ThePhotoGuy Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 those yellows are terrible, its hard to tell between 4-5 and 5-6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 BALTIMORE COUNTY... 1 SW PERRY HALL 12.00 700 AM 8/28 TRAINED SPOTTER 1 ENE CATONSVILLE 4.44 700 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 1 ENE BOWLEYS QUARTE 4.35 1000 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 2 WNW CATONSVILLE 4.30 700 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 1 E OELLA 4.30 700 AM 8/28 TRAINED SPOTTER 2 ESE WHITE MARSH 4.28 700 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 1 SW TOWSON 4.05 830 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 1 SE GWYNN OAK 4.03 700 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 2 NE JACKSONVILLE 3.91 900 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 2 NE TOWSON 3.67 700 AM 8/28 COCORAHS 1 S ROSSVILLE 2.58 700 PM 8/27 TRAINED SPOTTER 3 WNW BALDWIN 2.53 800 AM 8/28 COCORAHS http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=LWX&product=PNS&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off BB - I thought you lived in Bethesda, not Perry Hall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 The 6 to 7 inch amounts extend farther north in Calvert than shown on that map. A friend and I couldn't post on CoCoRahs because we had not internet. We both had over 6.8. I live as far north in Calvert as you can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 those yellows are terrible, its hard to tell between 4-5 and 5-6 Must be your monitor, they're pretty distinct for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 it's kinda silly to put two yellows with marginal color difference on the scale right next to e/o plus lol.. they have a little tiny dot of green right over DCA. the reverse wind hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 MONTGOMERY COUNTY... GAITHERSBURG 72 159 AM 8/28 MESONET 1 NNW NORTH POTOMAC 54 345 AM 8/28 MESONET ROCKVILLE 51 244 AM 8/28 MESONET 1 WSW DAMASCUS 51 239 AM 8/28 MESONET 1 ENE OLNEY 43 119 AM 8/28 MESONET 2 WSW ROCKVILLE 41 354 AM 8/28 MESONET 1 NNW CHEVY CHASE 41 353 AM 8/28 MESONET 1 W BETHESDA 40 419 AM 8/28 MESONET 2 E NORTH POTOMAC 35 354 AM 8/28 MESONET interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 yeah bethesda is a liar.. but we already knew that. let's not make me need to delete another 40 posts today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master of Disaster Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Anyone know whats going on with the 72MPH gust in Gaithersburg? 3rd highest in the State and I find that almost impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 interesting yeah bethesda is a liar You don't think that station siting has anything to do with the wide range of gust readings? 35 in N Potomac to 72 in N gaithersburg? Synoptic scale winds do not feature that range of "hotspots" really at that distinction. This wasn't a squall line or multi-cellular cluster with varying ground level winds. In reality winds were likely distributed somewhat evenly. And regardless that W bethesda station is nowhere near Little Falls. Again, a stupid excuse to bash me, somehow a WXstation in another Zip Code says anything about....what? You don't see that type of damage around here with a 40mph gust. The same few individuals hell bent to troll me and using manipulative tactics to do so. Topography probably plays a large role there too in the gust values than can be measured/mapped. Example: NNW NORTH POTOMAC 54 345 AM 8/28 MESONET E NORTH POTOMAC 35 354 AM 8/28 MESONET Station siting issues are hard to correct for and can lead to deceptive interpretations on regional wind speeds, locally the difference would be very insignificant but the picture would be scewed overall. A damage survey is all one would need to determine an estimated wind gust range, and many of the readings gathered here are not supported by the data/evidence at hand. And in return, it always the same thing "Bethesdaboy is Lying about Obs"... Well for one thing I didn't give any obs (measurements) whatsoever during the storm. Yet windows can be blown out in Central PA, and a 40mph gust in another zipcode means I'm a Liar...heck why don't I just cite the station 5 miles to the east with it's 53mph reading? Grasping for straws, continuously, you'll run out of straws to grasp. Save some for when it is logical to troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 it's kinda silly to put two yellows with marginal color difference on the scale right next to e/o plus lol.. they have a little tiny dot of green right over DCA. the reverse wind hole. I bet you the 50 to 55 mph winds extended all the way up the potomac to DCA and that there was no local max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I bet you the 50 to 55 mph winds extended all the way up the potomac to DCA and that there was no local max. could be the case. tho im sorta skeptical on the 45-50 over all of dc. i guess it's possible but i saw a considerable number of large trees down without even looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 could be the case. tho im sorta skeptical on the 45-50 over all of dc. i guess it's possible but i saw a considerable number of large trees down without even looking. The heavier band dipping down in central MD from PA is interesting. I seem to recall the models all predicted that would occur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 A friend said that BGE says they won't restore his power until Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymengineer Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Not trying to defend Bethesdawx, per se, but wind gust measurements from PNS's are especially bad to use for real analysis...much worse than rain amounts or even snowfall totals. Exposures are completely different and there's no assurance that the anemometers are all mounted at 10-m. All I think you can decipher is that the wind gust range in each of the DC-Baltimore area counties is remarkably uniform on the PNS. I'm pretty sure, like Wes may have been suggesting, that the wide wind field made for fairly uniform sustained speeds and gusts across the entire area away from the immediate shoreline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 A friend said that BGE says they won't restore his power until Monday.Plase tell me he doesn't live in cockeysville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Plase tell me he doesn't live in cockeysville Nope. In Pasadena, off of Solley Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 carbon MONoxide. CO and CO2 are very different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 /whine I still have no power! I had to sleep on an air mattress on my little sisters floor, I had to share said air mattress (twin size) with the dog, who takes up a lot of space. I had to deal with downtown traffic in Baltimore since I was coming from the south of the city instead of the north. I have to go back to my parents this afternoon, I hope I have power tonight. /end whine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Nope. In Pasadena, off of Solley Rd. My brother had his power back on within a couple hours...he lives right off Ft. Smallwood road. Guess he got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 where can i find a map like that with the maximun wind gusts from Irene for PA.? I searched and found zip.......I kinda wanna show/tell that to my insurnace agent tommorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtobe Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 could be the case. tho im sorta skeptical on the 45-50 over all of dc. i guess it's possible but i saw a considerable number of large trees down without even looking. I am too but over the open waters of the Potomac, I'd bet money that the winds were stronger and that is one of the reasons why DCA had the stronger gust. The winds are usually stronger over water where there is less friction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 /whine I still have no power! I had to sleep on an air mattress on my little sisters floor, I had to share said air mattress (twin size) with the dog, who takes up a lot of space. I had to deal with downtown traffic in Baltimore since I was coming from the south of the city instead of the north. I have to go back to my parents this afternoon, I hope I have power tonight. /end whine You should have planned better, whinegirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethesdaWX Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 where can i find a map like that with the maximun wind gusts from Irene for PA.? I searched and found zip.......I kinda wanna show/tell that to my insurnace agent tommorrow. Didn't NOAA do a write-up on that? Also depends where in PA you live, central/east central PA I'd guess in the 40-50mph range. Though if you really had a window blown out and lining torn off your house that'd argue for something higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Power finally restored today after being down for 75 hours. HUGE tree fell on lines and snapped a pole. Two trees down in the yard. Got just over 4" rain here; don't have a wind ob...NWS says 45-50 max gust. Nice blowout tides after the storm, had a big beach for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 A lot of good data from the storm: http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=LWX&product=PSH&format=CI&version=1&glossary=0&highlight=off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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