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Posted on 2/28/19 at 9:47 am to flash
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Does anyone really stick around for the truck parades?
I don't know about the ones that roll in Nola, but in Metairie the trucks are about 50% drunk white trash. Quality entertainment.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 10:30 am to Duke
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When do you expect the weather to get ugly Sunday?
After sunrise the potential is there but early afternoon till the front is through is the worst time. Shift it back if the front progresses quicker.
Sounds like Bacchus should consider just starting later.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 10:38 am to GWfool
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Sounds like Bacchus should consider just starting later.
this is what will most likely happen.
They will keep floats at the den as long as it's raining.
looks like rain should stop around 5-6pm, which is right about the time bacchus rolls. So pushing it back an hour wouldn't be a big deal.
I've been riding for 5 years now and we've had perfect weather every year.....i knew our luck would run out
Posted on 2/28/19 at 10:48 am to Duke
This will work...Hail Endymion
This post was edited on 2/28/19 at 10:55 am
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:07 am to GWfool
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Sounds like Bacchus should consider just starting later.
It's not a bad idea. Roll em out at 6:30 ish. Not that this insures it won't be storming, but odds are better it won't be bad later on in the route.
The bigger issue is Thoth. Perhaps start earlier on Saturday, have Okeanos roll with the Saturday krewes and slide Endymion back an hour. Then roll on Sunday earlier, with just the two krewes and send Bacchus late. It's a tough call, because it might not matter for our Sunday noontime krewes.
It's the people and all the shite along the route that's the big problem. Model soundings are coming in pretty hot, getting around 1800 CAPE (good energy for updrafts to support strong storms) around noon. There's not much of a twist but at the very low levels but the unidirectional profile supports strong winds with storms that form up. Good news is the GFS doesn't saturate at any point, so it wouldn't actually be storming despite the energy but it's unwise to bet that'll actually be the case.
Think of all the tents, ladders, and chairs lining the route.
By 6 pm, it still looks rough. Convective potential down slightly, but still up over 1000. Stronger wind to play with aloft too. Lower levels hit saturation, so storms in play.
Front through by midnight (I can't tell the actual time, just that'll probably pass in that six hour window).
It's a tough call.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:08 am to Duke
Parade times moved up for tonight.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:10 am to OldHickory
To what time? Link?
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:13 am to LNCHBOX
Babylon moved up to 5pm
This post was edited on 2/28/19 at 11:14 am
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:20 am to LNCHBOX
Per mayor, everything moved up 30 minutes.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:26 am to Covingtontiger77
The weather.com screenshot has to be old, I just checked that and it didn't say that. I hope that is right!!
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:36 am to lsuchamps23
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Sounds like Bacchus should consider just starting later.
this is what will most likely happen.
They will keep floats at the den as long as it's raining.
looks like rain should stop around 5-6pm, which is right about the time bacchus rolls. So pushing it back an hour wouldn't be a big deal.
I've been riding for 5 years now and we've had perfect weather every year.....i knew our luck would run out
Last year wasn't perfect, they pulled us so fast because of the rain. Same thing happened last night with Druids. But, looks like it might be our year for the weather. Hopefully the rain want be too bad.
Hell we have to load in the Convention Center anyway now because of Convention Center Blvd. Might as well have us load on the floats later and kicked off at 6:30 or so.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:37 am to LNCHBOX
NOLAReady: Due to forecast rain, today's parades will roll 30 min early: Babylon @5p, Chaos @6p, Muses @6p. Track in routewise.nola.gov nixle.us/ASHTY
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:39 am to 610man
Weather apps aren't great in general. They just pull one model run data into them. They can be useful really short range to tell you when it should start raining but don't take too much from them days out.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:43 am to GWfool
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Hell we have to load in the Convention Center anyway now because of Convention Center Blvd
Yeah that part won't matter so we can easily start later if need be.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:50 am to Duke
Whatever happened to sunny Mardi Gras? Seems like the past few years it’s been dreadful.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 11:58 am to GWfool
I’m do remember last year being misty but no rain. But I’m usually pretty hammered by go time, so it could have rained and I don’t remember 
Eta. We are the 5th to last float this year....gonna be a long day/night
Eta. We are the 5th to last float this year....gonna be a long day/night
This post was edited on 2/28/19 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 2/28/19 at 12:03 pm to Paul Allen
Seems like late Mardi Gras is always wet
Posted on 2/28/19 at 12:08 pm to lsuchamps23
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Eta. We are the 5th to last float this year....gonna be a long day/night
Yeah we're 27. I'm gonna be done for.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 2:18 pm to Paul Allen
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Whatever happened to sunny Mardi Gras? Seems like the past few years it’s been dreadful.
It's February and March. Rare to get a long run of good weather.
So for tonight, the current radar is not our friend.
The short range stuff hasn't picked up on the rain coverage well at all. Hopefully it's just going to blow through and later on will be alright.
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