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Tropical Storm Ophelia—Tropical Storm Warning for Coastal Mid-Atlantic


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3 hours ago, Scraff said:

Let’s hope so. Pretty pathetic showing IMHO. I’ve been cowering in my basement all day…protecting the beer fridge…by drinking the contents. :drunk:  :D
 

 

Yea, we need that bowling ball of precip to not turn into a ping pong ball by the time it reaches the 95 corridor.  I'm at about ~1-1.25" around here.  Could use another band or two.

I've got some Breckenridge Oktoberfest waiting for me...that and maybe even some Bootjack whiskey.

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13 minutes ago, 87storms said:

Yea, we need that bowling ball of precip to not turn into a ping pong ball by the time it reaches the 95 corridor.  I'm at about ~1-1.25" around here.  Could use another band or two.

I've got some Breckenridge Oktoberfest waiting for me...that and maybe even some Bootjack whiskey.

Why wait? You can enjoy it AND watch the oncoming bowling ball.

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3 hours ago, Jebman said:

If you squint your eyes and try real hard, you could almost imagine that it is wind blown heavy snow.

Absolutely was thinking the same thing, it was nearly whiteout conditions without much or any wind within that bowling ball core , but man the rain was intense....and accidents every mile or so on both 64 and 95.... bad day to be a trooper or tow driver.... Back home here in the desert in northern Waynesboro- just about to 2 inches. Which is more than the last 60 days combined and that includes a nice soaking earlier this month....

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We are near peak tide (peak tide was estimated starting around 1am and lasting through about 3am).

Measured based on NAVD88 Datum a tide height of 3.0'. Per Annapolis data, MLW is -0.55' vs Datum. This was average height with waves.

Winds have dropped off, now 22-25mph gusts 25-28mph from the ENE (same direction they have been running the past several hours). Forecast was for the winds to hit slack near high tide as the wind directions shifts from NE to S as the circulation center moves through. You can see the modest drop off in wind speed here:

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This photo is of the staff gauge calibrated to NAVD88 Datum at a null in wave activity that lasted about 30 seconds.

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Updated airport rainfalls to end of 23rd include (in order of total so far)

 

2.76" RIC 23rd (breaks record 2.08" 1975) + 0.31" 22nd __ storm total 3.07" 22-23

2.83" SBY 23rd (breaks record 1.52" 1924) + 0.14" 22nd __ storm total 2.97" 22-23

2.38" RDU 23rd (breaks record 2.03" 1906) + 0.43" 22nd__ storm total 2.81" 22-23

0.74" ORF 23rd (record is 2.78" 1979) + 1.77" 22nd ________ storm total 2.51" 22-23

1.99" WAL 23rd (breaks record 0.80" 2011) + 0.47" 22nd __ storm total 2.46" 22-23

1.51" IAD 23rd (record is 1.74" 2003) + 0.07" 22nd ________ storm total 1.58" 22-23

1.42" DCA 23rd (record is 2.40" 1907) +0.07" 22nd _______ storm total 1.49" 22-23

1.29" BWI 23rd (record is 3.19" 2011) + 0.01" 22nd _________ storm total 1.30" 22-23

1.28" NAK 23rd (no record available) + Tr 22nd ___________ storm total 1.28" 22-23

1.20" CHO 23rd (no record available) + 0.04" 22nd ________ storm total 1.24" 22-23 

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