Maggie Valley Steve

I had a low of 53 this morning. What a way to run Summer in the Mountains!

Heavy rain in the Valley.

Happy Summer Solstice! It's all downhill from here until Fall!

I just emptied 1.79 inches out of the gage this morning. Not bad at all for yesterday's beneficial rain!

Torrential rain with thunder currently. Winds were gusting to 40 just before the rain started.

Moderate rain this morning in the Valley.

I just had a brief shower that was not expected today. The NHC will begin issuing Advisories for Potential Tropical Cyclone 1 at 11:00 AM Eastern time along the Texas/Louisiana Coast. Current track guidance keep the center passing to our S later this week. I've noticed that rain amounts has been increasing the last 24 hours for our SW Mountains into Haywood County.

I've had a couple of showers today. Nothing heavy, but none the less rain. Looks like more on the way with the front. We'll need to keep an eye on the rich tropical moisture moving across the SE beyond mid week.

I had a brief shower with a rumble or 2 of thunder around 8 this evening. I'm very grateful for the inch I picked up Monday when most were dry!

Nice downpour this afternoon in the Valley!

What an amazing early June day across the Mountains. It was 49 at the house this morning and warmed to 72 this afternoon. Humidity was non existent and it felt like an October Fall day!

I'm getting another round of showers this afternoon and 60 behind the cold front. We're going to need to clear out this afternoon if we have a chance at the upper 40s in the morning!

I'm getting a nice shower this evening. Grateful for the rain!

I picked up another 3/4 of an inch overnight and closing in on almost 4 inches since the rain return.

Drier air has filtered in behind the front. No rain at the house today, but I drove through a shower between Silva and Waynesville early this afternoon.

I've picked up a little over 3 inches since the rain began last Wednesday night. We had 3 brief tropical downpours today.

Just had a round of torrential rain that lasted about half hour here in the Valley.

Just emptied the rain gauge. 2.04 inches since last Wednesday night.

Just updated...

The models are suggesting a rather sharp trough axis will develop in Texas and extend down to the Yucatan later this week into next weekend. It's not unusual this time of year to see a broad area of low pressure to fester near the Western Caribbean and Western to Central Gulf in such a setup. I wouldn't be surprised to see copious deep tropical moisture setup over all the SE including the Mountains. We'll need to monitor early this week for any potential tropical mischief attempting to organize W of Florida later this week.

Thank you Shell. What prompted my post was seeing our neighbors just last week talking of their own experience with PTSD. Ike and Harvey exposed my own battles. But knowledge and preparation eases the stress.

I picked up another .90 today making my total so of 1.65 inches. Very grateful for the rain!

Hey Larry. I am aware of the Main Tropical thread, but personally I don't post or get involved in those board wide threads anymore. My focus is purely local and regional and I was wondering if there's interest with any other like minded folks in the SE Region.

Moderate rain with thunder. I'd like you folks input on starting our own SE Region Tropical thread. I know how much trauma Helene brought to our Mountain neighbors. My primary weather focus has always been tropical going up along the Upper Texas Coast. The SE Region covers a tremendous amount of Coastline from Mississippi to the Outer Banks. El Ninos tend to throw a curveball or two not far offshore. If you think the SE posters would participate, let me know.

Woke up to rain again this morning. Third day in a row with rain. I've received about 3/4 of an inch so far.