SLPressure

39/22 National Harbor

1 hour ago, NorthArlington101 said:

weathermodels.com has the AI-enhanced (embedded?) EURO. I don’t know if anyone here subscribes to it

The choices on weathermodels.com are - ECMWF - ECMWF 3hr - ECMWF 1hr - and then the 4 choices of -  EPS - Cyclones - Members - and 46 days. Which one, or is it all of them, that are AI-enhanced?

28/14  dusting on grass.

86/73 sunny skies National Harbor

84/72 sunny

78/69 mostly sunny in Oxon Hill.

Hail reported in California, MD.

Snowing in Clinton.

18 minutes ago, mappy said:

That last 10 min of stoppage time is when it got really bad. So stressful. So many flops and falls that could have been called penalties and really fuck US up 

The ref was pretty lenient. He let some roughness go but kept the flow under control. He treated both sides equally, a fair game. I don't think we will here any complaints about the ref from either Iran or the US.

I never thought I could hold my breath for 9 minutes.

9 minutes of more defense. Oof!

The USA better get back to their first half form.

Maybe a thigh bruise.

Gol! Offsides is close.

5 hours ago, nj2va said:

I'm cautiously optimistic we win - going 3-1 USA.  If you told me we had to beat Iran and would advance (and have a small chance at winning the group outright), I'd take those odds.

I'm with you. I am looking for a win. The program needs it. After not making the last world cup, advancing would be a huge boost.

On the negative side... USA doesn't score a lot of goals. Here is a general breakdown of their games this year.

13 games played.

4 wins, 3 losses, 6 draws.

Goals for: 18

Goals against: 9

16 of the goals for came in 4 games.

Average ranking of opponents in those 4 games: 83

Goals scored against opponents in the top 20 (Iran is 20): 1

Bottom line: they need to do what they are not very good at - put the ball in the net.

Fingers crossed, because a draw is no good.

1 minute ago, mappy said:

Ugh, took a test and I’ve got covid. Fucking hell. Terrible timing and I swear if my kid misses another dance recital bc of us being sick, the depression will be terrible. 

Sorry to hear. Hope you mend quickly and your daughter doesn't have to miss any recitals.

5 minutes ago, CAPE said:

I watched the whole match but no idea if a draw is good for the US at this point. Very entertaining though.

In this case, England ranked 5th and the USA 16th, I would think a draw is considered an upset.

Now on to Iran. Must win.

USA looked good.

BWI: 19"

DCA: 11.2"

IAD: 21"

RIC: 8.5"

Tiebreaker: (LYH): 10.5"

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

US should beat Iran though, right?? Obviously a draw or win today is much preferred, but as long as they don’t get crushed against England and then beat Iran, they should advance on goal differential?

On paper, yes. USA ranked 16th and Iran 20th. But as Yoda quoted, the USA has 4 starters with yellow cards. This usually means they have to play cautiously lest they receive another card. And England is formidable. 

Iran knows they only have to tie at best if Wales ties or loses to England. They could play a very defensive game, clogging up the midfield and backline, relying on the occasional counterattack.

A tie today would be huge!

Sleet mixing in with the rain.

Clinton

On 1/29/2022 at 9:03 AM, SLPressure said:

1/3 - 12.5"

1/7 - 2.75"

1/16 - 2.0"

1/28 - 1.25"

 

Season to date - 18.50"

2/13 - 0.1"

Season to date - 18.60"

The HRRR doesn't have DCA falling below 33. A lot of the total snowfall depicted is not what is going to be accumulating.

1/3 - 12.5"

1/7 - 2.75"

1/16 - 2.0"

1/28 - 1.25"

Season to date - 18.50"

25 minutes ago, Ji said:

Randy storm is back...kinda

Is that the one around hr. 210? I've been too busy following my 1" storm and haven't been following this thread. Anyway, that surface low is moving fast! Atlanta to NY in 6 hours.