clskinsfan

12Z ICON is some kind of run. Tampa and Charleston both get smoked. We get some really heavy rain out here as well.

Some pretty decent waves already in Key West from the outer bands. https://southernmostpointwebcam.com/

Kind of crazy how well Ian has held together over Cuba. Some slight shrinking of the core. But overall it seems very little impact at all.

Back over the Atlantic and up the coast is interesting. Much better chance for something significant in our area that way.

I would think the southern Aps will wring Ian out pretty well before it makes it up here. But if it tracks the coastal plain we could get some decent uplift rains out this way.

Center of circulation looks much better on Ian. Shear has lightened up a ton. Should be bombs away from here over the next couple of days.

It is a mess. No doubt. When did northern and southern blobs become science exactly?

This is the history for the closest buoy to the center of Fiona during landfall. The buoy is located at the western shore of the Cabot straight. Close to Charlottetown. The wind was not as impressive as I would have expected. But the wave height increase was quite impressive: MM DD TIME (GMT) WDIR WSPD kts GST kts WVHT ft DPD sec APD sec MWD PRES in PTDY in ATMP °F WTMP °F DEWP °F SAL psu VIS nmi TIDE ft 09 24 1400 SW 38.9 48.6 11.8 9 - - 28.69 +0.45 57.0 63.9 - - - - 09 24 1300 SW 40.8 52.4 13.5 11 - - 28.56 +0.51 57.9 63.5 - - - - 09 24 1200 SSW 42.7 54.4 14.1 9 - - 28.41 +0.57 56.3 63.5 - - - - 09 24 1100 SSW 48.6 58.3 17.1 10 - - 28.24 +0.69 57.9 63.7 - - - - 09 24 1000 SSW 46.6 56.3 19.0 11 - - 28.05 +0.46 59.4 63.9 - - - - 09 24 0900 SW 36.9 46.6 25.3 13 - - 27.85 +0.11 62.1 64.2 - - - - 09 24 0800 WSW 17.5 27.2 21.7 13 - - 27.55 -0.37 63.7 64.6 - - - - 09 24 0700 E 27.2 33.0 25.9 12 - - 27.59 -0.50 63.3 64.9 - - - - 09 24 0600 ENE 29.1 38.9 30.8 11 - - 27.74 -0.58 64.4 65.1 - - - - 09 24 0500 ENE 38.9 54.4 24.9 10 - - 27.91 -0.74 64.4 64.8 - - - - 09 24 0400 ENE 44.7 58.3 16.1 8 - - 28.10 -0.83 68.2 64.9 - - - - 09 24 0300 NE 44.7 54.4 8.5 7 - - 28.33 -0.76 70.0 65.5 - - - - 09 24 0200 N 40.8 50.5 8.2 6 - - 28.65 -0.58 59.7 65.8 - - - - 09 24 0100 NNE 35.0 44.7 5.9 6 - - 28.93 -0.40 59.9 65.7 - - - - 09 24 0000 NNE 33.0 40.8 5.2 6 - - 29.09 -0.28 59.9 65.8 - - - - 09 23 2300 NNE 27.2 35.0 3.9 6 - - 29.23 -0.21 60.8 66.4 - - - - 09 23 2200 NNE 21.4 25.3 3.6 7 - - 29.32 -0.13 62.4 66.0 - - - - 09 23 2100 N 19.4 23.3 3.3 7 - - 29.37 -0.14 61.9 66.6 - - - - 09 23 2000 N 13.6 15.5 3.0 7 - - 29.44 -0.07 62.1 66.6 - - - - 09 23 1900 N 13.6 15.5 2.6 7 - - 29.45 -0.09 62.1 66.7 - - - - 09 23 1800 NNW 9.7 11.7 3.0 7 - - 29.51 -0.05 62.2 66.4 - - - - 09 23 1700 WNW 5.8 7.8 3.0 7 - - 29.52 +0.01 63.1 67.1 - - - - 09 23 1600 W 5.8 5.8 3.3 6 - - 29.54 +0.01 63.7 66.9 - - - - 09 23 1500 WSW 11.7 13.6 3.6 6 - - 29.56 +0.02 63.9 66.9 - - - -

Man that thing is hauling ass. 45 MPH forward motion. 60 miles from the center waves are 19 feet at 8 seconds. Crazy. Edit: Now 21 feet at 9 seconds.

Closest active buoy is roughly 100 miles from Fiona at this point. No wind instrumentation on that buoy. But wave heights of 15.1 feet at 7 seconds. https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

What is the water temperature up there? I was in OC today and the water is still in the low 70's there. Waves were not as big as I expected. Kind of disappointing in all honesty.

Beautiful right now. 67 with drier air starting to move into the area.

Frikin monsoon out here for days.

We saw a few random shooting stars last night on our deck while having a get together with some neighbors.

Oy Vey

That is normal out here. This is your first full season NW of the Sahara of Winchester. Nice thing about that wind is in the middle of August when DC is 95 with 90% humidity and still as hell. We get to be 88 with a stiff breeze. That wind changes everything. Although I will be in OC sweating my M&M's off.

Really interesting early season gardening for me this year. Nothing died after being covered with two inches of snow and frozen for consecutive nights. For those of you in cooler areas those crops include: Cabbage, Bok Choi, Carrots, Beets, Radish, Lettuce, Spinach, Broccoli, Peas, Turnips, Onions and Kohlrabi. This is by far the most aggressive I have ever been with gardening. I really tried to expand my variety of crops this year. And I direct sowed these "cold" weather crops in early March here. I wanted to see how they would do in zone 6 that early in the season. They do not grow quickly at those cold temps. But they survive. And we are about to head into a warm period where I expect them to really take off. Plants are really incredible with how survivable they are. Happy gardening friends. Editing this to include my indoor crops. Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Melons of all kinds, Squash of all kinds and celery are all doing great. They will be transplanted outside around May 15th here. Which is my guaranteed last frost. Potatoes and corn will also be direct sowed at that time. Pole beans will go in 2 or 3 weeks later when they can use the corn stalks as a trellis.

Yes. I have noticed it. And I am kind of done with it. Give me the blocking during winter not in April please. I know PSU and some others have talked about how we have had a bunch of nice days this so far. But not really out here. It has been cold pretty much wall to wall with the exception of last weekend. Which was gorgeous. It is becoming tiring.

Have had off and on mangles flakes throughout the day. I have had enough. Time for Spring now.

Down to light snow here. Finished with just a little over 2 inches. I hope my cold weather veggies survive. They are buried right now.

It is absolutely dumping half dollar sized flakes here. I must be getting ready to flip.

My daughter was stuck in it for 2 hours. Jump off on Route 11 friend. Updated pic for posterity. Around an inch and half and still coming down nicely.

I am holding right over an inch. But it just wont accumulate any higher than that. No matter how hard it comes down. Interesting event for sure.

We definitely need the moisture out here regardless of what form it falls.