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7 minutes ago, danny007 said:

Nasty TDS south of robins AFB

That looks like it went right over a friend's house

Schools here are starting to dismiss early and/or cancel all after-school activity.  10% hatched tornado and 45% wind here, don't usually see that...

It's not often that we see hail as the primary severe threat down this way...

8 hours ago, GaWx said:

 I love 70s with sunshine. The problem from my standpoint is that we’ve already had a bunch of mid 80s and humidity here going back a couple of weeks. I’d rather have more days with 70s, low RHs, and sunshine. If I could somehow have 70s to mid 80s and sunshine with low RH all year round here, I’d take it in a heartbeat. 

Oh, that would be nice.... but even then, I'll take the summers here over dealing with what my wife is going to experience in Indianapolis this week.  We do NOT do cold well.  If I could reset the thermostat for Savannah back to 70+ after New Year's I'd do so.

What's funny is that after 15 summers here, metro Atlanta (where we grew up) feels noticeably cooler even in the summer.  Visiting our parents is like a break from the heat.  I got fully acclimated here from spending all of summer 2015 outside building my workshop so it just doesn't bother me anymore.

But back on topic, it seems things are going to warm back up into next week. Maybe it'll stay that way?

2 hours ago, GaWx said:

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 Like it or not, get ready for a freeze in our area Saturday night! The forecasted upper 20s would be the coldest since January 30th, within the top 5 coldest lows of the season, and the coldest in March since 2017.

Yeah, not looking forward to that at all.  Maybe it'll kill off some gnats though?

13 hours ago, GaWx said:

Followup: the rain has been near constant and widespread much of the day into this evening. There has been no thunder/lightning/wind. Just rain, rain, rain. Sometimes heavy, sometimes moderate or light. Then the heavy would return.

Yeah, it's getting really old.  Had a break for a while before sunrise but now it's raining at the house again... 

I guess I'm maybe sort of grateful for a cooler summer, but of the 16 summers I've experienced here I don't think I ever remember one with this many days of cool, saturated, overcast, rainy days.  I'm not used to an August forecast having three days of 80-90% pops, either (which is our present forecast for Mon-Wed).  It ain't right... I miss seeing those big beautiful pop-up CBs in the afternoon.  We may not be that much above average on total rainfall but it sure seems like we are.

But it's also driving me nuts because so many of these rainy overcast days have been on my days off--and then it would be nice and sunny out on days I had to work.

12 minutes ago, GaWx said:

 If there's going to be impact here, this is how I like them, weak!

Agreed. Getting tired of the rain though...

Who turned the heat off?  This spring, dangit!  I didn't move to south Georgia to get 30s in April!

Holy crap... just woke up and checked this

Looks like my parents missed it (they're a mile east of the FFC radar) but my in-laws are in downtown Fayetteville... and wife's sister lives in Atlanta...

And crap, I just remembered my wife's grandfather lives in Newnan now

Update:everybody's fine...

44 minutes ago, rnj79 said:

The amount of people who were oblivious to it is sickening! I just did some preaching on FB. EVERYONE needs a NOAA Weather Radio and everyone needs to stop silencing their phones at night... It could make the difference between life and death next time

If the darned thing didn't go off at 0300 to tell me about the watch (not the warning, the watch that I knew was eventually coming by early the previous morning), or the coastal flood warning that doesn't affect me, etc.  I'd be much happier. 

I still leave it on but I've been sorely tempted to go office space on it after the latest alerts for watches.  Would be nice if it were more selective...

Slight risk today:

7 hours ago, magpiemaniac said:

Look, folks.  More rain on the way.  This is getting ridiculous.  My lawn is like a bog garden at this point.

Yeah, even down here I don’t think my yard has fully dried up.  I’ll take the warmth (seriously, I generally like warm winters—there’s a reason we live here) but please, stop the rain!

(That said, a good hard freeze for a day or two would be nice, to kill off all these danged gnats...)

Little tiny storm cell just rolled over our house on the radar and wife says we're getting small hail.  Hard to tell from her pictures but it looks about pea-sized or so.  Backyard is flooded too.  I'm at work so no better details...

