mappy Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Decent windy shower right now. No thunder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arlwx Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Here's hoping that everyone has lots of cereal, nuts and other things not needing a refrigerator. AND a manual can opener for opening tinned meat ((which doesn't need to be cooked)). ((No news on people making a dash for the stores that might lose power...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dailylurker Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, arlwx said: Here's hoping that everyone has lots of cereal, nuts and other things not needing a refrigerator. AND a manual can opener for opening tinned meat ((which doesn't need to be cooked)). ((No news on people making a dash for the stores that might lose power...) 50-60 mph gust shouldn't cause widespread long duration power outages. 60 mph is right on the line though. Seems like that's the threshold in this area during the warm season for uprooting large trees. Already breezy out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, WxUSAF said: Boomers for @mappy, @losetoa6, and @psuhoffman? Hoping the southern end sweeps over me. Swing and a miss for me outside a sprinkle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormfly Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 1 hour ago, arlwx said: Here's hoping that everyone has lots of cereal, nuts and other things not needing a refrigerator. AND a manual can opener for opening tinned meat ((which doesn't need to be cooked)). ((No news on people making a dash for the stores that might lose power...) Can't do w/o power here! Diesel tanks topped off (575 gallons on the gauge) and both gennies ready to spring into action if needed. Not sure because in our neck of the woods even with 3 phase power all it takes is a dumb limb to hang up and trip out a recloser. And trimming schedules have fallen way behind, lots of green far closer than 10' to primaries. We did get a nice shower that put down nearly half an inch. Gutter on west side overflowing, full of spruce needles I'm sure. If it were up to me I'd have all these (trees) leveled out but wife says hell no. There was some lightning picked up but to our south and east, didn't hear thunder but then again it would have had to been on the loud side with the "sizzling of bacon" sound of torrents of water hitting rocks! This time let's hope the wind forecast busts a bit low which they usually do. Could be like the wind we have a few weeks ago. Most of deciduous here aren't close to full out but either way once that wind gusts past the old double nickel more than a few times otherwise healthy limbs become widow makers and that's not good. Definitely don't want the kids playing near the trees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 New event. High Wind Warning from 4/30/2021 12:00 PM to 5/1/2021 2:00 AM EDT for Montgomery County, MD, Carroll County, MD: https://inws.ncep.noaa.gov/a/a.php?i=56744111 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Looking at the NAM nest and HRRR wind gust product over on the CoD site - you'd not expect a HWW...both are relatively tame with gusts outside the ridge tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 damn it's still 80F here downtown. 78 at DCA. That's crazy for 11pm in frickin April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeatherShak Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 damn it's still 80F here downtown. 78 at DCA. That's crazy for 11pm in frickin April.Looks like a nice little squall line about to come through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeguyfromTakomaPark Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Winds are cranking with this little line. Loud as hell outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, WeatherShak said: Looks like a nice little squall line about to come through. yep - some nice wind with this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazzo83 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 and just like that we're in the upper 60s. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 The winds are really starting to pick up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Really pretty morning out there. A few breezes, but that's it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 The high impact winds will develop later this afternoon and persist into tonight. Hoping the 60 mph gusts in my forecast don't materialize. I have enough outside stuff to do without having to clean up tree debris. At least the soil is pretty dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Quote FXUS61 KLWX 301349 AFDLWX AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 949 AM EDT FRI APR 30 2021 .SYNOPSIS... A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES OVER THE WEEKEND, THEN SHIFT OFFSHORE NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 10:00AM UPDATE: HAVE ADDED MOST OF THE DC METRO AND THE BLUE RIDGE TO THE HIGH WIND WARNING AND MAKE A SLIDE EXPANSION TO THE WIND ADVISORY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA BASED ON THE LONG DURATION OF THE WIND AND HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN A SLIGHTLY STRONG WIND FIELD. NOTE THAT THE EXTENDED DURATION OF STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 High wind warnings extended south into NOVA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GATECH Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Just now, Eskimo Joe said: Great...I hate wind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Pretty decent pick up in the wind over the past 30 min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potvinsux Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Cold 39° with windchill in 20's. Flurries off and on this morning. In Snowshoe....btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, Potvinsux said: Cold 39° with windchill in 20's. Flurries off and on this morning. In Snowshoe....btw Sounds awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmlwx Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Sun doing the mixing work it seems. Good gusts here in Colesville now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high risk Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 One thing to watch is a secondary cold front that will move through in the very late afternoon. NAM Nest is most aggressive is actually generating a line of very gusty showers on the front. The frontal passage itself will likely enhance the winds even further. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Wind seems to be overperforming in the immediate DC metro so far and we haven't even hit the start time of the warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, high risk said: One thing to watch is a secondary cold front that will move through in the very late afternoon. NAM Nest is most aggressive is actually generating a line of very gusty showers on the front. The frontal passage itself will likely enhance the winds even further. Just the person I was looking for. Yeah I've been looking at that as well. I'd think it could be interesting with >9C/km 0-3km lapse rates and a bit of inverted-v signatures showing up in soundings should a line or line segments form along the front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George BM Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Eskimo Joe said: Wind seems to be overperforming in the immediate DC metro so far and we haven't even hit the start time of the warning. Yeah. IAD has gusted to 40kts so far. There already a few power outages with a few limbs/weak trees down in Fairfax county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Double damn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 minute ago, mappy said: damn Just checked Google Maps - says the Outer Loop is closed in that spot until 5:30 pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowenOutThere Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Just now, mattie g said: Just checked Google Maps - says the Outer Loop is closed in that spot until 5:30 pm. The wind warning just went into effect geez the one time we don't bust low on a wind event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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