i dunno, 30-40% chance is not that bad. and it keeps becoming less likely/ moving earlier in the week..

one can hope anyway!

 

yeah.. I'm supposed to meet OctaneGuy and have him help me polish my car "the right way".. how am I supposed to get rid of those nasty swirl marks if it's raining?..

 

Just pretend you're in New Hampshire. :D

 

LOL!.. Hey Cathleen!

 

We had rain all weekend here...and now it looks like most of this week. So much for giving Foxy a bath before the drive.

The National Weather Service's forecast doesn't look good...
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.php?CityName=Fontana+Dam&state=NC&site=GS P

Hope the panoramic photo doesn't get rained out...

 

yeah.. no point in washing the car before I leave, at any rate, maybe clean her up a little while down there..

 

Wash & rainX or re-rainX your windows...

 

Wed May 3
Mostly Sunny81°/53° - 0% chance of precip

Thu May 4
Partly Cloudy79°/56° - 20% chance of precip

Fri May 5
Scattered T-Storms71°/52° - 40% chance of precip


Sat May 6
Showers70°/44° - 40% chance of precip

Sun May 7
Mostly Sunny70°/43° - 20% chance of precip


It's getting a little bit better!

 

 

I sure hope this High pressure zone off the east coast moves on so this next one can move through faster. I need fri and sat to be rain free

 

Don't worry, I can still show you the right way to do it rain or shine. I'm supposed to have a tent out there, so potentially we could work even if it rains. Having a freshly detailed car get rained on isn't really a bad thing. The water will sheet off, and will be much easier to clean, dry. And best of all the swirls will be gone. As long as you take my advice on how to wash/dry it when you get home.

Richard

 

oh cool... I figured you'd have to cancel.. i was thinking electric orbital + rain = not a good idea..LOL!.. didn't factor in "tent" to that equation..LMAO!

 

Unless it's really pouring rain, it's probably ok. Heh heh, we can always work by hand.

Considering that I've got plane tickets, a rental car, and all kinds of materials being shipped, it'd be a real downer to cancel anything!!! But sadly, it looks like I may have to improvise.

Richard

 

Quote:

Originally Posted by OctaneGuy

But sadly, it looks like I may have to improvise. Richard

*Improv?.. I like the way this guy thinks*

Cool.. It'll get done somehow.. (insert dream sequence here...)

this could always be nice way of improvising.....

 

Is that OctaneGuy's Posse, much nicer than the crew Mike Phillips had at the Tampa class

 

Here's today's from the National Weather Service Office - for Fontana Dam. As YuccaPatrol said, there is variance in the mountains, but this forecast takes it into account for the most part.

Doug

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Partly cloudy, with a high around 72. Calm wind becoming west between 6 and 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low near 54. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 74. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 67.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low near 46.

 

Can't miss with that forecast, it's got all the chances covered

Kool said it right, if you don't like the weather were you are, drive around the next curve or over the next hill. Chances are it'll be better there.

For the record - today was fantastic. Little to no fog in the AM and clear and unrestricted vis all afternoon.

P.S. WxSquid - you work at Chamber's??

 

Looks like Saturday & Sunday are going to be downright cold! Remember, you're in the South now and that is cold.

Cold - Less than 70
Cool - 70 - 76
Warm - 77 - 83
Real Warm - 84 - 89
Hot - 90 - 99
Damn Hot - 100 and up

 

Now, on weather.com, they are saying 60% chance of rain on Thursday, but only 10-20% chance for the rest of the weekend! Let's hope it stays that low

 

Here is my final weather.com update. Squid, in an earlier post, had a personalized forecast for the greater Fontana area, that I'm copying and pasting here. I think I trust Squid's take on it more, but they jive pretty well...

See you all at the Dragon (with your rain gear)!

Aaron

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Wed - May 3
Mostly Sunny82°/52° - 10% chance of precip

Wednesday: Partly cloudy, with a high around 72. Calm wind becoming west between 6 and 9 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Thu - May 4
Scattered T-Storms80°/56° - 30% chance of precip

Thursday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low near 54. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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Fri - May 5
Scattered T-Storms76°/53° - 40% chance of precip

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high around 74. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 50%.


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Sat - May 6
Showers74°/46° - 40% chance of precip

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Sun - May 7
Partly Cloudy71°/45° - 20% chance of precip

Sunday: Partly cloudy, with a high near 67.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low near 46.

 

... okay, I'm away from work. I have bandwidth, and I know a lot of folks are logging on for possibly the last time until MOTD.

Therefore, here we go. I hate to use %, as I feel it is a cop out.

OH, and I am a forecaster on the USS SAIPAN; well a Chief, and therefore a babysitter normally. I forecast to keep my qual current and track the guys that work for me.

Dry for the rest of the day, with rain pretty much from 0700 Local (L) to tomorrow at sunrise. Look for temps in the low 70's for highs and mid 50's for lows.

For Thursday, it will be dry all day as the next front stays north of the TN/KY border (not a lot of energy to push it far enough south for now). Highs in the mid/upper 60's and lows in the upper 40's. As the sun sets, the chance of rain will pick back up.

(Posted at 6pm Tue - extended to be edited in shortly....)

For Friday:
Rainshowers with a chance of thunder will move back into the area in the afternoon, after 2pm.

Looks like this will persist through Saturday, mainly steady showers that move through and ending around sunset.

Sunday will be dry as everyone starts to head back. Most folks getting back to the East Coast (read: Norfolk or north) will catch up to the rain again as they get home.

Wish I could make it drier for ya.... but I'm on a government paycheck!

Drive Safe (as if we don't!),
Doug

PS - post questions here, I'll monitor this thread and post another update tomorrow night for those taking off Thursday morning.

 

Hmmm... The chief is always right?

 

damn... I leave Thursday, what's the drive from New Hampshire down to NC gonna be like Thursday going in to early Friday AM ?

 

Going to start me off with an easy one, huh?

Stand by...

 

but of course...