October Discobs 2024

[WEATHER53]

4 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

Turned the heat on as barely made it to 60 for a high yesterday at 60.4 and won’t make it today 

overnight low of 42 

High of 58.4 so first sub 60 high

Between dampness and chilly indoor humidity reached 65% for a day and stayed 55-60% for a week. Colder and drier air plus heat has its now  down to 48% 

 

[PrinceFrederickWx]

Clear skies! My moonshot tonight: ISO 200, f/8, 1/400 shutter speed, 80x zoom

 

[WEATHER53]

Below 50 at 9:10 so earliest of season 

48.5 at 10pm 

[Jebman]

It's snowing at skidder. Meanwhile in Buda TX it's BRRRRRRRRRRRR.

50 degrees with a 27 dewpoint. This is arctic to us, we have been 96/74 for weeks and weeks. I am freezing to death.

[Weather Will]

38, no frost, as I start my am commute...but the heat feels good in the car!

[mappy]

33 and frosty 

[WxUSAF]

38 at home, BWI down to 34. BWI has been a cold spot this fall. Not sure if that’s random variance or if they adjusted something about the measurements.

[H2O]

Just broke the 30s. Down to 39 after waking up to 41

[weatherCCB]

35

 

 

[frd]

37 here.   

[North Balti Zen]

33! So close to freeze - probably got there in a few spots by me. Heavy frost everywhere.

[mattie g]

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

38 at home, BWI down to 34. BWI has been a cold spot this fall. Not sure if that’s random variance or if they adjusted something about the measurements.

New normal...

[mappy]

23 minutes ago, North Balti Zen said:

33! So close to freeze - probably got there in a few spots by me. Heavy frost everywhere.

32.9 officially at my house! 

[GramaxRefugee]

36

Frost up the hill and in the open area. First frost in our neighborhood, I think.

[Interstate]

37.6 for the low with scattered frost in 21057... House temp is down to 61 degrees and still no heat.  I think I am going to make it until the warm up starting tomorrow.

[WxUSAF]

Damn. First freeze at BWI officially. Hit 32.

[MN Transplant]

44 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Damn. First freeze at BWI officially. Hit 32.

That’s amazing.  38 at IAD and 44 in the river.

39.2 here

[Paleocene]

Avoiding a frost thus far inside the beltway, though we dropped to 40ish in Silver Spring. 

CPC outlooks look warm and dry the next 6-14 days. Glorious end to this month, unlike September? Unless of course you like rain. Not much of that coming. 

[WxUSAF]

8 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

That’s amazing.  38 at IAD and 44 in the river.

39.2 here

BWI has been colder than MBY I think every or nearly every cool morning since this season. Very big change from previous years. Not sure what has changed…

[mappy]

12 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

BWI has been colder than MBY I think every or nearly every cool morning since this season. Very big change from previous years. Not sure what has changed…

maybe they moved the ASOS into the shade after Pann kept calling to complain. 

[WxUSAF]

1 hour ago, mappy said:

maybe they moved the ASOS into the shade after Pann kept calling to complain. 

 

1 hour ago, MN Transplant said:

That’s amazing.  38 at IAD and 44 in the river.

39.2 here

 

2 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

Damn. First freeze at BWI officially. Hit 32.

That was a record low at BWI and earliest first freeze since 2006.

[GramaxRefugee]

16 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

 

 

That was a record low at BWI and earliest first freeze since 2006.

Looking around a little,,,,looks like York made 30f and Frederick was 32. Small pocket of freezing; might be legit.

Good catch @WxUSAF

[George BM]

18 hours ago, aldie 22 said:

Just turned the heat on because my wife threatened physical harm on me

What did the indoor temperature get down to before the flip?

[midatlanticweather]

38.7 for a low.. When I went walking, I found a very spotty frost this morning. It was a glorious walk in the sun and little breeze! Love cold morning walks, but may have some warmer ones next week!  

 

[willkie40]

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

 

 

That was a record low at BWI and earliest first freeze since 2006.

If I am reading this chart right looks like the record minimum high for today at BWI is 67? NWS forecast is 59.

[Bubbler86]

4 minutes ago, willkie40 said:

If I am reading this chart right looks like the record minimum high for today at BWI is 67? NWS forecast is 59.

That is their record max low for the day.  Record min high is 45. 

[aldie 22]

1 hour ago, George BM said:

What did the indoor temperature get down to before the flip?

62 which is fine for me but you know...i value my life

[TheClimateChanger]

2 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

 

 

That was a record low at BWI and earliest first freeze since 2006.

Something is amiss. I never see ASOS reporting 100% without some sort of weather (fog, rain, snow), and they claim it actually dropped 2F below the minimum hourly dewpoint reading. Looking at the climate stats, BWI is running 2-4F cooler [relative to its average] than all of the surrounding sites for weeks on end. What is going on here?

[TheClimateChanger]

1 minute ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Something is amiss. I never see ASOS reporting 100% without some sort of weather (fog, rain, snow), and they claim it actually dropped 2F below the minimum hourly dewpoint reading. Looking at the climate stats, BWI is running 2-4F cooler [relative to its average] than all of the surrounding sites for weeks on end. What is going on here?

If BWI was running 2-4F warmer [relative to average] than all other sites, you can guarantee, there'd be 100 posts about this at this point. Now, it's crickets - although I do see @WxUSAFhas also raised some questions about the readings recently.

[TheClimateChanger]

3 hours ago, mappy said:

maybe they moved the ASOS into the shade after Pann kept calling to complain. 

Pann is an idiot. Always complaining about the BWI "heat island" - you want to know what temperatures would look like if we continued to measure the old way (i.e., on the rooftop of the Baltimore Commons)? Well I have an idea, let's look at the actual data. They kept that site open until 2000, before retiring it because of how much hotter is was! There were dozens of more days in the 90s and 100s, and with minima above 80F. When you look at the historic records, THIS is what you are looking at. Of course, the source below somehow spins that into "climate change is a hoax" even though common sense would dictate the opposite conclusion... that is, the old records were of poorer quality and warm biased.

The BWI "urban heat island" effect is mostly made up. The Inner Harbor ASOS is always warmer [which is probably a better measure for the city of Baltimore, you know the place were most people live and work!], and lately has been MUCH warmer.

Source: How not to measure temperature, part 48. NOAA cites errors with Baltimore's Rooftop USHCN Station – Watts Up With That?