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George BM

By George BM,
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showmethesnow

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After being down 3 games to one, the Caps and Pens are now tied up at 3 games with the deciding game coming back to DC. If you are a Caps fan you have to love that. But knowing the Caps they will find a way to break their fan's hearts. Again.

Not a big fan of the NHL's playoff format though which is geared to stacking the deck for the underdogs. How you can have the 2 best teams, not only in the Conference, but in the NHL meet in the 2nd round is beyond me. Whomever comes out of this highly physical and emotional series is now ripe for being upset by an inferior team in the conference finals. So much for being rewarded for your accomplishments during the regular season. 

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Just mowed the "lawn". Its like a 60% mole maze. When its spring and the high sun/hot dry weather hasn't set in and withered the grass to thatch yet, it is pretty nice and green and the soil is moist, which brings the earthworms closer to the surface, and the moles go to town. Cant win lol. Traps are too much work and if you get one, there are a bunch more. I shall continue my plan of increasing the plant beds and mulched areas and encouraging moss growth elsewhere. So done with grass.

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Here is an excerpt from the KLWX AFD:

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=LWX&issuedby=LWX&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off

 

  

The pattern that evolves for the end of the week (and into the
weekend, see Long Term) very much resembles the Maddox Frontal
heavy rain setup, where ridging develops aloft across the
southeastern US, and a boundary remains quasi-stationary from
the Ohio Valley and into the southern Mid-Atlantic states, with
weak waves of low pressure moving along it, bounded by high
pressure across northern New England. Winds aloft are expected
to be roughly parallel to the front, with warm air
advection/veering occurring in the vicinity of the frontal
boundary. This is then expected to be capped off by a stronger
wave/coastal low developing over the weekend. There is still
much uncertainty with the position of the boundary and
aforementioned surface waves, but the pattern is conducive for
heavy rain from the Ohio Valley eastward into the Mid-Atlantic
states, and there is broad model/ensemble support for 1 to
locally 3" of rainfall near/over the region. Current
depiction/climo may favor the Ohio Valley into WV and into
central/western VA.

Thursday will see the approach of another wave of low pressure
along the frontal boundary, with chances for showers and even
some thunderstorms increasing by late in the day, especially
across western areas. These will increase in coverage and become
potentially heavy at times Thursday night as wave of low
pressure pushes eastward. Uncertainty remains as to where the
axis of heavier rain will develop, and its possible it sets up
over southwestern VA and into WV. Highs Thursday likely in the
60s, lows Thursday night in the 40s to near 50F.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A stalled front just south of the area will continue to provide a
path for multiple waves of low pressure passing near or over the
area late in the week into the weekend. One such wave likely departs
the area during the first half of Friday. Another (stronger) wave
moves in quickly on its heels Friday night into Saturday.

Becoming a little concerned with the overall pattern which resembles
that of a Maddox Frontal setup; easterly flow at the surface to
westerly at 500 mb indicates warm air advection/isentropic lift. 500
mb flow parallel to the boundary indicates potential training bands
of precipitation. PWATS around 1.25 inches during this time and warm
cloud layers of 12-14 kft would likely result in very efficient warm
rain processes/enhanced rainfall rates.

Model ensemble probabilities indicate 30-50 percent odds of 2 inches
or more of rainfall during this time. All of this coupled with heavy
rain late last week and antecedent periods of showers Thursday into
Friday could spell a flooding risk for at least parts of the area
into the first half of the weekend. As such, will add a mention of
flooding potential to the HWO.

 

I am very happy about the Maddox excessive rain setup (and I am CHEERING IT ON WITH ALL OF MY HEART!), because of my intense enjoyment of heavy rain, my love of flooding, and because of the antecedent soil conditions. We enjoyed a lot of rain with the last system a few days ago. Now, we get to enjoy a Maddox setup over the Mid Atlantic this weekend, and I am hoping and praying HARD for the axis of heavy training rain directly over Dale City. I yearn to watch those creeks rise!!!! I LOVE TO PLACE MARKERS ALONG STREAMS THEN HAPPILY WATCH THE WATER RISE!!! :wub::wub::wub:. And, I love to savor epic jebwalks in the rain!

You have not lived, until you get soaked to the bone in a Maddox heavy rain setup!

In the meantime, I am savoring yet ANOTHER refreshing night in the 40s!!!!!!!!

What's not to like?

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showmethesnow

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On 4/6/2017 at 1:57 PM, showmethesnow said:

Never been a big fan of sitting your star players/starters out after you have everything locked in. Always felt that could break the good rhythm a team has established going into the playoffs. Would rather see them in for a period or so then taken out hopefully avoiding any injuries.

Of course with Washington i don't think it matters what they do, they will still find a way to lose and probably against the Pens.

