jrips27 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Back home. Driving back there was still some semi-dense smoke on I-16. Not as thick as earlier on Tuesday. CoCoRaHS gauge was sitting at the front door. Put it up and now I'm ready to go! Just need some rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I also have mine mounted on split rail posts. Its agood location, no obstructions around, and extremely accurate from what I can tell since I've had mine last winter. Just got bombed with a great storm, and its still training, placing me right under the tracks. That line of cells has been reforming since it started, back building into upper SC now, so maybe I'll get even more. Sitting at .90" now. The lightning was way too close for comfort at the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos83 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Just checking in from not so sunny florida. Spending the week in tampa and was hoping to see the shuttle launch tomorrow. However the weather appears to be saying no go. If they do launch tomorrow ill post some video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 wow , about the best surprise storm of the season . Its training again, with lightning returning, heavy rain so heavy I can't see across the street. Its over an inch now, and there's no let up to the southwest of here, so the rain train continues. Love it when that happens. I'd love to top 2" from a single event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak 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. Glad you're getting in on the action again tonight.Today's been a miss so far around these parts. Watching radar returns and seeing all sorts of outflow boundaries pass by from numerous directions, but all the action seems to fire up 20-30 miles away. Maybe some of those storms in the Western Piedmont will slide this far East before washing out. I'm thinking not, however. Wish this 'miss' was tomorrow night, since we've got an outdoor concert to go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Glad you're getting in on the action again tonight.Today's been a miss so far around these parts. Watching radar returns and seeing all sorts of outflow boundaries pass by from numerous directions, but all the action seems to fire up 20-30 miles away. Maybe some of those storms in the Western Piedmont will slide this far East before washing out. I'm thinking not, however. Wish this 'miss' was tomorrow night, since we've got an outdoor concert to go to. I think tomorrow an even strong 5h s/w comes through NC, but haven't looked that closely beyond now. I think my rain is from the 850 flow and strong lift with slight upslope component and some outflow boundaries just placed perfectly. It keeps redeveloping to the sw toward GSP. My dad in Shelby is missing it all, and I'm about 1.5" now. We're only 7 miles apart. Estimates show some 2" amount near me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBlizzard Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 wow , about the best surprise storm of the season . Its training again, with lightning returning, heavy rain so heavy I can't see across the street. Its over an inch now, and there's no let up to the southwest of here, so the rain train continues. Love it when that happens. I'd love to top 2" from a single event. Didn't expect it to keep doing this. It seems like we never get training cells, love the sound of constant rain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Didn't expect it to keep doing this. It seems like we never get training cells, love the sound of constant rain! Rare for sure. I'll check the gauge when it slacks up. Aren't you in south Shelby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBlizzard Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Rare for sure. I'll check the gauge when it slacks up. Aren't you in south Shelby? yea basically in Patterson Springs, not too far from the Ingles on 180 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Back home. Driving back there was still some semi-dense smoke on I-16. Not as thick as earlier on Tuesday. CoCoRaHS gauge was sitting at the front door. Put it up and now I'm ready to go! Just need some rain. Very nice! Edit : Just saw the 18Z GFS and the 12Z Euro. Both look very hot for the southeast next week. Blowtorch heat on the GFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 yea basically in Patterson Springs, not too far from the Ingles on 180 Same here, 3 miles to Ingles. Just went out for a drive, and what a sight. Ponds everywhere. The skies are sunny over here now, but looking south I saw a rainbow and some wicked lightning strikes over Blacksburg, SC. Had 1.72" Trees drooping, soggy beautiful mess everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Very nice! Edit : Just saw the 18Z GFS and the 12Z Euro. Both look very hot for the southeast next week. Blowtorch heat on the GFS. Finally had a chance to see the 12Z GFS . Its heights don't really support too much of a heatwave I don't think. The ECMWF looks a little hotter aloft but even that is too far west (and it has a bias at that range). Until we get a really stout closed ridge and +24 at 850, I think we'll avoid widespread 100's, but even so part of TN, Al and GA are still getting into that range. Also, there's a front and strong nw flow coming in since the ridge is so far west, which will probably allow some debris cirrus to help block the high temps, this is esp. true for NC. The Euro has been showing strong mega ridges out around day 7 for a while now, only to tame it when it gets closer. Really looks like a wash, rinse, repeat pattern. The good news is the rain chances hang on to the Southeast for a while yet. Even into much of next week, granted no major widespread stuff, just decent afternoon coverage. We need to shake up the pattern totally, atleast get rid of the New England semi-permanent trough and Texas Ridging...but that will take some major doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBlizzard Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Same here, 3 miles to Ingles. Just went out for a drive, and what a sight. Ponds everywhere. The skies are sunny over here now, but looking south I saw a rainbow and some wicked lightning strikes over Blacksburg, SC. Had 1.72" Trees drooping, soggy beautiful mess everywhere. Haven't checked the rain gauge here yet but I know we got a good bit. Drove towards uptown and you can tell that there was a pretty sharp cutoff. Everything here looks really green, this is the first year in a long time that the grass here hasn't turned brown or crunchy. Edit: Actually only got an inch but I'll take it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Looks like we might get a rogue cluster! 