TERPGUY WEATHER AND STUFF

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1145:  GARRETT COUNTY SNOW;

1740:  SMALL MAPS UPDATES...

 

WEDNESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER

20 NOVEMBER, 0840 EST

CURRENT CONDITIONS AT TERPGUY WEATHER CENTER:

@0840

TEMPERATURE = 51°F

HUMIDITY = 73%

AIR QUALITY= 42, GOOD

THIN, HAZY, HIGH CLOUDS

TUESDAY'S RAINFALL @ 0700

WEDNESDAY  = 0.02"

Number of Days with measurable rain since 1 July = 35...

WEATHER DELAYS/CLOSINGS AND HERE...

HAVE A BIRDBATH??  KEEP IT FILLED...

THOSE GUYS STILL NEED WATER!!!

COD MAP, WEDNESDAY, 0840

(want one, for free??... see below)

UPDATE

NORTH- WEDNESDAY, 0840 1740

UPDATE HERE

SOUTH- WEDNESDAY, 0840 1740

UPDATE HERE

HOT PINK =

WINTER STORM WARNING:

GarrettCo- THURSDAY, 1000 UNTIL FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT

6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW, UP TO 18 ON RIDGETOPS;

WIND GUST TO 40 MPH...

PLUM = GALE WARNING:

OCEAN/DELBAY- WEDNESDAY, AS EARLY AS 2200 UNTIL AS LATE AS THURSDAY, NOON;

WINDS TO 40 kts, WAVES TO 6 FEET;

CHESBAY/POTRIV/PAXRIV-

WEDNESDAY, 1800, UNTIL THURSDAY, 0600;

WINDS TO 35 kts, WAVES TO 4 FEET...

SMALL CRAFT STATEMENTS:

GALE WARNINGS...

BEIGE-ORANGE = 

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT:

STRONG WINDS LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING...

BROWN = WIND ADVISORY:

WEDNESDAY, 2200 UNTIL THURSDAY, 0400;

GUSTS TO 50MPH...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER:

WESTERN SHORE-

GALE/STRONG WIND STATEMENTS...

UPPER DELMARVA-

LINK  

 GALE/WIND STATEMENTS, CHESBAY/OCEAN...

LOWER DELMARVA-

  GALE/WIND STATEMENTS, CHESBAY/OCEAN...

END 1740,  SMALL MAPS UPDATES...

TUESDAY, 22 OCTOBER:

AUTUMN UPDATE

 (18 NOVEMBER update of the update:  

WE HAVE ONLY HAD 35 DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAIN SINCE 1 JULY AGO...I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL PULL THIS OFF...)

Many Some of our local trees are "hanging in there", staying green into the middle of November to produce more sugar for the tree...so maybe, just MAYBE, WE MIGHT GET A MORE COLORFUL AUTUMN THAN I FIRST SUSPECTED!!

HAVE MOVED THE LENGTHY AUTUMN LEAF/COLOR BLAH/BLAH TO RIGHT BEFORE THE TROPICAL UPDATE

I KNOW YOU'RE NOT READY FOR THIS..:

WEATHER FORECAST-

WEDNESDAY, 

20 NOVEMBER

WESTERN SHORE- NORTH:

UPDATE

Wednesday, 20 November:  Chance of post-4-ish showers. Clouds, 60°.  Wind calm, to PM E, 6.

Wednesday night:  Pre-1-ish showers and TSs,  then pre-4-ish showers and a poss-TS, THEN showers.  Rainfall perhaps 0.75".  Clouds, 40°.  Wind to NW, 16, gusts to 34.

Thursday, 21 November:  Small chance of post-1-ish showers. Clouding, 50°.  Wind W, 13, gusts to 25.

Below is subject to change:

Thursday night:  AM snow showers??/clouds, m-30s.  Wind W, 11, gusts to 30.

Friday, 22 November:  rain-snow showers--> AM rain/clouds, m-40s.  Wind W, 13, gusts to 28.

Friday night:  showers?/clouds, m-30s.  

Saturday, 23 November:  some sun, lo-50s. 

Saturday night:  some clouds, m-30s.

Sunday, 24 November:  sun, lo-50s.

Sunday night:  some clouds, ±33°.

Monday, 25 November:  some sun, up-50s.

Monday night:  clouds, lo-40s.

Tuesday, 26 November:  clouds, lo-60s.

EXTENDED FORECASTS:  REALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE- 

Tuesday night:  some clouds, m-40s.

