downeastnc Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Finally I seem to be in a good spot I prolly had more rain in the last 30 mins than I have had in the last 30 days lol. Slow movers and the stuff to my west seems to be headed this way be nice to see a widespread 2-3" event for the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Finally I seem to be in a good spot I prolly had more rain in the last 30 mins than I have had in the last 30 days lol. Slow movers and the stuff to my west seems to be headed this way be nice to see a widespread 2-3" event for the area. Hope you guys get it. Thats a pretty nice size mass in northeast SC and southern sandhills of NC. If it can hold together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_hailstorm Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Just missing here. I get clipped or catch a decaying cell while new storms blow up off the outflow just to the SE and dump.Least it's cooled off though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hope you guys get it. Thats a pretty nice size mass in northeast SC and southern sandhills of NC. If it can hold together. I got home to find an inch in the rain guage which was awesome. Not as much as some parts of the county but its a welcomed sight. Smell of smoke is thick but these rains will hopefully help slow the spread of the fires and prevent any new ones from popping up. Bozart is having internet problems but sent me a text saying he had 2.70 inches of rain at his place 20 miles west of me and he was still getting some light stuff. He has real potential to reach 3 inches before tonight is said and done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainforrest Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Just got hammered by a thunderstorm picked up 1.18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Just got hammered by a thunderstorm picked up 1.18 I'm watching that wave as it comes out of the mountains to see if anything develops my way. So far it looks like a few areas are beginning to develop just to my west, and nw. and part of the Upstate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Ah...finally got a cell to develop and dump over me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Ah...finally got a cell to develop and dump over me. pretty interesting watching the 2 waves combine somewhat right over western NC tonight. One from the north, one from eastern TN and the outflows that worked west from the eastern/Sandhills convection. The infrared still shows cooling. Now I can hear thunder increasing rapidly, hopefully something hits. This is your 4th storm today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'm about to hit the bed and I plan on falling asleep to the sound of the rain tapping on the roof and the windows....been raining steady now for over 2 hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Some video stills of lightning I caught today (will upload the clip soon): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 pretty interesting watching the 2 waves combine somewhat right over western NC tonight. One from the north, one from eastern TN and the outflows that worked west from the eastern/Sandhills convection. The infrared still shows cooling. Now I can hear thunder increasing rapidly, hopefully something hits. This is your 4th storm today? Actually this is #3...the first two developed around 4 pm and then weakened. Tonight's storm is stalling out overhead pulsing up on the northern and southern ends of the county... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'm about to hit the bed and I plan on falling asleep to the sound of the rain tapping on the roof and the windows....been raining steady now for over 2 hours! thats a great sound. So rare to have rain much of the night the last few Summers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Some video stills of lightning I caught today (will upload the clip soon): Very nice pics! I'm still trying to learn how use my fiances Nikon D70 on some lightning. She is a photographer but she is not into weather shots. I am getting lessons from her and hope to start posting some HQ pics of my own here soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I just saw the 18Z GFS. The numbers are really ridiculous for a lot of areas. For instance it has north Georgia with temps of 104 in a few spots. I saw 850 temps of 25c in Rome and 24c in Marietta. Both with modeled highs of 104. The 12Z GFS did back off on the heat a tad but the 18Z GFS brought it back and some. Who knows if it verifies but that's the hottest GFS run of the year for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Do you think we can overcome the late start to the atmospheric destabilization? I still see some crap clouds in that pic you have there. Could that inhibit convection still or has it burned off enough to allow for some storms to fire? I thought we might have a chance to pop something but it just didn't pan out. The action in TN was sliding SE and our skies finally cleared out and my temp jumped form 71 at noon to 83 by 3pm. Too little too late. Those crap clouds were pretty thin by that point when I posted the cam image and I was getting some towering cumulus developing off the ridge line of the apps but they just couldn't quite pop. That's a gorgeous piece of land. Thanks! It's boat loads of fun to mow too. it sure is! and i cant believe how green it is. maybe i need to bribe him to come over and work on my yard the clouds earlier today were nice in keeping the temp down (just now reaching the low 80s) but it sure did stop the sun from heating things up and popping up the storms. oh well It looks great from my webcam but it's nothing but field grass that we mow about every 1 1/2 weeks. I don't do anything to it but cut it. LOL. I guess the 4+" of rain we have received since June 22nd sure does help to keep it green....and