metalicwx366 Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Whats shocking to me is how many times that's happened the past 12 months or so. SPC risk days have been the kiss of death lately, not just for severe, but anything at all. Still early though, things could get going but if we don't see anything by 7:00 or so, may be high and dry. Did you see anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Missed wide left,by the storms rolling thru GSP now! Can smell the rain,but no dice.maybe tomorrow!? Keep the faith. I've had zero since last Sat. but just picked up a quick .85 in the last 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Missed wide left,by the storms rolling thru GSP now! Can smell the rain,but no dice.maybe tomorrow!? I know that feeling. I ended up with 1.12 this evening. Now have 2.92 for the month and 17.04 for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencken_Fan Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 SAL into the Carolinas ---- from the Wilmington weather office: THE SAHARAN AIR LAYER (SAL) HAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND INTO FLORIDA OVER THE PAST DAY AND A HALF. THIS LAYER 2-3 MILES ABOVE GROUND CONTAINS DUST LOFTED OVER TROPICAL AFRICA TWO WEEKS AGO AND IS ALSO VERY DRY. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THIS SAL AIRMASS EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS MORNING. MODEL PROJECTIONS OF WIND FLOW THROUGH THE 700-500 MB LAYER SUGGEST A PORTION OF THIS AIRMASS COULD BE PULLED NORTHWARD ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO HELPING INHIBIT CONVECTION DUE TO WARM DRY AIR ALOFT...THIS SAL AIRMASS CAN CONTAIN SAHARAN DUST GIVING A MILKY/HAZY APPEARANCE TO THE SKY. WHILE I`M NOT AWARE OF RECORDS TRACKING THE OCCURRENCE OF SAHARAN AIR IN THE CAROLINAS...THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I`VE NOTED THIS IN MY NWS CAREER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 0.21" overnight.... I'll take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It's actually raining!!! Woo hooo!! It's about time I hope you get to add to your total again today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDodd Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hmmm: This may be our weekend to cheer on other folks in the Rain Olympics. Faynam got about 1.5" last night, We got zilch. But we mopped up last time, and I'm all for sharing the wealth. Best of luck, everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 After a total bust on rain the last 2 days by the nws, it's been some great rain this morning here. Even had some close lighting strikes this morning. I'm guessing it might have something to do with the outflow boundary from last nights line of storms but not sure. At any rate, it's caused some training...which is something I have not seen in forever. FFC noted this however about it...pretty strong wording for them. Not to mention them actually paying attention to east central Ga for a change instead of he metro. ...HEAVY RAINS TO AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING... .UPDATE... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING AND HAS INCREASED IN OVERALL INTENSITY AND COVERAGE SINCE THEN. A WELL DEFINED DEWPOINT GRADIENT AT 850MB LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN DRIVER OF SUSTAINED ACTIVITY AND UNIFORM SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THIS FEATURE HAS PRODUCED A FAVORABLE SETUP FOR TRAINING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. MONITORING CLOSELY FOR FLOODING POTENTIAL IN EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT AND LIFT ALONG 850 BOUNDARY HAS RESULTED IN PULSE STRONG STORMS WITH NUMEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES. UPDATED GRIDS TO SHOW CATEGORICAL POPS THROUGH 18Z. So far, I've picked up 1.45 inches...despite really being on the edge of the main band, which has been to my south..which has been hammered and no doubt the totals underestimated. . Rainfall rates have been as high as 3 inches per hour and like I've said I'm only on the edge of it. And the good news is it's expanding and generally the cells are moving E-NE, so hopefully this keeps up for a few more hours. God knows I need it. Even better, if it holds together, some even heavier rain is upstream which would effect me so got my fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Wilson, NC seems to have been under a dome for most of the last month. I think my personal weather station recorded less than an inch from all of that activity we had last week, Hoping for a better outcome today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Raining currently right now. Very heavy rain with thunder and lightning. This is the second round of rain today. Current temp is 72 degrees. So far we have picked up about 1.50 of rain today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowacane Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Where were the 80's that were supposed to happen today? I had 92 sunny and hot with no rain for over 2 weeks now, though the past 2 days it was all around us, just not here. I'm ready for Fall. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 Sea breeze collision. 