Hampton Roads Obs/Disco

[Billabong]

Not really...

where's the rain? GFS has been consistent with about 1/2 in today into tonight. Rain bust.

I posted that on Tuesday... when it looked somewhat impressive. Models backed off on the severe threat thereafter.

We did have a few strong storms around. One supercell-like storm in northern Gates County had some decent midlevel rotation for a time with a nice hook.

[USN Ben]

Hi all, just wanted to check in and say hello being new around here. I'm from the Seattle area, but am spending the summer in VA Beach for training. Definitely one hell of a climate change, that's for sure. I've already seen more thunderstorms in the last couple weeks here than I have in a year in the Pacific Northwest.

[rainstorm]

Hi all, just wanted to check in and say hello being new around here. I'm from the Seattle area, but am spending the summer in VA Beach for training. Definitely one hell of a climate change, that's for sure. I've already seen more thunderstorms in the last couple weeks here than I have in a year in the Pacific Northwest.

welcome. it rains alot here.

[Billabong]

Has anyone else noticed how warm KECG has been lately? I checked surrounding mesonet sites and they are always warmer as well. Elizabeth City is closing in on a 10" deficit... im guessing the drought may have a lot to do with it.

[RIC Airport]

Picked up an old college friend that flew into PHF from BOS late Friday evening. We spent the weekend together. Must say, despite being quite humid, the weather turned out to be really nice. It was nice going to Busch Gardens, the Va Beach Oceanfront, downtown Norfolk and the ODU campus to reflect our past in the area.

[DMADKAT]

Everyone is saying its gonna get hot this week. God I hope they are wrong. Summers like last year are hell when you work outside. The dog days are July 21 to August 11. If it gets hot now , we cook !

[Martin]

Everyone is saying its gonna get hot this week. God I hope they are wrong. Summers like last year are hell when you work outside. The dog days are July 21 to August 11. If it gets hot now , we cook !

Damn stay safe working outside. It's nasty out there

[DMADKAT]

102 at ORF yesterday. 10:00 reading today is 91. Yesterday it was 92 at 10:00. Today the dew point is 2 degrees lower at 74 than yesterdays at 10:00 which was 76. That little dryer air could add a few more degrees on to todays high. 103 or 104 maybe. All this going on with a south wester blowing ! AMAZING. A west wind would have fried the all time records yesterday . Like that reading of 108 in Newark NJ .

[DMADKAT]

95 now at ORF with dew point of 74 at 11:00 hour. Yesterday it was 95 with dew point of 75 at 11:00. Today and yesterday is running neck and neck now. I AIN'T GOT TO WORK OUTSIDE ON THIS ONE!

[DMADKAT]

Looks like ORF tops out at 102 today before life saving bay thunderstorm . Die killer heat die !

[DMADKAT]

This is only the second time in my 49 year life that we had two 102 degree or higher temps twice in a row in Norfolk Virginia. Only last years pair of 105's(July 24 and 25, 2010 ) has that ever happened before, and I've lived here all my life . These last two summers are indeed unreal. Hot summers and cold winters go hand in hand . I work outside for a living and believe me ,I know. so be ready . This winter is very likely to be a cold one.

[USN Ben]

Tornado warning for Norfolk proper right now. Some very disturbing rotation on radar, this is a healthy storm. It's headed straight for me in VA Beach next. My first tornado ever. Very strange feeling.

[Martin]

Tornado warning for Norfolk proper right now. Some very disturbing rotation on radar, this is a healthy storm. It's headed straight for me in VA Beach next. My first tornado ever. Very strange feeling.

I was right under the rotation as it came onshore. I really wish it had been daylight. I suspect there was at least a waterspout. Winds were 50-60mph for about 4-5min. Some intense weather tonight.

[Billabong]

3 large outflow boundaries (one coming down the Peninsulas, one going east across Sussex, and one coming north from the storms in NE NC) collided over Surry, Isle of Wight, and Newport News. Of course, once they did, convection blew up and shot eastward toward Norfolk (the only direction without incoming outflows). Interesting evening.

[RIC Airport]

And I'm amazed at how ORF has virtually wiped out its yearly rainfall deficit. With 9.54" so far this month, you're only about an inch away from breaking into the to 10 wettest Julys on record.

The heat the last couple of summers has indeed been impressive. You gotta remember, ORF went 10 years....A FULL 10 YEARS, 1995 to 2005, without hitting 100 degrees a single time. The last two summers have really been racking up the 100 degree numbers.