Guess I called that. After watching decades of futility on the Caps part in the playoffs, quite often against the Pens, that wasn't a hard prediction to make. Glad I had emotionally divested from the Caps years ago because this one would have really hurt. So I am good. You don't have to talk me off the ledge. B)

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3 hours ago, showmethesnow said:

Guess I called that. After watching decades of futility on the Caps part in the playoffs, quite often against the Pens, that wasn't a hard prediction to make. Glad I had emotionally divested from the Caps years ago because this one would have really hurt. So I am good. You don't have to talk me off the ledge. B)

Hello darkness my old friend...

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3 hours ago, losetoa6 said:

Os game canceled. The rain looks over . Nothing happening here. Radar don't look bad in DC either:huh: . 

They could have played and probably would have had it been a west coast team. It was windy and cool and still a steady light rain. I agree with the decision. Make up the game on an off day later when it is nice. Will be a sell out. I think they have a couple common off days when both teams are coming or going from home. 

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showmethesnow

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4 hours ago, H2O said:

My backyard is crawling with cicadas.  I have more now than when the usual 17 yr brood X pops.  i've seen that these are stragglers from either that one or another brood that has somehow worked its way up here.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/04/130515-cicadas-recipes-food-cooking-bugs-nation-animals/ 

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1 hour ago, showmethesnow said:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/04/130515-cicadas-recipes-food-cooking-bugs-nation-animals/ 

So brood 2.  Ok.  My oldest daughter is just fascinated by them right now.  i am too in a way.  Can't wait to get home and see where they all are today.

 

And as much as i've seen people eat bugs and say they are tasty, i just can't bring myself to do it.  Unless they are hidden in the food so well I wouldn't be able to tell.

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6 hours ago, H2O said:

My backyard is crawling with cicadas.  I have more now than when the usual 17 yr brood X pops.  i've seen that these are stragglers from either that one or another brood that has somehow worked its way up here.

 

I wouldn't say crawling, but yeah, we have them too.

 

Just landed in Colorado.  Have a free day on Thursday.  Have to figure out whether to storm chase in OK or go up in the mountains to see some damn snow fall this year.

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4 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

 

I wouldn't say crawling, but yeah, we have them too.

 

Just landed in Colorado.  Have a free day on Thursday.  Have to figure out whether to storm chase in OK or go up in the mountains to see some damn snow fall this year.

Storm chase is what I would do

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showmethesnow

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52 minutes ago, H2O said:

So brood 2.  Ok.  My oldest daughter is just fascinated by them right now.  i am too in a way.  Can't wait to get home and see where they all are today.

 

And as much as i've seen people eat bugs and say they are tasty, i just can't bring myself to do it.  Unless they are hidden in the food so well I wouldn't be able to tell.

 

Think you were initially right with them being stragglers because this article is from 2013. Just threw it up there to give you some recipes. :) 

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5 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

I still remember the emergence of the brood in central PA in 1991.  I've never seen it that bad since.

2004 here was unbelievable. I was putting an addition on the house that spring and whenever we turned on the power saw, they would attack like it was the queen cicada. It was nuts. When we finally got the addition covered and sealed, I had to shop vac the layers of dead ones out of the crawl space. 

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Well, looks like I'll be snowshoeing next week when I go to CO to visit son. 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
713 PM MDT Wed May 17 2017

...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS THROUGH FRIDAY...

.A strong spring storm will drop south across the Great Basin
tonight and Thursday. It then moves slowly east across Colorado
Thursday night through Friday evening. Significant snow is
expected with this storm if it continues on the current forecasted
track. If the storm track moves further north, then the Southern
Front Range Foothills may receive much less snowfall.

This storm is expected to bring rain and possibly snow to the
Urban Corridor including the Denver Metro area. The coldest air
and best chance for snow is expected to be Thursday night and
Friday for the Denver area. Significant snow for the Denver area
is possible.

COZ033-034-180915-
/O.CON.KBOU.WS.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170520T0000Z/
South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/
Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet-
South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/
Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above
9000 Feet-
713 PM MDT Wed May 17 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT FRIDAY...

* TIMING...snow will become widespread tonight and is expected to
  to continue through Friday afternoon.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 to 24 inches of snow expected with up
  to 36 inches on favored east slopes, including Rocky Mountain
  National Park.

* WIND/VISIBILITY...Visibility will fall below a quarter mile in
  heavy snow.

* IMPACTS...Roads will become snow and slush covered. Wet snow
  may accumulate on leafed out trees, resulting in broken tree
  limbs and power outages.
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H2O

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11 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said:

2004 here was unbelievable. I was putting an addition on the house that spring and whenever we turned on the power saw, they would attack like it was the queen cicada. It was nuts. When we finally got the addition covered and sealed, I had to shop vac the layers of dead ones out of the crawl space. 

my daughters have been so fascinated with them.  They have even picked them up and let them crawl on their hands/arms.  its so cool.

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