Getting a feel for a Poconos ride.

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary


NOAA just upped their forecast percent to 80 and posted the above advisory.




Hazardous weather condition(s):


Hazardous Weather Outlook


This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce small hail, heavy rain, and frequent lightning. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 87. South southwest wind between 7 and 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 64. West northwest wind between 5 and 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 79. Calm wind becoming south between 15 and 18 mph. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

 

I will join you folks weather permitting. NOAA missed the thunderstorm forecast four days in a row this week. Hope that'll be case tomorrow morning. Dunkin Donuts in Sloatsburg at 7:00, right?

 

Rain I'm cool with. Hail producing thunderstorms with 28mph gusts sucks.

What's our time frame as far as pulling the plug? Should we say 9pm tonight?

As irvfr mentioned, these guys have missed the call all week long. It would be nice if they fucked this one up too. But 400+ miles in downpours with hail? I'll jump right on that posswah bandwagon!

Edit: Poco - did you say we are going to end up near Kingston? I just checked the weather for there and there's a tornado watch in affect until 8pm this evening. LMOA - we should leave now and get there in time to play it safe, huh?

 

National Weather Service Watch Warning Advisory Summary

No I don't think we need to wait. Let's reschedule this for the 20th. Seb sounds like he's already couch bound for tomorrow and the whole tornado thing tonight leaves me yearning for my dirt bike.

So let's call it. Sorry if this screws anybody up but I'm with Pil....not the way I want to spend my Sunday.Sorry boys.

 

you mean doughnut

 

All right fellas - too bad this didn't work out, but hopefully the weather will be better on the 20th.

 

I'll see what i can do to make that ride!

 

Keep you updated but most likely out for that one. Its fathers day and the Redbull Air Races... much to be done. Let you know if anything changes

 

I'll be there but my dad will be riding on the back of my bike with me for Father's Day.

 

Father's Day? I'm a Father, so that means I get to do whatever the hell I want. I'm in.

 

I hate to say this but the weather doesn't look so great for this weekend :violin:

 

Dude....you're my hero I'm still not certain who's whipped more...you or your wife.

Anyhow....let's switch this to Saturday the 19th so Ed has no excuse not to be there.

Saturday the 19th. Same plan as before. Meet in Sloatsburg and head north.Everybody cool with that?

 

Lame, I work on Saturday's, guess I can't come. Oh well, you guys probably woulda made fun of me for switching to an FJR...until a straightaway comes and I blow by.

 

I would never make fun of your bike. You maybe....but not the bike.

 

haha thanks, that makes me feel better. I think I've improved a bit since our last ride.

 

got the day off tomorrow and the weather looks on the up and up. Up for a spin stevo?

 

Thanks Dude. Post at 9pm asking about taking a Friday off. Remember, I'm self employed - I come and go as I please. What, I ain't good enough for you? :2guns:

 

Dont be so needy. Didnt think you would just be able to take days off and Steve said he was free most Fridays. maybe if you would have paid more attention to the board and stopped being so whiney you could have posted sooner & we could have rode today! lol

Anyways i just rode to the gym and back and my bike died. Gonna go analyse now. Its either/ dead batt/ bad connection/ or other electrical gremlin. I'm really hoping bad connection.

 

Did you run out of gas?

 

Cute... nah i made it home. went to open the garage and forgot to neutral it before putting the kickstand down and it killed the engine n wouldnt start back up. Battery look OEM from 02/03 so its most likely the culprit. reads 12 volts but its prob jus out of juice. going to charge it it and try to get a read on the bike's voltage when running to check n see if anything else is bad but i'm most likely gonna just order a new batt. now to choose one of those...