[Billabong]

And I'm amazed at how ORF has virtually wiped out its yearly rainfall deficit. With 9.54" so far this month, you're only about an inch away from breaking into the to 10 wettest Julys on record.

The heat the last couple of summers has indeed been impressive. You gotta remember, ORF went 10 years....A FULL 10 YEARS, 1995 to 2005, without hitting 100 degrees a single time. The last two summers have really been racking up the 100 degree numbers.

Hey Tony... good info. Can you post the list of top 10 wettest Julys?

Thanks

[RIC Airport]

Hey Tony... good info. Can you post the list of top 10 wettest Julys?

Thanks

Sure thing Brandon! Havent seen you posting as much. There are two sets of data I have for you from both recording sites.

Seasonal Rankings

Station: NORFOLK WB CITY 
State: VA 
ID: 446144 
Latitude:  36.85 degrees 
Longitude: -76.28 degrees 
Elevation: 66 feet 
Station period of record: 01/01/1874-09/30/1965

Seasonal Rankings
Creation time: 07/26/2011 14:24 EDT
Element: Precipitation
Units: inch
Analysis: Sum
Season: 7/1 - 7/31
Period of analysis: 1874 - 1945
Column delimiter: tab 

Rank    Value    Year    Num. Missing
1      12.40    1939    0
2      11.92    1922    0
3      11.92    1921    0
4      11.73    1916    0
5      10.82    1945    0
6      10.69    1889    0
7      10.27    1943    0
8      10.24    1913    0
9       9.30    1936    0
10       8.90    1891    0
11       8.90    1906    0
12       8.89    1898    0
13       8.88    1934    0
14       8.81    1874    0
15       8.27    1892    0
16       8.01    1894    0
17       7.97    1877    0
18       7.93    1880    0
19       7.80    1935    0
20       7.26    1896    0
21       7.22    1905    0
22       7.21    1918    0
23       7.06    1884    0
24       6.56    1904    0
25       6.51    1900    0
26       6.47    1881    0
27       6.33    1890    0
28       6.16    1910    0
29       6.11    1893    0
30       5.87    1899    0
31       5.78    1908    0
32       5.72    1915    1
33       5.69    1937    0
34       5.50    1876    0
35       5.33    1887    0
36       5.28    1938    0
37       5.26    1888    0
38       5.26    1933    0
39       5.10    1911    0
40       5.01    1925    0
41       4.90    1882    0
42       4.72    1875    0
43       4.56    1931    0
44       4.52    1941    0
45       4.51    1927    1
46       4.46    1907    0
47       4.42    1897    0
48       4.41    1909    0
49       4.41    1928    1
50       4.36    1895    0
51       4.35    1924    1
52       4.33    1919    0
53       4.23    1886    0
54       4.12    1923    0
55       4.09    1929    1
56       4.00    1903    0
57       3.91    1914    0
58       3.90    1879    0
59       3.87    1883    0
60       3.74    1902    0
61       3.44    1940    0
62       3.27    1920    0
63       3.22    1885    0
64       3.21    1932    0
65       3.15    1901    0
66       3.06    1917    0
67       2.50    1930    1
68       2.02    1878    0
69       1.86    1912    0
70       1.61    1942    0
71       1.43    1944    0
72       1.03    1926    1

Average        5.92

And here is the data since records began at current site ORF Airport.

Seasonal Rankings

Station: NORFOLK INTL AP 
State: VA 
ID: 446139 
Latitude:  36.90 degrees 
Longitude: -76.19 degrees 
Elevation: 30 feet 
Station period of record: 01/01/1946-07/25/2011

Seasonal Rankings
Creation time: 07/26/2011 14:20 EDT
Element: Precipitation
Units: inch
Analysis: Sum
Season: 7/1 - 7/31
Period of analysis: 1946 - 2011
Column delimiter: tab 

