As of 7:15, the roads are a little wet, but the cloud coverage appears to be thin and looks like the sun is trying to prairy dog through the clouds. I am calling the doc at 9 or 10 to give the up to date forecast.

If I was racing today and looked outside I would be thinking it was gona be a good day. Weather.com says 90% chance of rain we will see.

Just came in from the woods and it was trying to snow on the job in Raymond, which is just off the coast. Dry here in Aberdeen. I'm loadin' up soon.

Don't know how many times I've not went to the track because of a rain prediction, only to find out they raced all weekend. C'mon Brian and Mike P., part those clouds!:D

I'm not going to tell you what the national weather service says for us...

ok, I will...:D

SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP THIS MORNING AND BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE AROUND 1000 FEET. SNOW LEVELS NEAR 1000 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. HEAVIER SHOWERS IN THE AREA TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO LOWER THE SNOW LEVEL BRIEFLY DOWN TO NEAR SEA LEVEL. ANY SNOW THAT FALLS IN THE LOWLANDS IS UNLIKELY TO ACCUMULATE... EXCEPT BRIEFLY ON CARS AND GRASS. THE MOUNTAINS AND CASCADE PASSES WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY... WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A FOOT OVER THE 2 DAY PERIOD. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CONVERGENCE ZONE BETWEEN STEVENS AND SNOQUALMIE PASS.

Its lighter than that, duno why the pic came out so dark.

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Knock it off Greg! I'm thinking positive, cool air=more power,......don't you have snow to plow?:D

Hey, nice trees, my fellerbuncher is sitting. I could lighten that up for ya!

From various sources
Short term...narrow convergence zone band has redeveloped over
northern King County...with fairly light precipitation rates. Cold air
still well to our north so lowland precipitation should remain rain this
morning. Cold upper level trough sliding south over Vancouver Island
looks on track to move into western Washington by around 18z.
Freezing levels will drop through the afternoon and into Friday
night...snow levels may to the surface in the heavier showers and
at the higher hilltops tonight into tomorrow morning. Lowland
accumulations should be pretty localized and most likely confined to
grassy areas. Expect convergence zone activity through out the day
today...shifting further north by afternoon and lingering through
the evening into Saturday morning. Mountain snow accumulations will
likely remain just under advisory amounts...though heavier
accumulations are possible with the pscz. Overall temperatures will remain
well below normal through the weekend with maximum temperatures
struggling to break out of the middle 40s. Nighttime lows will be near AND
10am http://image.weather.com/web/common/wxicons/31/11.gif?12132006Showers
43°F 36°F70%34°F70%From WSW 13 mph
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44°F 37°F50%34°F68%From WSW 14 mph
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45°F 39°F40%33°F63%From WSW 14 mph
1pm http://image.weather.com/web/common/wxicons/31/11.gif?12132006Showers
45°F 39°F40%32°F60%From W 14 mph
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45°F 39°F40%31°F58%From W 14 mph
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45°F 39°F40%29°F53%From W 14 mph
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45°F 39°F40%28°F51%From W 14 mph
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45°F 39°F40%27°F49%From W 14 mph
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44°F 38°F40%28°F53%From W 13 mph


Looks good enough to give it a try.:yes:

(The other) Greg

I kinda hate to do this to ya.............
but here's our (CT) forcast for today..............too bad we aint racing today

Hour-by-Hour Forecast for
Enfield, CT (06082)
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Table Display Graph Display

Fri, April 18
Time Condition Feels
Like Chance
Precip Dew
Point Humid. Wind

11am Partly Cloudy
66°F
66°F 10% 38°F 36% From NNW 4 mph

12pm Partly Cloudy
70°F
70°F 10% 39°F 32% From NNW 4 mph

1pm Sunny
73°F
73°F 0% 38°F 28% From NNW 5 mph

2pm Sunny
75°F
75°F 0% 37°F 25% From NNW 5 mph

3pm Sunny
77°F
75°F 0% 36°F 23% From NNW 5 mph

That wasn't fair.:pout:

(the other) Greg

Knock it off Greg! I'm thinking positive, cool air=more power,......don't you have snow to plow?

