Bananaman

[garynortheast]

Bill, hope everything is ok where you are. Just been watching some pretty alarming video of the storm/hurricane to the south of you in North Carolina. :shock:

[chris8886]

hope you come away as unscathed as possible!

[BanannaMan]

Thanks guys!

Earlier in the week we were in the forcasted 'Catastrophic Damage Zone' but thankfully the storm track has shifted further south.

Still we are likely to see minor flooding and power outages later in the weekend.
And still somewhat concerned as hurricane forecast tracks over land are often terribly inaccurate .

As always when hurricanes do come inland some unfortunate town or village will get 30 to 40 inches of rain and be wiped off the map.
I have a friend on the coast in NC who will likely lose his house and if the forecasts hold out and it could be devastating to the area in the mountains where I go on holiday.

Hoping for just a weekend of bad storms at mine.

[BanannaMan]

Too close!!!
Dangerous flooding forecast for Danville on Sunday.
I'm the blue dot located about 30 to 45 mins. north of affected locations.


Friday 7:30 PM

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1860/42874364020_b11192b7e8_z.jpg



Now available in the UK (so they say)
'My Radar' app
Get it!!! It's FREE and it's awesome!!!
Small ads at bottom of screen (see dark black area at bottom of screenshot), no pop ups.
With location marking and tracking. Instant loading and zooming without reloading.
Great on the bike. Be your own weatherman!

[Bibio]

hope your ok Bill and not too much damage.

[garynortheast]

What's the situation now Bill? That looks much too close for comfort!

[chris8886]

Too close!!!
Dangerous flooding forecast for Danville on Sunday.
I'm the blue dot located about 30 to 45 mins. north of affected locations.


Friday 7:30 PM

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1860/42874364020_b11192b7e8_z.jpg



Now available in the UK (so they say)
'My Radar' app
Get it!!! It's FREE and it's awesome!!!
Small ads at bottom of screen (see dark black area at bottom of screenshot), no pop ups.
With location marking and tracking. Instant loading and zooming without reloading.
Great on the bike. Be your own weatherman!



just downloaded this and it looks really good! will keep my interest in the weather satisfied nicely I think.... :D

[BanannaMan]

What's the situation now Bill? That looks much too close for comfort!



Now back in the storm track and flood zone again. :rolleyes:
Just bands of rain today getting the ground soaked so it will be ready to flood tomorrow when the worst of the heavy rains arrive and stay till Tuesday.

The flooding stage is just beginning even in North Carolina.
Power outages now at over a million and deaths at 11. Expecting both numbers to rise sharply in the next 48 hours.

Luckily we've been spared the wind here and still have power so far.
Hoping that continues! But trees often fall in saturated soil taking out power lines.
Stores here have re-stocked. Loads of bottled water now available everywhere.

Today everything looked really good but Sunday night to Monday night will tell the tale.







just downloaded this and it looks really good! will keep my interest in the wether satisfied nicely I think.... :D




Best and most used free App ever for me.
Forget the weather man. Let me see where the rain is!

[Sir Trev]

Good luck Bill and keep us posted so we know you're ok.

[BanannaMan]

The forecast for where I live was for river flooding to the south but tonight as the heaviest rains arrive small streams are already flooding roads near me.

Fortunately I'm on top of a hill so no flooding danger to the house.
Whether I can make it to work in the morning will depend on how much rain we get tonight.
Could be up to 10 additional inches.

[garynortheast]

Wow that's a lot of extra water! The advantage if being on a hill eh? Have the winds picked up? I've just looked at the weather forecast for your area and it shows rain and thunderstorms but pretty light winds of about 10 - 15mph up till tonight.

[BanannaMan]

Been little to no wind here at all. Very odd for a hurricane. Lucky for us, power still on.
Worst of the rains gone.
Now if we can just avoid the lightning storms this afternoon .
Ground is very saturated. Hoping no trees fall but we should be all safe (not being near a river)
Never been this close to such a huge storm and have so little damage.
Glad it made a turn to the south before it hit land. Just a few more miles north would have been devastating.

[shiftin_gear98]

That is good news. Fingers crossed it stays like that for you.

[Tom_the_great]

Thread hijiack,

This radar app looks pretty impressive downloaded it but it seems to only show the last couple of hours not the next few :confused::confused:

What am I doing wrong?

[Bibio]

Thread hijiack,

This radar app looks pretty impressive downloaded it but it seems to only show the last couple of hours not the next few :confused::confused:

What am I doing wrong?

how can a radar map show the future.... its ermm satellite images. BTW the ones that we get to see are only snapshots taken at certain times, the public dont get to see the constant images. there are hundreds of satellites around the world gathering weather information 24/7.

the Met Office has it as well but not in colour. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/world-satellite/#?tab=satImg&map=regionalIR&fcTime=1537401600