We're already getting the rain bands on the Space Coast. It's been raining since 4 this morning. If you look at NOAA sat. it's a big system. If it hits a cold front up north it could get nasty real quick. Hikers need to watch out.
We're already getting the rain bands on the Space Coast. It's been raining since 4 this morning. If you look at NOAA sat. it's a big system. If it hits a cold front up north it could get nasty real quick. Hikers need to watch out.
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Walking Front Royal to Harpers Ferry starting tomorrow. Looks like I'll get wet.
I think everyone on the trail will be very aware of the storm... pretty hard not too be when its all EVERYONE is talking about on the east coast. Can't escape it.
It's definitely not stopping me from going out Saturday though!
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The current National Weather Service show this thing going right over my house!
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Below are interactive map links that should always display the most recent data files that NOAA has posted for Hurricane Sandy. The maps are displayed by the browser app Gmap4. The data files are hosted by http://www.hurricane.com/.
Hurricane SANDY Advisory GIS Forecast Track
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap...ACK_latest.kmz
Hurricane SANDY Advisory GIS Forecast Cone of Uncertainty
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap...ONE_latest.kmz
Hurricane SANDY Advisory GIS Watches/Warnings
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap..._WW_latest.kmz
Hurricane SANDY Best Track Information
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap...best_track.kmz
Hurricane SANDY Tropical Storm (34-kt) Wind Speed Probabilities - 0.1 Degree Multiple Basins
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap...742187&t=h&z=4
Hurricane SANDY Gale (50-kt) Wind Speed Probabilities - 0.1 Degree Multiple Basins
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap...939453&t=h&z=4
Hurricane SANDY Hurricane (64-kt) Wind Speed Probabilities - 0.1 Degree Multiple Basins
http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap...480469&t=h&z=4
Gmap4 default map: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php
Gmap4 homepage: http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.html
Joseph, the Gmap4 guy
Huge Giant Storm !! Look out! Look Out! Run! Run! Run! It may go to western Virginia it may go to Maine! Run! Run! Run! Duck and Cover! Run! Run!................. or it may blow out to sea.
Everything is in Walking Distance
This system has the potential of erasing our yearly rain deficit in a matter of a few hours. Of course with heavy wind the sideways rain may never actually soak the ground.
Getting lost is a way to find yourself.
Sandy, oh beautiful Sandy, won't you please slow down just a bit and allow me to sneak outta SNP Sunday morning/afternoon? Thanks in advance!
~Signed by all us hiker trash that don't mind walking in the rain, but really prefer not to drive in it.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...c5afc1598b50f3Eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania, western Virginia and the Shenandoah Mountains could get snow.
Now even the Associated Press thinks there's a place called the Shenandoah Mountains. I guess it could be worse they could have called them "The Shenies"
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
I'd love all my weather forecasts to be in Hikerese - "Almost no chance of seeing rain today, should be a large concentration of day hikers, bringing us up to a higher than average 85% chance of yogi in the greater Shenendoah walking area."
Thanks to all for the storm info btw! Was a bit concerned about going out this weekend, but looks like we'll be able to get home before any real nastiness arrives. Early next week, however, looks to be different - everyone please stay safe!
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Cancelled Vermont section hike for next week. Not interested in getting that wet or walking up hill against the tide.
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Had a tough day on the bike today, thanks to headwinds from Sandy. Being close to the ocean it's normally windy here, averaging between 10-20mph everyday, but today it felt like at least 30 mph, thankfully Sandy isn't closer to the coast. On the plus side I had a 3-mile section with a tail wind and was able to do that section at 30mph, but then took another turn...I'm freakin' whipped...
In 04, we had three hit Otown. Charlie came across downtown as a cat 1 and was very tightly formed. Jean was a large system that hung over us for several days and dumped incredible rains which downed tons of trees because of the added water weight, and I do think Wilma was the third. Also a very large system.Originally Posted by Gray Blazer:1353801
Winds of 75 - 120 are forecast. You're going to get more than wet.
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
The latest has Sandy sitting over Pennsylvania and New York for a day. This is a huge storm and will dump massive amounts of rain during that time while it barely moves. Add in the full moon/high tides when it comes ashore, and the major problems are going to be flooding, downed trees and loss of electrical power. If it goes as predicted, there may be millions of people without power for days, even weeks.
The trouble I have with campfires are the folks that carry a bottle in one hand and a Bible in the other.
You never know which one is talking.
The brunt of the storm is expected to miss RI, but we are still expecting high winds and torrential rains. In the interest of public safety, (to reduce the possibility of flying debris ), a local congressional candidate has asked all his supporters to remove his campaign signs from their lawns and store them until the storm has passed by. Be interesting to see if other candidates follow suit on this advice.
"To make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from." - T.S. Eliot
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/10...usetts-to-OhioFurther west in the Appalachian Mountains, all the rain will turn to snow – a lot of snow for this early in the season.
I said I wasn't going to let it affect me and my hiking this weekend................................ I lied.
Smile, Smile, Smile.... Mile after Mile