2 miles away and watching it train this way. 'IF' it holds together, it could train over us for a couple hours. Waiting and hoping... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Back home. Driving back there was still some semi-dense smoke on I-16. Not as thick as earlier on Tuesday. CoCoRaHS gauge was sitting at the front door. Put it up and now I'm ready to go! Just need some rain. Enjoy the gauge. I've had the please of measuring....well at least trying to measure....an event some 16-17 years ago that completely filled up that gauge (the entire thing including the outer cylinder) within 24 hours. Remnants of a tropical system stalled out just south of Atlanta and caused lots of flooding downstream in south GA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Fizzling out.... we maybe will get a couple hundredths. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Back home. Driving back there was still some semi-dense smoke on I-16. Not as thick as earlier on Tuesday. CoCoRaHS gauge was sitting at the front door. Put it up and now I'm ready to go! Just need some rain. Great to see another gauge on board! Hope you get to measure lots and lots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Great to see another gauge on board! Hope you get to measure lots and lots! I'm sure now that I've actually gotten it up it won't rain for weeks. lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSNOW Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Another evening of thunder and nothing to show for it in the gauge. Easy to see my backyard on this total precip map over the past 60 days. Funny how you can drive 40-50 miles and it's a totally different story in someone else back yard. Thats the nature of summer time pulse storms, usually comes down to feast or famine. http://www.srh.noaa....ge2/RFC_Precip/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Is there a big difference between the CoCoRaHs rain gauge and just a regular gauge that you stick in the ground ? I got a gauge from Wal-Mart and it seems to work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Is there a big difference between the CoCoRaHs rain gauge and just a regular gauge that you stick in the ground ? I got a gauge from Wal-Mart and it seems to work well. The CoCoRaHS gauge measures in increments of .01", which the organization, and NWS needs for accuracy. It can hold up to 11 " of rain. The cylinder is also used to get accurate measurements of water content from snowfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Is there a big difference between the CoCoRaHs rain gauge and just a regular gauge that you stick in the ground ? I got a gauge from Wal-Mart and it seems to work well. I hear gauges from Wal-Mart make you whine about it being too "wet" one day, and and then cry about how "dry" it is the next. Might be just a rumor though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14067245 Snow in the Atacama desert. Very cool footage. Reasonably rare event - even to get any amount of precip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 0z GFS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Not Happening. It will not be 104 in Atlanta next week. I'm thinking 96 tops !! And that map shows it hotter in Atlanta than Macon ? That hardly ever happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Not Happening. It will not be 104 in Atlanta next week. I'm thinking 96 tops !! And that map shows it hotter in Atlanta than Macon ? That hardly ever happens. It is likely overdone, but I just wanted to show the ridiculous numbers its putting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SN_Lover Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 YES YES YES Win for Central to WNC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Enjoy the gauge. I've had the please of measuring....well at least trying to measure....an event some 16-17 years ago that completely filled up that gauge (the entire thing including the outer cylinder) within 24 hours. Remnants of a tropical system stalled out just south of Atlanta and caused lots of flooding downstream in south GA. I remember that... awesome rainfall. I think we had 14" or so. Got back from Gatlingburg last night. The weather up there was much cooler but still very rainy. We ended up having to buy some ponchos (of course we left ours in the car) just to get around. Crossing the mountains, it was around 64 degrees at Newfound Gap. I've had 4.06" for the month and 3.96" came on one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Its going to be an interesting day. There's a good onshore flow of subtropical air at the coast of GA to the Carolinas, and an incoming strong 5h system through the Tenn. Valley., and an upper low in the Gulf which should help create good convergence for widespread storms in Ala, GA and the Carolinas piedmont today and afternoon. There's enough shear to keep the storms moving , but with convergence and opposing forces esp. in Ga to the 85 corridor of the Carolinas, some steady, widespread storms and backbuilders could bring good rains over a big region by late today. I think its the first time in a long time to get as many places as possible with significant rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted July 8, 2011 Share Posted July 8, 2011 Not Happening. It will not be 104 in Atlanta next week. I'm thinking 96 tops !! And that map shows it hotter in Atlanta than Macon ? That hardly ever happens. Agreed for the most part although a 97 or 98 at Katl wouldn't shock me. This map looks very similar to one from early this month (maybe 1-2 degrees warmer), when the hottest at Katl ended up being 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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