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1 minute ago, Bubbler86 said:

It will be a Good Friday for a season opener. 

Eggsactly right. 

11 minutes ago, sauss06 said:

Its a chilly/damp 48

We have had some very heavy showers roll through over the past hour or two, skies here have brightened somewhat and the rain has stopped. Not a nice day however you look at it. 

4 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Wow, is that normal for a 24 hour postponement ahead of time?  

Not normal but not unprecedented - I think they've done this in the past prior to "big" games. Opening Day draws fans from all over and I'll say this...kudos to the organization for making the decision now. I don't really care that much about weather conditions, but I would obviously prefer staying home rather than driving down there and then finding out the game was called. I think it's a pretty classy move by the Phillies. Friday is open for this very reason...use it to everyone's advantage. 

Going to the Phillies opener...which now is officially on Friday. 

Phillies game tomorrow is postponed. Opening Day is Friday. 

Moderate to heavy rain falling here at work. Radar is blossoming down south but the trajectory of that stuff will be to the east of most if not all of us. 

3 minutes ago, sauss06 said:

They have been jockeying Hershey players around which has been helpful. And what is more amazing, the Bears keep winning.  

Hershey - Washington system has always worked far better than the period of time that the Bears were affiliated with Philly or Colorado. I was really happy when the Bears went back to being Washington's farm team. 

2 hours ago, Mount Joy Snowman said:

Low of 41 and a couple hundredths of precip from a narrow band of showers that passed overhead right before I left the house. Yucky day ahead. 

0.05" in the bucket at home. 42 and dreary currently. 

11 hours ago, Chris78 said:

Caps playing some good hockey right now

Flyers fan here since the 1970s - Caps are playing very well. Playing very well at the right time of the year. One thing your team has that we're lacking right now is some veteran leadership. Having had Bears season tickets for years, I have a lot of respect and enjoy seeing Washington do well.

Flyers are maximizing what they have to the limit. 3 times they fell behind in the 3rd period last night at MSG, 3 times they came back and tied it up. What is lacking in talent is not evident in the heart of that team. I'm not sure I've seen a team as resilient as the Flyers are and I've been an ardent fan of all 4 major sports going back to the early 1970s. 

I'd love to see one finish 3rd in the Metropolitan and the other claim a Wild Card berth. 

5 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

GFS still not there yet but those maps are more broad brushed so if you are ok sitting in damp, 40's but no rain falling, you might still be golden. 

Sounds like my kind of weather! 

For a few minutes. 

33 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

The 18Z Nam follows the Icon and says play ball. 

Philly is riding the edge on most models - either just inside or outside the area of rain. The trend has been to shift precip east towards the coast over the past 24 hours 

2 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

36 min ago

Emergency call from ship allowed authorities to close bridge and save lives, Maryland governor says

From CNN's Andy Rose

An emergency call from the container ship gave officials time to begin closing the Francis Scott Key Bridge to vehicle traffic before the ship slammed into it, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said on Tuesday.

“I'm thankful for the folks, once the warning came up and once notification came up that there was a mayday, who literally by being able to stop cars from coming over the bridge — these people are heroes. They saved lives last night,” Moore said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is some desperately needed encouraging news to come out of a horrible incident. 

3 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

I know what you mean.  When I was young, I once saw a video of a terrorist sawing the neck of a hostage and it set me back even to this day.  Sometimes we do not need to see everything. 

A saving grace is the time of day this happened, I guess. No comfort at all to those directly impacted, but an ever greater catastrophe was averted. Dear god if this happened at 5pm. 

There are certain things that I cannot watch. I don't even want to list them. I do not have a strong stomach when it comes to human tragedies. 

I really wish I would not have watched the video. I feel sick. Horrible, horrible way to start a day. My heart aches right now. 

15 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Looks like we are topping off at 52.    For once the temp did not exceed predicts.   NWS had 54 or 55 for MDT which is where they are sitting.

Double nickel high here today.

Sunny and 50 on the button at 1pm. 

Ground was white in Maytown this morning. Heavy frost. Temp was  29 when I left for work. 

12 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

#ebayis4u.   Is giving out scarves opening day similar to the groundhog declarations re: their forecast?   Are the Phils saying cold spring? 

I'm giving mine to my daughter. She can wear it each time she comes to visit the #acinmaytownzone.

12 minutes ago, Jns2183 said:

Cut your grass wearing 70's basketball shorts, old school knee high white socks, shirtless with the scarf soaked in ice water around your neck

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You actually described my normal attire very well...

23 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Peg takes it on the chops.    If I were you I would not cancel yet.   Every day it vacillates between rainy and just cloudy.  And, I think there is still a chance of snow next weekend. 

We're going whenever it happens, no cancelation here. 

Phillies are giving out scarves on Opening Day. What am I going to do with a scarf? I don't ever wear gloves let alone that nonsense.

6 minutes ago, Bubbler86 said:

Definitely makes it ok to be outside despite it being 44 (the sun) but I am wearing slacks and long sleeve shirt.  Breeze is just too cold for shorts here.    I have pretty much put my summer wear away after looking at LR.   I had broken it out in early March.   Early March may be the high point for a while except a random day when a storm cuts.   Your game may be dry yet though. 

Mount Holly is essentially writing Thursday off. Coastal develops an slowly moves north up the coast. No clearing until at least Friday morning.

Nice win today. Capital gain.

Thursday and Friday look horrible for baseball in Philly.

Spring, please come back now.

Late March sun...

Went for a walk, despite temps in the upper 40s it was very warm in the sun. Myself and quite few others were in tees and shorts.

28 this morning in Maytown.

Gotta love the Sierra - there's a Special Weather Statement in place through Sunday morning. Scattered light snow showers will bring 5 - 10"+ by morning.

"Scattered Light Snow Showers."