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On 6/13/2023 at 12:38 PM, mattie g said:
Team size is all relative, but last night's other team is bigger than ours, though probably on the smaller size of the NVSL spectrum in general. And even with that, after the 30-minute thunder delay, we didn't get done until about 9:35
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It was a bit of a sh*tshow, to be honest. Their swim club's footprint is tiny, so it's absolute chaos on the deck; they also had a first-time referee who, while a very nice guy, didn't do a great job of setting the tone for moving things along. Also, from what I could tell, there were a number of times when kids from the other team were supposed to be there to start, but they weren't there so the officials waited for the kids to be found.
Luckily, they're five minutes away, so it wasn't a long drive home, but still lots and lots of tired faces today!
I can't wait to get through this last week of afternoon practices and to the first A Meet and morning practices after!
Looks like a beautiful day tomorrow for the first A Meet. Our last evening practice was yesterday. No practice today because of our annual end-of-school party at the pool. Always nice to switch to the morning routine.
Only downside tomorrow is that we are away and have a 45-minute drive to the other pool. We dodged any long trips last year but are paying the price this year -- our other away meet is also a 45-minute drive. Early mornings . . .
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1 hour ago, North Balti Zen said:
Interesting is one word, sure. There are other words I could choose.
I think it was an easy choice for US Soccer. He was the best candidate, has had success as coach, and the players (except, perhaps, for Gio Reyna) like him. If not for the childish effort by Reyna's parents to undermine him, his contract would have been renewed without question.
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27 minutes ago, mattie g said:
Our meet finished so f'ing late last night. Kids at the bus stop were miserable this morning
We host a B Meet this coming Monday, and while we need the rain I really hope it holds off. Kids love those meets, as does the team because B Meet concessions make a HUGE difference for us!
Same here. 9:05pm finish (and then a 15 minute drive home . . . which is par for the course; we are a good distance from any other pool). Long evening for those of us who needed to stay until the end.
At least it's the last week of school!
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Steady rain for the past hour or so in Great Falls (despite the radar looking sparse).
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4 hours ago, mattie g said:
Turned out to be an amazing morning. A little chilly to start, but by the time we finished (about 9:45) it was really nice.
Mornings at the pool make it really feel like summer!
Wow … you are much faster than us. We didn’t wrap up until ~11:30 (though also didn’t start until 9). Great to be back in the swing of things.
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51 again this morning in Great Falls. Smoke aside, a great run of weather this past week.
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Beautiful morning for time trials. Good luck to all the swim dads (and moms)!
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4 hours ago, stormy said:
OK...... Whats your drift?????
The first 60 days were warmer than normal.
The last 60 days have been cooler than normal.
Come tomorrow, we will be down to #2 warmest (going by average temp), That may be why it was posted today.
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Gorgeous day. Nice to see the blue sky again. 51 overnight in Great Falls.
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13 minutes ago, CAPE said:
At least some places are getting something other than smoke.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning DEC005-081645- /O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0062.230608T1602Z-230608T1645Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 1202 PM EDT Thu Jun 8 2023 The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Sussex County in southern Delaware... * Until 1245 PM EDT. * At 1201 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sharptown, or 11 miles southeast of Hurlock, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.Still getting smoked, just in a different way.
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44.8 this morning in Great Falls. Perfect weather for late May.
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Only 45 in Great Falls
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27 minutes ago, Paleocene said:
First "hot" feeling morning here this year. Here's to 100 more!
Ugh. No thank you.
56 overnight in Great Falls. Definitely felt muggy this morning.
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18 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:
Normal through April is about 14”. I’m at around 13” now so probably above normal by Monday.
But I was told that we were going to turn into the Sahara by July….
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1 hour ago, mattie g said:
You don't say...
I am concerned: if now we aren’t actually turning into Death Valley just because the year started out dry, what is the next doom and gloom overreaction that we need to latch onto? Only 15 years until the cicadas are back!
Obligatory OBS: 39 overnight in Great Falls.
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89 in Great Falls.
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36 here with some scattered light frost in the colder spots.
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2 hours ago, frd said:
Day 6-10 Discussion:
Late season frosts are possible early next week as far south as Northern SERC. Some of the daily departures will exceed 10 degrees below normal as a broad upper low centered over the Lakes and NE extends well south. This is a classic late season snow pattern near the Lakes. The only warmth in this set up is over the SW.
Sorry if I am missing the obvious, but where is "Northern SERC"?
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18 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:
gotta be near zero right? at least for the urban corridors
We are ~2 weeks past average last frost for the urban areas. Don't know the actual odds, but seems doubtful for a freeze. Average last frost in the N&W suburbs is ~April 18-25 (depending on how far N&W you go).
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17 minutes ago, George BM said:
Leaf-out progress in my neighborhood appears to be where it was at the end of April/beginning of May 2020.
This inspired me to go back through my phone and look at some old photos. Trees in our yard seem to be about 7-10 days ahead of last year.
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Low of 47.7 here.
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49.8 overnight. Already feels like it’s going to be a warm one.
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50 minutes ago, mattskiva said:
Loudoun's population grew from 86k in 1990 to 427k in 2021, so the area around IAD is certainly far from "rural" anymore. Not sure about UHI, but certainly much more populous.
Certainly. But IAD went down to 30 on Sunday morning (and was at 30 for ~3 hours) in similar conditions except for the southerly breeze.
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59 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:
Dulles is definitely starting to develop some sort of UHI as that area continues to grow.
The freeze warning was def a bit excessive for the more urban locations in and around DC - DCA only got down to 41 which was also my low in Tenleytown.
I think the best explanation for last night's IAD low is that they kept a decent southerly breeze until ~5am.
June Banter 2023
in Mid Atlantic
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Congrats to your daughter! We were also shorthanded this weekend and it showed in the final score. Lots of familes away for the week (or for the weekend) with school just getting out. My son and daughter did great, so very happy about that
Rough going tonight at our home B Meet. Had to start 20 minutes late due to thunder and meet was called around 7:45 when another storm blew through. We made it through free and back with only ~1:15 of actual swim time between pool closures. Pretty efficient use of the little time that we did have. I always feel bad for the non-A Meet swimmers when a B Meet gets called off, but at least getting through free/back gave most everyone the chance to race.