Wednesday, 27 November:  some sun, m-50s.

Wednesday night:  clear, m-40s.

THANKSGIVING:  sun-->some clouds, m-50s.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT: clearing, lo-40s.

Friday, 29 November:  drizz?/clouds, lo-50s.

Friday night:  clouds, m-30s.

20 NOVEMBER- THESE ARE NOT UPDATED AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 30 November:  drizz/clouds, m-50s.

Saturday night:  clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 1 December:  rain/clouds, up-50s.

Sunday night:  rain/clouds, lo-40s.

WESTERN SHORE- INLAND:

UPDATE

Wednesday, 20 November:  Post-4-ish showers. Clouds, m-60s.  Wind calm, to PM E, 5.

Wednesday night:  Pre-1-ish showers and a poss-TS,  then a chance of pre-4-ish showers and TSs, THEN a chance of showers.  Rainfall perhaps 0.50". Wind SE, 10, to AM NW, gusts to 31.

Thursday, 21 November:  Small chance of post-1-ish showers. Clouding, up-40s.  Wind W, 8, gusts to 22.

Below is subject to change:

Thursday night:  AM snow showers??/clouds, m-30s.  Wind W, 7, gusts to 25.

Friday, 22 November:  AM rain-snow showers??-->rain showers/clouds, m-40s.  Wind W, 11, gusts to 24.

Friday night:  showers?/clouds, up-30s.  

Saturday, 23 November:  some sun, lo-50s. 

Saturday night:  some clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 24 November:  sun, m-50s.

Sunday night:  some clouds, m-30s.

Monday, 25 November:  some sun, up-50s.

Monday night:  showers?/clouds, m-40s.

Tuesday, 26 November:  clouds, lo-60s.

EXTENDED FORECASTS:  REALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE- 

Tuesday night:  shower?/some clouds, m-40s.

Wednesday, 27 November:  some sun, m-50s.

Wednesday night:  clear, lo-40s.

THANKSGIVING:  sun-->some clouds, m-50s.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT: clearing, 40°.

Friday, 29 November:  drizz??/clouds, lo-50s.

Friday night:  clouds, freezing.

20 NOVEMBER- THESE ARE NOT UPDATED AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 30 November:  drizz/clouds, m-50s.

Saturday night:  clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 1 December:  rain/clouds, up-50s.

Sunday night:  rain/clouds, lo-40s.

WESTERN SHORE- SOUTH:

UPDATE

Wednesday, 20 November:  Chance of post-4-ish showers. Clouds, m-60s.  Wind calm, to PM E, 6.

Wednesday night:  Pre-1-ish showers and TSs,  then pre-4-ish showers and a poss-TS, THEN showers.  Rainfall perhaps 0.50".  Clouds, lo-40s.  Wind SE, 11, to AM NW, gusts to 33.

Thursday, 21 November:  Clouding, lo-50s.  Wind W, 11, gusts to 21.

Below is subject to change:

Thursday night:  some clouds, m-30s.  Wind W, 9, gusts to 29.

Friday, 22 November:  PM showers?/clouds, 50°.  Wind W, 12, gusts to 23.

Friday night:  showers??/clouds, up-30s.  

Saturday, 23 November:  some sun, m-50s. 

Saturday night:  some clouds, m-30s.

Sunday, 24 November:  sun, up-50s.

Sunday night:  clear, m-30s.

Monday, 25 November:  sun, lo-60s.

Monday night:  clouds, up-40s.

Tuesday, 26 November:  clouds, up-60s.

EXTENDED FORECASTS:  REALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE- 

Tuesday night:  clouds, m-40s.

Wednesday, 27 November:  sun-->some clouds, up-40s.

Wednesday night:  clear, 40°.

THANKSGIVING:  sun, up-50s.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT: some clouds, lo-40s.

Friday, 29 November:  drizz??/clouds, m-50s.

Friday night:  some clouds, freezing .

20 NOVEMBER- THESE ARE NOT UPDATED AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 30 November:  drizz/clouds, m-50s.

Saturday night:  clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 1 December:  rain/clouds, up-50s.

Sunday night:  rain/clouds, lo-40s.

DELMARVA- NORTH:

UPDATE

Wednesday, 20 November:  Chance of post-4-ish showers. Clouds, lo-60s.  Wind E, 5.

Wednesday night:  Pre-7-ish showers, 

perhaps 0.75".  Clouds, lo-40s.  Wind E, 8, to AM NW, 14, gusts to 28.

