Kickoff Weather

[BrendanB]

Snow showers up here in New Hampshire beginning this afternoon and lasting through the weekend so nothing substantial or crazy, just another normal weekend!

Originally Posted by rabridges

The snow has started for me, anybody else?

It has started up here.

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by BrendanB

Snow showers up here in New Hampshire beginning this afternoon and lasting through the weekend so nothing substantial or crazy, just another normal weekend!


It has started up here.

Funny, nothing going on here in Central Connecticut.

[BrendanB]

Originally Posted by dag0620

Funny, nothing going on here in Central Connecticut.

Haha, this is New England, the weather is screwy! It once was pouring rain and I called a friend to find out what the conditions were at our coach's house 40 minutes away and heard 8 inches of snow! The same differences have applied several times from Londonderry and Manchester and we border each other.

Currently the radar says light snow for both towns, but down here it has changed to very light snow.

[Roger]

weather map up to the minute: http://radar.srh.noaa.gov/. It's the (US) National Weather Service, with current cloud locations. There's a line of clouds from Albany down thru Bridgeport, so central CT hasn't got hit yet.

I use it to walk the dog between the bands of rainclouds.

[Karibou]

We just got a good inch of snow in about an hour. It's stopped snowing now, but it's treacherous on the roads. I was going out to pick up some forms from a teammate's house for tomorrow, and I had to turn back because driving my car safely was impossible. It took me fifteen minutes to go about a mile round-trip, and with no ABS, I was skidding out of every turn (I even slid SIDEWAYS into a curb).

Please take extreme care if you have to face something like this tomorrow! We want all of you to make it back home safely

[dag0620]

Originally Posted by Karibou

Please take extreme care if you have to face something like this tomorrow! We want all of you to make it back home safely

I don't think I can stress this enough!

I'd like to give a memorial tribute to Vikas Parikh of 3125. This was a tragedy that affected many of us teams here in Connecticut.

This accident happened on a day that here in New England, was beautiful and bright out.

With the weather being the way it is, there is more of a risk of accidents happening for Kick-Off this year. Please be careful! I don't think any of us want to read the morning paper, and learn about an accident involving a FRC Team.

Finally, please keep your prayers with the Parikh Family and those of 3125 this weekend.

[Trent B]

Originally Posted by Karibou

It took me fifteen minutes to go about a mile round-trip, and with no ABS, I was skidding out of every turn (I even slid SIDEWAYS into a curb).

Please take extreme care if you have to face something like this tomorrow! We want all of you to make it back home safely

Even with ABS in a 4WD Van it is not hard to slide on ice that we have here in Minnesota.

Remember that 4WD does not make you invincible. Everyone who drives in snow tomorrow showing up late to the kickoff but healthy is better than showing up to the hospital injured and hoping they have the NASA channel or worse.

I have gotten pretty used to driving on snow with the ridiculous amount we have had so far this year but you always get surprised by ice in unusual spots and snow drifts.

Minnesota tomorrow - Partly cloudy in the morning then clearing. Highs around 10 above. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 15 below to 25 below zero in the morning.

Time to break out the parka.

[BrendanB]

Hmm where did the snow go? I can't believe it is finally kickoff time!

[dag0620]

It stopped Snowing!!!

Yes theres a ton of it on the ground, but I heard the plows running all night, so the roads couldn't be to bad.

2 hours 38 minutes and 30 Seconds until Kick-Off!