Good Morning All,
39F and sunny out with the high today in the 70's and an outlook for clear weather til Friday.
Der - you're really making some good progress. 1500 trees seems a large task but I'll bet I have 300 or so already on my 1/3 done layout and that will include a large treeless urban area. I suppose that is a drawback to modelling in Nearly invisible scale.
Inch - the FA is indeed back on it's trucks and ready for more work to be done. I'm busy with the RS-11 and the other mechanical work this year so probably next season before it gets started.
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Still lots of catchup w..k to be done and I need to get after it. Hope yall have a goodun. CUL,J.R.
Good morning.
I might not be on again today. Due to problems I was experiencing with my modem last night, I'll be taking it in to the local office to exchange it for another.Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/22/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 67°FHumidity: 86%Dew Point: 63°F So Far TodayHigh: 68°FLow: 66°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 7mph NNE Today High: 82 Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 68 Mostly cloudy. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent. Now for some information for the rest of the nation.
Springtime thunderstorms will once again target areas of the central U.S. while warmer weather returns to the East.
A storm system over the Northern Plains will help to enhance the threat for thunderstorms, some of which could be severe with large hail, high winds and tornadoes.
Though the greatest threat will stretch from the panhandle of Texas northward through Nebraska, expect scattered thunderstorms anywhere from Minneapolis southward to Houston with temperatures ranging from the upper 60s north to the upper 80s south.
Further east, abundant sunshine and warmer temperatures will continue with a large area of high pressure centered to the north. Highs will once again reach well into the 70s and 80s east of the Mississippi. The exception will be northern New England where temperatures will struggle to get out of the 50s.
Typical afternoon showers and thunderstorms will be likely for southern Florida along with a slight chance of showers across the central Mid-Atlantic.
After several days in a row of oppressive heat in the Desert Southwest, some relief will occur with high temperatures only reaching into the 80s and low 90s.
The Pacific Coast will remain cool near Seattle but warming southward towards Los Angeles with mostly sunny skies.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
morning guys.
weather: Low is 39 High is 60 sunny.
well guys. I think it's time to.. umm how should I put this... ask the droids to leave or PC will use his nuke powers to make them leave. Right PC?
Covering all the bases with that map, huh Jeff?Well, a half day of work for me today, but you probably won't hear a lot from me later on. My wife is having surgery later on, so I probably won't be around a lot. It's not major surgery, but she does have to have it done every few years. It's pretty uncomfortable for her, so I'll be attending to her later to make her feel better. It's uncomfortable enough that they break it up into several surgeries to make it a bit easier to take. This one should be the last in this series. She shouldn't have to have this done for a couple more years now. Later in the week, on Thursday, I have to take my son to the MDA for his yearly workup. I hate having to take him for those visits, but they're necessary. It usually puts him in a lot of pain. Poor kid has so much to go through, ya know?Wow! Listen to me! I sound like quite the downer this morning, don't I? I don't mean to though. Actually, I'm really quite happy. God has seen fit for my family to be alive here in this age when medicine can do so much to help them! Praise God!Seeing as Jeff already posted EVERYBODY'S weather, I guess I won't go there. I know that tonight should be perfect grilling weather and I have some boneless country style ribs that are just begging to inspect the inside of my new BBQ grill, and I wouldn't want to deprive them of that "privilage", now would I? So I guess it's bedside manners and BBQ tonight for me!
BTW, you guys with all the pics are probably killing the dial up guys. Might be better if you post links to your pics instead.
as of This Thursday I will only have 2 weeks of shool left.
and I gess the diner is going to have a visit from the military.
and videos anyone?
and some of them may be a bit dark I'll get new ones later today and post em tamorrow
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Good day folks!
Here are a few more photos (links for you dial-ups) from the NCTM old Southern Railway Spencer Locomotive Shops from our visit this past weekend.
http://piedmontdivision.rymocs.com/images/ACL.jpg
Atlantic Coast Line #501
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Turntable and Roundhouse
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Check out this Canadian Lumber Load! This one's for you Der!
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Safety Sign - makes a lot of sense
Garry, thanks for the Crescent Limited photo, I love that one! Norfolk and Western looking good too, so in your honor is another image from the museum visit!