Thursday, 21 November:  Small chance of post-1-ish showers. Clouding, lo-50s.  Wind NW, 12, gusts to 23.

Below is subject to change:

Thursday night:  AM snow showers?/clouds, m-30s.  Wind W, 8, gusts to 25.

Friday, 22 November:  rain showers/clouds, m-m-40s.  Wind W, 11, gusts to 23.

Friday night:  showers?/clouds, m-30s.  

Saturday, 23 November:  some sun, lo-50s. 

Saturday night:  some clouds, m-30s.

Sunday, 24 November:  sun, m-50s.

Sunday night:  some clouds, freezing.

Monday, 25 November:  sun, up-50s.

Monday night:  clouds, lo-40s.

Tuesday, 26 November:  clouds, lo-60s.

EXTENDED FORECASTS:  REALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE- 

Tuesday night:  some clouds, lo-40s.

Wednesday, 27 November:  some sun, lo-40s.

Wednesday night:  clear, up-30s.

THANKSGIVING:  sun-->some clouds, lo-50s.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT: clearing, up-30s.

Friday, 29 November:  drizz?/clouds, lo-50s.

Friday night:  clouds, ±31°.

20 NOVEMBER- THESE ARE NOT UPDATED AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 30 November:  drizz/clouds, m-50s.

Saturday night:  clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 1 December:  rain/clouds, up-50s.

Sunday night:  rain/clouds, lo-40s.

DELMARVA- CENTRAL:

UPDATE

Wednesday, 20 November:  Clouds, m-60s.  Wind SE, 5.

Wednesday night:  Pre-3-ish rain and TSs,

perhaps 0.50".  Clouds, 40°.  Wind SE, 8, to AM NW, 18, gusts to 35.

Thursday, 21 November:  Clouding, lo-50s.  Wind W, 15, gusts to 30.

Below is subject to change:

Thursday night:  some clouds, m-30s.  Wind W, 13, gusts to 25.

Friday, 22 November:  PM rain showers/clouds, m-40s.  Wind W, 15, gusts to 30.

Friday night:  showers (early)/clouds, up-30s.  

Saturday, 23 November:  some sun, m-50s. 

Saturday night:  some clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 24 November:  sun, m-50s.

Sunday night:  some clouds, m-30s.

Monday, 25 November:  sun, lo-60s.

Monday night:  clouds, m-40s.

Tuesday, 26 November:  clouds, m-60s.

EXTENDED FORECASTS:  REALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE- 

Tuesday night:  some clouds, m-40s.

Wednesday, 27 November:  some sun, m-50s.

Wednesday night:  clear, m-40s.

THANKSGIVING:  sun-->some clouds, m-50s.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT: clearing, lo-40s.

Friday, 29 November:  drizz?/clouds, lo-50s.

Friday night:  clouds, m-30s.

20 NOVEMBER- THESE ARE NOT UPDATED AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 30 November:  drizz/clouds, m-50s.

Saturday night:  clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 1 December:  rain/clouds, up-50s.

Sunday night:  rain/clouds, lo-40s.

DELMARVA- SOUTH:

UPDATE

Wednesday, 20 November:  Chance of post-4-ish showers. Some sun, up-60s.  Wind SE, 4.

Wednesday night:  Pre-1-ish showers and TSs, then showers.  Rainfall perhaps 0.50".  Clouds, lo-40s.  Wind SE, 9, to AM NW, 15, gusts to 36.

Thursday, 21 November:  Sun, lo-50s.  Wind W, 15, gusts to 28.

Below is subject to change:

Thursday night:  some clouds, m-30s.  Wind W, 11, gusts to 22.

Friday, 22 November:  PM showers?/ clouding, up-40s.  Wind W, 14, gusts to 28.

Friday night:  showers?/clouds, up-30s.  

Saturday, 23 November:  some sun, m-50s.  Breezy.

Saturday night:  some clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 24 November:  sun, m-50s.

Sunday night:  clear, up-30s.

Monday, 25 November:  sun, up-50s.

Monday night:  some clouds, m-40s.

Tuesday, 26 November:  some sun, lo-60s.

EXTENDED FORECASTS:  REALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE- 

Tuesday night:  some clouds, up-40s.

Wednesday, 27 November:  sun-->some clouds, 60°.

Wednesday night:  clear, up-40s.

THANKSGIVING:  sun, up-50s.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT: clear, lo-40s.

