Wednesday, April 2, 2008

R-Braves opening day...will there be rain?

Well baseball season is here, and the R-Braves open their final season at The Diamond Thursday at 4 P.M. There's rain in the forecast for Thursday evening and night, but I think the game will go on. Only light rain or drizzle will be around during the late afternoon, so while it won't be pretty, it won't be a washout. The heaviest rain probably won't occur until after 9 P.M. Right now, it appears from computer data that 0.25"-0.50" is possible by mid-morning Friday. That's certainly beneficial and there is likely more after that...

More rain late Friday into Saturday...

There should be a break in the rain on Friday, and that might allow the Braves to get game #2 in Friday evening, but another round of showers and thunderstorms is on the way Friday night into Saturday morning, with the highest risk time begin 9 P.M.-9 A.M. That means it will be wet for the Monument Avenue 10k Saturday morning. Rainfall tallies for this second event look more impressive, with an average of 0.75"-1.00" by midday Saturday. The clouds will probably linger Saturday afternoon, but I think most if not all of the rain should be gone.

Early next week...

Temperatures will be seasonable early next week, but an onshore flow may keep quite a few clouds around Monday and Tuesday. At this point, there's no reason to believe any significant rain chances, but we'll keep an eye on it.

In the longer term...

Other things to watch in the long term...a very warm end to next week, especially Friday 4/11...a front arrives next weekend with some rain (Sat 4/12-Sun 4/13), followed by some chilly air (Mon 4/14-Wed 4/16). Stay tuned...

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