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From: smwincva_wxman{at}webtv.net
Date: Thu Sep 12 2002 - 04:20:44 EDT
Winchester VA
I have been busy w/ other projects & have not had time to post the last
few days.
After 2 days of very warm weather (87 on Mon & 91 on Tue), temps cooled
back to the upper 70's Wed. The low is forecast to bottom out just above
40 early this am. However, as i writ this at 3;30am, it is still 61º,
a loss of only 3º since midnight.
Winds were gusty Wednesday, behind Hurricane Gustav and another storm in
New England. Locally, the winchester Regional Airport measured a PWG of
39mph. My PWG was 31mph, and other stations nearby ranged from 29 to
35mph.
A few power outages happened, but i did not hear of any serious
incidents.
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In case you have not heard TD 9 formed WEd evening. In may become TS
Isabel today.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIATCPAT4.html
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And the NWS was talking about the eventual track could be into our
region over the weekend. It would be nice, by Sunday, it will be 13
days since the last rain was measured.
And how about a stream that dries up for several hundred feet or so,
then show sign of water again. It is happening locally.
http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/020911/Area_abrams.asp
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Hurricane Gustuv will play havic w/ Newfoundland today. Here is a
sumarry of he affected the NC & se VA coast.
>From the Norfolk Viginian Pilot:
http://www.pilotonline.com/news/nw0912gus.html
The 24 hour rain totals from Gustav as depicted by
http://pro.accuweather.com/ at 2am Wed.
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Weathertap radar indicated storm totals of:
~Morehead City NC: 8.20, 3-6" common on the Outer Banks ~Wilmington NC
12" (offshore)
~Norfolk, VA 6.40" (offshore)
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Wind gusts were only impressive on/near coast. These reports were
gathered from the AWS network from schools & other facilities.
~US Coast Guard Station, Nags Head, 70mph ~Oregon Inlet Fishing Center,
S Nags Head, 65mph
~Cape Hatteras HS, Buxton, 55mph
~Manteo - Dare Co Airport, 54mph
~Manteo HS, 49mph
In NC, the only substantial rain totals i found were:
~USGC Station 1.31" and
~Northeastern HS, Elizabeth City, .87"
Other eastern NC wind gusts were in the 30-40mph range.
In VA, no AWS station measured a heavy rainfall, & the strongest pwg i
could find was 41mph at Dam Neck Naval Base, in VA Beach.
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Tropical Storm Gustav, visble image, as it passes very close to Cape
Hateras mid Tue afternoon.
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This image from Morehead City shows the center just ESE of Cape Hatteras
about 3:30pm Tue.
Image used w/ permission &
© www.weathertap.com .
http://attach6.wxmatrix-membersonly/v1/gEmAPV4Z7zgBKoQRej2C1RSnZ5YZrBiVdYZU_xtLqrEcpoodZrCpFxxavCqVZd_BN4SGWV7qbiBAeOXKhd390yOKlwKvIwg3PQOhcA/snapshot.jpg
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Last Wednesday (9-04), a cold front swept through the mid Atlantic
region. By evening, the northern half of VA & MD were clear w/ low
humidity & a refreshing breeze.
However, a line of heavy to severe thunderstorms formed, suddenly, along
the I-64 corridor (Charlottesville to Richmond), about 8pm.
Since the sky overhead was free of clouds & haze, the cumulus nimbus,
illuminated by nearly non stop lightning, were visible along the
southern horizon.
The NWS in Sterling (Baltimore/Washington) received many calls, and
mentioned it in the AFD and issued a now cast.
The storms were 100 miles away!!
The Washington DC tv forecasters also talked a lot about it in the next
24 hours.
http://attach3.wxmatrix-membersonly/v1/gEmAPb-xVncBKoQRetBgsf2VQEer7I34u1lbE8g_RkHq4_txrJZ8VSyTDKa_XtDJ5KzhyROoeS2pOE8xBqcaG2MEugCoUwRNH40TnA/snapshot.jpg
Image © WRC tv, Washington DC
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Steve Minghini
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