shaggy Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Thats awesome foothills. I saw a severe report from the shelby area and wondered if you had been hit by that storm. Been a good couple weeks for storms in NC(for some people). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Great picture! Thanks, Calc! And amazing photo....heck, beyond amazing. I hope you have the sense to frame it. You don't get those so very often, unless you are Stieglitz. That one is ready to show! Thanks, guys! I'm not quite the photographer that MM is, so I have to enjoy the good ones that I get. I managed to gather 0.21 inch of rain in the bucket yesterday from a pleasant shower. Not too much, but not too bad either. It beats the alternative of no rain. I also made it up to 98 yesterday. Looking forward to the changes coming next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 At 9 AM today, Katl/Kahn were 3/4 cooler than 24 hours earlier. Perhaps this is a good sign that neither will reach 100 as they did yesterday. Also, GFS 6 Z 850 projections for 0Z this evening are cooler than yesterday's runs showed. Edit: ATL/AHN are a whopping 6 cooler at 10 AM vs 24 hours earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Here are the 90+ degree days for Charlotte (CLT) in recent years. 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2009 were all developing El Nino years (same as now). 2002 may be the best comparison of that bunch for this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 screwed again last night here too...shocking I know. Outflow boundary from storms in the upstate/ne ga pushed through (was quite strong too..30mph gusts) and formed a severe storm just a few miles south of here (looked quite impressive too) Got nothing here as usual. What I wouldn't give for a hurricane or a stalled out tropical storm hitting the panhandle and moving into north central/nw ga. Only way I see I ever getting any rain at this point. Oh and hit 100 yesterday again...yet another "shocker". Only some early forming cumulus kept it from being hotter I'm sure since it's rare to see me and atlanta have the same high temperature. Right to the South of Lake Murray, SC got screwed also. All the storms once again fell apart as they crossed the lake or went around us. Our heat index values were over 100 here throughout the day yesterday on 7/5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The longer-range pattern still looks very favorable as the nasty ridge finally retrogrades and the entire SE gets under weak mid-level troughiness. Highs in ATL after Monday of next week should be in the 80s with a decent chance of rain most if not every day. A welcome change indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Indeed, and here are the analog precip and temp probability maps spit out by CPC for 7/12-7/16 ...liking these greens and blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 That wouldn't be new if these storms don't put down any rain over my background, but I think there is about an 80% chance we see rain looking at radar. Windy and dark with thunder currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 We're under a warning for 2nd night in a row. 10 miles away - looks promising for rain --- hold the severe, please. I prefer having power when it's 100° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFFaithful Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I was under a warning yesterday and today, and both days I barely got enough to wet the deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Power was off earlier from that crazy lightning storm. Picked up >1 of rain. 40-45mph winds. Earthquake shaking thunder. That storm was crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Arrrgh --- it completely collapsed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 0.51" with a nice storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 .2 so far, with water running in the downhill places, and huge puddles. Having soaked ground sure makes .2 seem like inches T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Had about 30 minutes of some nice steady rains today. Cannot wait for next week. Some much needed rain for the garden and some nice temps in the low to mid 70s with lows in the low to mid 50s! Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Deadly storms hit Chattanooga & esp. Smoky Mnt National Park, Cades Cove area yest. Here is a article from the Asheville Citizen-Times about it. http://www.citizen-t...|text|Frontpage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Right to the South of Lake Murray, SC got screwed also. All the storms once again fell apart as they crossed the lake or went around us. Our heat index values were over 100 here throughout the day yesterday on 7/5. Not long after I made that post, the storm really exploded into a severe one and indeed ffc issued a warning for it. Yesterday, I was getting gas in crawford, about 15 miles east of athens, and he said he got golf ball size hail and over 1.50 inches of rain. Said it put some marks on his car. And then yesterday, it looks like some of the same areas got yet more rain (although nothing like that night, at least it looked like on radar). I did, somehow, manage to get the leftovers of a dying t-shower yesterday evening and got a whopping 0.25. I know I should be glad to get something but good grief. The longer-range pattern still looks very favorable as the nasty ridge finally retrogrades and the entire SE gets under weak mid-level troughiness. Highs in ATL after Monday of next week should be in the 80s with a decent chance of rain most if not every day. A welcome change indeed. Yeah, it looks a lot more promising. Of course with the way I've been getting the 12 inch you know what all the time, It's probably more promising for everyone else lol. At least it won't be so damn hot. Speaking of hot, I was talking to my uncle last night and he told me something I have never heard of before. He has a black gum tree in his yard and he told me the heat completely killed the western facing side of the tree. He said most of the leaves were burnt/dead, from top to bottom, while the side that was in the shade/facing the east was not. That is completely unbelievable. I plan on going out today, looking at it, and taking a picture of it..if it's like