Maybe this week??

[whiskers_ump]

Don, Scott, Gary, Texblue, and rest of the Texans on
the board. Long range forecast looking good. 70's
on Thurs., with most of the rest of the week 60's.
Slight change of rain on Friday PM. That is of course,
assuming they know what they (forecasters) are doing and
we all know what assuming does.

[oppool]

Dont put much faith in them forecaster though. This past week on Tue they were saying Sat was goin to be sunny and 60%. It turn out in the 30s with 3" of snow on the ground.

Dont know if it will be dry enough by Tue to play but if dont get anymore rain we shall be able to get the tournaments for high school ball in this weekend.

I just want to get back on the field again been going through classes since 1st week in Jan. Though did get 3 games in last month before GARY caused us to get rain-out


Have a good one

Don

[TexBlue]

Yeah, the scrimmages we had schedule were snowed out. Something about " ... couldn't see the runners if they slid." Anyway, hopefully the rest of the week is warmer and drier. I am so ready for ball to start. The weekly meetings just aren't cutting it.

Good Luck to every one this season, let's have some fun!

[Duke]

Not much of a chance for me to call any games next week. It is -1 degrees with a wind chill of -25 degrees. Welcome to teh great northeast.....

[Skahtboi]

The way the weather forecasters have been lately in terms of accuracy for long term predictions, I think that I will just take a wait and see approach.

[TexBlue]

The best long term forecaster I've found is The Farmer's Almanac.


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"Feb. ..... 4th-7th. Rain/snow showers. 8th-11th. Unseasonably cold air slowly spreads east. 12th-15th. Cold into Great Plains. 16th-19th. Cold begins to moderate."
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Not too far off yet.
I hope it's wrong for March though.


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March 2004
1st-3rd. Storm , wind, heavy wintry precipitation. 4th-7th. Very unsettled. 8th-11th. Heavy rain, snow Southern Plains. 12th-15th. Rain, snow. 16th-19th. Heavy rain Central Plains. Much warmer Deep South. 20th-23rd. Clear, cold . 24th-27th. Very warm Southern Plains, east. Severe thunderstorms, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, much of Louisiana. Skies clear, turn colder, with frosts penetrating to Louisiana coast. 28th-31st. Sunny to partly cloudy
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That kinda sounds like February, 2 years ago. Man, that was a cold start for softball!

[Edited by TexBlue on Feb 15th, 2004 at 01:45 PM]

[Del-Blue]

Snow???? You guys in Texas know what that is?????? I didn't think people in Texas ever saw snow!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome to my world.

[Skahtboi]

Yeah Bob, we ocassionally catch a glimpse of the white stuff here. Of course, the difference being that yesterday some parts of North Texas got as much as 8" of the white stuff, and here, 24 hours later there is hardly a trace of it left. By tomorrow it will be a distant memory.

[5 sport ref]

I wish it was 70. We have been below freezing for 30 days just west of Chicago. There is about 8" of snow on the ground and first games are about 5 weeks away. First we have to melt the snow then dry out the fields. It is not unusual to have games snowed out all the way through early May. The last day of freezing temperatures normally falls around mid May. My son's birthay is May 5th. I remeber some cookouts were it was sunny and in the 70s and othertime flipping burgers in a snowstorm.

Hope we have an early spring. Just had our rules clinic and intepriation yesterday and can't to start calling a game!