Friday, 29 November:  drizz?/clouds, m-50s.

Friday night:  clearing, freezing.

20 NOVEMBER- THESE ARE NOT UPDATED AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 30 November:  drizz/clouds, m-50s.

Saturday night:  clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 1 December:  rain/clouds, up-50s.

Sunday night:  rain/clouds, lo-40s.

OCEAN SHORE:

UPDATE

BE ADVISED:  Winds from the west will blow biting marsh insects to the beach...this will continue until after the first frost...

Wednesday, 20 November:  Chance of post-4-ish showers. Some sun, lo-60s.  Wind E, 7.

Wednesday night:  Pre-1-ish showers and a poss-TSs, then showers.  Rainfall perhaps 0.50".  Clouds, lo-40s.  Wind SE, 12, to AM NW, 23, gusts to 39.

Thursday, 21 November:  Sun, m-50s.  Wind W, 21, gusts to 30.

Below is subject to change:

Thursday night:  some clouds, up-30s.  Wind W, 18, gusts to 28.

Friday, 22 November:  PM showers?/clouding, 50°.  Wind W, 19, gusts to 31.

Friday night:  showers?/clouds, lo-40s.  Breezy.

Saturday, 23 November:  sun, m-50s.  Breezy. 

Saturday night:  some clouds, lo-40s.  Breezy.

Sunday, 24 November:  sun, m-50s.

Sunday night:  clear, lo-40s.

Monday, 25 November:  sun, up-50s.

Monday night:  some clouds, 50°.

Tuesday, 26 November:  some sun, up-50s.

EXTENDED FORECASTS:  REALLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE- 

Tuesday night:  some clouds, up-40s.

Wednesday, 27 November:  sun-->some clouds, up-50s.

Wednesday night:  some clouds, up-40s.

THANKSGIVING:  sun, up-50s.

THANKSGIVING NIGHT: clear, m-40s.

Friday, 29 November:  drizz?/clouds, lo-50s.

Friday night:  clear, ±33°.

20 NOVEMBER- THESE ARE NOT UPDATED AT THIS TIME

Saturday, 30 November:  drizz/clouds, m-50s.

Saturday night:  clouds, up-30s.

Sunday, 1 December:  rain/clouds, up-50s.

Sunday night:  rain/clouds, lo-40s.

JACK FROST HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH AUTUMN COLORS...IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE IGNORANT TV WEATHER PEOPLE SAY...

THEY ARE WRONG...

THIS IS FROM A 40+ YEAR-OLD ARTICLE IN THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY'S CHEMMATTERS, A PUBLICATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE...

I KNOW, BECAUSE I WROTE IT...

SO...WILL OUR AREA HAVE A BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN??

NO, SORRY.  SEE ABOVE...MAYBE?

**LEAVES MAKE SUGAR FOR THE TREE; 

**THE MORE SUGAR IN THE LEAVES WHEN THEY DIE, THE BRIGHTER THE COLORS;

**SUGAR COMES FROM PHOTOSYNTHESES, A PROCESS WHERE LEAVES TURN AIR AND WATER INTO USABLE CHEMICALS FOR GROWTH;

(a VERY simple formula for this is:

Air + Water + Sunshine = Sugar, or

CO2 + H20 + SUNSHINE WITH CHLOROPHYLL = C6H12O6)

THREE CONDITIONS MUST BE MET TO HAVE A COLORFUL FALL IN OUR AREA:

1)  ADEQUATE LATE SUMMER RAINFALL; (for photosynthesis, to make sugar)

2)  BRIGHT AUTUMN DAYS; (sunshine, to make sugar)

3)  CHILLY AUTUMN NIGHTS; (to slow down and trap the sugar in the leaves, in case they die at night);

THE METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEM THIS AUTUMN WAS THE LOW LATE SUMMER RAINFALL: HOWEVER, INCREASED RAIN THIS AUTUMN MAY AMELIORATE THIS SITUATION...

NO RAIN = NO PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

NO PHOTOSYNTHESIS = NO SUGAR;

NO SUGAR = LOW COLORS...

WELL...MAYBE NEXT YEAR?? STANDBY...WE MIGHT JUST PULL THIS OFF!

WHY DO TREES LOSE THEIR LEAVES IN THE FALL?

Great-grandma hung out the laundry is sub-freezing weather, yet it dried.  This is due to a process know as sublimation...A process of a substance going directly from solid to gas...Just like mothballs, or that extra tray of ice cubes in your frost-free freezer that is empty when needed...

