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Eskimo Joe

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    Nam is not to be used for tropical cyclone intensity forecasting.
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    Joelsh and potentially Joey Krastel (@NimbusStorms)
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    Less than 18. Clock is ticking.
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    Don't feed the troll.
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    Could be equipment failure.
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    Good to know wrt antecedent size or the cyclone.
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    Going to go out on a limb and say Ida fights pockets of dry air that prevent it from achieving Cat 4 or 5 status. It's running out of time before it begins interacting with the continental airmass. I'm very interested to see if any buoys get close to the center tonight and see what the wave height and winds are. Would give us a clue as to the potential storm surge.
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    JB consistently makes dubious posts and spins hyperbole. I'm still waiting for the 12" - 18" he promised me last winter in the NW Baltimore suburbs.
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    Hospital refueling contracts are redundant. There shouldn't be a problem. The big issue is extended loss of clean, potable water. In a situation like that, you get water delivered in intervals of about 8,000 gallons and the delivery process is to last long enough for the hospital to depopulate.
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    Beautiful combo. We fail on an I storm and it breaks down the NAO just in time for us to transition into autumn.
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    Max Sustained: 130 Max Sustained at landfall: 110 Landfall pressure: 975 Landfall location: Port Fourchon
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    FEMA USAR Task Forces are already being staged and their utility operations support headed down yesterday. FEMA didn't break on their hurricane response coordination during the 2017 and 2018 years...this storm won't break it.
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    To be clear, I am not discounting the need for targeted evacuations, just the timing and location. Evacuations are costly both for the agencies supporting and the residents who relocate. Some businesses will not allow their employees to take unscheduled leave for something that, in their eyes may or may not happen. Thus, some of the most vulnerable people will roll the dice and not evacuate because they simply cannot afford to lose their jobs.
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    Unpopular Opinion: The New Orleans evacuation recommendation is a bit premature, IMO. We've seen in past events, such as Rita in 2005, where evacuation orders were made prematurely and then the track shifted. The result was more people dying due to the evacuation process than the storm itself. It would have been better to wait for Ida to clear Cuba and see if that had any affect to the track, timing, or intensity of the forecast. Evacuation calls certainly are not easy, and COVID makes things more challenging, but I'm concerned this is going to be a bad call.
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    Sterling's updated short term AFD is...interesting:
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    Looks like we got a DY1 Slight Risk now.
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    https://twitter.com/COweatherman/status/1431246028842291200?s=20
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    GFS dives Ida' remnants well south of us, which is on par with climo. We lose again.
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    NAMs love Fairfax / Prince Georges / Charles county for storms this afternoon. HRRR gives the lover to Mason-Dixon. RAP eats paste.
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    Looks to be only about 2" - 4" over the course of 12 hours during peak summer. Not sure that would cause anything significant other than flooding in the usual spot. Maybe it'll trend upward, but so far the tropical remnants have been duds up here the past couple of years.
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    Any of the mets in here think the Mid Atlantic has a chance for action, or are we done for the year?
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    Costco in Owings Mills is putting out Christmas decorations. Wtf.
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    Prior to this, we had direct planted into the ground. This resulted in so many problems, mainly because our soil goes to heavy clay about a foot down. Our beds are 8 inches raised, plus the 10 to 12 inches of modified existing soil has created a reliable profile for the next couple of years. I went further and got a container of fishing worms for each bed and scattered them on the top one evening to let them work in. Hopefully these efforts pay off.
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    Rutgers, Yellow Brandywine, and Cherokee Purple. While we love the taste of Cherokee Purple they have thin skin and will split if it suddenly rains hard. One of those tomatoes that you have to eat within a day or two.
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