Dark and windy at the moment in Sterling. In fact, starting a few seconds ago, I hear heavy rain. Scratch that, torrential rain and a rumble of thunder... a very sudden storm.

Wow - getting dark and very windy in the Kingstowne/Hayfield area of SE Ffx Co, but the storms moving in over us appear to be weakening a bit on radar. Not so for Baltimore & BaltCo - looks like the cold front is about the layeth down the smack on them any minute...

I might have posted too soon - wind has picked up dramatically in last two minutes, bending trees over a LOT and blowing flags straight upwards...

Here in G-burg, a short sharp storm front just passed - sideways rain, ripping the last of the leaves off of the trees.

At 2:20 pm in Chantilly, off and on sunshine.

Rain in DC all of a sudden. This is a good weather day! The difference in windspeed from almost nothing at 10 to throwing stuff around in my apartment at noon was impressive.

CWG, is what we just experienced in G'burg, Chantilly and SE FfxCo the ACTUAL cold front that just went through? Do we need to be on the lookout for "round 2" in an hour or two? Just curious, as we have a couple potential outdoor activities to tend to by dinner time.

Just got very dark in Silver Spring. The wind was also howling but seems to have settled down.

VAstateofmind, this first line should be the main deal with few showers possible the remainder of the afternoon. A secondary front is entering WV, though we'll be losing any instability we had as temperatures begin cooling and we head toward sunset.

Radar is looking more impressive now with solid squall line pushing east of D.C. Watch out in Annapolis in the next half hour, storms will be in Baltimore in a few minutes. No warnings issued yet other than Special Marine Warnings along the Potomac. Gusty winds expected with these storms.

It appears that the Tornado Watch has been dropped for the immediate metro area...