ryan1234 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I am seriously beginning to think that Union County, NC has some kind of dome around it preventing any rain from faling. It has been over 2 weeks since my last rainfall, and even that was a small amount. What gives?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Just missed another storm. Did see/hear a few drops of rain before the storm went east of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WidreMann Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I am seriously beginning to think that Union County, NC has some kind of dome around it preventing any rain from faling. It has been over 2 weeks since my last rainfall, and even that was a small amount. What gives?! I got one of those installed ten years ago. It has rarely failed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I got one of those installed ten years ago. It has rarely failed me. You might get something in the next couple of hours. Nice looking storms in Greensboro moving east. Chapel Hill - Durham have a chance. There is outflow but hopfully the storms can move quick enouph to keep up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I was just sitting on my front steps when a copperhead came slithering by within a few feet of me. I've been here 12 years and it is the first poisonous snake I've seen. And this only two weeks after coming within inches of thumping a huge, big southern black widow spider, which I've never seen one of in my life! What the heck is going on? Weather, or coincidence? Or is it 2012 approaching, and the ancient Maya are out to get me? T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 80% rain chance per FFC for Monday, PLEASE rain here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEGa Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I was just sitting on my front steps when a copperhead came slithering by within a few feet of me. I've been here 12 years and it is the first poisonous snake I've seen. And this only two weeks after coming within inches of thumping a huge, big southern black widow spider, which I've never seen one of in my life! What the heck is going on? Weather, or coincidence? Or is it 2012 approaching, and the ancient Maya are out to get me? T lol - i have seen quite a few black widow spiders lately. i hate spiders - and poisonous ones are even worse. snakes are ok, but not copper heads! i know they are all over the place, but i rarely see them in person (which is fine by me). although had to get rid of a 3' rattlesnake on the front steps three years ago. last poisonous snake was probably about 2 years ago (cotton mouth. and it was big slithering by a creek) 80% rain chance per FFC for Monday, PLEASE rain here! i am jealous!! only 50% here. not that that means anything. a few weeks ago had 5 days in a row of 70% and nothing. sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I was just sitting on my front steps when a copperhead came slithering by within a few feet of me. I've been here 12 years and it is the first poisonous snake I've seen. And this only two weeks after coming within inches of thumping a huge, big southern black widow spider, which I've never seen one of in my life! What the heck is going on? Weather, or coincidence? Or is it 2012 approaching, and the ancient Maya are out to get me? T Yikes! I've seen two copperheads in the last 3 weeks while jogging on the big creek greenway in alpharetta. Also I've seen 3 timber rattle snakes in the last three years up here in the mountains. Went the first 37 years of my life never having seen one in person and now 3 in 3 years. Somethings going on man..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 I know, I know...it is freaking me out!! NeGa made me feel better though....it could have been a rattler on the steps with me, lol. Now when I walk around the yard at night I'm going to have the creeps! Hurry up winter!!!!! Got to love Hibernation! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm 148:8 Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Father in law got two out of his pool in early June.....sis in law found one in her garage...and she lives in a manicured lot subdivision like dacula's....its this heat I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinhmd Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 80% rain chance per FFC for Monday, PLEASE rain here! Seriously! If we don't get anything tomorrow, I'm giving up. Might as well dig up my wilted plants and plant cacti... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 I was cleaning some brush out a month ago picked up a bundle looked down and a snake was coiled up ready to strike. I suck at identifying snakes so no idea what it was, I went for the shovel and my fiance took a stick and shooed it away. I was a tad ticked lol. You guys just gave me the creeps, Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Black Widows. Very nice guys I doubt I sleep well tonight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Had a mower rain here earlier. .28 in about thirty minutes. Just enough to bring the grass to life for a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozart Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I've heard the sound of thunder every day for quite a spell now, but no luck getting rain IMBY. Sitting on a total of .26" since July 7 at my house. Daily highs have exceeded 95 degrees on 14 out of 24 days in July, and exceeded 100 degrees four days in a row (20th-23rd). I don't remember anything like this in the Carolina of my youth, but I wasn't keeping records then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Just a few showers today which thankfully occurred just in time for me to get in on my evening bike route. Hit 100.2 for a high at home! I'm hoping to get in on better rains tomorrow and Tuesday if they hold such promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 So far today I've missed three storms by just a couple of miles from the house with the third ongoing right now in the northern part of the county. There are numerous storms in Kentucky but I wouldn't bet on them making it here the way it has been. By reading a lot of y'all posts it seems like I'm not the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkecountync Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Finally got hit today by two storms after being missed Friday and Saturday. Picked up a half of an inch total. Brings me up to over three inches for the month of July. That is really good because I only had 1.25 inches in June. Hoping to add some more rain tomorrow. Looks like it may be kind of wet, according to the models. Hopefully it will pan out like the models are saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I've heard the sound of thunder every day for quite a spell now, but no luck getting rain IMBY. Sitting on a total of .26" since July 7 at my house. Daily highs have exceeded 95 degrees on 14 out of 24 days in July, and exceeded 100 degrees four days in a row (20th-23rd). I don't remember anything like this in the Carolina of my youth, but I wasn't keeping records then. We keep getting these hot and dry Summers lately. I think many of the top 10 hottest Summers around here have occurred pretty recently. The same thing causing our drought is also affecting temps, so its a feed back cycle. The bottom line on why we can't get cooler and rainier is that the Southeast just can't get into a southerly or southwest flow for any length of time. It happened a little last August, but usually those traditional flows , which are the climo flow according to the NCDC maps I've looked at, are a thing of the past . And has been for a long time now. Big ridges