SnowenOutThere Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 It’s so close yet so far no rain only thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, high risk said: It's probably just my fading memory, but I can't recall such an extremely active week like this with so little shear. I feel like these shear-less days tend to yield one super isolated but huge cell that puts down a swath of 70-80mph winds but leaves the rest of us with nada. This certainly has been a widespread week of all hazards (except tornadoes). Monday was a heck of a deluge IMBY, and I think I've gotten at least some semblance of a storm on every day except yesterday. Today looks like it'll perform too. I guess that's what 95+ degree temps and soupy air can do for us! ML lapse rates haven't been super trashy like they usually are - so maybe that also contributed. Wayyyy too far out to speculate - but have to wonder if this week is the start of a very wet pattern that might have some tropical threats mixed in the next month or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 50kft+ echo tops in Howard County now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Kmlwx said: I feel like these shear-less days tend to yield one super isolated but huge cell that puts down a swath of 70-80mph winds but leaves the rest of us with nada. This certainly has been a widespread week of all hazards (except tornadoes). Monday was a heck of a deluge IMBY, and I think I've gotten at least some semblance of a storm on every day except yesterday. Today looks like it'll perform too. I guess that's what 95+ degree temps and soupy air can do for us! ML lapse rates haven't been super trashy like they usually are - so maybe that also contributed. Wayyyy too far out to speculate - but have to wonder if this week is the start of a very wet pattern that might have some tropical threats mixed in the next month or so. Tuesday and Wednesday each yielded a surprisingly high number of SVR reports in this area. There were certainly a couple of particularly notable cells with higher-end swaths of damage, but the coverage of reports was still impressive. But I agree that high CAPE and moderate DCAPE are more than compensating for very weak shear. I'd certainly be surprised if we didn't get at least one round of TC remnants up this way in the next 6-8 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 minute ago, high risk said: Tuesday and Wednesday each yielded a surprisingly high number of SVR reports in this area. There were certainly a couple of particularly notable cells with higher-end swaths of damage, but the coverage of reports was still impressive. But I agree that high CAPE and moderate DCAPE are more than compensating for very weak shear. I'd certainly be surprised if we didn't get at least one round of TC remnants up this way in the next 6-8 weeks. Definitely feels like the kind of year when we get some sort of major moisture injection from a TC-remnant system. The pockets of super heavy rain have been in small/isolated pockets - but if we keep getting these pulse rainers - FFG could really come down if a big areawide rain event comes through sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Good wind signature showing up just north of Great Falls, VA heading into MoCo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Outflow from moco storm moving thru now. Looks like another near miss Imby to go along with wed and both storms on 7.1 up on ft Reno and there a generous Amount of cg with that moco cell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 23 minutes ago, high risk said: It's probably just my fading memory, but I can't recall such an extremely active week like this with so little shear. I would say 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamHLG Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Towson is about to get lit - up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge D Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Really nasty storm in Glenwood. Gusts 50 to 55. Small hail. Constant but not severe lightning. House was in the car wash for about ten minutes. Didn’t move through as much as explode over us. Was really worried it would sit over us for a long time from the way it looked on radar, but it moved along after about 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 That warning for Fairfax/MoCo is indicated for 70mph - but I'm not seeing a whole lot of good velocity scans. Still hunting, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 minute ago, Kmlwx said: That warning for Fairfax/MoCo is indicated for 70mph - but I'm not seeing a whole lot of good velocity scans. Still hunting, though TDCA has a little pixel above 50mph. Could be pulshing up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Warning update for MoCo also holding the 70mph text MDC027-031-132115- /O.CON.KLWX.SV.W.0402.000000T0000Z-210813T2115Z/ Howard MD-Montgomery MD- 509 PM EDT Fri Aug 13 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES... At 508 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Potomac, or near Rockville, moving east at 5 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 And there's LWX with the huge polygon again. Warning stretches from like Wheaton down to Manassas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Kmlwx said: And there's LWX with the huge polygon again. Warning stretches from like Wheaton down to Manassas. Yeah I’m seeing lightning now across entire western horizon, including branches. Not often I’ve seen this active an electrical show from this vantages that spans the whole horizon. I wonder how that matches with LD display now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 PW and Fauquier warned for 80mph and golf ball. ETA: It's pouring here. Thunder too. Sub severe though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Woo!!! Pouring rain here...now got even heavier with a little more lighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Good cluster of damage reports near Damascus/Woodfield from earlier. LWX is going warn-happy today again. Active day in the books! Seems mainly a rain threat for MBY now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Kmlwx said: PW and Fauquier warned for 80mph and golf ball. ETA: It's pouring here. Thunder too. Sub severe though. Now what qualifies as sub-severe vs. severe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Just now, Maestrobjwa said: Now what qualifies as sub-severe vs. severe? A severe thunderstorm is 58mph wind or hail to quarter size or higher (or both) OR tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
09-10 analogy Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Gonna bail soon andcg strokes are only a couple miles away and being at the highest point in town with a chain metal fence and no trees prolly not the best idea as much as I love lightning I’m a bit of a wimp about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCapsFan Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Getting hail and heavy rain here in Hampden/Baltimore City, constant T&L 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheMan Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Got the “Destructive Wind Storm” emergency alert. Very dark outside with continuous rumbles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalCapsFan Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Anything to be concerned about here on the velocity scan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Man, that just bubbled up over my house basically and settled in for a spell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 I retract my complaints, really windy started to hail worse thunder and lightning I remember cloud to ground strike in our neighborhood and rain coming down in sheets. Sticks down all over the place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherCCB Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Run of the mill storm here .32” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 1 minute ago, North Balti Zen said: Man, that just bubbled up over my house basically and settled in for a spell. Same...Lights flickering at my house, lol A lot of whipping rain and lighting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestrobjwa Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 15 minutes ago, Kmlwx said: A severe thunderstorm is 58mph wind or hail to quarter size or higher (or both) OR tornado. Well I think we certainly met one or both of those up in Baltimore City, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Another day, another line of broken cells that converge and go severe after they pass me. Lots of lightning though, power has gone out twice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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