Dave, that's one monster burger there, I might have to down a few Zantac before attempting that one! And down a few six packs of beer to wash it on down with too!
Paul, and Alco S-2 huh! I love those locos, and that ride from Dublin to De Leon must be at least a 12 mile run, nice!
Keep your chin up Bob K., thoughts and prayers! And great photos from the Middleton yard, keep us posted on the operations from last night!
Der, nice lift out section you got there!
You all have a great day!
Ryan BoudreauxThe Piedmont Division Modeling The Southern Railway, Norfolk & Western & Norfolk Southern in HO during the merger eraCajun Chef Ryan
If I were gonna eat that burger, I'd wash it down with this!!!
Modeling the Rio Grande Southern First District circa 1938-1946 in HOn3.
Good afternoon to one and all...as you can see from JEFF's weather map, the east coast, and Nova Scotia is having very pleasant weather, 65.6F right now at 1pm, Rh is 30% and DP is 33F...very dry!!! And this clear weather is going to hold right through the weekend with a chance of late afternoon TS on Friday and maybe again on Sunday afternoon.
To all our good friends in Canada, a happy belated Victoria Day !!!!!!!!
To FERGIE, a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY...45 this year ?
DER JOHN: Very nice job on your landscaping, I really think you should send in an article to MRR, no kidding, your ideas for building and trees is a boon to people who have limited income, or even those who like the challenge of doing things themselves, which I think is GREAT !!!
Got to get back outside, this weather is terrific and there is so much to do ....see you guys at suppertime,
Hmmm...... let's get those droids and military out of here CHARGE!
Victory!
Good evening folks: No mrr today. What’s worse, is that there is FROST forecast for tonight. Good thing Kris has the runner beans indoors still. They need re-potting now, so I guess that’s on the docket fro tomorrow.
PC:Prayers for your wife. Glad she came through it OK. Hope she gets the rest she needs.
I used to go wave soaring out at Black Forest in Colorado Springs and I can attest to the fact that those mountains really mess with the airflow patterns.
JR:
1500 trees seems a large task but I'll bet I have 300 or so already on my 1/3 done layout and that will include a large treeless urban area. I suppose that is a drawback to modelling in Nearly invisible scale.
Ryan: Thanks for the lumber load! There’s a small lumber outfit on our way to our daughter’s place. It has rail service, and its own load wrapper. I’ll see if I can remember the camera next time.
Dick:
I really think you should send in an article to MRR,
Tsk Tsk, wait until Der John hears of these goings on!!!!
Th..Th..That’s all folks! Good night, and God Bless. Prayers for all in need of healing, comfort and peace.
"There are always alternatives, Captain" - Spock.
Good evening Gents,
I hope the better days are here to stay. Today was pretty good. May have something to do with a great operation session last night.
I've done the Middleton yard switcher a few times before, so I'm no rookie at it. The large yard has many industries and facilities serviced directly from a dedicated set out track. There's Patev furniture and it's coal dock, Ryan Machine, Icing platforms,Raygold Mills, warehouses, and freight. The engine facility has a coal dock, fuel tanks, sand, and ash conveyor (gondola). We've installed a new turntable and reworked the diesel facility and leads to the coal tipple and water column. The Overland (brass) water water column has a flat brass base that still needs to be anchored. It's much easier with hand laid. All this work did make switching easier since most of it is blue flagged.
It was a great night, It was a team effort. Yardmaster Jim always keeps his 2 S2s ready. I come in from one end with my B&O and we just push and shove working both ends. If the pickups are tricky and eat up some of the fast clock, we loose all the run a rounds in the yard from all the incomming traffic. Then we're screwed. The timetable has been altered and now there's additional trains. Gets more fun with every time you run. Paul3 is responible for this, good or bad. He's the Ops chairman, does one hell of a job, too. Every one had a good time, most mainline operators ran at least 4 trains, all the peddlers finished and only one train outlawed. It went so good I bet Paul3 will change something for next time just to keep it interesting. It's just what I needed to lift my spirits.
Glad you all liked the pics of the Old Colony first run. My daughter Jennie is quite the photographer. Well she is a Photo/arts major @ Northeastern, she needs to teach me. I'm spoiled w/ that D70 of hers though, I can't layout that kind of change for a digital.
