Outlook for Saturday June 27

We're finally in a summer pattern with highs that will be at or over 90 Thursday through Sunday. That means that the heat may have an impact on Saturday, especially since we really haven't played in HOT weather.

The one "fly in the ointment", is the threat for some thunderstorms on Friday afternoon. Other than that (famous last words), we should be in good shape because the sunny dry weather this week will have our fields in perhaps the best shape of the season.

Saturday AM Update 6/20/09

We did not get the showers/storms from Pennsylvania during the overnight, but I'm looking at
the WUSA 9 WEATHER Regional radar product at 5 AM this morning and there is activity coming out of Ohio Headed toward West Virginia and Pennsylavania. I am concerned that this will arrive before we're done and that we may not get all 3 games in.

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Friday Update

We have some drying going on today, but I have fears about tonight. Big Storms near Chicago early this afternoon may make it here during the overnight. If that happens, we're toast. If it doesn't happen, then we still have a threat for showers and storms tomorrow that can fire during the morning. This will be the other possible killer for us.

I suggest that you check Doppler 9000 and the League's Web Site when you get up.

Thursday Rains Were Heavy

2 rounds of storms dropped upwards of 2 inches per rain on Thursday and I do not know if we'll have enough time to dry out. Friday will be warm and that will help, but we might also see some more thunderstroms Friday night. If that happens...we're screwed.

June 20th Outlook

So, we're in the middle of the week and once again rain has been falling. But, the rain today was far lighter than in past weeks and we're also going to get some warmer readings for Thursday and Friday and that will help dry things out. Unfortunately, we'll still have some showers/thunderstorms possible both Thursday and Friday afternoon. So, if the softball gods are kind to us, we won;t see too much more rain between now and Saturday morning.

Keep watching LIVE DOPPLER 9000 for the latest and I'll see you on the field.

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Saturday June 13th--Thursday Update

Sorry for the late post, I'm on a new schedule at work and evrything is different.

So far we missed the rain today, but the ground is still rather soggy. If we can dodge the rain bullet tonight and tomorrow, then Saturday actually looks good with sunshine and highs in the low to mid 80s.

The only unknown is how dry will the fields be by game time.

Why do the Weather Gods Hate Us?

We had more torrential rain on Tuesday with 2 rounds of severe thunderstorms. Our Wednesday forecast calls for a chance of thunderstorms which will go up on Thursday. Friday may also see another thunderstorm but rain chances go down a little. Even if we see no rain on Friday, will we be dry enough for Saturday morning?

Tripleheaders Anyone?

As I look at the models this morning, I am shaking my head and wondering when we'll play next. We had some hefty storms last night, we'll get more today, and then an area of low pressure will track across the area on Friday.

I want to play and I'm tired of being the bearer of 'Bad News', but I just don't think our fields will be in any kind of playing shape by Saturday morning, given what I'm looking at for the rest of the work week. As I said yesterday, we need some tarps to cover the fields.

P.S. The long range guidance has us with nice weather for the weekend and then more rain for the middle and latter half of next week, and we got this season off on such a good note....

Saturday, June 6th First Look

Let's see if we can get some games in this week.

A front will approach on Wednesday afternoon bringing us much cooler weather for Thursday and Friday.

As it looks now, (Tuesday morning), we'll have an isolated thudnerstorms today, scatterded thunderstorms on Wednesday afternon and then we'll see if we get more showers or even a period of rain Thursday into Friday morning.

If we can avoid getting too much rain, Saturday looks decent with temps well into the 70s.

Do we have any tarps for the fields? Let's get the MMSL Ground Crew on the ready!