Travelling to Wash DC tomorrow...what's the weather look like?

Relic · #1 09-29-2010, 12:54 PM

I've been following the forecasts but some are saying that it's going to be a 'tropical storm-aggeddon" others are claiming that it might rain a little. Folks in and around the area, what's your local forecast saying? It's not a huge drive for me (just around 4 hours) but if we're getting hammered by a tropical storm, I'm staying put.

sloasdaylight · #2 09-29-2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Relic

I've been following the forecasts but some are saying that it's going to be a 'tropical storm-aggeddon" others are claiming that it might rain a little. Folks in and around the area, what's your local forecast saying? It's not a huge drive for me (just around 4 hours) but if we're getting hammered by a tropical storm, I'm staying put.

You honestly don't really need to worry about tropical storms or depressions, or even cat 1-2 hurricanes if the building you're in and your property is up to code.

mike_v_s · #3 09-29-2010, 01:13 PM

Bike stealing weather.

Mike

Relic · #4 09-29-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sloasdaylight

You honestly don't really need to worry about tropical storms or depressions, or even cat 1-2 hurricanes if the building you're in and your property is up to code.

It's really the drive down there that's worrying me. Here in Jersey, they seem to make every storm out to be the "storm of the century" so I'm wondering what local Wash DC weather reports are saying.

I'm just hoping that there's a lot of bikes down there for me to steal!

**baba** · #5 09-29-2010, 01:19 PM

Light rain here today. Spoke with a coworker in Richmond and he said it is raining like mad. I think it's headed this way.

**baba** · #6 09-29-2010, 01:22 PM

Yikes, up to 6 inches. (That's what she ...nevermind)

Looky here:
Issued by The National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington, MD
2:50 pm EDT, Wed., Sep. 29, 2010
... FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND... THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA... CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE.
* FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING
* LIGHT RAIN OVERSPREADING THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT... BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS UP THE EAST COAST. RAINFALL TOTALS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED... WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO SIX INCHES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. PEOPLE LIVING IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Relic · #7 09-29-2010, 01:24 PM

Thanks!
yeah, that's what they're saying here as well. Damn. I'm thinking that I'll just stay put unless the forecast changes.

tink9975 · #8 09-29-2010, 01:28 PM

looks like it will be a fair amount of rain tonight through tomorrow afternoon/evening, but none of the local weather reports are telling us to expect high winds or anything.

from the WaPo:
Though winds may be quite gusty at the Md./De./Va. beaches, winds in the immediate metro region will probably only be on the order of 10-20 mph (with some higher gusts possible during heavy rain bands). Widespread power outages are not anticipated locally. Some of the eastern suburbs, however, adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay could see gusts of 30-50 mph - perhaps enough to cause some isolated outages.