Phillip: Your best layout pics thread has tuned into a success. Unbelievable stuff. Well at least your wife will have a break for a few years, does your son have to go though the same? Must be tough on everyone.
Ryan: Must have been some weekend. That ACL E7 is absolutely beautiful. That lumber load looks just like one of my Jaeger loads on a centerbeam. Where is the Spencer Locomotive Shops? We don't usually get that far south during railfanning trips, Usually Cumberland, Magnolia cutoff, Martinsburg, etc. during B&O, C&O or Chessie conventions. Never know can always make an exception. This past year I didn't go to far with April being sick. Jennie, my oldest, is the photographer. The youngest, April Lynn, is the one graduating HS and does the Spartans colorguard.
Dick : It would be great if the Greenbush did go to the Cape. Good luck with the camper electrical. Maybe if you're lucky it will be the first recepticle you get into. Then you can play! Oh, edit that. Do you know it it trips any GFCI or just yours? Have you checked the trailer cord? Or use a different extension? I love all my Atlas engines, never had any trouble. They do crawl very slow. The only ones that I have that crawl slower than them are my Stewart/Kato Fs and Stewart VO1000. The Atlas/Kato Geeps and RSs did great also. I'm surprised that Stewart didn't win the crawl contest with their newer line of switchers.
Colby and Cheese: Looks like you two are ready to make your own army of Cyborg Cats and clones, what a battle and the noise...
Fergie: Hope you and Lisa had a wonderful 18th anniversary.
Dave: I have only one thing to say, "I don't believe I ate the whole thing". I used to have all kinds of high altitude airflow/ turbulence problems at 11-12k feet. Only this was on my 340 carb, always brought a jetted one for the Colorado trips. Ah, not quite the same... Congrats on such a project, lot of research, hard work. Hope you do well with it. The detail on those train pics are great especially for "N".
Jeff: Hope you get that cable back in service, Wait! if your reading this you did. Those are some good pics you posted of the layout.
DER: That's pretty clever having those access "hatches" for that equipment. I remember you describing the rock strata and coloring, looks good. Boy, you have a lot of tree still to go. Those old trees look real good still. They always spruce up easily. I have been using Joe Fugate's trick to spray a mist of light yellow on the tops to simulate sunlight reflecting of the canopy.
Paul: Sounds like you had an easy, relaxing day for a change.
GARRY: That is a nice piece, I wouldn't weather it either. And you would be in serious *** if you did. Don't think you'd ever get another train for Chistmas or birthday again. The things we have to do...
Michael and Kim: Still thinking of you two every day, My prayers are with you both.
The HS crew that are graduating, are here. They are all over the driveway and street. They're doing the car decorating thing. They're all having a blast out there, I think I'm signing off to watch the festivities, remember those days, memories from a long time ago. Wish my wife was here for all this fun. I shure do miss her laugh.
Have a good evening,
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
bogp40 wrote: Jeff: Hope you get that cable back in service, Wait! if your reading this you did. Those are some good pics you posted of the layout.
Evening Gang: Mary Ann and I took 4 calfs to the sale barn. She did pretty well. Fortunately the prices are up because so is the price of gas. After we sold the calfs we went on down the road for lunch a Thurber. Thurber is an old coal mining town. It once was the largest city west of Ft. Worth. Today there are only 3 buildings left from the town and mining company. There is a really nice museum there on the towns mining past. If any of you are out this way go on west of Weatherford for about an hour to Thurber.
Colby, do you have any more pictures of that 2 ft diesel? I'd like to do one in 4 inch scale.
Dave V. The size of that beer may explain some of the forecasts we get.
Well gang I think that I'll head for bed.
Good Night All
Good morning ! from Indiana.
05-23-07
Bill Tidler Jr.
Near a cornfield in Indiana...
Another beautiful day in the neighbourhood. Should hit mid 70's again with sun and clouds. No model trains at the museum last night as I needed to do some 1:1 scale work. Got the headlight surround for the 44 tonner welded back together and primed and disassembled some of the MU shutoff valves that fell in the pickup bed at the scrappers. They all look to be salvageable though I'll reserve final judgement until they're fully disassembled and cleaned.
