kanc2001 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Sea breeze front fairly pronounced on radar pretty unusual this early. noticed this too, looks like a decent storm happened south of ILM a few hours back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 High today of 85, tomorrow more of the same before a chance of sprinkles on Friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Reached 78.6 yest. warmest of 2012 so far. A lot of smoke & haze as they are doing a 1700+ acre controlled burn across the line TN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Record high in KATL today is 81. Forecast is for 84. Should be easy to shatter the record today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcworthWx Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Record high in KATL today is 81. Forecast is for 84. Should be easy to shatter the record today! I had a high of 83 yesterday, but don't know if that broke the record for mby. Already sitting at 70 here @ work. (Vinnings area) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I had a high of 83 yesterday, but don't know if that broke the record for mby. Already sitting at 70 here @ work. (Vinnings area) You're right down the street from me. I'm at South Cobb Drive and Austell Road at work. Temp just ticked up to 74.1 and Dobbins is reporting 74 at the 10:55AM update. 81 will be an easy task. I think 85 today is a reasonable target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Foothills Snowman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Sea breeze front fairly pronounced on radar pretty unusual this early. UNC 88 Duke 70 just for the record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherfide Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 So it's 81 now. Summer is here. Again, we go from winter to summer without any spring, only this time, we didn't even have a winter. Summer to fall to Summer. I need to move north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxictwister00 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 We tied a record high here today of 81 (Hartsfield Int'l) we'll most likely break it though since we haven't hit the daytime maximum yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witness Protection Program Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Ping pong and golf ball sized hail in the storm west of Franklin, TN right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Unbelievable that we are getting summer-like temps now. We are even getting pop-up storms in NC with tops 45,000ft or higher. That's common in summer. So far 139 locations in the US have either been near record high to have broken their record high. That's impressive for this early in the year. 76 here right now and our average high is 46. The most amazing thing is the warm temps aren't going anywhere soon. Even up here the 7 day is nothing but low to mid 70s...and while I'm no huge fan of heat it's nice to have while it lasts as we'll likely have some more cold days up here before it gets warm for good. Although if I was back in Atlanta now I'd be complaining about the 80s...we get plenty of heat from May to September down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 As I figured, somewhere between 81-86 would be the high for today (84). Nearly had a shower come my way but then skipped more to the east than south so no relief from that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gastonwxman Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Pretty mean severe thunderstorm in Mars Hill, NC. Severe Thunderstorm 62 dBZ Severe Hail: 90% Hail: 100% Max Size: 1.50" Top: 30,000 ft. VIL: 48 kg/m² Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 A nice little summer thundershower knocked my temp down 16 degrees in 10 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witness Protection Program Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Wow, had a nearby lightning strike and a simultaneous spark off the metal inside knob of the front door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Pretty mean severe thunderstorm in Mars Hill, NC. Severe Thunderstorm 62 dBZ Severe Hail: 90% Hail: 100% Max Size: 1.50" Top: 30,000 ft. VIL: 48 kg/m² We have had thunder around us all afternoon. Bouncing off the Mnts. makes for really cool audio show. The rain is up to its usual Weaverville tricks though as we have scored a robust......0.02" today. Weather has cooled us off to 65.8°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have had lots of storms passing through today. Lots of rain but none severe. Lots of rain. I no down east is dry as a bone but here in Haywood county is has been anything but. The ground is very wet and seems like we get rain every three to four days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Currently 80 and windy. Seabreeze just moved through about 20minutes ago. Loving this weather. We just need some rain though because we are in a severe drought still even though the drought is way better than last week according to the drought monitor. Made it up to 87 today. Might make it up to 90 tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I guess summer begins before astronomical winter ends in NC now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteoutWX Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 From the SPC: MID-MS/TN VALLEYS AND GULF STATES EWD TO ATLANTIC COAST... AS MENTIONED ABOVE...MULTIPLE CONVECTIVELY-GENERATED VORTICITY MAXIMA ARE PRESENT EARLY THIS