89 and clear outside. Winds should pick up in a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Picked up another 0.95 inch this afternoon. I wasn't home to see it, but it all fell inside of an hour. Brings my total for the month to 5.93 inches. Not too shabby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 .56 tonight with spectacular lightning. Interestingly that is exactly half of last nights total to the 100th of an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busick Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 constant thundestorms all night....... on and off rain I am liking this pattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Rainy midday through most of the afternoon IMBY in Dahlonega. .83" in the bucket today with just over 5" for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oconeexman Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Hot and humid here for the last month....hate it! Bring on Fall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 82 with a heat index of 87 with a lightning show. The special weather statement for 45-55mph winds and lightning has been cancelled. Surprised there are even storms around at this time. Probably won't see anything because its all weakening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevDodd Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Another day with zero rain. Got within 3-4 miles to the west and about 5 to the south. But at least I got the grass cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 0.44" last night. I got the relative shaft with storms forming or coming woithin a mile of my house then falling apart/reforming. The rest of the county saw ~1.00" + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Got 0.52" yesterday on top of 0.04" Friday. Decent, but it could have been better. There was a another line of storms which came through around 10 pm which managed to dance around Wilson. Hoping for more today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowacane Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Where were the 80's that were supposed to happen today? I had 92 sunny and hot with no rain for over 2 weeks now, though the past 2 days it was all around us, just not here. I'm ready for Fall. . . . Guess complaining worked, got over 3 inches with extreme lightening last night. Tomatoes needed it badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Picked up .11 with a passing shower yesterday.most of the local stations,and TWC have my area as "stray" and "slight" chances for today,and most of next week.I thought we were shaping up to be a little wetter than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Looks like hot and dry returns, mid 90s at least the next 5 days with only isolated storms at best. At least I got over 7" this month, that may be it though for quite a while.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Picked up .11 with a passing shower yesterday.most of the local stations,and TWC have my area as "stray" and "slight" chances for today,and most of next week.I thought we were shaping up to be a little wetter than that? Yeah...this front didn't deliver as much as compared to the one nearly 2 weeks ago. Seemed like Northeastern North Carolina and up through the Delmarva did pretty good the last couple days. For nearly 2 weeks, the Southern Appalachian region has had some sort of southerly wind aspect along with 2+ inch PWAT's...that combination usually results in good rainfall in the heart of summer. Now we're getting to a more typical 1.5 inch PWAT and a westerly wind aspect which is still good enough for convection but not nearly as easy to reach convective threshold. What the Southeast needs to pay attention is the increased MCC activity starting in the next couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Looks like hot and dry returns, mid 90s at least the next 5 days with only isolated storms at best. At least I got over 7" this month, that may be it though for quite a while.... Let's hope that's not all the rain for a while.. It's been a pretty dry month in Atlanta. They are running below normal for the month. We could really use a slow moving tropical storm to just dump a ton of rain on all areas. I think that's the only way to get widespread rain in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Let's hope that's not all the rain for a while.. It's been a pretty dry month in Atlanta. They are running below normal for the month. We could really use a slow moving tropical storm to just dump a ton of rain on all areas. I think that's the only way to get widespread rain in the summer. Depends on where you are in ATL, I have had 7.2" and I suspect most of the downtown to Decatur zone has gotten at least 5" this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Kind of discouraging to come back and find just .21" in the gauge from the last 2½ days. Some nice totals really close by - we're always right on the edge of the storms, it seems. It sure was nice to see what a 4 hour thunderstorm/rain shower looked like while we were in Concord over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencken_Fan Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Warm Nights: (my poor A/C seems to never stop running.) AS OF THIS WRITING WILMINGTON AND NORTH MYRTLE BEACH HAVE ONLY BEEN DOWN TO 80 DEGREES FOR THE OVERNIGHT LOWS. ASSUMING WE REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 80 THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT IN WILMINGTON THIS WILL BE THE THIRD SUCH OCCURRENCE THIS MONTH AS OF 630 AM SUNDAY...JULY 2012 MAY GO DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS THE HOTTEST MONTH IN WILMINGTON`S 138 YEAR CLIMATE HISTORY. AVERAGE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2012: 84.5 HOTTEST AVG DAILY MEAN TEMP FOR ANY MONTH PREVIOUSLY: 84.1 IN JULY 1993 JULY 2012 IS CURRENTLY #1 ON THE ALL-TIME LIST. Forecast for the week ahead; 90s every day (and a killer electric bill.) Tim in ILM P.S. No measurable rain here since the 0.02" on July 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I have had 10 days of rain this month. A grand total of 2 of those have had more than .10". .03" yesterday. 1.09" for the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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