Trick or treat rain options - Thursday forecast

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Umbrella and carry on.

Yep. This is what had been done year after raining year.

[Anonymous]

There is always the good ol' shopping mall.

[Anonymous]

In the forecast I'm seeing, it says 70% chance of rain with possibility of thunderstorms with strong gusty winds. I wouldn't mind a light rain, but not too keen on ToTing during a tempest (even if my kid is--candy is very motivating).

[Anonymous]

where are you seeing thunderstorms with strong winds?

i am seeing cloudy until a light rain starts around 8 pm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:where are you seeing thunderstorms with strong winds?

i am seeing cloudy until a light rain starts around 8 pm.

PP here. From weather.com app on my phone, Thursday forecast:

Light rain with thunderstorms by evening. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. Hi 74F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Thursday night:

Thunderstorms in the evening, then cloudy with rain likely overnight. Low 46. Winds WSW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall may reach 1 inch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:where are you seeing thunderstorms with strong winds?

i am seeing cloudy until a light rain starts around 8 pm.

PP here. From weather.com app on my phone, Thursday forecast:

Light rain with thunderstorms by evening. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. Hi 74F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Thursday night:

Thunderstorms in the evening, then cloudy with rain likely overnight. Low 46. Winds WSW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall may reach 1 inch.

PP again, not sure where the rest of you are, but I'm in NW DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:where are you seeing thunderstorms with strong winds?

i am seeing cloudy until a light rain starts around 8 pm.

PP here. From weather.com app on my phone, Thursday forecast:

Light rain with thunderstorms by evening. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. Hi 74F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Thursday night:

Thunderstorms in the evening, then cloudy with rain likely overnight. Low 46. Winds WSW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall may reach 1 inch.

I heard that on WTOP this am. I hope it's not thunder and a tempest, but if it is, Oh well! Umbrellas and a shorter TOT time. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Here is what the Capital Weather Gang predicts, and I trust them above all other forecasters. Trick or Treat looks like it will NOT be a total washout.

A LOOK AHEAD

Halloween (Thursday) continues the cloudy skies with scattered showers during the day. Highs reach up to around 70. Scattered showers continue into the evening and should be of the hit-or-miss variety during prime trick-or-treat hours as temperatures cool slowly into the 60s. Later at night, especially after midnight, a line of heavier showers and even some rumbles of thunder are possible as the main cold front slices through. Lows fall into the 50s for early Friday morning. Confidence: Medium

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/10/29/dc-area-forecast-clouds-return-showers-wait-until-tomorrow-night/

[Anonymous]

I like all of the people definitively posting the forecasts on their phones without mentioning where the f they are... as though geography is irrelevant to weather forecast. It's baffling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not do an indoor option. Rain gear and go. It is Halloween. Teach them to be resilient in subpar weather. Even if they only want to go to a few houses, that is fine.

Indoor is a complete parent cop out.

+1000. Great post! I remember rainy Halloween's as a child and it didn't spoil the fun.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in the Olympic National Rain Forest in Western WA. Every Halloween was pouring rain.

A poncho? Way to ruin a good costume, Mom. Just give your kids an umbrella to carry. If you have an umbrella with a J-shaped end, the kid can hang their bag/bucket on it while they walk and hold the umbrella. Always worked for me as a kid.

The forecast is calling for a high of 75 on Thursday, so it won't be freezing. It's just a little water, people. You won't melt.

[Anonymous]

Dark sky for NW DC says only 25% chance of rain for 6-8pm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like all of the people definitively posting the forecasts on their phones without mentioning where the f they are... as though geography is irrelevant to weather forecast. It's baffling.

It's DC Urban Moms. People aren't posting forecasts from Nebraska. Wtf?

[Anonymous]

Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am you Arlington fools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only options are go in the rain or don't go. They aren't moving Halloween.

But my little Larlo doesn't like rain!

Then you should write letters to all weather forecasters and complain. How dare there be rain! I guess we need to be like Camelot where

"The rain may never fall till after sundown
By eight, the morning fog must disappear"

The exception being Halloween when it can never rain before 10 pm!