Off to New Haven with our trailer awning and to Essex with a couple of motors so I'll try to sneak a side trip to my not so LHS and see what's up. Still lots on the plate at w..k and so back to it.
Sue: if i didn't mention it before, I use good old white glue to secure the track to both foam board and WS track bed. Seems quiet enough that way as I haven't any high speed mainline runs with triple E's and a dozen cars. Railwork away from the mainlines in New England looks much as your logging roads do - even the straight bits have curves. On the upper level where there is a mainline i used the instant roadbed from AMI over the WS foam and inclines and it's very quiet except in one area where I have a dual crossover and under track switch machines. That's due to come out some day when i get far enough along with the rest and i cn figure out a better way to isolate the noise. CUL,J.R.
Good morning and top 'o' the day to all of ye.
Today's Weather for: Sundown, LA 71446-6114 5/23/2007
Sundown Fire Dept., Station 23 Wind Chill: 70°FHumidity: 88%Dew Point: 66°F So Far TodayHigh: 70°FLow: 69°FRain: 0.00"Rain Rate: 0.00"/hGust: 9mph SE Now through 07:00 AM CDT May 23, 2007
High: 82
Through 7 AM...a few showers will continue over portions of east central Louisiana...mainly east of an Alexandria to Opelousas line. Movement of these showers will be to the east and northeast at 15 mph. Rainfall amounts will be less than one tenth of an inch. Elsewhere...isolated showers will be possible over portions of southeast Texas...southwest Louisiana...and the coastal waters between Cameron and High Island out 60 nm. These showers will move northwest at 15 mph. Rainfall with these showers will also be light with amounts less than one tenth of an inch. Today High: 82 Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Low: 65 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
A large portion the central U.S. could see severe weather on Wednesday. At the same time, warm and dry weather continues to rule the eastern half of the U.S.
Major cities such as Dallas, Oklahoma City and possibly as far north as Minneapolis all could be under the gun for severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon. Warm temperatures and moist Gulf air out ahead of a strong cold front will help fuel these storms with temperatures reaching into the 70s and 80s.
Areas from northern Oklahoma through southeastern Nebraska have the greatest threat for the most damaging of these storms, some of which could produce large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes.
Behind this storm system, there will be a chance of rain and weak thunderstorms for much of the northern Rockies into the northern Plains. Temperatures here will be on the cool side with highs only in the 50s and 60s.
Most locations east of the Mississippi will see warmer conditions with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures from the Southeast northward to the Great Lakes will approach 90 degrees with slightly cooler temperatures in the Northeast.
The only exception will be southern Florida where typical springtime showers and thunderstorms will again be likely. In addition, a slight chance of showers exists for the central Appalachians and adjacent locations to the east.
Across the West, easterly down-sloping winds in California should support hot temperatures into the low 90s for the valleys while low-level clouds should keep coastal areas cooler in the 70s. Further north, coastal Oregon and Washington should remain mostly cloudy and cool with highs only in the 50s and a chance of late-day showers.
morning.
BOB- it's mostly Chessie's fault he's the one who is bring in whole armies. I'm just bring a couple of my military buddys.
well I was not able to onto the comp yesterday for the movies. cause my brother...... "needed" it for a s*h**l project but insted he a fooling around. and the project is due today. and yes he almost a steaght A student and I'm a C-B average. He's 4 years younger and 20lbs lighter than me and I weigh 140.
MLB Baseball game today at 2:05pm Rangers vs Twins.
Thank You all for the warm wishes... However it's not enough to warm up the temps in these areas !!!! Garry: It's pronounced Muscadobit, simpler than it's spelled, what it actually translates is something I've never looked into. I guess I'll have to do that!
DerJohn: I forgot to get back to you on the show. George has the details and if it's anything like the fall show it's well worth going to, far better than the Dartmouth shows.
Dick: Birthday was in January, it was our anniversary we just celebrated. I know hibernation takes a while to shake off!
