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Winter storm warning

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Thursday Fizzled, but Saturday is looking like the real thing.
Begin panic shopping.
Via NWS:

WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST BY SUNDAY.

Snow, ice and then the temps to keep it all frozen.

Handy list to follow:
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
(919) 967-8211 www.chccs.k12.nc.us
Orange County Schools – (919) 732-8126
www.orange.k12.nc.us
Chatham County Schools – (919) 542-3626
www.chatham.k12.nc.us
UNC-Chapel Hill
(919) 843-1234 www.unc.edu
Chapel Hill Transit – (919) 969-4933
www.ci.chapel-hill.nc.us/index.asp?NID=72
Triangle Transit Authority – (919) 485-7433
www.gotriangle.org/News/severeWeather.html
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
(919) 840-2123 www.rdu.com
Contact your airline for flight delays and cancellations.

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Southern Community Park construction

As a visual update, here are a few views of construction at the new park.
Southern Community Park homepage.

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Midweek weather

Rain likely. Via NWS:
Today: A chance of showers, mainly between 10am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 65. South wind 9 to 14 mph becoming north. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind between 3 and 5 mph.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 54. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 50. East wind 5 to 14 mph becoming south. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

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UNC v. Clemson

FYI on Sunday’s game via THB:

Roy Williams expects Quentin Thomas to play Sunday at Clemson, but doubts that Alex Stepheson will return in time for the game, the coach told media members at a press conference on Friday. Thomas turned an ankle last week in practice, and Stepheson returned home to California because of a family illness. “If [Thomas] makes it through practice all right, I would expect him to play,” Williams said.

Tip off is 7:30 p.m.

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Weekend weather

Cold now, but warmer weather headed our way soon with temps in the upper 60s by Tuesday.
Via NWS:

Today: Sunny, with a high near 46. Southwest wind between 5 and 7 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. Calm wind.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming southwest between 4 and 7 mph.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Elsewhere: Massive winter storm to hit California and it snowed in Florida.

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Red Flag Warning

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What do you get with high winds and very dry conditions?
Answer is a Red Flag Warning. No fire folks.
Via NWS:

…RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON…

WITH THE ARRIVAL OF COLD AIR…BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH
DURING TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT. ANY FIRES THAT OCCUR MAY QUICKLY BURN OUT OF CONTROL…ESPECIALLY IN
AREAS OF TALL GRASS AND LEAF LITTER.

ANY BURNING SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE DANGER SUBSIDES. IF YOU SPOT A FIRE NEAR YOUR LOCATION….CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR 911
IMMEDIATELY.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL CREATE ADVERSE CONDITIONS FOR FIRE CONTROL.

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Possible snow on Tuesday, Wednesday

New Year’s Day will be another lovely one like today. Great for a reflective walk if you’re into that kind of thing.
But later in the evening, some Flurries may come a creeping in. A lot more snow predicted for out west, natch.

Via NWS:

Tuesday Night: A chance of flurries after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind between 11 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west wind between 16 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

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OWASA confirms it was a good rain

I think we pretty much knew it was, but here’s the stats from OWASA this am.

University Lake, the Cane Creek Reservoir, and the Quarry Reservoir currently contain 1.587 billion gallons of water, which is 44.6% of their capacity

Estimated Days of Water Supply remaining: 235 days (about 7 months), based on average demand in the last 30 days, and assuming no further rainfall

Cane Creek Reservoir Water Level: 13 feet, 8 inches below full as of this morning, which is up 5.5 inches from yesterday

University Lake Water Level: 6 feet, 4 inches below full as of this morning, which is up 12.5 inches from yesterday

The Quarry Reservoir Level: 5 feet, 0 inches below full as of this morning, which is no change from yesterday

Customer Demand: Yesterday (December 30, 2007): 6.141 million gallons
Past 7 days (average): 6.065 million gallons
Past 30 days (average): 6.742 million gallons
December Conservation Objective: 6.400 million gallons
Rainfall in the 24 hours ending this morning at about 7 am was:
1.96 inches at the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant, which is about 1.5 miles from University Lake.
1.45 inches at the Cane Creek Reservoir Dam.
Rainfall to date during December: 4.95 inches at the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant; 3.28 inches the Cane Creek Reservoir dam
Normal rainfall for December: (30 year average) 3.14 inches at our Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant

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Rain and thunder

Talking to all these folks returning form Maine, Minnesota and elsewhere and then seeing the official forecast calling for cold, 40 degree weather made me laugh.
We don’t know what cold is round here. But we will see some 20s at night.
And, it did just thunder. To many of us that means snow within 10 days or so. So maybe winter is here after all.

Rainwise, we’ve got about a half-inch on the gauge at noon and more on the way.

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Weekend weather

Via this week’s Citizen: Rain helps lakes, but drought still very much with us

From 7 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday, nearly one and a half inches of cold rain fell over a wide swath of Orange County adding to lakes surrounded by new grasslands and streams that have long been dry or barely trickles. But don’t expect any declarations of victory over the drought.

Via NWS:

Today: Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 57. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind between 10 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. West wind between 6 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Light north wind.

Sunday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Northeast wind between 3 and 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

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Wednesday Weather: heavy rain and wind

Icing up to the west and north of us, but really just a good bit of rain and, now, a lot of wind with it.
ViaNWS:

Today: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind between 7 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Calm wind.

Keep your eye on this chart to get an idea of the flow increase into University Lake.
From this am:

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