May Discobs 2023

[87storms]

Little cloudy out there, but these temps are pretty close to perfection.

[mattie g]

58 minutes ago, H2O said:

Pretty much the same precip amounts as *checks notes* the desserts of MX.

Mmmmmmm...

[87storms]

Typical clipper-like outcome from this system. We need to get away from this La Niña, w/nw flow style of a pattern and get the Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic involved again on a more consistent basis.

[Jrlg1181]

9 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Typical clipper-like outcome from this system. We need to get away from this La Niña, w/nw flow style of a pattern and get the Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic involved again on a more consistent basis.

Agreed , 100%.... Trying to get grass and landscaping looking good and growing at our house that was rebuilt last summer , I would like to get consistent moisture this spring and early summer - except for that 1 Thursday morning it just hasn't happened down here... 

[George BM]

A relatively thick band of smoke from Canada's fires moving in overhead this morning. The sun will look dark and strange.

61/50 at IAD.

[nw baltimore wx]

13 minutes ago, George BM said:

A relatively thick band of smoke from Canada's fires moving in overhead this morning. The sun will look dark and strange.

61/50 at IAD.

Looks awesome!

[H2O]

A dark and strange sun sounds like the start of a sharknado movie. 
 

59°

[mdhokie]

 

NWS copy pastes this for every weekend. Hope we can break the cycle before summer.

[pazzo83]

i assume we're gonna pay for this stretch of weather at some point.  Doesn't get much better than this.

[WxUSAF]

44 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

i assume we're gonna pay for this stretch of weather at some point.  Doesn't get much better than this.

Hopefully we pay with about 4” of rain over a 2 week stretch

[CAPE]

13 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Hopefully we pay with about 4” of rain over a 2 week stretch

Hopefully. More likely we pay with a stretch of 88 and humid and still not much rain.

[stormy]

59 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Hopefully we pay with about 4” of rain over a 2 week stretch

You are right on the money!!! I have received only 50% of normal in May.

Our best wish would be 6 inches of rain over a 2 week period........... About .48" per day nonstop 7 days a week, slow and soaking.............. Some would commit suicide, but WTH....

[dailylurker]

Swwwww.. only 40. Plants aren't happy but they survived. 

[WxUSAF]

42 for the low IMBY 

[CAPE]

44

[Terpeast]

42

[mappy]

2 hours ago, dailylurker said:

Swwwww.. only 40. Plants aren't happy but they survived. 

got down to 36 at my house. i moved plants inside and/or covered them. wasn't taking chances on newly planted flowers. 

[hstorm]

Only 45 in Great Falls

[RickinBaltimore]

Anyone else smell a burning smell, almost like ozone today? Noticed it in my neighborhood this morning. 

[North Balti Zen]

2 hours ago, mappy said:

got down to 36 at my house. i moved plants inside and/or covered them. wasn't taking chances on newly planted flowers. 

37 here. Moved plants in where I could, covered others where I could. The newly planted tomatoes were on their own. I think it was ok. Didn't see any frost. 

[Paleocene]

1 hour ago, RickinBaltimore said:

Anyone else smell a burning smell, almost like ozone today? Noticed it in my neighborhood this morning. 

I noticed it yesterday AM.

[AlexD1990]

2 hours ago, RickinBaltimore said:

Anyone else smell a burning smell, almost like ozone today? Noticed it in my neighborhood this morning. 

Probably from the wildfire smoke coming down from Canada.

[mappy]

3 hours ago, North Balti Zen said:

37 here. Moved plants in where I could, covered others where I could. The newly planted tomatoes were on their own. I think it was ok. Didn't see any frost. 

yeah no frost at my house either. but was def chilly. nice out there now. 

[87storms]

Kinda surprised by the lack of humidity again today, even with the southerly wind.  Once that upper level ridge moves east, I imagine tomorrow will be a little more humid.  This spring has been the type that should cater to just about everyone.  It's been mostly mild, but also mostly dry (for those who are anti-humidity).  I don't really have any interest in an all day rain event, but it would be nice to get some afternoon storms added to the equation in the next few weeks.

[snowfan]

Looks really dry in the next 7-10 days. Rain chances with the coastal/front combo tomorrow have really diminished in recent days especially for those west of the bay.

[Terpeast]

15 hours ago, 87storms said:

Kinda surprised by the lack of humidity again today, even with the southerly wind.  Once that upper level ridge moves east, I imagine tomorrow will be a little more humid.  This spring has been the type that should cater to just about everyone.  It's been mostly mild, but also mostly dry (for those who are anti-humidity).  I don't really have any interest in an all day rain event, but it would be nice to get some afternoon storms added to the equation in the next few weeks.

At least this wasn’t a cold/wet gut punch of a spring after a record warm winter

[mattie g]

43 minutes ago, Terpeast said:

At least this wasn’t a cold/wet gut punch of a spring after a record warm winter

Do you know wat the May temp departures are so far? Not wet, for sure, but I think it's been pretty cool compared to what many were fearing.

[Terpeast]

20 minutes ago, mattie g said:

Do you know wat the May temp departures are so far? Not wet, for sure, but I think it's been pretty cool compared to what many were fearing.

IAD is -1.8 so far MTD. 

April was +4.2 though

[87storms]

At least this wasn’t a cold/wet gut punch of a spring after a record warm winter

This is true. Last Spring was definitely not ideal, at least for the first half of it.

[WxUSAF]

Some changes on all the 3 globals today towards wetter chances late next week. All show a semi-tropical (??) coastal low and an upper level low bringing unsettled weather somewhere in the east coast. Big variance in where. Gfs brings it into VA with quite a deluge for the holiday weekend.