No smoking in FL this weekend. :(

[scooper]

What in the heck are we going to do this weekend, my fellow Floridians?

I have plans!  I have things thawed! 

GRRRRRRRR!!!

HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOKNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL359 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2011...HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND,ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES ALONG WITHLOWERING PRESSURE OVER THE CARIBBEAN WILL LEAD TO INCREASINGEASTERLY WINDS AND MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND. LOWPRESSURE COULD EVEN DEVELOP. THIS COULD LEAD TO HEAVY RAINFALLACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST.RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS WEEKEND ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE IN THE3 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS MOST OF THE WEST PALM BEACH...FORTLAUDERDALE...AND MIAMI METROPOLITAN AREAS...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALSEXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE COAST. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BEHIGHER SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER A SAME LOCATION FOR LONGDURATION. THE INTERIOR AND GULF COAST OF SOUTH FLORIDA IS FORECASTTO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND.EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY ALONG THEATLANTIC COAST...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. STAYTUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

 

[miamirick]

we must push through it   gonna have to reach a tropical depression before we will revert to our crock pots!!

 

[scooper]

LOL!

I suppose I can set up the umbrella.  It can deal with rain.  Just not the wind.

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Scooper, get a Pop-up, $100 at sports stores and worth the investment, some 10' by 30' tarp and a wrap around shelter

 

[billebouy]

Canadian bacon ready in the fridge, MES is out in the pole barn.

Tomorrow, I'm ready, rain or shine.

'Course, I'm on the West Coast, you East Coast guys are supposed to get a lot more weather.

 

[tom c]

I'll be smoking between Showers.

 

[scooper]

Scooper, get a Pop-up, $100 at sports stores and worth the investment, some 10' by 30' tarp and a wrap around shelter

That would get blown away tomorrow.

Canadian bacon ready in the fridge, MES is out in the pole barn.

Tomorrow, I'm ready, rain or shine.

'Course, I'm on the West Coast, you East Coast guys are supposed to get a lot more weather.

Yeah we are. But our wind gusts are the same here as they are in Tampa.

Tomorrow's wind from the NWS:

Windy, with a east wind between 17 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

 

[SmokinAl]

Luckily my patio is facing the SW & has a roof, so the wind & rain shouldn't be a problem. 

I have ribs thawing, and plan on some gator fatties for an appetizer.

We'll see how it goes!

 

[scooper]

Well that settles it.  We're all bringing our smokers to Al's patio!

 

[Bearcarver]

You guys can all come to PA.

We're on our 3rd day in a row without any rain, with 3 more predicted.

I think it's the first time we had more than 2 days in a row without rain, since June!!!

We're re-routing our rain to Florida, and trying to get some of it going to Texas!!!!

Bear

 

[SmokinAl]

The thing is we really need rain here badly, just not while we're smoking!

 

[scooper]

For sure.  This year was the worst drought I've seen down here.

 

[fpnmf]

It's a beautiful day up here in the panhandle!! 

Maybe a little rain tonite..

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/32455

  Craig

 

[scooper]

Well it's not too bad here today.  Really windy with some scattered rain.

I put a temporary mod over my smoker vent to keep the rain out.

 

[miamirick]

i had to use a temp mod also   working great   no problems here    except the game!

 

[scooper]

Nice!  I have a cantilever umbrella, but it's too windy for it. 

 

[tom c]

Were there a will there a way.

 

[flash]

Minds parked under a 24 x 48 Pole Barn. No sweat.