The Weather Warrior

WHERE HURRICANES, TORNADOES, LIGHTNING, BLIZZARDS, AND FLOODS ARE NO MATCH!

Rain is (as expect) not as much as thought/Tornadoes in the Bahamas

Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 10:56pm EDT
But still a good amount of rain, and some flooding.
NWS Potomac River Flood State Map–>www.erh.noaa.gov/marfc/potomac.htm
No flooding and only one location reporting higher flow than normal. We were looking at nearly 3″ inches of rain between Sunday and Tuesday. Half way through that period, stations are reporting between [...]

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Mon, March 29 2010 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Spring 2010, tornado » No Comments

Once again, lots of rain coming to DC region.

Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at 11:28pm EDT
Will flooding be as bad as last time?

Well, haven’t seen exact forecasts for the flooding, but with 3″ of rain anticipated, it’s hard to see how we couldn’t be pretty close to flooding conditions considering the minimum amount of time that the extensive rains we had earlier this month [...]

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Sun, March 28 2010 » DC area weather, Spring 2010 » No Comments

More Rain, return to Cold. Watching and Warnings to boot.

January 25th, 2010 at 12:01am EST
Lots of rain, some flooding, and a cold temperatures on the way.
Starting late last evening, a number of flood watches and warnings were issued. Also, some wind advisory has been issued.

Let’s start with the wind advisory. NWS from Sterling, VA (DC/Baltmore area) says that overnight starting around 2am [...]

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Mon, January 25 2010 » DC area weather, Winter 2009/2010 » No Comments

Rain and glume in DC region

November 11th, 2009 at 4:32pm EST
Lots of Rain in the Forecast for DC and surrounding areas

With rain being forecast for the next several days, it will be interesting to see how the flooding is going to be. At the moment the DC and counties north are not under any watches or warnings, but south [...]

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Wed, November 11 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2009 » No Comments

Haines Point (DC) Flooding from Potomac River

Posting the photo I took at 5:22pm EDT on Saturday October 17th, 2009:

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Sun, October 18 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2009 » No Comments

Quite local weather, west coast getting rain

October 13th, 2009 at 11:55pm EDT
West coast of California getting remnants of tropical system
Remnants of typhoon Melor are moving into the west coast of the United States, threatening some in California with mudslides and other dangerous conditions related to the heavy rains and winds. After a number of forest fires, the slopes of areas [...]

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Tue, October 13 2009 » Fall 2009 » No Comments

Flooding in Santiago, Chile (personal observation)

First signs of the El Nino weather pattern showing it’s ugly head.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:45pm EDT (and Chilean Time too!!)
Finally up on the mountain (at Ski Portillo) in Chile, taking in some super spectacular mountain views and skiing. However, before we got here there was a ton of rain (and snow at the [...]

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Wed, September 9 2009 » Jason personal » No Comments

Quick local chase from this afternoon

Didn’t expect to be out, but did for OK thunderstorms
May 28th, 2009 at 6:59pm EDT

Today I thought my car would be in the shop all day. I dropped it off for some work on the timing, but the problem wasn’t the timing at all. So I picked it up, and on the way [...]

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Thu, May 28 2009 » DC area weather, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, lightning » No Comments