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June 2012 Obs and Discussion Thread


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Okay, so it's been raining since about 3 a.m. and I'm already pushing 2" here in Kannapolis.

Why is NWS GSP so awful? At 2:11 a.m., they issued a ZFP calling for a 20% chance of showers for the rest of the night for Cabarrus County. Their next update was at 355 a.m. for their Wednesday forecast, calling for a 50% chance of showers, reaffirmed at 7 a.m. Meanwhile, Cabarrus County has had 100% coverage of heavy rain the entire time. Fail.

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Made it down to 50 degrees last night which isnt to bad for this time of year, in fact it was only 5 degrees off the all time record low for this date. We have a 20% chance of rain on the day but looking west I gotta wonder if we dont see that get bumped up a bit in the morning update.

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Received 2.5 inches after midnight. It was still raining at 6 a.m. Temp was 57, and the creeks are full again. This was the first rain of the month here. Found a new addition to the area yesterday, and I hope his presence doesn't mean that the Sahara can't be far away this summer.

I think Tony's camel has escaped from his saharan desert amusement park :lol:

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Okay, so it's been raining since about 3 a.m. and I'm already pushing 2" here in Kannapolis.

Why is NWS GSP so awful? At 2:11 a.m., they issued a ZFP calling for a 20% chance of showers for the rest of the night for Cabarrus County. Their next update was at 355 a.m. for their Wednesday forecast, calling for a 50% chance of showers, reaffirmed at 7 a.m. Meanwhile, Cabarrus County has had 100% coverage of heavy rain the entire time. Fail.

Hey look, another blame-the-WFO post!

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0.29" of "surprise" rains this morning, currently 62f and sunny.. in June. :P

It was 71 degrees when I got home from work yesterday afternoon. For awhile I had a mental fart and thought it was April. The past few days have been so refreshing. I had .2" in the bucket yesterday and .35" the day before. Nothing earth shattering but nice for the garden.

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Clouds and rain have kept temperatures from moving much throughout the day despite sun breaking out when it did so. Highs only managed to top at 73. Average highs during mid-October fall in the low-mid 70 range around here...So much for June-like weather. Thankfully this does cut down on AC usage, so there is that to consider. :)

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Clouds and rain have kept temperatures from moving much throughout the day despite sun breaking out when it did so. Highs only managed to top at 73. Average highs during mid-October fall in the low-mid 70 range around here...So much for June-like weather. Thankfully this does cut down on AC usage, so there is that to consider. :)

Topped out at 67.8 here. Enjoy it while we can.

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I think Tony's camel has escaped from his saharan desert amusement park :lol:

He's out on loan :) I got another .68 the day before yesterday. Had to put the "scream and die" endurance challenge on hold because of soggy dunes, lol. It rained here and up to about Lovejoy, then nothing into to Atl., and all day up there. But coming back, about Lovejoy, we ran into flooded roads, so those folks got hammered.

Getting hammered in Lovejoy sounds great on the face of it, but I don't know if it means the joy of love, or loving joy. And I don't know if it is joy, the exhalted state of mind, or Joy, the exotic dancer. I do know the biggest rough diamond ever found in Ga. was found in Lovejoy in the early 1900's. So there....Tony's little known facts of the day :) T

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Drought conditions are continuing to look better for the Southeast states. I'm surprised we are in the moderate drought area when we haven't even seen that much rain this past week. I'm guessing because the surrounding areas have seen it all.

Currently raining at 72 outside.

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He's out on loan :) I got another .68 the day before yesterday. Had to put the "scream and die" endurance challenge on hold because of soggy dunes, lol. It rained here and up to about Lovejoy, then nothing into to Atl., and all day up there. But coming back, about Lovejoy, we ran into flooded roads, so those folks got hammered.

Getting hammered in Lovejoy sounds great on the face of it, but I don't know if it means the joy of love, or loving joy. And I don't know if it is joy, the exhalted state of mind, or Joy, the exotic dancer. I do know the biggest rough diamond ever found in Ga. was found in Lovejoy in the early 1900's. So there....Tony's little known facts of the day :) T

:lol: Glad you picked up some much needed rainfall :thumbsup:

I know the below is for May, but had to post :weight_lift:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

520 PM EDT WED JUN 06 2012

...FIRST MONTH OF ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR AT BOTH COLUMBIA

AND AUGUSTA...

...TROPICAL SEASON BEGINS EARLY WITH THE FORMATION OF ALBERTO AND

BERYL OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST...

...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH MAY...

...TIED FOR THE 10TH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD AT COLUMBIA...