growing. At the beginning of June it was starting to brown and I was hoping the mowing would subside a bit. Oh well...I'd rather have the rain anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GaWx Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I just saw the 18Z GFS. The numbers are really ridiculous for a lot of areas. For instance it has north Georgia with temps of 104 in a few spots. I saw 850 temps of 25c in Rome and 24c in Marietta. Both with modeled highs of 104. The 12Z GFS did back off on the heat a tad but the 18Z GFS brought it back and some. Who knows if it verifies but that's the hottest GFS run of the year for me. Several gfs runs for days 4-8 had just about as hot for the first few days of July at KATL (I remember seeing several 102-103's). However, although KATL made it to a hot 95 F on the hottest of those days, those gfs runs verified to be about 8 F too hot. Is this the newfound gfs n. hemis. hot bias at work? Hopefully it is for the sake of those who don't want to broil. I currently give it little chance to verify. Besides, the just released 0Z gfs, 12Z gfs, and the 12Z Euro are not as hot as the 18Z gfs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Ended up with .67" yesterday - the first ½" fell in 20 minutes, the rest in light rain showers early last night. Looking more and more like I might need a pontoon boat for the Tim McGraw concert at Walnut Creek tomorrow night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanc2001 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 somehow we managed to miss the huge storms yesterday here at the beach I mean it poured a few times in Conway, 10 miles inland and not a dang drop in North Myrtle. Getting old FAST! I'm not one to complain but damn, talk about the haves and the have not. Geez, maybe today will be the day...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I ended up with .13 yesterday while the airport again picked up 1.09 I watch the storms get close, and then watch as they split to my north and south. Wind gusts of 58mph recorded 10 miles to my north and hail 15 miles to my south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Yesterday Afternoon was the thickest and worst I have ever seen the smoke. It blocked the sun which was good because it got cooler, but the ash and the bugs got bad. It rained lightly for about an hour and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Today will be a great day for storms for many in AL and GA in particular. I can already see some pop up storms getting going and it's not even 11AM yet! I'm ready for some action!! Bring it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I ended up with .13 yesterday while the airport again picked up 1.09 I watch the storms get close, and then watch as they split to my north and south. Wind gusts of 58mph recorded 10 miles to my north and hail 15 miles to my south. Same story here. For the last two days, I have had storms all around me..literally within just 2 or 3 miles and somehow I got missed. 2 days ago in particular was just absurd with 3 storms within shouting distance of me and I managed to only get sprinkles. Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 7, 2011 Author Share Posted July 7, 2011 I've managed a tenth of an inch combined from two showers in the last week. But, at least when it clouds up, it cools off, even though others get the rain. I can't complain about cool. And I can't complain about the new GFS warm bias either. This coming winter will be ever so nice when they predict 30 and I get a very nice 22 instead, lol. I'll take that every time..especially right about now! 96 beats the heck out of 104! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I updated my forecast for today at http://www.sandhillswx.com . Model soundings showed a bit of an inverted V profile (NAM) in my region so the lends itself to a few downbursts possible (especially with precip loading) in storms today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Any chance we can get an injection from this into GA/Carolinas? Also of note the 3 month outlook from NOAA. Hopefully it verifies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SN_Lover Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 The stable core has eroded faster then yesterday. Therefore the morning transition period has ended sooner. The convective currents are rising sooner, therefore I think we will have a much greater chance for thunderstorms then yesterday. 3hr surface CAPE change: Current satellite image Current Radar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidreMann Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'm sitting in a parking lot under that cell in SW Durham county. We've had rain, wind, lightning and thunder, and even some hail. It's been quite the little storm. I bet we picked up a good inch of rain at least over the past 20-30 minutes. Totally worth being out and about for. I just wish it would let up so I could go inside (I have no umbrella ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Same story here. For the last two days, I have had storms all around me..literally within just 2 or 3 miles and somehow I got missed. 2 days ago in particular was just absurd with 3 storms within shouting distance of me and I managed to only get sprinkles. Ugh. same here storms all around nearly every day. nothing here. and the same places a few miles away keep getting storms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 picking up a pretty decent cell right now. All the storms keep growing right after they pass this area. Wish I could get slammed with a huge mass coming from the Upstate, but that almost never happens in west to east flow. Or ever. I'd bet the piedmont of NC becomes a huge wash tonight when the cells form into a massive shield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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