superjames1992 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 There's a bit of a lightning show outside my eight floor dorm window right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruls Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Heavy storm moving into Barrow from Gwinnett, lots of lightning and wind. Weatherbug issued a severe weather advisory for it. http://weather.weatherbug.com/GA/Winder-weather/severe-weather/local-alerts.html?zcode=z6702&alert_state=GA&alert_id=nws312591009p13013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psalm 148:8 Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well...I fed 3 mosquitos a healthy snack earlier this evening Had to go out and water the new azaleas we planted this spring....we have not had any rain this week.....In fact it's been almost 2 weeks :gun_bandana: Everything here is very crunchy....we pretty much held our own through the summer, but it has been a rough 2 weeks.....I was hoping for some rain from Irene, but that is iffy now....SO, whens the 1st cold front of the year going to be on its way???? This heat began in May.....and hasn't let up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxKnurd Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Good little storm rolling through Charlotte right now with some moderate to heavy rain and a little thunder and lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Looks like we're finally going to get a good drenching this side of Raleigh. We've missed all the storns that have the FFW in the northern part of Johnston Co, but there's an awful lot of red returns on radar about to dump on us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruls Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Looks like another storm heading towards Winder. http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=zoom&num=10&delay=15&rbscale=0.125&scale=1.000&noclutter=1&ID=FFC&type=N0R&lat=33.92580032&lon=-83.74949646&label=Bethlehem,%20GA&showstorms=0&map.x=465.5&map.y=175.5¢erx=400¢ery=240&lightning=0&smooth=1&showlabels=1&rainsnow=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Well...I fed 3 mosquitos a healthy snack earlier this evening Had to go out and water the new azaleas we planted this spring....we have not had any rain this week.....In fact it's been almost 2 weeks :gun_bandana: Everything here is very crunchy....we pretty much held our own through the summer, but it has been a rough 2 weeks.....I was hoping for some rain from Irene, but that is iffy now....SO, whens the 1st cold front of the year going to be on its way???? This heat began in May.....and hasn't let up. Tomorrow will be two weeks for me. This evening I had the added insult of having radar showing rain over me, but outside there was none finding the ground Can't catch a break lately, just loads of thunder...and I am happy for the clouds. I'm figuring Irene will find us with some rain, as long as it isn't a fish storm....been a while since we had a TS come through. Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDodd Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Been getting shellacked here this evening ... finally! Looks like close to 1.5 inches since 6 p.m., which is more than we've seen in Harnett Country in the past month. We're hanging on to every drop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteoutWX Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Awesome lightning show going on to my south. Huge streaks going across the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan1234 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Awesome lightning show going on to my south. Huge streaks going across the sky. We just got nailed here Indian Trail way. Awesome storm! Great way to end the weekend! Did you not see anything? Let's hope Irene pays us a nice visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Temp - 65.3 Clear Calm wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Temp - 65.3 Clear Calm wind Frightened by the possible hurricane? Ran back to the high ground, mountain boy Nice to hear from you! Did you catch flipper again? Bull sharks chew off your toes? In the weather front, that warned cell just to my south is booming and crashing, and trying to back fill up to me, but so far the rain seems to be a few miles south still. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoJoe Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Frightened by the possible hurricane? Ran back to the high ground, mountain boy Nice to hear from you! Did you catch flipper again? Bull sharks chew off your toes? LOL, I thought it might be a better place to detox. But seriously, what hurricane? I've got to catch up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If the 6Z GFS verifies Atlanta will set a new record for most 90+ degree days in a year. That would be pretty impressive. Side Note: mby has picked up torrential downpours the last two days in a row. After two weeks of nothing it was quite the welcome sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Got golf ball sized hail up here from the front you guys are getting. Never saw that in GA! At least enjoy the brief cool down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Got golf ball sized hail up here from the front you guys are getting. Never saw that in GA! At least enjoy the brief cool down. pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoothillsNC Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If the 6Z GFS verifies Atlanta will set a new record for most 90+ degree days in a year. That would be pretty impressive. Side Note: mby has picked up torrential downpours the last two days in a row. After two weeks of nothing it was quite the welcome sight. one more week and Summer is done (june-aug) and I am extremely pleased how this one worked out for me. Finally, it rained in Summer. I had 2 storms last night and one the night before. I'll tally at the end of the month, but all 3 Summer months totalled nicely, around average, even though most were small events, there were enough .50" and greater. The grass is the greenest its been since 2005, so after 5 straight Summers of brutal heat and NO rain, this year is much better. However, the rivers and lakes still look pretty bad, and the smaller streams are close to the flow of the previous Summers, nearly gone. We need major above average rains with some duration to recharge those, so it's misleading to look around and see how green everything is this year, as its only topsoil wetness. Deep down, its as dry as it ever was the last 5 years. We can't get any duration to any of the rain events here west of CLT, but its certainly better than NO rain like last Summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 pics? None I do know that we were under a tornado warning that got dropped to a severe t-storm warning. A few people caught outside got their laptops/phones ruined even if they were in cases. I was hunkered