1 hour ago, LaPlata Twister said:

These guys are hanging out in my home town of Kingsland, GA. Heard they’ve been putting instrumentation in the waterways here. Hoping this isn’t a bad sign. 

 

If nothing else they could be setting stuff out to help validate their models.  It's a good opportunity for that. 

Looks like we have TD 5...

One of my coworkers had a tree fall on his truck yesterday, from the TOR warned cell in Effingham Co. GA yesterday.  He was outside planting and the storm came up very fast.  "It was something I've only seen a few times in my life, mostly in Texas... it was a microburst or something.  At least in Texas you can see them coming because there's nothing around, but here it just snuck up on us" was how he described it.

We got nothing but a good gust of wind or two and some twigs blown around.  It did seem to come almost out of nowhere and sneak up on us, since the clouds were so low before the squall line hit.  You almost couldn't see it coming.

8 minutes ago, janetjanet998 said:

couplet heading for the north side of Savannah Metro if it holds together

Wondering why it doesn't have a tornado warning attached...

So NWS apparently did something in the last week that broke PYKL3 (even enabling HTTPS only gives me the latest frame), and given that the app is apparently no longer supported, I'm looking for a new radar app. 

I found something called wX and it appears to give good data, albeit with a clunky interface.  I'm not averse to paying for a good app but I don't want something that needs a subscription.  I'm not chasing or anything but I like having good data.

14 minutes ago, SENC said:

My Local NWS calling for Snow Showers on the 21st, (Monday next week) this is what the GFSFV3 is showing.. What is to be believed ??

I'm gonna laugh if it snows down here on the coast again...

2018 was... eventful.  Wife had two brain  surgeries and a stroke (from the second one).  But she's recovered wonderfully and is seizure-free and driving again!  I'll take a boring 2019, please.

I could take or leave the cold at this point, I don't much care... but getting tired of all the rain.  The ground is perpetually soggy and the range is just a giant mud pit.

I'm trying to figure out the best time to leave for Atlanta; we were planning to leave Savannah early Thursday afternoon to go visit family up there, but I'm not sure if we want to try to be driving right across the track just after the storm passes.  I'm thinking the roads might be a mess...

22 minutes ago, NCSU_Pi said:

How significant is the process of hooking things up to a generator? If you're ordering one off Amazon, is it a portable one?

And how much gas do you need to have on hand to last at least a week running a refrigerator, some lights, maybe a fan, and since they don't use much power these days, a TV?

I'm assuming I'm out of luck if I want to hook up a generator I got from Amazon to power a heat pump and air handler.

 

Edit: Sorry if this is too off-topic for this thread.

A portable generator will run stuff off of extension cords, unless you've made the appropriate changes to tie it into your house wiring (see below). 

If properly connected to the house through a transfer switch of some kind, you could theoretically run your central air system if the generator has enough power output.

Now, properly and safely connecting your generator to the house requires some kind of power inlet and either a dedicated transfer switch, or an interlock installed in your breaker panel.  This will prevent the possibility of your generator trying to back-feed through the mains and injuring electrical workers if you leave a breaker in the wrong position.  Unless you're familiar with doing residential wiring you'd best hire that installation out to a licensed electrician.

The other big no-no is building a "suicide cord" with male plugs on one end that connect to the generator, and a male plug on the other end that connects to something like a dryer or range plug.  Having the exposed prongs on both ends is a big safety issue--for example, making or possessing one at my employer is grounds for termination.

In the timeframe we're talking about you'd be better off with extra extension cords and a window unit or two; doubt you'll be able to get an electrician in to do all that on short notice.  One of these days I'll get around to putting the transfer switch in for mine, but in the meantime a couple of good long cords will run the fridge and an air conditioner.  But anything past Cat 1 we're going to stay with our parents near Atlanta anyway.

I couldn't tell you how much gas you'd need.  You'll need to look up the fuel consumption for your specific generator, and to be conservative assume full power output.  Rectal-extraction figure says a little north of 100 gallons.