MN Transplant Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 0.45” and gust to 51 at DCA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, mattie g said: Spontaneous combustion? As in piles of hay catching fire as a result of biological impetus and eventual chemical reactions? Seems more likely that they would start from lightning strikes. This occurs, (for example), in highway maintenance when roadside brush cutting crews pile their chips at the shoulder areas. I have witnessed this along multi-mile stretches in MD or VA, with multiple smoldering brush fires from different chips piles. They're not hard to control, but do get response from local FD. Also cause rubber-necking backups. (No surprise there). It's not normal; conditions have to be just right. But, it's a good reason to try not to do brush cutting in hot summer wx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peribonca Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 All in all this summer hasn't been too hot... Is the smoke from out west limiting our daytime heating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 22 minutes ago, peribonca said: All in all this summer hasn't been too hot... Is the smoke from out west limiting our daytime heating? No, it is mostly that the ridge has set up pretty far west. We get bigger heat when the ridge sets up either over us or in the central US and the heat “rolls over” to us. This year we are above normal on 90 degree days but below normal on 95+. A fairly average summer under the new 91-20 climate norms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 25 minutes ago, peribonca said: All in all this summer hasn't been too hot... Is the smoke from out west limiting our daytime heating? We haven’t had much for extreme heat on a given day, but we are (of course) above normal temps this summer and above normal 90F days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 hours ago, mattie g said: Spontaneous combustion? As in piles of hay catching fire as a result of biological impetus and eventual chemical reactions? Seems more likely that they would start from lightning strikes. That actually happens a lot in these parts. In Taneytown the other month 4 acres of cut grass caught on fire because of spontaneous combustion while it lay drying in the field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 600dm or bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourseasons Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 hours ago, mattie g said: Spontaneous combustion? As in piles of hay catching fire as a result of biological impetus and eventual chemical reactions? Seems more likely that they would start from lightning strikes. I'm from Western Canada, where at some point the prairies turn into lots of trees if you go far enough north, It is true that in the part prairie/part forested provinces fires get caused by things such as hay and peat igniting on their own, things igniting because of lightning, or things igniting because of human stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said: That actually happens a lot in these parts. In Taneytown the other month 4 acres of cut grass caught on fire because of spontaneous combustion while it lay drying in the field. Spontaneous combustion is a big issue in the midwest farm belt too. It's why one never puts green/wet hay or alfalfa in the barn. It's a good way to burn your barn down. My dad actually helped fight a barn fire in Switzerland of all places in 1981. They put wet alfalfa in the barn and it lit up on its own. (Dad was a volunteer for 60+ years and in the first class of paramedics in Ohio). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 A rather weakened storm just gave us some breezy rain in Annapolis. About 1600.' Looked pretty good on radar until about 20 miles upstream from us, then started falling apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 A trace here earlier, and now I’m pinning my hopes on the storm entering MD from my northwest via route 140. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Bone dry here. Missed the multiple rounds of the last storms over the weekend by less than a mile (or whenever it was). Haven't had any appreciable rain here for 10+ days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Picked up 0.35" from the northern edge of that cluster that mostly moved to my south. There was a refreshing gust front as it was moving in. Sun back out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said: 600dm or bust No big heat for you. Head NW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Not seeing major heat in the east with this look. Not too bad heading into August. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Nice storm with a Thunderstorm warning on it at the moment. Not bad for a Wednesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frd Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 70 % chance of storms here turned into the 5 th or 6 th bust of the summer and spring so far here. Not a trace of rain. Models were terrible outside of Southern NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Balti Zen Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Had a small storm pop up over the house in north baltimore city. so at least will salvage a little moisture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Bonus rain! This second storm might be better than the first. No thunder in either, but a few good wind gusts now and heavier rain than I had a few hours ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 0.00” Sprinkler on. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDM Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/17/2021 at 1:10 PM, CentredMan said: When were you in Delhi? We were there from 86-92, father worked for CARE, spent loads of time at ACSA and US embassy movie theater. Lived there 92-95. Lived in Vasant Vihar just outside of outer Ring Road. Amazing experienced. Lots of memories of ACSA and the movie theater too. Played a lot of softball there - both slow and fast-pitch. Had a nice 18 hole frisbee golf course setup too. 9 holes on the housing compound at the Embassy and 9 holes at the American School out the back gate. The player with the highest score on a hole had to carry the beer cooler to the next hole. The more you carried the more you drank to lighten the load the worse you threw. haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/19/2021 at 11:56 PM, WEATHER53 said: What. And late Sat I got all sniffly and sneezy and still am. Fires? And the shit that’s burning up out there we are not used to here and my sinuses are going nuts. Lungs too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Nice morning. 62. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frd Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, CAPE said: Nice morning. 62. A July blessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 61F for the low. Don’t get to many like this anymore in late July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentredMan Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 9 hours ago, RDM said: Lived there 92-95. Lived in Vasant Vihar just outside of outer Ring Road. Amazing experienced. Lots of memories of ACSA and the movie theater too. Played a lot of softball there - both slow and fast-pitch. Had a nice 18 hole frisbee golf course setup too. 9 holes on the housing compound at the Embassy and 9 holes at the American School out the back gate. The player with the highest score on a hole had to carry the beer cooler to the next hole. The more you carried the more you drank to lighten the load the worse you threw. haha. Nice, just missed you but I bet we can play the name game for sure. We lived in West End colony. I played fastpitch and slow pitch softball too, along with little league baseball. Talk about the softball experience with my daughter‘s softball teams. Never heard about the Frisbee golf course tho. Once a Falcon, Always a Falcon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osfan24 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Absolutely amazing outside. Give me six more weeks of this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Beautiful morning in Salisbury. Those low dews 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjon Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Had to wear gloves on my morning bike ride. 47 degrees at the time. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 More wx like this for Aug please plus rain 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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