rosie Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Did not reach 30 here today, next week should be lots of fun! Hopefully there will be at least a decent flurry event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Why? The only thing it means is a higher heating bill. I'll go sit in timeout now. The cold for next week does look very impressive though. Wonder if we'll set records here at GSP? I dunno, most of us just appreciate out of the ordinary weather. I'm sure temps will be more friendly to your heating bill later on this winter. But the Euro is showing -16C 850 temps down to our area at 144, and at 168 we're still in that range. Absolutely amazing stuff. By the way there was a layer of ice over a stagnant area of Big Creek this morning Not at home but I assume we're at 36-38 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I dunno, most of us just appreciate out of the ordinary weather. I'm sure temps will be more friendly to your heating bill later on this winter. But the Euro is showing -16C 850 temps down to our area at 144, and at 168 we're still in that range. Absolutely amazing stuff. By the way there was a layer of ice over a stagnant area of Big Creek this morning Not at home but I assume we're at 36-38 right now. What does this mean for actual highs, The new forecast from FFC just came out and they say upper 40s on next Tuesday???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 What does this mean for actual highs, The new forecast from FFC just came out and they say upper 40s on next Tuesday???? Highs would be under 30 for at least the northern half of the metro and below freezing for just about everyone. The point and click has 38 for me on Monday, I don't know where you're getting upper 40s from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Highs would be under 30 for at least the northern half of the metro and below freezing for just about everyone. The point and click has 38 for me on Monday, I don't know where you're getting upper 40s from. My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 anybody got any historical setup maps of the massive arctic outbreak of Jan '85 when so much of the SE set its all time lows?? that outbreak had -20 at 850 over a pretty large area, and came in via Ohio Valley and lower Midwest. This one so far isn't progged to be that expansive or cold, but just a few degrees shy of it. But for NC and SC and probably Georgia, the net effect could be very close to the same since this event on Euro and GFS will have the 510 vortex sitting to our due north, not northwest. I've always believed that the piedmont and coastal plain of the Carolinas gets its coldest readings from when the cold advection is due north, like shown. However, there's also a lack of an arctic high sitting directly overhead, so that means nighttime lows probably wouldn't be able to bottom out to extreme levels , since a slight breeze will be common through the night. But negating that, the pure advective cold could yield some record low "max" temperatures during the days. Its a pretty unusual look, so we'll have to wait and see if the extreme anamolies shown on the models are really legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Highs would be under 30 for at least the northern half of the metro and below freezing for just about everyone. The point and click has 38 for me on Monday, I don't know where you're getting upper 40s from. true enough I just looked at FFC zones and its upper 40's in the fx for Atlanta and Athens. Obviously they're banking on the Euro and GFS being a little extreme, like 20 full degrees extreme. Probably throwing in some climo at that range as well, like they did with this outbreak, went quite a bit too warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 true enough I just looked at FFC zones and its upper 40's in the fx for Atlanta and Athens. Obviously they're banking on the Euro and GFS being a little extreme, like 20 full degrees extreme. Probably throwing in some climo at that range as well, like they did with this outbreak, went quite a bit too warm. You guys are right, that's pretty odd. Weird to see them relatively bullish on snow prospects but shying away from forecasting the cold. I can't say I'd be comfortable forecasting near record low temps either at that timeframe though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Next week's outbreak could be the coldest that it gets all Winter in the Southeast. I guess blanket statements like that could come back to bite me, but usually we can't expect see any colder air than whats progged anyway, in any Winter. However, if the NAO keeps ebbing back and forth in the neg. territory at such a low reading, we'll be dealing with an outbreak again most likely, however this NAO is progged off the charts to the extreme if I recall. AFter next week, the pattern imo, will likely get warmer and damper. I agree, the upcoming cold looks very, very impressive. It's a shame that what you said about warmer and damper will probably come true. That quasi-permanent vortex near the Gulf of Alaska is really killing us. As long as that's there, we're either going to see clippers in the NW flow (if there is a strong west-based -NAO) or warmer with showers/rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 true enough I just looked at FFC zones and its upper 40's in the fx for Atlanta and Athens. Obviously they're banking on the Euro and GFS being a little extreme, like 20 full degrees extreme. Probably throwing in some climo at that range as well, like they did with this outbreak, went quite a bit too warm. They are always so damn conservative, and they completely contradict their disco with the forecast??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherheels Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Looks like GSO will set a record today with a new Min high of 31, fallen record of 32. I haven't gotten out of the 20's yet according to the thermo, 29.2. Pretty brisk I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I think GSO did hit 32 at 2pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 38.8 with a bit of a breeze. I can't imagine what its going to feel like next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 It appears that Charlotte actually got down to a record 12 this morning, instead of the earlier reported 13!!! http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KCLT.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpiemaniac Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I think GSO did hit 32 at 2pm You're correct. At the airport, it reached 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Dewpoints portend very frigid night ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBUWX23 Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Dewpoints portend very frigid night ahead. They do only if winds go calm and no clouds develop overnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherheels Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I think GSO did hit 32 at 2pm You are right. Im about 8 miles away and never got above 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Winston-Salem's (INT) high was 30 degrees today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Penland Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 High here today of 31.6º after a low this morning of 19.8º Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 High here today of 31.6º after a low this morning of 19.8º Here we made it up to 37.6. 34 with a DP of 8 right now. Brrr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 We are expecting a low near 16 because a slight breeze is forecast to remain here. If we were to go calm some would make a run at upper single digits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 32.1ºF...high was 33.2ºF per neighbors weather station... http://www.wunderground.com/swf/Rapid_Fire.swf?units=english&station=KNCRALEI58 Man it makes me want to stay inside...also has shown me that I have a air leak in my bedroom window...great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Hit 32 at the airport here today. Just looking back at the Op. GFS from 4 days ago, it looks like it nailed the 32 line in NC. If I recall the Euro was a little warmer on its 2m temps, valid yesterday and today on the Max temps. The GFS also nailed the 2m temps in both big outbreaks last year for NC. Most of the media outlets in CLT market had highs 40 and above for the CLT region yesterday and today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydog Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 37 was all we could muster up in KMYR this afternoon...very impressive for this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Looks like RDU tied the record low max for today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Next week's outbreak could be the coldest that it gets all Winter in the Southeast. I guess blanket statements like that could come back to bite me, but usually we can't expect see any colder air than whats progged anyway, in any Winter. However, if the NAO keeps ebbing back and forth in the neg. territory at such a low reading, we'll be dealing with an outbreak again most likely, however this NAO is progged off the charts to the extreme if I recall. AFter next week, the pattern imo, will likely get warmer and damper. I think what's going to make it extra cold is like you've said, if the CAA comes due north, there's little to no downsloping to warm it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 I hit a high of 35.6 after a low of 20.1. Currently 34. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Did not crack 32 imby. 31.6 high 12.1 low !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Dropping rapidly at my house in Midtown ATL...30.5........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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