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Re: The Weather: 2020 Edition
« Reply #75: August 03, 2020, 01:02:06 PM »
Looking at weather.com's hourly forecast it seems to be letting up just a bit in this area too. We're still to get quite a bit of rain but regular wind speeds won't go over the 20mph range, and after 14.00 tomorrow the chance of rain stays below 50% for the rest of the day. We might even be able to get the Mets opener in tomorrow, as long as the ground isn't too waterlogged.

I remember being at Nats park one night right when the gates opened and there was a real frog strangler coming down that lasted until scheduled first pitch time.  There was a just 45 minute delay and the field played fine.  I was amazed at the drainage properties of that field. 

On the other hand, the field at the AA park in Richmond...it just has to be cloudy for the outfield to become unplayable...  ;)

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« Reply #76: August 03, 2020, 01:06:07 PM »
The forecasts I am seeing do not inspire great confidence for tomorrow's besbol game being a go.  Water polo perhaps. 

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« Reply #77: August 03, 2020, 01:17:01 PM »
Looks like Florida dodged a small caliber bullet.  The storm has been losing intensity and may miss the OBX entirely...

The Fashionable West End of Henrico County is battening down the hatches for a good, long rain storm...with the first wave starting this afternoon...and continuing much of Tuesday.
The storms always seem to turn away from the east coast of Florida. At least since Andrew. Must have heard about Floriduh Man.  Hardly rained at all in Orlando. Less rain from the storm than normal
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« Reply #78: August 03, 2020, 05:08:39 PM »
decent line of thunderstorms hitting us now in western PWC.  Looks like on and off t-storms the rest of the night, then Isaias gets here in the morning.

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« Reply #79: August 03, 2020, 11:29:11 PM »
Isaias is only a category 1 hurricane.  So not as bad as some other hurricanes.  OBX and eastern NC may get tornadoes tonight though.  The right side of a hurricane path can get tornadoes.

Looks like Florida dodged a small caliber bullet.  The storm has been losing intensity and may miss the OBX entirely...

The Fashionable West End of Henrico County is battening down the hatches for a good, long rain storm...with the first wave starting this afternoon...and continuing much of Tuesday.



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« Reply #80: August 03, 2020, 11:40:30 PM »
Isaias is only a category 1 hurricane.  So not as bad as some other hurricanes.  OBX and eastern NC may get tornadoes tonight though.  The right side of a hurricane path can get tornadoes.


It managed to get up to 85mph sustained though it’s not a very big storm

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« Reply #81: August 04, 2020, 07:16:16 AM »
Winds are heavy now, but sun is shining.  No damage I can see anywhere as we walk though our residential streets.  Only 1-2" of rain so far.  Not much more expected in OBX.

It managed to get up to 85mph sustained though it’s not a very big storm

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« Reply #82: August 04, 2020, 07:43:16 AM »
weather.com now calling for just 15-20% chance of rain over normal match time tonight, with wind speeds staying in the single digits. In fact they're not calling for higher than 25% chance of precip from 13.00 till the end of the day.

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« Reply #83: August 04, 2020, 07:50:16 AM »
Tornado warnings for Calvert county

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« Reply #84: August 04, 2020, 07:55:01 AM »
Winds is heavy now, but sun is shining.  No damage I can see anywhere as we walk though our residential streets.  Only 1-2" of rain so far.  Not much more expected in OBX.


No problems in Hatteras? We are going there with the family starting Sunday.

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« Reply #85: August 04, 2020, 07:57:28 AM »
weather.com now calling for just 15-20% chance of rain over normal match time tonight, with wind speeds staying in the single digits. In fact they're not calling for higher than 25% chance of precip from 13.00 till the end of the day.

This thing is moving quickly. It looks like it will be out the DC area by noon.

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« Reply #86: August 04, 2020, 08:14:57 AM »
Looks like lots of flooding in the Myrtle Beach and Wilmington NC areas.

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« Reply #87: August 04, 2020, 10:17:39 AM »
sun is coming out in Western PWC.

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« Reply #88: August 04, 2020, 10:27:37 AM »
lost power last night- 15 cycles on one of our sump pump batteries. Looks like that upgrade paid for itself

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« Reply #89: August 04, 2020, 10:40:47 AM »
sun is coming out in Western PWC.

It's really bright outside here in south Arlington.

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« Reply #90: August 04, 2020, 03:41:54 PM »
looks like tons of flooding on the in Southern Maryland eastern shore around Prince Fredrick / Mechanicsville

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« Reply #91: August 04, 2020, 04:18:24 PM »
looks like tons of flooding on the Maryland eastern shore around Prince Fredrick / Mechanicsville

Neither place is on the eastern shore

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« Reply #92: August 04, 2020, 04:24:20 PM »
Neither place is on the eastern shore

sorry, my Maryland geography isn't good, what's that part of the state called?

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« Reply #93: August 04, 2020, 04:49:47 PM »
sorry, my Maryland geography isn't good, what's that part of the state called?

Southern Maryland

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« Reply #94: August 04, 2020, 04:55:16 PM »
Southern Maryland

Corrected, thanks! :)

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« Reply #95: August 05, 2020, 12:00:48 PM »
looks like tons of flooding on the in Southern Maryland eastern shore around Prince Fredrick / Mechanicsville

I have a co-worker who resides in Charles county and they got hit pretty hard, both wind-wise (nearly had a couple of trees blown onto their roofs) and water-wise.

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« Reply #96: August 05, 2020, 09:47:54 PM »
Corrected, thanks! :)

You were close.  Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore are both banjo music in the nighttime, shallow end of the gene pool type areas.  The only real difference is what side of the Chesapeake they're located.

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Re: The Weather: 2020 Edition
« Reply #97: August 09, 2020, 10:57:13 AM »
Magnatude 5.1 earthquake last night centered around Sparta NC.  Felt as far away as Harrisonburg VA

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« Reply #98: August 09, 2020, 12:11:26 PM »
Some of this felt as far east as Raleigh.  Nothing felt in OBX

Magnatude 5.1 earthquake last night centered around Sparta NC.  Felt as far away as Harrisonburg VA

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« Reply #99: August 10, 2020, 04:44:50 PM »
a massive derecho is moving across the Chicago area now, winds have been reported at over 100 MPH in northern Iowa.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/08/10/damaging-derecho-takes-aim-chicago-area-with-dangerous-winds-up-100-mph/