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HEAT WAVE 2012!


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RECORD HIGH FOR DATE: Wilmington, NC 99F (old record 98F.)

Remember -- this is a coastal city (and we hit 103F yesterday; 1 degree off the all-time record.)

ILM WX Office:

NOT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE AN AFTERTHOUGHT BUT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT

WARNING CERTAINLY VERIFYING WELL. HIS AROUND THE REGION SOLIDLY IN

THE 110-115 RANGE. ILM EVEN PEAKED AT AN INCREDIBLE 120F WHEN IT

READ 99/80

Edit: We've made it to 100F now.

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I'm in full shade now and the three monitors are reading 99.2, 99.3. and 99.7 for the hot one, and it was reading 102.2 a few minutes ago. Now that's cool, in more ways than one :) T

Edit : At 3pm I've got 98, 98.2, and 98.7, Can't say enough about the quality of clouds :)

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Congrats. I know you're proud :)

I'm being contrary. I've dropped 4+ degrees in less than an hour, but I can see a bit of sun trying to come through the clouds. 97.1 on the coolest sensor. 98 on the hottest one. Tony

I'd be much happier if these were record setting cold events :lol:

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Hey y'all! I'm from PA on vacation down in Hilton Head, SC until Saturday. Man is it hot outside even near the ocean and with the sea breeze! Is there any chance of storms forming down here later today/tonight? I would love to get some lightning pics over the ocean!

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Fayetteville getting hit pretty hard at 2:45 and the ones really taken the hit at the moment are in southern Anson/Richmond/Scotland County right along NC/SC border highest DBZ shade possible. Also just noticed 2 new cells pop up coming down the escarpment. Amazing watching radar loop how these storms go from light green genesis to max dbz shaed in one 15 minute loop.

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Fayetteville getting hit pretty hard at 2:45 and the ones really taken the hit at the moment are in southern Anson/Richmond/Scotland County right along NC/SC border highest DBZ shade possible. Also just noticed 2 new cells pop up coming down the escarpment. Amazing watching radar loop how these storms go from light green genesis to max dbz shaed in one 15 minute loop.

I think today is one of those days where they will end up putting a warning on almost everything that pops up.

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KATL at 105o at 3:52. Crazy hot again, but not enough to break the record.

There's still time. It's a guessing game right now if it does or doesn't. But Friday's high wasn't recorded til 4:55 pm. Remember we're on daylight saving. So it's really 3 pm solar time when it's 4 EDT. Plus, solar noon is ~12:37 pm so a 3 hour lag time for maximum heating would really be 4:37 EDT. But obviously for today and yesterday the nuances of the time of max temp is dependent on mesoscale features/clouds/dewpoint advections/outflow etc.

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If the bolded temperature can be verified as accurate, it appears a SC state record was tied on Saturday.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

1223 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

HIGH TEMPERATURES OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 7AM LST

STATIONS HIGH TEMPERATURES

...ASOS STATIONS...

AUGUSTA BUSH APT GA 106

AUGUSTA DANIEL APT GA 107

ORANGEBURG AIRPORT SC 103

COLUMBIA METRO APT SC 109

COLUMBIA OWENS APT SC 108

...COOP STATIONS...

BAMBERG SC 104

BARNWELL SC 107

BISHOPVILLE SC 105

CEDAR CREEK SC 106

CHERAW WATER PLANT SC 102

CHESTERFIELD SC 105

CLARKS HILL SC 108

JOHNSTON SC 111

LAKE WATEREE 105

LITTLE MOUNTAIN 106

LONGTOWN SC 101

LUGOFF SC 105

MANNING SC 103

MCENTIRE ANG SC 105

MCCORMICK SC 107

NEWBERRY SC 103

PELION SC 103

SALUDA FILTRATION PLANT SC 109

SHAW AFB SC 107

USC, COLUMBIA SC 102

WIER TOWER, FORT JACKSON SC 108

...OTHER STATIONS...

CAROLINA SANDHILL SC 107

USFS NEAR JACKSON NUMBER 1 SC 108

JACKSON SC 108

Also some extremely impressive hail reports coming in as well as the atmosphere has finally exploded.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC

422 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 2012

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0400 PM HAIL PATRICK 34.58N 80.04W

07/01/2012 M1.00 INCH CHESTERFIELD SC PUBLIC

CONTINUOUS QUARTER SIZE HAIL FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES AND

COVERING THE GROUND.

0411 PM HAIL PLUM BRANCH 33.85N 82.26W

07/01/2012 E1.75 INCH MCCORMICK SC LAW ENFORCEMENT

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0352 PM HAIL GLOBE 36.04N 81.71W

07/01/2012 E1.75 INCH CALDWELL SC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN GLOB.

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0325 PM HAIL 3 S CHESTERFIELD 34.69N 80.08W

07/01/2012 E2.00 INCH CHESTERFIELD SC PUBLIC

0320 PM HAIL 12 NNE WINNSBORO 34.54N 81.01W

07/01/2012 E1.00 INCH FAIRFIELD SC LAW ENFORCEMENT

ONE INCH HAIL IN THE MITFORD AREA.

0320 PM HAIL 5 E WINNSBORO 34.38N 81.00W

07/01/2012 E1.00 INCH FAIRFIELD SC LAW ENFORCEMENT

NUMEROUS MOTORISTS REPORTED WINDSHIELDS BROKEN FROM HAIL

ON I-77 BETWEEN EXIT 41 AND 48

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MRX leaving the door open for relief over the next several days:

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...LITTLE CHANGE IN SURFACE
RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THROUGH THE PERIOD. UPPER RIDGE
SHIFTS SLIGHTLY SOUTH THROUGH THE PERIOD. PARTIAL THICKNESS VALUES
LOWER SLIGHTLY. MCS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY ROLL SE ALONG THICKNESS
PACKING AND AFFECT NORTHERN THIRD OF MRX CWA THROUGH THE PERIOD.
MODELS DO NOT HAVE A HANDLE ON THIS IDEA AND PIN POINTING TIMING
VERY DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER EXPECT SOME STRONG CONVECTION
AND DEBRIS CLOUDINESS ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. THIS ALSO WILL AFFECT
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO TODAY. MOS TEMP GUIDANCE
HAS BEEN UNDERESTIMATING THE WARMTH OF THIS AIRMASS. FORECAST GRIDS
ARE A COUPLE DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS
CHALLENGES THE RECORD HIGHS FOR MONDAY JULY 2. CHA 99 TYS 98 TRI 97
ALL SET IN 1954. HEAT ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR THE
CHATTANOOGA AREA MONDAY. ELSEWHERE HEAT INDICES ARE FORECAST JUST
BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. WIDESPREAD 70S OVERNIGHT AND MID 90S TO 100
DURING THE DAY. LAYER MOISTURE INCREASES SO SPOTTY AFTERNOON
CONVECTION WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE EACH DAY.
.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO TRACK OVER THE RIDGE BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. STILL ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE PERIOD. STAYED RELATIVELY
CLOSE TO MEX/HPC GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES

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