Dave Dildine

Alrighty, ready to see something really cool? (and maybe a little nauseating)

The evolution of Hurricane Melissa's mesovortices at peak strength.

#Melissa's landfall intensity of 185 mph/892 mb ties it with the Florida Key's Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 as the record minimum pressure of any TC making landfall *anywhere* the NATL basin. I feel for the residents of #Jamaica 😞

Zoomed in G19 visible meso loop courtesy of @cyclonicwx.bsky.social

Sunset on Hurricane Melissa. Plenty of lightning in the eyewall indicates strengthening.

Gracious! I just deleted, not to acquiesce but for détente. As others noted, only one person here suggested USPP ≈ USSR military. I've been harassed by, but also lauded by, Park and maintain respect. Social media can lead to derangement, Tom. Try to stay positive and keep up the good work.

Route 50 isn't child's play but it's probably the best Beltway-to-X commute in this area. It's not perfect but it's leagues better than I-66, I-270, etc.

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects

Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country.
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Especially in precarious economic times. I've been saying this for months, loudly after my Pepco bill DOUBLED. Their spring warning suggested the average monthly bill would increase something like $20... mine went up almost $200.

The new hurricane season should start where the last season left off, not at A.

Also, EF-0 tornadoes should be classified as something else.

Those will always and forever be my two takes that no one asked for.

He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.

Uruguay, y'all. I been sayin.

I can see this enhancing then corrupting me. It feels like a drug.

I finally broke down, for the first time recruiting AI in an effort to rewrite some copy (for a personal project and not for work) and I'm hooked. I'm not scholarly enough to compose 19th Century American English but ChatGPT instantly produced some stellar syntax.

One of the first ten laws we should pass when DC gets to be a state is no more fucking helicopters in our airspace.

Among the top DC weather events of the year for sure

DC has seen the number of EXTREMELY humid or GROSS days (dew points 75+) each year increase by 10 since the late 1970s according to an analysis by The Washington Post's Ben Noll

Read the full analysis: wapo.st/46mpcbh

An hour and a half later, this oil and transformer fire at the Benning Road plant is still raging.

Meanwhile, federal agents continue arresting people on DC-295 below the plume of smoke.

I can just go through the Contact Us form like a normal person but ultimately I'd have a few specific questions.

@markellinwood.bsky.social I know this isn't exactly your dept but I'm wondering if you know how your weather stations get installed on buildings not owned or occupied by the purchasing station. For example, how WJLA has control of cameras on hotels.

We've reached the "breath condensation" stage of fall.

⚡️Rainier Lightning Storm⚡️9/6 Nothing quite like the rumble of thunder through Mount Rainier National Park! Prolific lightning, rain, pea size hail and some nice CGs and crawlers made for quite the show last night! Image taken during a clearing in the rain, approx 10:45pm. #wawx #wxSky #MountRainier

*DMZ... an iffy analogy at best made worse by a typo

Doesn't take away from the unnerving movement of the drone though

Working *afternoon* drive has many perks 😇

Although the timing of the Novak-Carlos match tomorrow isn't one of them... should have been primetime

ESPN trying to act like there's empty seats in a semifinal because it's past midnight in NYC when we know it's actually because you need to take out a second mortgage to go.

It followed about 10 minutes behind what looked like Marine One which was on a line from downtown toward Bethesda.

[apologizes, takes off tin foil hat]

A police or military drone just silently yet suddenly flew directly over me, doing an arc < 50 feet overhead, then careened at full tilt over the tree line over Western Avenue.

Modern life on the DMV's DMC.

A single plump, ripe, celestial fig on a branch, seconds from being picked.

A single, oblong, ripe pawpaw clings to a branch.

It's the best time of the year for backyard scavenging.

Training for the big day when they'll need to train more

The track of an ultra important mission certain to end with many accomplishments that's definitely worth the $3k/hr in fuel. @ianlivingston.bsky.social

The Army is tracing I-66, US-15, and the Beltway this evening on their $3,000/hour sunset cruise.

🙃

Preliminary severe storm reports across the U.S. for August 2025.

No bitches meme, but no storms?

August 2025 had no severe storms around D.C.