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Re: Northern weather

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:58 pm

healey36 wrote:"Accuweather" conceptually seems an oxymoron, at least these days.


I'm seeing a very similar map and forecast no matter who and what source......

Grocery store was nutz this afternoon.
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Re: Northern weather

Postby robert. » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:03 pm

Gas stations hiked the price of gas 8 cents a gallon today. There was a line of cars waiting to fill up. today the weather lady used a new term. European forecasters. Why the heck would they care about our weather. Accuweather does $82 million in sales a year. I guess my local station wont pay Accuweather fees so the buy from a Gypsy in Romania.
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Re: Northern weather

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Wed Jan 20, 2016 8:06 pm

robert. wrote: European forecasters. Why the heck would they care about our weather.


Probably for the entertainment value watching millions of folks run around like nutz.......
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Re: Northern weather

Postby healey36 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:21 am

Ruf - hoping you missed the fun on 66 last night...I understand it had a nice glaze on it by the evening rush. Doesn't bode well for Friday evening.

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Re: Northern weather

Postby robert. » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:26 am

I'll try again
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Re: Northern weather

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Jan 21, 2016 7:28 am

healey36 wrote:Ruf - hoping you missed the fun on 66 last night...I understand it had a nice glaze on it by the evening rush. Doesn't bode well for Friday evening.


I actually commute further south than 66 in VA, and I was home well before that little snow started.

Apparently it's a total mess at the Wilson Bridge with 1/4" of ice on the hill in MD.

Never seen as many time limited trucks parked along side the Beltway in MD on the way in this morning either. Apparently MD didn't bother to treat the roads.........

I have to wonder whether I'll even come in to the office tomorrow.
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Re: Northern weather

Postby healey36 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:03 am

NOAA finally put their local numbers up:

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...

ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES.

WINDS...NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH.

Reluctantly dug the Ariens out of the back of the garage:

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I guess we're ready...ugh.

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Re: Northern weather

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:13 am

healey36 wrote:18 TO 24 INCHES.

....dug the Ariens out of the back of the garage


Last time we had that kind of accumulation, I had to go out 2-3 times during the storm with the Toro since much over 8-10" is too much to reasonably clear. Every 4" works good and fast.

Mine is positioned right at the garage door.......
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Re: Northern weather

Postby v8vega » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:28 pm

Big surf here if anyone is a surfer.

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Re: Northern weather

Postby rogruth » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:33 pm

v8vega wrote:Big surf here if anyone is a surfer.

Like to watch surfers. :D
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Re: Northern weather

Postby healey36 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 8:56 pm

NOAA upped it again...I'm not looking anymore:

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 18 TO 24 INCHES IN THE
EASTERN SUBURBS OF BALTIMORE...AND 24 TO 30 INCHES IN THE
WESTERN SUBURBS. THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE
AROUND 24 INCHES.

We'll just wait to see what happens...

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Re: Northern weather

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:14 pm

Noticed that increase for here, too.

"Accumulations: snow accumulation of 18 to 24 inches in the eastern suburbs of washington dc, and 24 to 30 inches in the western suburbs. The city of Washington DC is expected to receive around 24 inches."

And, I'm on the west side of DC outside the Beltway........
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Re: Northern weather

Postby healey36 » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:26 pm

I'm on the western side as well, about half way to Sarge. I'm hoping for totals more akin to his forecast than my own.

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Re: Northern weather

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Thu Jan 21, 2016 9:35 pm

healey36 wrote:I'm on the western side as well, about half way to Sarge. I'm hoping for totals more akin to his forecast than my own.


Yes, I had a pretty fair idea of your location; you may get lucky. I doubt that I will.
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Re: Northern weather

Postby MurphOnMillerAve » Thu Jan 21, 2016 10:00 pm

This pending storm has plopped a big conundrum in my reality. So, I have been following this conversation with considerable interest.

This Saturday, after the 5 o'clock Mass, our parish, in Northern New Jersey, just north of Rt.81, is having an old fashioned church supper. We've sold 200 tickets, and I am on every committee making it happen: set-up; food; decorations; raffle table organization & display; clean-up. We don't know if we will be facing an inch of snow or a foot, guess-judging from the myriad TV news reports blabbing at us. We really don't know what to do or say, esp. when called and asked if the dinner is still on, other than to assure folks it is. Yet, we wonder what is coming our way.

At a meeting tonight, one fellow mentioned that if there were a hefty snow fall, then the streets would need plowing, and the signs forbidding parking on them would have to be obeyed. Our parking lot/playground could never hold even 100 cars. No way. Where would everybody, after braving a prospective storm, PARK!? We wonder further.

My SUV is loaded, stem to stern, floor to ceiling, every seat but mine (the wife will have to go in her car). with the raffle items. I'll be at the hall by 3pm Saturday beginning my adventure at it all, setting up the raffle table; food preparation, which includes receiving cooked dishes donated by nearby restaurants, will have commenced by 1Pm. Will the snow get worse as the dinner proceeds? We wonder. Will it be a disaster even before we get started? WHO KNOWS? Not I.

Just in case it is too slippery or the snow too deep to walk well from my car to the hall to deliver all the paraphernalia I need, I have actually included a fold-up red canvas-and-metal WAGON :roll: within my cargo to ferry the stuff up to the hall. Sheesh! :o Oivey. I will look like an old fool. Oh well, so what.

Wish me luck (my wife and I are already praying for help.) :?
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