Rank    Value    Year    Num. Missing
1      14.37    1994    0
2      13.73    1975    0
3      12.83    1950    0
4      12.70    1969    0
5      10.89    2004    0
6       9.05    1962    0
7       8.56    2003    0
8       7.85    1997    0
9       7.66    1984    0
10       7.52    2000    0
11       7.49    1959    0
12       7.46    1996    0
13       7.33    1964    0
14       7.21    1967    0
15       6.63    1956    0
16       6.46    1991    0
17       6.32    1946    0
18       6.27    1958    0
19       6.17    1999    0
20       6.14    1985    0
21       6.11    1949    0
22       5.97    1947    0
23       5.84    2010    0
24       5.83    1982    0
25       5.47    1974    0
26       5.33    1970    0
27       5.19    1976    0
28       5.19    2008    0
29       5.10    1981    0
30       4.96    1954    0
31       4.86    1989    0
32       4.81    1971    0
33       4.78    1960    0
34       4.77    2007    0
35       4.69    1979    0
36       4.65    1972    0
37       4.52    1992    0
38       4.40    2001    0
39       4.39    1951    0
40       4.26    1966    0
41       4.23    1968    0
42       4.19    1978    0
43       4.19    1973    0
44       4.06    1990    0
45       3.91    1998    0
46       3.80    1948    0
47       3.67    2005    0
48       3.59    2002    0
49       3.56    1953    0
50       3.46    1965    0
51       3.20    1987    0
52       3.11    1952    0
53       2.93    1988    0
54       2.70    1977    0
55       2.59    1986    0
56       2.47    2009    0
57       2.34    1955    0
58       2.18    1957    0
59       2.01    1963    0
60       1.85    1980    0
61       1.78    1995    0
62       1.69    1961    0
63       1.34    2006    0
64       0.77    1983    0
65       0.36    1993    0

Average        5.29

Years excluded because of more than 10% missing days (number of missing days are in parentheses):  2011 (6).

[Billabong]

Sure thing Brandon! Havent seen you posting as much. There are two sets of data I have for you from both recording sites.

Awesome, Thanks! Just 35 miles to the south, Elizabeth City is still running a -10.56" deficit.

Yeah, between my internship and normal job i've been pretty busy this summer. I have it easy now though.... Come mid-August I'm taking 21 credits, 2 part-time jobs, and extracurriculars.

[Billabong]

HWRF, not the model of choice, but thought I would post it for fun.

[SoCoWx]

Well since it's been ages since I've posted in the thread for the very community in which I live, I will say that August looks much less severe in terms of heat and September, I expect to be even cooler. I feel we're pretty much done with the really extreme stuff.

[rainstorm]

whats going on? looks like aug will be quite a bit cooler starting thursday.

[Billabong]

Here we go again. Another Great Dismal Swamp fire billowing a ton of smoke into the area. Apparently started by a lightning strike last Thursday. Judging by the fact this thing over doubled in size in the past 24 hours to 2,500 acres, and the chance of rain today not looking very impressive with dry conditions until Saturday.... were going to be with this problem for quite a while.

You can see the plume stretching from VB, up the Chesapeake Bay, across the Eastern Shore, and out pretty far into the Atlantic.

whats going on? looks like aug will be quite a bit cooler starting thursday.

We will finally be seeing normal temperatures (86°F is the average) for this time of year.

[wxmeddler]

Here we go again. Another Great Dismal Swamp fire billowing a ton of smoke into the area. Apparently started by a lightning strike last Thursday. Judging by the fact this thing over doubled in size in the past 24 hours to 2,500 acres, and the chance of rain today not looking very impressive with dry conditions until Saturday.... were going to be with this problem for quite a while.

You can see the plume stretching from VB, up the Chesapeake Bay, across the Eastern Shore, and out pretty far into the Atlantic.

I'm down in OBX near Corolla and the sky was orange yesterday and even smelled a bit like smoke.. Kept our temperatures down about 7 degrees cooler compared to nearby area's not under the canopy.

[Billabong]

Fentress has reached dense smoke advisory criteria... 0.25 visability since the 10am observation.

[Martin]

Here we go again. Another Great Dismal Swamp fire billowing a ton of smoke into the area. Apparently started by a lightning strike last Thursday. Judging by the fact this thing over doubled in size in the past 24 hours to 2,500 acres, and the chance of rain today not looking very impressive with dry conditions until Saturday.... were going to be with this problem for quite a while.

Summer of 2008 all over again. Bleh! Smoke was around for months then

[Billabong]

Summer of 2008 all over again. Bleh! Smoke was around for months then

Worse! That fire burned 4600 acres. As of yesterday, this one is at 5,700 and growing fairly rapidly. Still only 10% containment.

[WeSuck]

New Euro pretty much rapes us....

http://raleighwx.americanwx.com/models/euro/00zeuro500mbHGHTNA_loop.html

[Billabong]

New Euro pretty much rapes us....

http://raleighwx.ame...GHTNA_loop.html

Damn, that's a major. I'm ready to drive back on Friday.

[Riptide]

New Euro pretty much rapes us....

http://raleighwx.ame...GHTNA_loop.html

Yeah, pretty much.

[EverythingisEverything]

So when do we start biting our nails, when it comes to Irene?