We had frost warnings last night and I had to cover over the Cannna Lillies I've been busy in the garden the last few days and my hands are very stiff as I've been digging, picking, shoveling wiring, hoing (garden hoe that is ) and grading. Tried soldering last night but all I wanted to do was sleep, which explained why the decoder wasn't working properly Here I am with the decoder hooked up to the engine, the speaker is working fine and making noise, the wheels a re turning but I can't get the lights to work... after several attempts and almost at the point "This decoder is !" I realize there is two decoders in front of me and the one that isn't wired in is the one I'm fiddling with!!! DOH! I soon went to bed after that. Anyway I've said enough for today
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If one could roll back the hands of time... They would be waiting for the next train into the future. A. H. Francey 1921-2007
Good Morning, I see I just missed Fergie, but good that you got some sleep - if you're trying to solder when you're half asleep, well... that could be even more hazardous for your fingers. And congratulations, Fergie and Lisa, on your anniversary (belatedly).
Zoe, I'll have some of what Jeff got, please, with a glass of Ed's OJ and a cup of coffee. Yum - Thanks, Jeff!
Running behind on reading the posts. Congratulations to Michael and Kim, and [ditto] what the others have said about God having more blessings in store for you after what you have gone through. Blessings and prayers for all three of you.
I won another P2K SW9/1200 on eBay (though the seller doesn't respond well to emailed questions, but that's her choice). The auction said it wasn't lighted, but I'm sure my other one I have does have headlights, so may need to take a look at it when I get it in.
Have only got an empty email back from my Mac place. I'm getting a bit peeved with them, and may go ahead and track down the problem, just order parts elsewhere and fix it myself. Will still need to save up some. I think it was Ryan who said the motherboard price wasn't bad - but so far, I don't know that that is the problem. On laptops, everything's packed in so closely that it could be just some cable or wire that's behind the problem. We'll see...
Got to get going - I'm at work and using another worker's computer (it's faster) to write. Hope to be back in tonight.
Blessings and prayers,
Jim in Cape Girardeau
Space Jam anyone?
der5997 wrote: PC:Prayers for your wife. Glad she came through it OK. Hope she gets the rest she needs.
Thanks! I'm glad things worked out too. She's taking it easy for a while now.
I used to go wave soaring out at Black Forest in Colorado Springs and I can attest to the fact that those mountains really mess with the airflow patterns.…just how high was that wave soaring? If I’m reading DaveV correctly, he’s concerned with airflows above 20,000 ft. and up to 150,000ft being messed with by the mountains (6-10,000 ft mainly?) I’m guessing this because he includes the Stratosphere, not just the Troposphere. The T. starts at the ground, so it’s easy to see that this would be affected, but above 20K ft I’m amazed the mountains have much effect. (Except for the Himalayas perhaps.) (Wikipedia rules!)
The highest I went was 23,000ft. Oh course I was on oxygen and my sailplane (a beautiful Libelle 201B) was equipped with deiceing wings. I might have been able to go higher, but frankly, I chickened out. There's something about the thought of being 23,000ft up, with no engine and only one wheel to land on, that's quite sobering!
I'm looking at turbulence in the 30,000-40,000 foot range, generally near and above the tropopause. For the weather geeks, I'm interested in stuff above 250 mb. There are some structures in which large-amplitude gravity waves can break that high, in some cases ripping wings off of airplanes. It's rare, but when it happens, it really sucks.
Good morning everyone.....65F this morning, not a cloud in the sky, winds are gentle at 2 mph from the WSW, and no rain in sight until at least Friday night when there is a possibility of a passing shower. It's a good thing because after the 3" of rain last weekend, I got the tractor stuck in the mud yesterday. I figured it was dry enough after two days of strong May sun, but that was a bad guess. I was all mud by the time I managed to get the beast out onto dry turf. I cleared a rough area of brush and planted grass, and my lower back knows what I did.
Have you guys seen the latest add from Micro-Mark? Locomotives for $87.50, free shipping with orders over $150!! Niagaras, 2-6-6-2 logging locos, etc.
PAUL: Is that town on route 180 on the way to Albany? Sounds like a ghost town. Wasn't Cisco near there also? I think they named that town after the Cisco Kid ( is there a Pancho Texas too ? LOL ) Congrats on the Calf sales, glad to hear the prices are up, more $$$ for MRR'g? or is that the CFO's $$?
FERGIE: Yes, the winter cobwebs are still being shaken out, I remember now, you and I share the same BD month, January. I was born in 1939, you were born in 1963? And , belated congrats to you and Lisa !!!!!!! When you TS a device that is not wired, and you wonder why it isn't working, it is definetly time to go to bed..lol. been there, done it too Fergie.
