froze. It's out there collecting rain for the first time. Just applied some nitrogen to my corn growing soil. This rain is perfect for melting it into the soil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormy Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 hours ago, WinterWxLuvr said: The region wide drought thing I mentioned was referring to those drought maps we often see posted. I’ve always thought they were notoriously inaccurate. Heck around here 5 miles can be the difference between desert and swamp, especially during the thunderstorm season. Those drought maps are often 2 or 3 weeks outdated. The short-long term map yesterday from NOAA was dated April 11. This map indicated large portions of northern Virginia and Maryland in a short-term drought condition. The latest map dated April 18 indicates all of this area back into a normal condition after beneficial rains. I never depend on any government operation to be prompt about anything. Simply, too much bureaucracy. We are all normal at this time. I have enjoyed chatting with you! I have received .42" rainfall today at 7 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Pouring here this morning. 1.6" so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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