MORNING...TWO OF WHICH WERE LOCATED OVER WRN WV AND SRN IL AS OF 12Z. THE LATTER IS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSIDERABLE NOCTURNAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT AND AN ORGANIZED COLD POOL EXTENDING FROM MIDDLE TN WWD INTO NERN AR. 12Z OBSERVED SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT THE ONSET OF DIABATIC WARMING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL YIELD A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS /I.E. SBCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2500 J PER KG/ LATER TODAY OVER A FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AREA. TSTMS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...FOCUSED ALONG AND AHEAD OF ABOVE-MENTIONED COLD POOL...THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CNTRL/SRN APPALACHIANS...AND A LEE TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE PIEDMONT. GENERALLY WEAK VERTICAL SHEAR IS EXPECTED TO LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR LONGER-LIVED AND ORGANIZED STORM MODES. NONETHELESS...PULSE AND MULTICELL STORM CLUSTERS APPEAR PROBABLE WITH AN ASSOCIATED RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME HAIL. This sounds like an early sumner type discussion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 High today of 85, tomorrow more of the same before a chance of sprinkles on Friday I got to 85.3 yesterday. Plus, it was the day I agreed with my neighbor to take down 4 of his oaks for the fire wood. It nearly killed me It was like the dead of summer. Funny how you can't beg a cold day in winter, but getting a summer day in winter is as easy as falling off a log. This year, so far, has been the poster child for "Weather Extremes I Hate". T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL_Militarypolice Posted March 16, 2012 Author Share Posted March 16, 2012 SPC: MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0266 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1240 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012 AREAS AFFECTED...NRN AL...NW GA...SE TN CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY VALID 161740Z - 161945Z THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH PULSE-LIKE CONVECTION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...SLOW STORM MOTION WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM EARLY MORNING CONVECTION ACROSS MIDDLE TN. AS TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE AIR MASS HAS BECOME UNCAPPED WITH SBCAPE VALUES NEAR 2000 J/KG. PER REGIONAL 12Z RAOBS AND LATEST MESOANALYSIS...STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES NEAR 7-7.5 DEG C/KM COMBINED WITH AFOREMENTIONED MODERATE INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO ROBUST UPDRAFTS. HOWEVER...IN THE ABSENCE OF DEEP LAYER FORCING FOR ASCENT AND VERY WEAK EFFECTIVE SHEAR /10-15 KT/...STRONG UPDRAFTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF. THEREFORE ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AND ONLY SPORADIC INSTANCES OF LARGE HAIL ARE EXPECTED AND A WW IS NOT NEED. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Here's the graphic to go along with the discussion. Pretty decent pop up storms are firing ahead of that outflow boundary. Pretty weird for mid March...I'm trying to remember a pattern this summer-like this early in the year and I can't. If we can get a really good cold system to dive down to the mid south with all this heat and instability that's been building in recent days/weeks, you could really see something nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherfide Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Fortunately, it appears it will be diffused slowly, like a pinhole in a balloon, as the upper low moves east, slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I got to 85.3 yesterday. Plus, it was the day I agreed with my neighbor to take down 4 of his oaks for the fire wood. It nearly killed me It was like the dead of summer. Funny how you can't beg a cold day in winter, but getting a summer day in winter is as easy as falling off a log. This year, so far, has been the poster child for "Weather Extremes I Hate". T It's funny how easy it is to get a hot day in the winter, but what are the chances we ever get a cold day in the summer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 It was 88 earlier, almost made it up to 90 for the 1st time this year. Lots of severe thunderstorm warnings in Southeast Georgia. Maybe one will move over us and cool us down. Beautiful weather though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Good lord! Look to have fallen mostly over rural areas. But wow 8-10 inches of rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Another round of storms today. Two day total of 5 storms with about three inches of rain. Wow this has been one of the wettest fall/winter ever for my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 A few light showers passing through tonight. I can't believe how much pine pollen is dropping so early in the year! Everything is already that sickly yellow dusty color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nchighcountrywx Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Amazing.....when will this heat wave end? I noticed grid output has highs in the. Upper 70s even above 5000' in the NC High Country next week. That is as warm as July/August!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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