FINALLY THE SKIES OPENED UP ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH

RIVER AREA AND ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL FELL ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF THE

REGION. THE TREND OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DID CONTINUE ACROSS

THE REGION. LOOKING AT THE GLOBAL PATTERNS DURING THE MONTH OF

MAY...LA NINA IS OVER AND CURRENTLY NEUTRAL CONDITIONS HAVE RETURNED

TO THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PACIFIC. THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION

(NAO) REMAINED NEGATIVE TO NEARLY NEUTRAL FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. THE

DISSIPATION OF THE LA NINA AND THE NEGATIVE VALUES OF NAO LIKELY

COMBINED TO CREATE THE WETTER THAN NORMAL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE

REGION. THE WETTER THAN NORMAL WEATHER PATTERN ENDED A TREND OF

BELOW NORMAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS THAT HAVE PERSISTED FOR

ABOUT ONE YEAR. AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT...THE LAST TIME THERE WAS

A MONTH WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS JULY 2011. AT AUGUSTA

REGIONAL BUSH FIELD...THE LAST TIME THERE WAS A MONTH WITH ABOVE

NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS MARCH 2011. THE JUNE OUTLOOK FROM THE

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC) IS FORECASTING EQUAL CHANGES. THIS

MEANS THAT THERE IS NO CLEAR SIGNAL FOR ABOVE...BELOW OR NORMAL

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FOR THE MONTH. THE FORECAST FOR TEMPERATURES

IS FOR A 33 PERCENT TO 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL

TEMPERATURES FOR JUNE. THE TROPICAL WEATHER OR HURRICANE

SEASON...WHICH BEGAN ON JUNE 1ST...GOT OFF TO A FAST START IN THE

ATLANTIC BASIN. THERE WERE TWO NAMES SYSTEMS DURING THE MONTH. THE

FIRST SYSTEM...TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO...FORMED ON THE 29TH AND

CONTINUED THROUGH THE 22ND. THE SYSTEM FORMED OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA

AND GEORGIA COAST AND THEN MOVED NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE COAST AND

WEAKENED. THE STORM PRODUCED STRONG WINDS ALONG AND OFFSHORE OF THE

CAROLINA COAST AS WELL AS DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE SECOND

SYSTEM...SUBTROPICAL STORM/TROPICAL STORM BERYL...FORMED ON THE 26TH

OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA EAST OF CHARLESTON. THE STORM

TRANSITIONED FROM SUBTROPICAL TO TROPICAL BEFORE COMING ASHORE NEAR

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THE 28TH. THE STORM

WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND BECOME POST

TROPICAL ON MAY 30TH. WHEN BERYL REACHED THE FLORIDA COAST...HER MAX

WINDS WERE 70 MPH...IT WAS THE STRONGEST LANDFALL IN THE UNITED

STATE FOR ANY PRE-SEASON ATLANTIC TROPICAL SYSTEM ON RECORD. AS

BERYL MOVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INTO THE LOWCOUNTRY OF SOUTH

CAROLINA...SHE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN MIDLANDS

AND SOUTHEAST CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO

5 INCHES WERE COMMON IN THESE AREAS.

THE MONTH OF MAY ALSO CONTINUED THE TREND OF ABOVE NORMAL MONTHS

THAT HAS PERSISTED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. MAY 2012 WAS TIED

FOR THE 10TH WARMEST MONTH AT COLUMBIA WITH 2000 AND 1991.

CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COCORAHS

(COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN...HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK)

OBSERVERS...MOST RECEIVED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE

MONTH. THERE WERE SOME VERY IMPRESSIVE MONTHLY AMOUNTS OVER

10 INCHES AT A FEW LOCATIONS.

TEMPERATURES...

RECORD DAILY TEMPERATURES FOR MAY 2012 FOR COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN

AIRPORT (CAE) AND AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS):

AT COLUMBIA...

ON THE 4TH...SET A NEW RECORD HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE

WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 69 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 68 DEGREES

IN 1935.

ON THE 5TH...TIED THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES SET IN

1955.

ON THE 28TH...SET A NEW RECORD HIGHEST LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE

WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 74 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 73 IN

1973.

AT AUGUSTA...

ON THE 5TH...SET A NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE WITH A

HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 94 DEGREES IN

1955.

COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH

CAE 51 10TH AND 11TH

AGS 54 10TH

WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH

CAE 95 5TH

AGS 96 5TH

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:lol: Glad you picked up some much needed rainfall :thumbsup:

I know the below is for May, but had to post :weight_lift:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

520 PM EDT WED JUN 06 2012

...FIRST MONTH OF ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL THIS YEAR AT BOTH COLUMBIA

AND AUGUSTA...

Wow, congrats to you too!! I hope one day to see above normal next to my name again, as opposed to abbi normal, lol. T

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North Carolina and Virginia are now drought-free.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl helped end a moderate drought in southeastern North Carolina, leaving the state drought-free for the first time since late June 2010.

Parts of central North Carolina, including Durham, Orange and Chatham counties, remain “abnormally dry,” according to the latest map released by the U.S. Drought Monitor on Thursday. But until now, at least some part of the state has been in a moderate drought or worse for nearly two years.

Tropical depression Beryl crossed eastern North Carolina last Wednesday, dropping several inches of rain in some areas. Before Beryl, the last remaining areas of moderate drought were along the southeastern coast, where the storm dropped more than 3.5 inches of rain at Wilmington, according to the National Weather Service.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/06/07/2119751/north-carolina-drought-free-for.html

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