July Disc/obs 2021

[nj2va]

Awesome storm here. Lots of T&L and absolutely pouring. 

[WxUSAF]

0.16”. Weather’s a funny thing. Getting ready for the first all day steady rain of fall.

[BlizzardNole]

72 hour rainfall map shows the central MD desert perfectly

[coolio]

Had more water than I thought. picked up .34.

[mattie g]

11 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Do I get to complain about my 1/4” when you and Mattie go over an inch?  

I might get close to 1.00” but there was a mini split over me until the line consolidated; however, when it opened up it *really* opened up.

[H2O]

12 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Do I get to complain about my 1/4” when you and Mattie go over an inch?  

I’ll check with the complaint dept. 1.12”

[mattie g]

9 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

0.16”. Weather’s a funny thing. Getting ready for the first all day steady rain of fall.

And many of us (me) will complain about that, too.

[GATECH]

Entering the strange pink sky phase of the storm.  Went from grey to green to pink.

[Rhino16]

That line probably won’t make it here until 2am, if it does at all. There was enough rain to make the pavement wet earlier this afternoon. I’m afraid it won’t rain much later if we miss this here, but I guess time will tell...

[nj2va]

14 minutes ago, GATECH said:

Entering the strange pink sky phase of the storm.  Went from grey to green to pink.

 

Nice pic! Looked the same here. 

[EastCoast NPZ]

Un****ingreal.

[WEATHER53]

Just got back and it’s a mess.

street littered with small branches, moderate to large branches down, seen one tree split in half.  Anemometer went out but from experience had to be 65mph+

 

[wawarriors4]

Picked up 2.61” of rain with numerous branches down around my yard. All since 8:50 PM this evening. The creek that was a trickle is now raging in the backyard.

[biodhokie]

DTSS had hail in in storm,, marble to golf. Was one hell of a storm.

[Eskimo Joe]

6 hours ago, biodhokie said:

DTSS had hail in in storm,, marble to golf. Was one hell of a storm.

About what time?

[WxUSAF]

Little bit of ground fog around my neighborhood this morning

[mappy]

Congrats on the rain!

[SnowenOutThere]

That stupid storm dissipated just before it got to me then reformed into the line to the south missed rain again. 

[H2O]

Nothing dried up overnight. It’s a soggy, damp mess. But that’s good. Had been dusty and tumbleweeds were sighted

[dailylurker]

Not a drop here again. I finally got my dry spell. Ok, it can rain again. I'm over the dusty cracked ground.

[wxdude64]

Nada here (again) although thunder was heard before I took off to Roanoke around 2 pm. THEY (northern Roanoke) got a whopper of a storm between 6-7 pm, I'd estimate 3-4 inches fell in about 45 minutes, water running high and everywhere! Speaking of lots of rain, saw this little jewel on NWS Blacksburg site--

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
838 PM EDT MON JUL 26 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NE WINGINA            37.67N 78.66W
07/25/2021  M11.20 INCH      BUCKINGHAM         VA   COCORAHS

            A TRAINED COCORAHS OBSERVER OBSERVED AT
            24-HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 11.20
            INCHES. MOST OF THIS RAIN FELL WITHIN A
            3-HOUR PERIOD ON THE EVENING OF THE 24TH.

[George BM]

12 hours ago, FXW176 said:

F this hobby.

 

1 hour ago, SnowenOutThere said:

That stupid storm dissipated just before it got to me then reformed into the line to the south missed rain again. 

Western Fairfax county peeps represent!

[Eskimo Joe]

33 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

Nada here (again) although thunder was heard before I took off to Roanoke around 2 pm. THEY (northern Roanoke) got a whopper of a storm between 6-7 pm, I'd estimate 3-4 inches fell in about 45 minutes, water running high and everywhere! Speaking of lots of rain, saw this little jewel on NWS Blacksburg site--

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
838 PM EDT MON JUL 26 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NE WINGINA            37.67N 78.66W
07/25/2021  M11.20 INCH      BUCKINGHAM         VA   COCORAHS

            A TRAINED COCORAHS OBSERVER OBSERVED AT
            24-HOUR TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNT OF 11.20
            INCHES. MOST OF THIS RAIN FELL WITHIN A
            3-HOUR PERIOD ON THE EVENING OF THE 24TH.

Cecil, Harford, and Dorchester counties in Maryland had rogue 500 year floods this week too. It's like the atmosphere just wants to dump rain in small areas and leave everyone else dry.

[EastCoast NPZ]

Good thing I got lots of hot, dry, sunny conditions the last 2 days (give or take 3 months) to prepare for the coming hot, dry, sunny period.

[BlizzardNole]

We'll miss this sun when we are in the five months of upper 40s and rain starting in November

[mattie g]

 

14 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

Do I get to complain about my 1/4” when you and Mattie go over an inch?  

 

14 hours ago, mattie g said:

I might get close to 1.00” but there was a mini split over me until the line consolidated; however, when it opened up it *really* opened up.

The two closest CoCoRaHS reports come in at 0.26" and 0.56". That honestly seems low given the amount of water that fell from the sky for 20-30 minutes. Our pond is also nearly overflowing, whereas before the rain there was well over an inch between the water level and the top of the pond.

[MN Transplant]

23 minutes ago, mattie g said:

 

 

The two closest CoCoRaHS reports come in at 0.26" and 0.56". That honestly seems low given the amount of water that fell from the sky for 20-30 minutes. Our pond is also nearly overflowing, whereas before the rain there was well over an inch between the water level and the top of the pond.

There is another report north of you at 1.55”.  I’d be surprised if you stayed under an inch based on radar estimates.

[WxUSAF]

Today might be the last best chance for DCA and BWI to make a run at 100F. Looks seasonable to slightly below normal (gasp) for the next 7+ days after today. That sort of extreme heat is not impossible after August 10 certainly, but becomes increasingly anomalous.

[mattie g]

2 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

There is another report north of you at 1.55”.  I’d be surprised if you stayed under an inch based on radar estimates.

Ah...that popped up after I looked before. It's only a few miles to my NNE, and that number makes a lot more sense.

[CAPE]

3 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Today might be the last best chance for DCA and BWI to make a run at 100F. Looks seasonable to slightly below normal (gasp) for the next 7+ days after today. That sort of extreme heat is not impossible after August 10 certainly, but becomes increasingly anomalous.

Weekend into mid next week looks gorgeous. Unless you want rain.

Beyond that the GEFS wants to build some WA ridging, but not sure it will result in anything more than typical late summer heat and humidity. For the BIG HEAT mongers, time is running out.