Eskimo Joe

We have everything going against us into this winter. You'd think sooner or later the tables would turn and we'd have a shot for at least climo.

Odd. It appears that Camp David (KRSP) is visible in my AWIPS II thin client, but not on GR.

44 for a low this morning in Reisterstown. My garden is abruptly coming to an end, I'm hoping we can salvage the last of our squash this week before ending things.

Having a weather station depends on a couple of things, the most important being where you live. Since you own your home, you can sight an instrument wherever you like and not worry about rules of a condo or apartment. The size of your lot and exposure will have a bearing on wind and precipitation accuracy. Stations such as the David VP2, which are great, are more complicated and require the anemometer to be sighted usually at a location separate from the rest of the kit. I purchased the Tempest station from WxFlow the other week and it's been working great. It was $300, BUT WxFlow is offering 10% of right now if you use the code Tempest10off. This allows you to get better shipping and still come out around $300. I've linked my weather station to Wunderground (https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KMDREIST45)and so far the station is right in line with everyone around me. I will say the biggest shortcoming with the Tempest from WxFlow is that you don't have a wall display like you do with other stations, everything is on your phone or tablet. If this is critical for you, then I would advise against purchasing this particular device.

Where in the sky and when can it be viewed?

Cool. We're ripping out two garden beds that are just not successful and going to flatten out and seed with grass this weekend then.

You can link to Wunderground and there's specific guidance they reference from WMO and COCORAHS on instrument sighting. Their interface is pretty nice too. Here's my station data: https://tempestwx.com/station/28172/

Guess it's time for fall seeding and aeration?

No, but I am equally curious so I am going to buy one and will let you know.

Love my Tempest wx station. Highly recommend.

My weather station comes tomorrow...it pours today. Ironic.

Copy thanks.

What address block is that?

Turkey Branch in Rockville rose 7 feet in <1 hour, Sligo Creek @ Sherrill Dr rose 4ft <1 hr. ~50 waters call between 12pm and 2pm Montgomery, about 20 required some kind of FD action.

10 water calls pending in CAD

Everything you need to know: http://www.raymondcmartinjr.com/weather/2011/26-Dec-10.html

Have it 34 and rain at the start to wipe the salt off the roads...no help from chemistry! Then vodka cold for a week!!

This season is such a low energy bust. There's not even been a decent fish storm with nice satellite presentation.

While I know you cannot advect radar, the regional mosaic appears to be lighting up.

Shipped today, comes Friday. Really excited for this.

I get Vietnam-esque flashbacks from that event.

Someone did a story of October snows greater than 1" at BWI, MDT and DCA. The results were pretty close to 1:1 that showed more than 1" in October with the exception of 1 year (2002-2003?) was warm and well below average.

October snow is a death kiss for a good winter in these parts.

FCPS seems to be pretty on the ball. Other jurisdictions in MD have been looking to them as kind of the state leader in this rapid transition to online education. What's going to be interesting is to see what sticks around for winter days. I can certainly see the 3" - 6" storms become online learning days to cut down the issues. What's going to be interesting are events where there is a forecast of more widespread power or Internet outages, such as ice storms in central or western MD and schools are just closed outright.