griteater Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I've had storms and rain for the past 30 min or so. Fits the pattern for this year here...just when the ground begins to dry out bad, we get rain....been a banner year for that here luckily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I've had storms and rain for the past 30 min or so. Fits the pattern for this year here...just when the ground begins to dry out bad, we get rain....been a banner year for that here luckily. I just now got into much heavier rainfall, though this likely won't last too long. I see yet another potential round diving southward from lincolnton, though. You folks over in CLT have been getting some good action from what I can tell. Too bad this rain didn't arrive during daytime. It would have made for a fantastic cooldown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidreMann Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 As expected, we got pretty much nothing here. Storms all around, but just some light rain showers at my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBlizzard Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Another dry day here really needing some rain. Can see the lightning from the storms to west and hear an occasional rumble of thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Another dry day here really needing some rain. Can see the lightning from the storms to west and hear an occasional rumble of thunder. I lucked up last night and got hit pretty nicely, while heading north just a few miles didn't get any. I got .41". Looks like Gaston/Lincoln and of course Meck got nailed. That area is a climo hot spot at night when storms begin to break out in just spotty fashion here, more times than not a bigger mass congeals just to our east. Put on a great light show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 No wonder I've been watering the gardens every day... 7/1 - 7/31... 2.01" 5/1 - 7/31... 5.52" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 In the month of nickels and dimes, another meh shower- .18" give or take a hundredth. I have had rain 8 times this month- .89 .13 .16 .13 .55 .19 .05 .18 I hope tomorrow is more, because it looks like several more dry days after that...... Got a pretty heavy downpour for ~30 minutes in Little 5 Points yesterday afternoon. Had to have been at least .5", part of the street outside the store we ducked into had water up to the curb for a bit. Back home in Alpharetta just a small shower, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
november rain Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Thought I might get some rain late yesterday but the shower materialized South and West of me...glad I did not mow the lawn now, so I hope today will bring some much needed rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNCCmetgrad Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Spent all day at the pool yesterday and it was pretty brutal out there. The water was more like bath water but was still somewhat refreshing when you first got in. Got a decent hit here with almost three quarters of an inch between 11:30 to 12:15 last night. Charlotte got nailed of coarse with about an inch and two thirds at the airport just 5 miles east of me. Will take what I can get though after two weeks with no rainfall. Today has good potential for some gullywashers with precipitable water running around 2" then next week were are back in the hot box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 No surprise coverage sucked with those anemic mid level lapse rates yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_hailstorm Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Picked up 1.7'' last night. 6.4'' for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amos83 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Sitting at 81/75 with sun breaking out..... should see nice outbreak of storms today. My lawns needs it bad..... hope everyone gets in on the action today before the gates of hell are opened up again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I added a new feature, a new Google map radar view. It's a US mosaic with a drop-down so you choose a particular region. You can loop the image by checking off the box. What you'll notice is that all ground clutter has been removed from the images. As in all Google maps, you can drag the image, zoom, and you can also drag the small highlighted box in the inset window in the lower right corner. IE 7 has a few issues but it seems to work well in all the other browsers. http://www.daculaweather.com/Mosiac-Radar/ridge_us_master.php And FWIW, my site has been nominated for WXForum.net Spring 2011 Weather website. Voting begins next Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Quite a change the sky took here. One moment it's sunny and hot then became cloudy and a bit cooler thanks to a nearby shower. Sitting at 88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidreMann Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 The storms are forming, but not here. I guess we didn't get enough sun this morning. Oh well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 These thoughts are just for the area from Macon north to the TN border in Georgia. The heat wave for this week is looking like a certainty now. Upper 90's at the least will be widespread. The only areas that will not be hit with he Upper 90's will be the mountain areas of Georgia. It looks really nasty, quite a few spots could easily hit 100 this week. I hope Atlanta gets the 100 mark so my "prediction" comes true. Right now FFC is going with 98 on Wednesday for them but it's so close they could easily squeak in that 100 on a day or two. It's going to be very hot regardless of the 100 mark or not. No extreme DP's this week but the GFS shows anywhere from mid 60's in the day to low 70's at night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Finally raining at my house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 You can see the low pressure over east Georgia pretty clearly in the clouds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 HI Res NMM and ARW suggest that Monday will be dry in NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Finally got under a few of those slow movin cells and got several rounds of good ole fashion summer downpours, radar says 1-2" for most of this area so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Rained good here this afternoon. Storm had a ton of lightning in it and put down some 1-2 inch totals for some areas while I received .70 so far but more rain inbound it looks like. We really needed this rain and its my first .10+ inch rainfall since July 7th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Rain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Had about .39" in about 15 minutes, it was really coming down. Still light rain falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 i give up lol. was in athens this weekend, a lot of thunder, but no rain where i was. got home, and less than .25" so looks like yet another high percentage bust. storms all over the place and thunder, but nearest rain is about 2 miles away (just drove home in it sigh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Got back into the sun for a few hours before the clouds rolled in from the west. I'm about to get into a good downpour from this approaching thunderstorm sliding into western Gaston county. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Finally got a hit! .88" with light sprinkles still falling. It was coming down so hard for a while there that the total kind of surprised me. I really expected to see an inch or better in the gauge. As anemic as rainfall has been this summer, I'll gladly take this and be extremely happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 FFC inched up the forecast highs for Metro Atlanta today. Has Marietta at 97 Monday, 99 Tuesday and 98 Wednesday. If it hits 99 I'd be much happier with an even 100. At least then we can say we had a 100 degree day this year. With how hot it has been this year it would be quite fitting. The GFS went off the deep end earlier in the week with an insane 106, it's been pretty steady with that 99-101 range the last couple days, much more realistic. It really makes me wonder how many times the GFS will bust high this year around here. Up in the mid Atlantic and NE they are complaining about the opposite, the GFS busting low. Congrats to those getting rain today, been a hot, dry, humid day around Cobb county Topped out at 94 with a DP in the low to mid 70's making it feel like low 100's. Tomorrow the blast furnace kicks up a notch, not looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I'm thinking we'll stay below 100 here in Gwinnett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Well the storm WAS on its way here but took more of a southward turn at the last moment. However, temperatures got knocked back some and I'm getting to listen to some awesome rumbles of thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 i give up lol. was in athens this weekend, a lot of thunder, but no rain where i was. got home, and less than .25" so looks like yet another high percentage bust. storms all over the place and thunder, but nearest rain is about 2 miles away (just drove home in it sigh) Yep- only a trace today, .19' yesterday. Not optimistic for more until Thursday at the soonest. July total barring a miracle tomorrow 2.19". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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