:D:D:D As a precaution we ARE rigging one truck with a plow and sander at the end of the shift today.
It's way easier to do so in the daylight instead of in the middle of the night with little or no sleep while it's snowing.:yes:

I'm hoping it clears up and you guys get to run today and tomorrow. That way I could come down and at least bench race and shoot pics/video.

Slowly clearing up here in Bremerton, the sun is trying to get through. Still some dark clouds looming, but the track itself can stay dry sometimes even though its raining in town.

C'mon fellas lets do the good weather chant for at least today. We're goin' racin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike, last time I checked there wasn't enough room on your trailer for equipment. For today at least, LET THE TREES BE:D

I can't believe it,,,snowing here,,,and sticking,what the heck!!!!! :mad:

THINK POSITIVE,,think positive,,,,,,thi,,,,,,,nk,,,,,posi,,,,,tive,,,, ok, better!

I can't believe it,,,snowing here,,,and sticking,what the heck!!!!! :mad:

You gotta be kidding me:eek:

I kinda hate to do this to ya.............
but here's our (CT) forcast for today..............too bad we aint racing today

Hour-by-Hour Forecast for
Enfield, CT (06082)
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Table Display Graph Display

Fri, April 18
Time Condition Feels
Like Chance
Precip Dew
Point Humid. Wind

11am Partly Cloudy
66°F
66°F 10% 38°F 36% From NNW 4 mph

12pm Partly Cloudy
70°F
70°F 10% 39°F 32% From NNW 4 mph

1pm Sunny
73°F
73°F 0% 38°F 28% From NNW 5 mph

2pm Sunny
75°F
75°F 0% 37°F 25% From NNW 5 mph

3pm Sunny
77°F
75°F 0% 36°F 23% From NNW 5 mph

Dan, if we get skunked because you jinxed us, we're all coming to your place and raiding your fridge and beer supply.:yes:

Doc it snowed in Olympia the morning of our last outing ,so have faith. Besides just think how much horsepower you can make in the cold air.:yes:

I'm keeping positive.

Heading down to get another 5 gallons of racing fuel here in a minute.

I'm depending on Brian to pay the weather man off and fix it in Bremerton for the rest of today. Between Mike, Mark and me,,,we each have something new to try that can put big smiles on our faces..........rain---------go---------away!

Doc it snowed in Olympia the morning of our last outing ,so have faith. Besides just think how much horsepower you can make in the cold air.:yes:

Ummmm.... Might make more but the track will be so cold that if you are making some serious HP you will never hook. Darryl be careful!

Ummmm.... Might make more but the track will be so cold that if you are making some serious HP you will never hook. Darryl be careful!

Will Do Jim,,,,,,,,,,I almost got a tear in my eye,,,,,"if you are making some serious HP you will never hook. Darryl be careful" , you gave me cudo's on HP. Now if I could just double it so I can run with the new bad boy motor. I can't squeeze enough juice to the 350 to beat that thing.

Gonna get off here and start getting things rounded up. Gotta get my TA-50 prepped for cold weather. Imbibing will only go so far tonight at 30*.

Gonna get off here and start getting things rounded up. Gotta get my TA-50 prepped for cold weather. Imbibing will only go so far tonight at 30*.

For all you guys without an Army background
TA-50 is a short version of CTA-50-900 which is the Common Table of Allowances. In this, it lists the special equipment to be issued to each soldier for his particular duty position AS WELL as geographic location.

You can bet the Alaska guys and those at Ft Drum, NY get some serious cold weather gear while at Ft Polk, LA...probably just field gear and wet-weather clothes. Armored vehicle crewmen and aviators get special stuff too.

When I went to Iraq, I had two full duffle bags, a full large ruck, an assault pack, body armor vest with ceramic inserts, helmet, ammo pouches etc, etc.
Cold weather gear because, yes, it does get frikkin cold there in IRAQ and it does snow in the winter! The total value of stuff signed-for from the Central Issue Facility was well over $6000. Mark, what was your total since you've been to CIF recently...?
Thanks for listening...now back to the weather for Bremerton

Scary cold here this morning, looked pretty nasty....some improvement but no blue showing, just gray

Mike,
Travel light, freeze at night! "You get ONE piece of snivel gear."