down in the meteorology meeting, funnily enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ridge Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 LOL, I thought it might be a better place to detox. But seriously, what hurricane? I've got to catch up. Hello, mountain brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx n of atl Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Got 1.01 in rain yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 If the 6Z GFS verifies Atlanta will set a new record for most 90+ degree days in a year. That would be pretty impressive. Side Note: mby has picked up torrential downpours the last two days in a row. After two weeks of nothing it was quite the welcome sight. Any end in sight to this horrible heat ? I hope we're not looking at 90's until the end of September like last year. If that's the case Atlanta will end up with over 100 days of 90+ this year, shattering the old record of 90. You would think that a strong storm like Irene would change the weather pattern and give us a little relief in the heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Any end in sight to this horrible heat ? I hope we're not looking at 90's until the end of September like last year. If that's the case Atlanta will end up with over 100 days of 90+ this year, shattering the old record of 90. You would think that a strong storm like Irene would change the weather pattern and give us a little relief in the heat. Earlier it looked like Irene might head up into the SE but now not so much. Places on the NC/SC coast will probably cool off a bit...wild guess here. In my experience 90s become rare around mid-September, not to say they are impossible. Meanwhile, it's an October-y 72/43 here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 99 in Rome and Athens and 97 in Atlanta as of 4pm. I wasn't even aware that Atlanta would be approaching 100 today.... Atlanta could have its 1st 100 degree day in 4 years. Edit: Atlanta had it's hottest day of the year. 98 degrees ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We do have a front coming through so the next few days should "only" be low 90s. What I hate is the lack of rain, not even a remote chance for at least 1 more week, will likely end up with less than 5" combined for July and August. At least I can vicariously watch what Irene does to take my mind off the numbing banality of the local weather.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNCCmetgrad Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Feels wonderful outside the morning. Currently 66 degrees with a dew point of 54 and a breeze out of the NE @ 5mph. Also just wanted to say that I will be beginning my studies today back at UNC-Charlotte towards a M.S. degree in Earth Science with a focus on meteorology of course. After being somewhat bummed about the job market right now I'm very excited about this opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongwxnc Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I agree. It was 58 this morning as I left the house at 5:15 for a run. Freaking awesome!!! Good luck this semester man! (OT - I will start at Gardner-Webb this fall pursuing a masters in School Administration. Not related to weather but, school is school) Feels wonderful outside the morning. Currently 66 degrees with a dew point of 54 and a breeze out of the NE @ 5mph. Also just wanted to say that I will be beginning my studies today back at UNC-Charlotte towards a M.S. degree in Earth Science with a focus on meteorology of course. After being somewhat bummed about the job market right now I'm very excited about this opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 We do have a front coming through so the next few days should "only" be low 90s. What I hate is the lack of rain, not even a remote chance for at least 1 more week, will likely end up with less than 5" combined for July and August. At least I can vicariously watch what Irene does to take my mind off the numbing banality of the local weather.... Yeah it does really suck. Watching irene will not take my mind off of it though because every time I see it or think about it, I think about the fact that for a long time it looked like our area (especially eastern half) would get some major impacts from it. Now of course we are stuck in the muck of subsidence and boredom. It would be different if it never appeared to have a chance to effect us. At least it felt cool this morning. I sure as hell will be glad when fall gets here. I am a bit surprised that atlanta might set the 90 degree record because although it has been hot this summer, it doesn't seem as hot as it was last summer here where there was something like 70 or 80 90 degree days here and multiple times we got above 100, and in a few cases well above 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Awesome 58.5 this morning here in Dahlonega. Closer and closer to finally being done with this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schlontz Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Also just wanted to say that I will be beginning my studies today back at UNC-Charlotte towards a M.S. degree in Earth Science with a focus on meteorology of course. After being somewhat bummed about the job market right now I'm very excited about this opportunity. Enjoy it. Who is going to be your advisor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevinhmd Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Yeah it does really suck. Watching irene will not take my mind off of it though because every time I see it or think about it, I think about the fact that for a long time it looked like our area (especially eastern half) would get some major impacts from it. Now of course we are stuck in the muck of subsidence and boredom. It would be different if it never appeared to have a chance to effect us. At least it felt cool this morning. I sure as hell will be glad when fall gets here. I am a bit surprised that atlanta might set the 90 degree record because although it has been hot this summer, it doesn't seem as hot as it was last summer here where there was something like 70 or 80 90 degree days here and multiple times we got above 100, and in a few cases well above 100. I'm guessing we're so used to it by now, that the record just doesn't seem as hot anymore. Plus I think humidity has been lower in general on our hot days. Last year felt hotter to me in general, though at least it felt MUCH wetter. As for me, its probably one of my worst summers ever. Barely an inch of rain since July 5th. Every day there's been a rain chance, I seemed to have storms pop up within a few miles at most, on either side, but not a drop here. Honestly, I've lost all hope for rain at this point. When it comes at all, I'll be one very pleasantly surprised gardener, with already dead plants... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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