[K3PZN-List] Weather/Available Shelter at Springfield

[W3JJH]

FWIW, here's the official National Weather Service Special Westher Statement 
and the Forecast for Carroll County--

A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON AND STALL OVER THE
REGION THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY
THIS AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND
LARGE HAIL. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO OCCUR
WILL BE BETWEEN 4 PM TO 9 PM.

Today: Periods of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. High near 83. 
North wind between 3 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall 
amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible 
in thunderstorms. 

Tonight: Periods of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Some of the 
storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 65. Southwest wind at 9 mph 
becoming northeast. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts 
between one and two inches possible. 

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce 
heavy rain. Cloudy, with a high around 80. North wind between 6 and 9 mph. 
Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and 
half of an inch possible. 

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low 
near 63. Northeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New 
rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts 
possible in thunderstorms. 

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 
79. East wind between 8 and 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New 
rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. 

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There is a wooden gazebo in the field where we wil be setting up that would 
provide shelter from severe weather.  There are several buildings nearby that, 
even if they are locked, have large porches.  Some face away from the 
direction the strom is coming from.

I suggest that those of use who can be out at the site by 2 this afternoon do 
as much setup as possible before the rain moves in.  We can keep a radio tuned 
to an NWS station for storm warnings.  We're on the far edge of the storm 
warning area from the direction the front is coming; the NWS maps predict the 
rain arriving in Central Maryland very late in the day, perhaps as late as 
dusk.

73 de W3JJH
John

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