JEFF: Have you checked with your ISP to make sure that their server isn't casuing the slowdown? That has happened to me several times, always their server.
JIM: How big is your fleet of SW9's? Are you trying to corner the market on P2K SW9/1200's??
MIKE: Sounds like you are going to have the grandkids at your ranch quite a bit this summer after school lets out, better teach them how to weed the gardens. We had 7 grandkids here a few years ago living with us, so I had the older kids taught to use the lawn tractor to mow the grass, of course they loved that, they wanted to cut grass every day. Then they picked strawberries, blueberries, rhubarb, veggies in the garden, weeding ( which they hated ). The afternoons were spent in the pool while I was on lifeguard duty and reading RR mags in the shade of the big maple.
Speaking of Maple trees, we are having a problem here in this area with certain varieties of Maple trees being attacked, and killing these beautiful trees. I was wondering if any of you guys are having the same trouble? From what I have learned, it seems to be the Asian Longhorned Beetle that is the culprit. All the leaves will be tiny on some branches, then nothing the next year and sometimes the entire tree will loose all it's leaves. I now have one dead tree, and three around the house that have as much as half the tree effected.....no known cure at this time.
See you guys at lunchtime, RYAN, BOBK, J.R. save the corner table please,
bogp40 wrote: Phillip: Your best layout pics thread has tuned into a success. Unbelievable stuff.
Phillip: Your best layout pics thread has tuned into a success. Unbelievable stuff.
I know! Can you believe the pics in that thread? I'm almost afraid that it'll have either one of two effects on newbi's. They'll either spend the next six weeks locked in there hobby rooms trying to do the same level of work, or they'll take one look at that and say "No Way!" and never look back! It is very inspiring to me though!
Well at least your wife will have a break for a few years, does your son have to go though the same? Must be tough on everyone.
For the wife it will probably become more frequent over the years. The kids haven't had to go through any of this stuff yet, but my son probably will soon. My daughter should be OK for a while yet. I'll tell ya, the MDA is a Godsend in all of this. They have helped us immencely. My son is one Jerry's Kids poster children and goes to different places and gives talks on what it's like for him. He's even assisted several fire / ambulance / police departments on special techniques and medical care for less ambilatory people such as himself. He's a very brave kid for dealing with things like he does. It sometimes blows me away that he's only 11 years old.
Dave Vollmer wrote: There are some structures in which large-amplitude gravity waves can break that high, in some cases ripping wings off of airplanes. It's rare, but when it happens, it really sucks.
There are some structures in which large-amplitude gravity waves can break that high, in some cases ripping wings off of airplanes. It's rare, but when it happens, it really sucks.
Ya think?
Our string of warm and dry days will continue across Indiana today with plenty of sun and highs heading into the upper 80s this afternoon. Humidity will still be in the tolerable range. A strong ridge of high pressure will keep showers and thunderstorms to our west for the next 24 hours. However, this ridge should begin to flatten out allowing for some moisture to flow back into the region as we head into Friday and the weekend. Right now, it appears scattered showers and thunderstorms will be in the area Friday through Sunday. The key word is scattered as no all day rains are expected. It is impossible to say exactly when it will rain this far out for the Parade on Saturday and Race on Sunday. However, I would take the rain gear just in case a passing shower or thunderstorm moves overhead. Any rain should not last very long. It should be humid too as we go through the big weekend.
Speaking of the the Indianapolis 500, how about some pics from the speedway?
Action on the track on Bubble Dayhttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/BubbleDay.jpg
Danica Patrickhttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/DanicaPatrick.jpg
Dario Franchittihttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/DarioFranchitti.jpg
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing takes the trackhttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/DreyerReinboldRacing.jpg
Jimmie Kitehttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/JimmieKite.jpg
Marco Andrettihttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/MarcoAndretti.jpg
PJ Jones exiting turn 3http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/PJJones.jpg
Richie Hearn in turn 1http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/RichieHearn.jpg
Tony Kanaan crossing the famous yard of brickshttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/TonyKanaan.jpg
Sarah Fisher lights them up in the pitshttp://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j319/pcarrell/SarahFisher.jpg