in the Plains are bad news for us in the Summer time, and when they expand east if just makes us even drier/hotter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheronNC Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Kannapolis screw zone today. Had two or three passing sprinkles that weren't even enough to wet the pavement. Seems like this unworked air is now feeding into a MCS-like blob of rain to our southeast that keeps moving southeast but is backbuilding in place. But that's not helping things here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanc2001 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 actually picked up .61" in an afternoon storm today, gotta start somewhere I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 I just had a surprise shower. I don't have a rain gauge, as my property heavily wooded and any totals I post would be not accurate. Any wind and the rain will hit some trees in the distance before my rain gauge so they would be contaminated totals. Regardless it was a light shower that I will take with a big smile. FFC is very bullish on rain tomorrow and I can see why. They have me at 70% chance and by looking back into AL and MS it is very evident what is coming for tomorrow. Bring on the good rains, I can't wait for a good one tomorrow. My chances are looking pretty good! We need the rain here badly, even with showers the last couple days the grass is not responding. It is getting pretty bad around here again. I fear unless we get some type of tropical system or into a better pattern the pain is going to continue. These short lived showers while nice don't cut it in terms of drought busting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCBlizzard Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Got home today to see that I've had no rain, got up to 97 today here at the house. Trip to the mountains proved to be rather hot with a slightly lower humidity. Had an interesting experience in a thunderstorm while driving down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Lightning struck a tree about 20-30 yards away from the car (maybe less than that.) It lit the tree up a bright orange, the bolt was so vividly bright it was insane. Never seen anything like that, scary at a first but was pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I just had a surprise shower. I don't have a rain gauge, as my property heavily wooded and any totals I post would be not accurate. Any wind and the rain will hit some trees in the distance before my rain gauge so they would be contaminated totals. Regardless it was a light shower that I will take with a big smile. FFC is very bullish on rain tomorrow and I can see why. They have me at 70% chance and by looking back into AL and MS it is very evident what is coming for tomorrow. Bring on the good rains, I can't wait for a good one tomorrow. My chances are looking pretty good! We need the rain here badly, even with showers the last couple days the grass is not responding. It is getting pretty bad around here again. I fear unless we get some type of tropical system or into a better pattern the pain is going to continue. These short lived showers while nice don't cut it in terms of drought busting. I saw that little one pop and was wondering if you got anything from it. Glad to hear you did! I too am rooting for rain tomorrow. Hoping I can get 1" in 1 day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Got home today to see that I've had no rain, got up to 97 today here at the house. Trip to the mountains proved to be rather hot with a slightly lower humidity. Had an interesting experience in a thunderstorm while driving down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Lightning struck a tree about 20-30 yards away from the car (maybe less than that.) It lit the tree up a bright orange, the bolt was so vividly bright it was insane. Never seen anything like that, scary at a first but was pretty amazing. I was in Fancy Gap for lunch and saw the storms building up. A lot of lightning a far off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Had a mower rain here earlier. .28 in about thirty minutes. Just enough to bring the grass to life for a few days. heat will keep grass suppressed unless Bermuda or zoysia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Could a weak upper low stall over Ga/SC the next few days? The GFS has had several runs where it does this, and at first I thought its wrong, since its not being consistent, but last nights ECMWF also was similar, just not as high of rain totals. The RH fields matched pretty closely though. After todays front goes through , a weak 850 low forms around CAE and moisture banks into north GA and most of NC, and northern 2/3 of SC. Off runs of GFS have been showing this a few days now, we'll see if the 12Z is similar. I'm not getting hopes up yet, usually these fronts push further south than shown, but I will say the GFS is pretty good with subtle features, and now that Euro is catching on its raises an eyebrow. Both models nixed the late week heatwave here, went from 100 down to mid 80's ...which would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Could a weak upper low stall over Ga/SC the next few days? The GFS has had several runs where it does this, and at first I thought its wrong, since its not being consistent, but last nights ECMWF also was similar, just not as high of rain totals. The RH fields matched pretty closely though. After todays front goes through , a weak 850 low forms around CAE and moisture banks into north GA and most of NC, and northern 2/3 of SC. Off runs of GFS have been showing this a few days now, we'll see if the 12Z is similar. I'm not getting hopes up yet, usually these fronts push further south than shown, but I will say the GFS is pretty good with subtle features, and now that Euro is catching on its raises an eyebrow. Both models nixed the late week heatwave here, went from 100 down to mid 80's ...which would be nice. I'm only at 1.75 for the month so this would be especially nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 I picked up another shower early this morning! These little nickel and dime events are a nice change. After no rain for almost two weeks, I've gotten small events 3 of the last 4 days! I still want a big one but these will do for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 The GFS in it's extended range has temps for many area of the southeast in an extended upper 90's pattern. In the mean time it has north Georgia in a low 90's setup. This summer is getting very, very old. I'm going to post stats from Atlanta today on exactly how hot it has been in terms of 90+ days. I promise it won't disappoint. 2011 through 7/24/11 90 + Heat May - 6 June - 24 July - 20 Total - 50 of those 90+ days here are the ones that went 95+ May - 0 June - 3 July - 3 Total - 6 2010 through 7/24 90+ May - 2 June - 19 July - 15 Total - 36 of those 90+ days here are the ones that went 95+ May - 0 June - 2 July - 4 Total - 6 2009 - through 7/24 days of 90+ heat May - 0 June - 15 July - 5 Total - 20 of those 90+ days, ones that went 95+ May - 0 June - 2 July - 1 Total - 3 Atlanta is blowing the last two summers away in terms of 90+ heat, very old with no end in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 They keep bumping back in time our 60% chance of storms.... it started out this morning with "mainly after 7AM", then after 1, then after 3PM. Now we're at a 20% chance for the afternoon, and 60% pushed back to "likely, mainly between 9pm and 1am." As long as we get something to lower the deficit, it's all good, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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