Alright you guys....

Since I'm working already anyway...

Send the frikkin' snow here and I'LL deal with it.:boxing:
We've got the equipment to kick snows arse.:yes:

You guys go have fun, this ones on me.:thumbsup:

I do require video and photo's of the evenings adventure though.:cool:

Just got home still thinking about bringing the chevelle or not.

I just got off the phone with John. He just got off the ferry in Kingston and said the roads are drying and the sky is getting lighter.:thumbsup:

It's raining hard here and that's just fine with me.:yes:

We got some wind here, I think if I put my car in neutral and let my foot off the brake I could run a 13.5!

Its looking good here right now, no signs of rain since the early AM. Just drove around by the track as I ducked out of work early and it looks good. I'm going to quickly throw the seats in the '66 and bring it up, won't look that great inside but I get it there.

I just loaded up the chevelle and Im going to be leaving here shortly:yes:

Leaving in 5 minutes,,,,,,,stop get fuel at Arlington and I'm Bremerton bound,,yee haaaa, time to fry some tire.

Loading the car in 20 min. Good report Mike! I'll be rolling by1230. See ya there.:thumbsup:

good luck guys!:beers::hurray:
remember............ets,pics & videos:thumbsup:;)

11:50..here in Bremerton...cloudy and cool, no rain.

Guys... I think i'm gonna have to bail on ya...

My plans have been kind of messed up, since no countertop today- i'm going to spend the day wrenching on my car (since i havn't really been able to all winter, except for my birthday a few weeks back)

I'd love to hang out, but if there is no racing going on... i'd have to leave now to get down there and miss traffic, and i'm torn between drinkin beer and bench racing with ya all, or spending the day wrenching to get my car rockin... So i think wrenchin is going to win.. :(

If the weather lets you guys race i hope you do good! Mark... Sorry i didn't get to shake your hand one more time, but we'll see ya on the net!

I'll be out under the car trying to keep the small parts of my tranny from getting lost...Feel free to call me and harass me if you guys are bored. Drink a few :beers: for me!

It's hard to believe, but the sun is out and its beautiful over here. Sorry you won't make it Ben.

WTF??? This is Mid APRIL???
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Taken 5 mins ago up here in Bothell...

Sure hope this misses you guys on your way to Bremerton!

We've got two trucks set up for snow and we're ready.

My supervisor just called from home to tell me it's white and windy in Enumclaw.

Nothing here in Fall City yet.:noway:

One more hour I get to go home and play with my car for 30-45 minutes and see if I can figure out what's up.

After that it's a school function with my kids.

How's the shift kit coming Ben?
You already installed the converter didn't you?

valve body is out... eating lunch, then back into do the mods and put it back together

Cool!:thumbsup:

Get 'er done, then throw the snow chains on her and see if you can get 2nd gear sparks.:D

Holy freakin crap... remind me to never buy the "expensive" b&m shift kit again...
I'm in hour 4 of the project, still not done yet, just got done grinding the **** out of one of the 1-2 shift pressure modulators because the one in the kit wasn't the right one...

This better be worth it!

Got the valve body & plates all bolted back up into place... Will have to run out tomorrow to buy a new filter, think i'll install a Pan plug too- but then it will be ready to rock... well after i install the cooler, THEN it'll be ready to rock.

The weather held out but was damn cold. Some new best times where run tonight and it was a good turn out. I took several pics but my computer dose'nt recognize my camera for some reason? I figure it out tomorrow.

Sorry to hear that the big kit was such a pain Ben.:(


Hey Mike, Maybe you need a web cam so you can introduce your computer to your digital camera?:p

Mark... Sorry i didn't get to shake your hand one more time, but we'll see ya on the net!

No worries Ben. I hope you get the Elky running the way you want it. I guess we'll have to run our heads up with scanned time slips!