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Do the bit 'extra' and drive the 5-10 miles to get to totality. You will thank us ALL for the difference. I'm gonna be on the centerline west of Waco (4:30 of darkness) to enjoy. Whether cloudy or sunny, we are meeting some of her family so it has a duel purpose.

Third or fourth round of rain/sleet/graupel/snow here. Almost whitens ground then stops and sun pops out a short bit to go back to previous. Temp hits 44-47 when sun is out, drops into mid 30's when precip falls. Currently 38.1/32.4 with all the above precip falling and a WNW wind at 8 gusting to 23.

Wet period. Not quite an inch in gauge though. Set (tied) a warm minimum for the date (54.7), had gusty winds and hail with at least three separate thunderstorms. Lightly raining at 8 am with 58/56 and a barometer still dropping at 29.35!

Just had about 2-3 minutes of hail here, small, mostly 1/2" with a couple 3/4" pieces about 10 minutes ago.

WOW

AND NOW a new tornado warning for Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties...

Confirmed tornado just north of Beckley WV about 20 minutes ago.

My numbers for March 2024 Averaged high was 59.2 degrees vs a normal of 54.4 degrees, a +4.8 degrees above average. The highest temp recorded was 76.5 degrees on the 15th. Averaged low was 34.6 degrees vs a normal of 30.0 degrees, a + 4.6 degrees above average. The coldest temp recorded was 21.5 degrees on the 1st. Averaged temp from the month was 46.9 degrees vs a normal of 42.2 degrees, 4.7 degrees above normal. The total precip for the month was 2.62 inches vs a normal of 3.52 inches, a -0.90 inches below average. The wettest day was the 23rd with 0.84 inches falling. There were 11 days with measurable, 5 days with a 'T' and 15 dry days. Total snowfall for the month was a 'T' vs a normal of 4.5 inches, a -4.5 inches below average, and goes into 2nd place behind the 0.0's for 1982/83/89/97 and 2000. Highest wind for the month was 51 mph on the 30th. There were 15 days with winds recorded above 25 mph. No new records for the month. Overall a warm, windy, semi-dry and snowless month. Records go back to October 1979.

Under a STW until 1:15 pm here for up to 70 mph winds, but so far nothing close to that. Picked up .25 in about 9 minutes though. Still raining lightly.

DCA: +1.1 NYC: +1.0 BOS: +1.0 ORD: +1.0 ATL: +0.1 IAH: +0.1 DEN: +0.6 PHX: +0.2 SEA: +0.9

Oh, and awesome lightning show off to my NW last night from 10-11 pm. All I got was a brief gusty shower around midnight though.

Was just coming to post that 20 years ago on this day I picked up 1.7 inches. So, not much of a surprise. I've had measurable all the way out to 4/19 or so here.

Ditto. We will be there rain or shine (well minus about 4 minutes).

Sure hope the wind blows at some point today...sheesh. Easily to almost 50 mph for the last hour in gusts with a STEADY 25-30.

Cool and dreary day here today. A bit of sun early let us hit a 46.8 high before noon, then rain pushed in and dropped us back into low 40's. Rain just ended about 15 minutes ago, looks like 0.25 or so in gauge. Currently 41.9/38.8 with a ENE wind at 4 mph at 7:20 pm.

In upper 30's this morning under cloudy skies, 10-12 degrees warmer than last few mornings.

Wow. Thing just crumpled apart. Hoping and praying for all those on the bridge. Traffic (both boat and car/truck) will be heavily affected for quite some time.

Wife and I went up to KHSP airport, just got back. We saw nothing as far as northern lights. The moon is EXTRA EXTRA bright tonight! We did find the comet and saw the ISS pass over. And watched the wind turbines off to the west come into vision (well, at least the lights of) from 40+ miles away over near Duo WV.

Chilly, but not quite impressive (well, maybe if you only consider last 3-5 years lol). My average for today is 58.5/30.1 with a record low of 16.8 from 2004. Three times I've been in teens on this date, with records only back to 1979.

Was 25.2 at 7 am CoCoRaHS reading, now down to 24.6/19.7 under mostly clear skies. Amazing how well we do wind, gusty from N to NW most of day yesterday until around midnight.

0.84" here at 7 am CoCoRaHS reading. Currently in mid 40's with a light NNE breeze. Man about 12-15 degrees cooler would have been nice.... Hopefully all this went straight up into the valley to help with the fires.

Light rain falling here and 47.5/43.9 currently. Wetness from the sky started shortly before dark.

THIS ^^ this or snowshoeing thru deep stuff is what I like to do nowadays.

As someone that HASN'T been on skis for 20 years I agree with you both. HATED the 'mushy' of late spring (or a rapid warm up in winter to cause those conditions) but also never liked ice. Therefore, I no long ski lol. Just too few 'good/great' days around here even back then. Likely my WORST day ever was at the Homestead in mid Jan with 31/32 and light freezing rain. Think everyone on the slopes would have been better off with a pair of ice skates on.

It is called kite season for a reason... On a side note, least I saw flurries last night and this morning. lol