A Disturbance in the Force - Where I WON'T Be

I don't want to put the National Weather Service out of business so I'll stop pasting the forecast here. Needless to say, the entire area is under a winter storm warning. Here we're getting snow and sleet in the evening, turning to all snow after 10pm, just when I'd be driving home. They're predicting 6-10 inches tonight and an additional 3-7 inches tomorrow!

In Baltimore the snow and sleet is expected to start shortly after noon and continuing. They're under a winter storm warning starting at 2.

Based on all this, which is caused, by the way, by an upper-level disturbance across the deep south, I realize, reluctantly, that I'm not going to Baltimore today.

I know I've been writing about not going for the past few days, however I have secretly been hanging on to a shred of hope that the weather forecasters are all exaggerating because they have nothing better to do. I have lost all hope (cue: dramatic swelling music) and will be stuck at home while Mr. Gunn does this thing 2 hours from here. Unless it's canceled.

Weathered Plans

Well, this Baltimore adventure is not looking good right now.

Local forecast for tonight:

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR
NORTHERN DELAWARE... NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT.

And for Sunday:

Sunday: A slight chance of snow before noon,
then a chance of rain, snow, and sleet.
Cloudy, with a high near 38. North wind around 11 mph.
Chance of precipitation is 40%.
New snow and sleet accumulation of
less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain, snow, and sleet
before 9pm, then snow.
Low around 26. Blustery, with a north wind
between 11 and 21 mph.
Chance of precipitation is 90%.
New snow and sleet accumulation of
4 to 8 inches possible.

Then the Maryland forecast:

Sunday: A chance of snow and sleet before 1pm,
then a chance of rain, snow, and sleet.
Cloudy, with a high near 39. North wind between
8 and 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
New snow and sleet accumulation of less
than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a
low around 27. Blustery, with a north wind
between 18 and 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
New precipitation amounts between
a tenth and quarter of an inch possible....

WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS
A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...
OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

Like I said, it's not looking good... but if it's that bad, maybe the entire
event  will be postponed. So I'm sort of hoping that if I can't go, nobody can.
Somehow I doubt that the people who schedule and reschedule these things
will consult me before they make their decision. Perhaps the airport will make
the decision for them.

So either way, sorry Nathan, but I probably
won't be there. I know your heart is just breaking
at the thought.

Firebrand of Florence, on the other hand - I'll be there no
matter what the weather.

Finally, as a sort of addendum to this post, after pasting
the weather service report here, the formatting went
insane on me and my attempts to make the page
pretty have been futile.
Hopefully no one's eyes are going all wonky from it
like mine are.

One Problem Solved

Well, I probably won't have to worry about what to wear on Sunday.

Today's weather report from the National Weather Service:

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR

CENTRAL DELAWARE
NORTHERN DELAWARE SOUTHERN DELAWARE
NORTHEAST MARYLAND
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
A STORM SYSTEM TRACKING TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY SHOULD PRODUCE A ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION, ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST. THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM, HOWEVER A MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT LOOKS TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

So what does this mean for the roads? Glad I didn't pay for a ticket. Maybe they'll postpone it...

For those of you wondering what "it" is:

The 49th Annual Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Lecture-Performance: Nathan Gunn

Nathan Gunn, one of the most acclaimed and in-demand baritones performing today, will be the featured artist for Goucher’s 49th Annual Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Lecture-Performance, held on Sunday, March 1, at 7 p.m. in Kraushaar Auditorium.
Free tickets must be reserved in advance by calling 410-337-6333 or e-mailing boxoffice@goucher.edu.
In addition to his performance, Gunn has offered to do a Q&A session/lecture/ demonstration with interested Goucher students and faculty on Monday, March
2, from 9 to 10 a.m. in Merrick Lecture Hall. If you would like to attend, or if you need more information,
contact Kristen Keener at kristen.keener@goucher.edu or 410-337-6316.
For more information about Gunn’s performance and
accomplishments, please see www.goucher.edu/x29695.xml.

Out of Sorts

Voice lesson was canceled today because my teacher had something she needed to do tonight. I really do rely on my lessons for the psychological release I get, first because I tell her all the crap (and the joys!) of the past week, and then because singing just does that. Plus focusing on singing, losing myself in it, is therapeutic. It's a chunk of time that I'm not thinking about anything else, and it's quite refreshing.

So instead I went out for dinner with a good friend. We haven't seen each other without one or both of our kids tagging along in a very long time. It was great! She wanted to see recent Alex pics so I handed her the iPhone. She was scrolling through the photos when she came upon this one. She almost dropped the phone. Then she said in a serious tone, "Will you please email this to me?"
Of course I then invited her to accompany me on my Baltimore adventure this Sunday. She can't make it but I have a feeling she would if she could.

There is one problem looming for Sunday. Here, I'll paste it directly from the National Weather Service.:


Sunday: Snow and sleet likely. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Yeah. Not sure what that means for the road conditions. Of course, that's local. Let's check Baltimore:

Sunday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Ok, that's not so bad.

Guess I'll wear my galoshes, just in case.