It was a Good day!

We had a decent Saturday after some Friday rainfall. Fortunately the rain wasn't too heavy and, in spite of some wet spots, it was a succesful day. In fact, my team, WUSA, won our first game of the season, and our first game since 2005. It felt good.

While most of us are off until May 12th, a few games did not get played on Saturday and will be made up this weekend.

Right now, there does not appear to be any weather problems and highs are expected to be in the 70 - 75 range.

Not Too Bad After All.....

We stayed cool today and that was a good thing. The severe thunderstorms affected SE Virginia and we'll still only be dealing with a few showers through this evening. I stand by my earlier reccommendation to arrive early and have some rakes and cat litter to get the fields in the best condition possible.

Friday, and it's a wet morning

Showers and a few thunderstorms have been falling since last night. Rain is generally a good thing. It's part of the whole life cycle and stuff. But when we have softball on Saturday moring, "Friday rain" is not welcome.

We will see some more shower and thunderstorm activity today that could last into this evening. Unfortunately, some of the storms could have some additional heavy rainfall. Saturday looks pretty good with temps near 70, although it will be a little breezy.

Be prepared to show up early and work the fields on Saturday morning. Have a few bags of Cat Litter also, for the worst areas.

Storms on Friday, Better on Saturday

We're in this wait and see mode right now. The showers have been very sporadic the last couple of days and the "bigger show" moves in on Friday. At some point on Friday , we will see some showers and thunderstorms push through. I feel pretty confident about that. (We'll actually see showers starting Thursday night as a warm front pushes through.)

The only concern is if the showers are too late and too heavy. If I had to bet, I'd say that we're on for Saturday with highs around 70 degrees. Until then, I'll be watching the Doppler....

WIll we be dry enough for Saturday?

I feel pretty good about the prospects for a nice weekend around here. As I wrote yesterday, getting there will be the challenge. We'll have on and off shower and thunderstorm chances through Friday.

My concern is that we could get some heavier showers and/or thunderstorms late on Friday that would leave things wet and then we might not have enough time for things to dry out for Saturday morning.

I'll keep you posted.....

Next weekend looks OK, but getting there will have same problems

What a superb weekend to kick off the season. Any complaints? I don't think so. Nezt weekend looks decent too. Highs (as of Monday AM) look to be around 70.

BUT....you knww that was coming...we have rain chances from Tuesday afternoon/evening on and off through Friday. So, if everything works out, we get some mid-week rain and we'll still be OK for Saturday.

Looking Even Better

I need to change my forecast for Saturday. Originally I had said that highs would be in the upper 60s. Now, I'm thinking more like lower 70s. It should be a great day.

Also, don't forget the sunscreen. A sunny day like I expect with many people still pasty white, there will be a high sunburn potential.

Looking Good for Saturday

It sure has been one crappy month! Cold and windy, and really wet this past weekend.

But, we're looking good for Opening Day on the 21st!

We will have a chance for more showers on Thursday, but Saturday will have sunshine with morning lows in the 40s and afternoon highs reaching the Upper 60s.

I just hope that the fields can get mowed in time, but that's a county issue.