Comments on: Not much rain later today, even less snow this week

By: zach

zach — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:30:03 +0000

Hey ya’ll. Been a busy dude these past several weeks but I’m still here and will be frequenting this page as the semester slows down. Winter is coming.

By: Kevin Myatt

Kevin Myatt — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:06:07 +0000

July 2009 was one of the 10 coolest on record, and the coolest in several states just to our northwest.

Actually, this summer wasn’t as hot beginning to end as the last two — it was extremely hot June 28-July 9, pretty hot rest of July, and not bad at all early-mid June and most of August.

By: Jared French of Greene county

Jared French of Greene county — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:22:02 +0000

Would be nice to get a cool summer for once! Cant really remember the last cool summer to equal that warm winter. Seems it is much easier to have a warm winter then a coolsummer. Might have had a cool summer about a decade ago! LOL

By: Doug Griggs, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft

Doug Griggs, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:45:56 +0000

Lucky Eva and Michael. Congrats. And it was great to hear from you again, E-lady.
It sure looks like La Senora Gorda has sung as far as any more raindrops for the Roanoke valley tonight and tomorrow. Dang!! …. I predicted correctly for a change (about the rainfall locally). I knew I should have invoked “Khan.” That sometimes has worked for me in the past in desperate situations. And this situation definitely fits that.

By: Ben G.

Ben G. — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:26:16 +0000

Link to CWOP that I forgot to post in my comment above:
http://www.wxqa.com/

Here is a link of PWS around the Roanoke area that are participating in CWOP: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxnear.cgi?call=KJ4KNU

By: Ben G.

Ben G. — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:21:30 +0000

Paul: I have the Ambient WS-1090 from about two years ago and the anemometer stopped working and got jammed about 3 months after I installed it. I just recently popped the anemometer off and cleaned the bearing and added some oil on it and it seems to work like new again.

As a fix for the Ambient, I went with something a little more pricey and purchased the Davis Vantage Pro 2. Just got that installed about a week ago and finally got it uploading to the internet. I really like the update speed on it (2.5 seconds) and it seems like it’s built to last. So we’ll see. Really looking forward to getting some longer term data from it.

As for uploading data, I’ll shamelessly plug CWOP for you or any other PWS owner. It’s a great way to share data and it is sent directly to NOAA as well as over 800 other organizations that rely on weather.

By: Michael Hoback

Michael Hoback — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:08:22 +0000

The rain has tapered off and our total is 1″ for today. Good rain and needed. Wind is up and temps are dropping. Down to 45 degrees now with highs around 40 tomorrow. Have rebuild the fire tonight. Let the pattern change begin – one step at a time.

By: Captain Glen Quagmire

Captain Glen Quagmire — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:57:12 +0000

Matt…

Yes to your question. We normally cruise from 40000-47000′

By: I'm in DC

I'm in DC — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:55:51 +0000

Winter storm… “Caesar”… Really!? Please stop TWC, it’s embarrassing for you, you’re better than that!!

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 01:39:29 +0000

Heavy rain in Mendota, Virginia. Drove home from Bristol at 7pm and could barely see.