he described. I saw various broad leave plants that were completely wilted/killed from the heat (it wasn't the lack of rain because this only happened after we started the heat wave and they were thriving before hand..and they were in the freaking shade). I have also heard of people having their corn completely killed/damaged/burnt from this heat...again, although wilted due to the dryness which isn't unusual in hot or dry weather, their tops were completely killed or the entire thing..which is unusual. But to think of a tree, which has been there for a long time being burnt like he described, is unbelievable to me. I certainly look forward to looking at it. If it looks impressive, which he said it was, I will post a picture of it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Wow.....even in the Mnts it's really uncomfortable today. Current obs from Weaverville is 101.6° (Sun aided) DP is 74.9°! Really, really muggy for this part of the world. It almost feels like the beach outside without the seabreeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Nothing like a crunchy green grass to walk on. Hot with lightning here again today. Heavy rain limited to the Stone Mountain area of Wilkes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 A very localized small line of potent storms is pressing in from the east strangely enough right now. I love the unorthodox direction of the storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 The Moles are trying to send those to Justin. That electromagnetic anit-rain net encompassing him is strong though. Almost as strong as the one I had. Been a nice day in the 80's, but very humid. I almost think the 100 degrees with low humidity was easier to take, but only almost 86., 85.3, 85.2. I picked up a total of .3 last night. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 A very localized small line of potent storms is pressing in from the east strangely enough right now. I love the unorthodox direction of the storms. shafted 0.00" I did pick up .14" last night though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Day 3 looks interesting for us NC/N SC/N GA folk. DAY 3 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0229 AM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012 VALID 091200Z - 101200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS PORTIONS SRN APPALACHIANS TO COASTAL CAROLINAS... ...SYNOPSIS... IN MID-UPPER LEVELS...DAY-2 ESTABLISHMENT OF STG WRN RIDGE/ERN TROUGH PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH PERIOD...THOUGH RATE OF ERN HEIGHT FALLS WILL DIMINISH. SEVERAL MINOR SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL TRAVERSE BROAD AREA OF CYCLONIC FLOW FROM MB SEWD OVER GREAT LAKES AND MID-ATLC/NEW ENGLAND COASTS. MEANWHILE...BROAD...WEAK AND MESSY 500-MB CYCLONE...PERHAPS WITH MORE THAN ONE LOW HEIGHT CENTER...WILL LINGER OVER GULF COAST STATES. AT SFC...SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL ZONE DESCRIBED IN DAY-2 OUTLOOK WILL DRIFT SWD OVER CAROLINAS...WHILE BECOMING QUASISTATIONARY FROM S-CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO TN VALLEY AND SRN OK/NW TX. EFFECTIVE FRONTAL POSITION WILL BE MODULATED BY INTERVENING CONVECTIVE PROCESSES. PREFRONTAL SFC TROUGH SHOULD EXTEND FROM NERN NC/SERN VA SWWD ACROSS SC/ERN GA PIEDMONT. ...SERN CONUS... SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS TSTMS IN CLUSTERS SHOULD DEVELOP INVOF SFC FRONT FROM SRN APPALACHIANS EWD TO COAST...WITH AID FROM TROUGH AND NEARBY OUTFLOW/SEA BREEZE BOUNDARIES. ALTHOUGH DEEP-LAYER FLOW WILL BE WEAKER RELATIVE TO FRONTAL POSITION THAT ON DAY-2...SUFFICIENT POTENTIAL FOR DENSELY CONCENTRATED/HIGH-BUOYANCY MULTICELLULAR TSTMS EXISTS IN PROXIMITY TO THESE PROBABLE FOCI TO WARRANT CATEGORICAL OUTLOOK PROBABILITIES. FAVORABLE SFC DESTABILIZATION IS LIKELY AHEAD OF FRONT DURING DAY...WITH STG INSOLATION AND SFC DEW POINTS 70S F CONTRIBUTING TO CAPE POTENTIALLY 3000-4500 J/KG. SVR POTENTIAL BECOMES MORE CONDITIONAL FARTHER W ALONG FRONT WHERE TSTM COVERAGE IS MORE UNCERTAIN. ONCE AGAIN...S OF FRONT...BROAD CORRIDOR OF SERN CONUS TO CENTRAL TX WILL BE SUBJECT TO SCATTERED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DIURNAL TSTMS IN CLUSTERS...AS STG INSOLATION ACTS ON RICHLY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. EXPECT CONTRIBUTION TO DESTABILIZATION ALSO FROM AREAS OF SUBTLY ENHANCED ASCENT ALOFT...ACCOMPANYING VORTICITY MAXIMA THAT WILL BE EMBEDDED WITHIN BROAD/WEAK CYCLONE ALOFT. THIS FAR IN ADVANCE...SPECIFIC LOCATIONS OF MESOSCALE FOCI THAT WOULD CONCENTRATE SVR POTENTIAL ARE TOO UNCERTAIN FOR CATEGORICAL OUTLOOK...BUT DAMAGING GUSTS AND MRGL SVR HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Wow.....even in the Mnts it's really uncomfortable today. Current obs from Weaverville is 101.6° (Sun aided) DP is 74.9°! Really, really muggy for this part of the world. It almost feels like the beach outside without the seabreeze. Not to bad up were i live today. We hit about 88 with a steady breeze. Grass needs mowed from the recent rains. One more day and then beautiful weather for a least a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Nada again today. Looks like Monday could be the streak-breaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Local guys are calling for possibly 3-5" of rain in our neck of the woods btwn Mon night and Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 106F at RDU breaks the alltime record... 105f was the old record that was tied twice already this year. Can we see 107f? IMBY it's 106.5f right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Local guys are calling for possibly 3-5" of rain in our neck of the woods btwn Mon night and Thursday From the afternoon Raleigh discussion. HPC FIVE DAY PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ADVERTISES WIDESPREAD FOUR TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FOR THAT PERIOD FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AND THIS IS REASONABLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I'm back above 100 too today. 101.6 was my high so far today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 102 again today and the grass is crunchy and my hosta's have withered up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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