Almost 3" of rain since daybreak here on the mountain. A cold 45-F.

[DemoTex]

The heavy stuff is moving up from north Georgia (Brooks Benton's "Rainy Night in Georgia"). I've seen 7" in 24 hours here. We could top that tonight. The dogs and I are warm and cozy. How is the weather where you are (be sure to state location)?

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Chicago was about 38 today with a stiff wind off Lake Michigan.

Cubs lost their home opener 13 - 2, while the fans froze their butts off.

[DemoTex]

3. I watched an Atlanta Braves opener in early April snow in 1967 (or so).

Worse, my bud had an Austin-Healy 3000 and insisted on driving the 40 miles to Atlanta with the top down. I wore a coon-skin hat (with tail), mirrored Ray-Bans, and a 3rd Army-Air Force bomber jacket from WWII. Thank goodness for that funky fur hat! But I looked like Zeke-the-Freak!

[Lisa]

2. I think they gave you our weather by accident

A warm sunny Easter weekend in coastal BC (high 70s). We even had a forest fire that required water bombers. Very unusual for April -- we should still be seeing the tail end of our rainy season.

[DemoTex]

4. Sorry about the forest fire.

Actually, I love this rain. We were powder-keg dry. We live on a one-way-in/one-way-out gravel mountain road. I do worry about fire. I've got a couple of good helicopter extraction points near (one on my property), and I have a ham radio station set up with back-up battery power. But, to paraphrase a 60's chant, "Rain, baby, rain!"

[HawkerHurricane]

5. Partly cloudy in the mid 60's right now.

It was foggy in the morning, high 50's...
Sunny in the afternoon, high 70's...
San Diego in the spring.

[tigereye]

6. miserable cold rainy 50

yuck - it should be about 10 degrees warmer here in SW PA. We did have sun on Saturday! (sarc)

[AlecBGreen]

7. north VA

rainy and chilly all day

[DemoTex]

8. Talked to my sister in Alexandria late this afternoon.

She was "down." Hates that kind of weather. And when I tell her what we are getting here in the NC mountains SW of Asheville, she knows where that crap usually tracks. To paraphrase Bob Dylan, "You don't need the Weather Channel to know which way the wind is blowing."

[DemoTex]

9. Oops! New aspect to the mountain weather tonight. Thunder.

Dogs heard it first. I'll be unplugging everything, the closer it gets. It is still just a rumble, with great echos in the gorges, from a number of miles off. There was a warning for large hail.

[Striker Davies]

10. A beautiful, balmy 75 at the moment (2:15pm, Tuesday)

And it's been like that most days recently in Sydney, Australia.

I think I shall go and play golf!

I remember once taking a DC-9 pilot (you were an MDS-80 Captain, I believe?) for his first flight in a glider at my club near Montreal. He flew it pretty well for a guy who said he'd never flown with a column before, but he said that rounding out at three feet made his arsehole twitch.

[mike1963]

11. Chilly last nite here too Mac, 33 and it snowed in the NW corner (OK)

got to 60 today tho, predict 82 by Thur...
;-)

[DemoTex]

13. I know. I watch your WX Karl. You are on my watch list.

Also, remember that I was stationed at Ft. Sill in the early 70s (U-8, U-21, and C-47). I know about OK WX!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Cold and drizzly in the DC area 46F

The rain's occasionally heavy. My joints ache.
Glad you're comfy, though. :hi:

[DemoTex]

14. Where in DC G-O-G?

My sister is in Alexandria (Old Town). We lived in Arlington and Old Town for 10 years.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Other side of the Potomac...

I'm in Riverdale...near College Park. Now and then I play with the Alexandria Symphony.

[DemoTex]

16. Alexandria Symphony!? Kim Kluge still there?

What is you instrument (I am an oboist and bass violinist)? Do you know Jane Thell-Kluge, Kim's wife? She and I are great friends from the airline days.

Mac

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. violin...

Yes, Kim's still there; and I know Jane as well...terrific, energetic lady. I haven't seen either of them for quite awhile, as I've had conflicting gigs.

How long ago were you in this neck of the woods? I played with them on a regular basis from around 1990-99.

[DemoTex]

18. I was there from 1986 through mid 1997.

Probably heard you. Maybe in my favorite, a Mahler's 1st (great!) shared with a debut of Gavin Bryers (?) "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet." Again, I'm not sure of the spelling of the works or the composer.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. That concert rings a bell...

And as I recall it was Gavin Bryars. Seems to me it used a recorded loop that so engrained "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" into my mind that I was singing it for a couple of weeks afterward. Yes, I'm hearing it now, very clearly...Neat piece!

Kim plans interesting programs. I think they did Mahler 3rd recently.

[LDS Jock]

20. Austin, TX 46 F .. cooler than normal

Normal low for April is 58 F. But it is going to be 68 tomorrow with clear skies. It's nice to have it cooler for a little longer than normal before the LONG summer begins.