Cold air is dry air. (we see more stars in the winter, right?)

If the thin leaves stayed on in the drying winter air, they would dry out and die...

The twig would dry out and die...

Then the branch...

Then the trunk...

And finally the roots...

And the tree dies...

ONE LAST ITEM:

99.9% OF ALL LIVING THINGS ARE MADE UP OF THE FOUR ELEMENTS:  C, O, H, N (carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen).

A TREE CAN OBTAIN THREE  (C, O, H) OF THESE FROM PHOTOSYNTHESIS...BUT NITROGEN IS A RARE COMMODITY.

A PROTEIN HOLDS THE CHLOROPHYLL (GREEN) MOLECULE TOGETHER...

PROTEINS ARE MADE OF AMINO ACIDS, WHICH ARE LOADED WITH NITROGEN...

SO AS THE LEAF DIES, THE TREE "RECYCLES" THE NITROGEN BY BREAKING UP THE AMINO ACIDS AND SENDING THEM TO THE ROOTS...AND THE CHLOROPHYLL BREAKS DOWN, ALLOWING OTHER COLORS TO SHOW THROUGH...

THE NITROGEN COMES BACK TO THE NEWLY-FORMING SPRING LEAVES IN THE FORM OF SAP...

ANY QUESTIONS??  eMAIL ME!

terpguyweather@gmail.com

2024 TROPICAL FORECAST- APRIL, 2024:

(Hurricane season ends 

30 November)

Colorado State University-

NAMED STORMS- 23...AVERAGE 14

HURRICANES- 11...AVERAGE 8

MAJOR HURRICANES (Cat 3+)- 5... AVERAGE 2

(updates never came)

National Hurricane Center-

NAMED STORMS- 20...AVERAGE 14

HURRICANES- 9...AVERAGE 8

MAJOR HURRICANES (Cat 3+)- 4... AVERAGE 2

(updates as they come)

2024 Atlantic/Gulf Hurricane Names:

Alberto      Helene       Oscar

Beryl          Isaac         Patty

Chris          Joyce         Rafael

Debby        Kirk           Sara

Ernesto      Leslie        Tony 

Francine    Milton        Valerie

Gordon      Nadine       William

WIND SCALE:

32-38 MPH- NEAR GALE

39 MPH- TROPICAL STORM

74 MPH- CATEGORY ONE

96 MPH- CATEGORY TWO

111 MPH- CATEGORY THREE

130 MPH- CATEGORY FOUR

157 MPH- CATEGORY FIVE

TROPICAL MAP,

20 NOVEMBER:

Update 

This map is still valid:

UPDATES HERE

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NOVEMBER, 2024...

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KEYS TO WEATHER CODES:

ZR = FREEZING RAIN

ZF = FREEZING FOG

ZD = FREEZING DRIZZ

IP = SLEET

LONA = Little Or No Accumulation

WIND: 

XX = NEAR GALE:  32-38

XX = GALE FORCE:  39 and up

KNOT = 1.15MPH

RAIN VS. SHOWERS:

rain is steady...showers are off and on.

For TGWS: 

 

DARK VIOLET = STORM WARNING: 

PLUM = GALE WARNING

PINK = GALE WATCHXXX 

GOLDENROD = HIGH WIND WARNING:

VIOLET-PURPLE = STORM WARNING:

HOT PINK =WINTER STORM WARNING

PALE VIOLET RED =SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

ORANGE

VIOLET-PURPLE = WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

DARK MAGENTA = ICE STORM WARNING 

BLUE-PURPLE = WINTER STORM WATCH:  #0059C4; XXXX

CORNFLOWER BLUE = FROST ADVISORY 

CYAN = FREEZE WATCH

DARK SLATE BLUE = FREEZE WARNING: (COLOR CORRECTED)

DARK RED = FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

LIME = FLOOD WARNING SPRING GREEN = FLOOD ADVISORY LAWN GREEN = COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY SEA GREEN = FLOOD WATCH

OLIVE DRAB = COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENTS; 

MEDIUM AQUAMARINE = COASTAL FLOOD WATCH 

FOREST GREEN = COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS

TURQUOISE = BEACH/RIP  

MEDIUM ORCHID = HIGH SURF ADVISORY ZZ

DEEP PINK = RED FLAG WARNING 

CORAL = HEAT ADVISORY

MEDIUM VIOLET-RED = EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING

MAROON = EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH:

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