High wind watch on Saturday and Sunday

[PotomacCyclist]

http://www.arlnow.com/2015/02/13/nws-warns-of-dangerously-cold-windy-weather/

… HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH… WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* TIMING… NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* WINDS… POSSIBLE 60 MPH NORTHWEST GUSTS.
* IMPACTS… DOWNED TREES… POWERLINES… AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES IN THESE CONDITIONS IS DANGEROUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A DAMAGING HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH… OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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[Mikey]

Oh, to the Freezing Saddles first-year participants: did we forget to mention that this is normal for the second half of BAFS? MUAHAHAHAHAA
Just wait till March!!!

[rcannon100]

He Mr. Forum Admin, I think we should have two more buttons:
* Rule 5 Button
* Rule 9 Button
Probably something else. So people can automatically pound on those buttons every time the subject of fowl weather comes up

[ian74]

@Mikey 108398 wrote:

Oh, to the Freezing Saddles first-year participants: did we forget to mention that this is normal for the second half of BAFS? MUAHAHAHAHAA
Just wait till March!!!

Wait….wait wait wait. What happens in March????? That’s when the warming up starts right and everything becomes pleasant and balmy?

[consularrider]

@ian74 108400 wrote:

Wait….wait wait wait. What happens in March????? That’s when the warming up starts right and everything becomes pleasant and balmy?

Yeah, right, absolutely!

[Powerful Pete]

Darn it, I was tricked! Tricked!

[Terpfan]

I’m still working on figuring out how to rig a sail to my bike….

[rcannon100]

@Terpfan 108406 wrote:

I’m still working on figuring out how to rig a sail to my bike….

[Geoff]

@Terpfan 108406 wrote:

I’m still working on figuring out how to rig a sail to my bike….

Here ya go:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035425/Introducing-whike-Britains-bike-SAIL-hits-streets.html

[Mikey]

@ian74 108400 wrote:

Wait….wait wait wait. What happens in March????? That’s when the warming up starts right and everything becomes pleasant and balmy?

In like a lion – out like a lamb, hardly more like in through the lion’s mouth and out. . .

[ian74]

@Powerful Pete 108402 wrote:

Darn it, I was tricked! Tricked!

This is your first year too???? Crap, there goes my aspirations for best performance by a newbie BAFS award.

DAMN YOU BOLLARD BUSTERS!!!!!

[Powerful Pete]

@ian74, yes, I am a newbie. But no worries, I have snatched defeat from the jaws of almost satisfactory performance many times before. I am soft and weak, in abdominal consistency (TMI?) and willpower.

And also, I have been desperately postponing business travel to places where I would not even be able to sleaze ride. My luck may be running out, so please consider soft pedaling and relaxing on the sofa for the time being until I provide you with a more detailed update.

I do believe there are other strong performing newbs that you (we?) should be keeping an eye on and that will be far ahead of my modest performances thus far. But I honestly have no idea who they are.

[PotomacCyclist]

Latest advisory:

“Snow squalls will affect the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas as well as southern Maryland through 8 PM. Heavy bursts of snow will reduce visibility below one-quarter mile at times. Northwest winds will gust over 40 mph and temperatures will rapidly drop through the 20s and teens this evening. This will cause any wet or slushy roads to rapidly freeze. Travelling will be very difficult this evening. Please drive slowly and allow extra time to get to your destination.”

[Rod Smith]

@ian74 108411 wrote:

This is your first year too???? Crap, there goes my aspirations for best performance by a newbie BAFS award.

DAMN YOU BOLLARD BUSTERS!!!!!

There’s a VERY good chance that a Freezing Saddles rookie will finish on top of the individual leader board this year!

[Boomer Cycles]

As another newbie, I thought you FS veterans lived by the code of “neither snow, sleet nor rain…?”

[Rod Smith]

@Boomer2U 108477 wrote:

As another newbie, I thought you FS veterans lived by the code of “neither snow, sleet nor rain…?”

Regardless of the weather, my teammates don’t ride. My “ringer” has moved to the island of Zwift. :rolleyes:

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