# @nbcwashington on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc4BmLNlJrv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69950091-nbcwashington-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T18:28:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) — https://gondola.cc/nbcwashington

## Caption

⛈️ If you see heavy rain outside, it doesn't always mean that it's a monsoon.⁠
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Thursday's storms caused major damage around D.C., Maryland and Virginia (and woke some out of their sleep) but it wasn't "monsooning" outside. ⁠
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Storm Team4's Lauryn Ricketts explains what makes a monsoon an actual monsoon and shares a few weather examples.⁠
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#WeatherTalk #thunderstorm #monsoon #rain #dcweather #weather #dmvweather #storm ⁠#heavyrain #rainstorm #winds ⁠

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dmvweather, rainstorm, storm, winds, heavyrain, weathertalk, rain, monsoon, weather, thunderstorm, dcweather

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