POWERSTROKE Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 That's not far from being a good setup in the heart of Winter. Looks like fall could be coming early coming next weekend according to Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaleighWx Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 It has been an odd summer, of the 71 days so far in the met summer 6/1 through 8/10, the 42 days of 6/1 through 6/28, and 7/28 through 8/10, more than half of the summer has really not been to bad across the Triangle. In fact in that 42 day subsection, the average departure for RDU was -1.36F. However, the 6/29 through 7/27 period (29 days) was probably the hottest stretch on record in Raleigh with an average departure of +4.38 which in mid-summer is horrible. The rest of August looks pretty mild as well, so although our summer will likely go on record as still probably a top 10 hot summer since 1950 and top 20 hot summer since the late 1800s, it certainly was not like the last two summers where th heat seemed to extend for days and days. This was a about a 4 week heat wave, sandwiched by really not too bad of weather for a NC summer. We may get a nice tase of fall late next weekend early the following week, with maybe a night or two of lows in the low to mid 60s east of the moutnains, and 50s in the mountains, with afternoons in the low 80s and low humidity. Heres to an early cool fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Actually, early and mid June were delightful and nearly fallish/springish, at least in North Carolina and Virginia. Things went nasty in late June and remained that way until late July. As summer draws to a close, we have evolved into a more moderate and tolerable pattern. Come Autumn, come quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Low of 61 degrees this morning. Looking for 40s tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 So you want 12 to 15" of rain in three hours? Mind if I come down and sit in a kayak and watch? Absolutely! Although given your age, not sure you could sit in one very long or might fall out hehe But I sure do my lakes and creeks are so low, I certainly need it. For example, the biggest lake has been nothing but a large mud puddle..even through the winter. I think rains like that are the only way it could get full. Creeks that used to run all the time, no longer run and haven't since 04/05 when we had all those tropical systems. (You can't even tell they were even there in fact now as I said earlier). I sure hope we do get some tropical systems though but I'm not hopeful. It's like the lack of classic wedges/cad we have had, it seems to be very hard to come by. And on a side note and as predicted, FFC gave very high pops and I got virtually nothing LOL. I am getting some light to moderate rain right now but it won't last very long and won't even be a tenth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioguy3107 Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 And on a side note and as predicted, FFC gave very high pops and I got virtually nothing LOL. I am getting some light to moderate rain right now but it won't last very long and won't even be a tenth. That sucks......we got absolutely hammered last night around 3 AM by a storm that developed right on the tail end of a batch of moderate rain. Probably the worst cloud to ground lightning I've seen in 2 months. Only rained for about 15 minutes but sounded like the roof was coming down. By the way, did you ever see my post in the July banter forum about your mom's medication? It was right at the end of the month and someone started an August thread, so not sure if you ever saw it. Anyway, take a look at it, hope she's doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Local Yokel Wx Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Low of 61 degrees this morning. Looking for 40s tonight. Your elevation will win out tonight, but tomorrow night us common folks in the valley have better shot at 40's than the higher elevations (lol). Gotta love cold air draining down into the bowl that is Cullowhee. Going to pick up my new snowgun at Cataloochee next week. Going to be get it ready for late October; ahh a month away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 2.09" in 50 minutes... 1.30" of that fell in 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Good day. I am in my third round of, "searching for satellite - 701" Back later with totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Had another deluge here at work. It most likely missed MBY with the heavy stuff but I know here it rained so hard and so fast that it was like an instant flood. Dopplar showing over an inch and it all fell in 15-20 minutes or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Good day. I am in my third round of, "searching for satellite - 701" Back later with totals. Flash flood warning just issued here. Storms seem to be training over me for a change. Nothing spectacular so far with 1.11" but I can see the possibilities on radar and the reason for the warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Raining again... 2.10" since 2pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Biggest bust of a system in a long time, at least imby. Lots of discussions all week about how deep and anomalous the trough is and how strong the cold front is and how there was good potential for severe weather and flooding. And between yesterday and today, I've got a whopping 0.00" in the rain gauge. Obviously, others have done better, but with this type of air mass, and the supposed dynamical and anomalous system, I'm a bit surprised by the standard run-of-the-mill results. Maybe I need to be patient....maybe we'll get more rain this evening.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 2.12" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 One brief 4 minute shower earlier this afternoon - looks like everything else is going to be way northwest or 10 miles southeast, unless that void from Charlotte to Fayetteville suddenly fills in. Been a pretty anemic week of rain around here, compared to what everyone else has been posting. Last 3 days have been .12", 0.0" & a trace yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 513 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 512 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER STANTONSBURG...OR 13 MILES WEST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WILLBANKS... MACCLESFIELD... PINETOPS...CONETOE.. PRINCEVILLE...SPEED... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Well, so much for this system. On to Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 RAH: Stantonsburg [Wilson Co, NC] 911 call center reports TORNADO at 05:23 PM EDT -- possible tornado touch down. attached car port blown off home and tree blown down. resident states that he saw a funnel cloud lower and touch down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Martin Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Bounded weak echo region here on Raleigh NC weather radar northwest of Greenville... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 2.12" 1.56" but I am a few minutes from getting hit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrips27 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 .64" last night. The thunder woke me up at 1:30 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Well, I'd like to say that I've been "nickled and dimed to death" in the rain department this week, but that would be stretching things a bit. It's more like I've been "pennied..." Tuesday: 0.01 Wednesday: 0.02 Thursday: 0.03 Friday: 0.01 Saturday: 0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 .64" last night. The thunder woke me up at 1:30 AM. .20" last night 3.81" for the month to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Getting crushed with rain here in this trailing band....frog-strangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 2.12" 1.56" but I am a few minutes from getting hit again. lol You're not going to believe this but it just stopped raining here. 2.12" I might go out and spit in the rain gauge to get another 100th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triadwx Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 4.4" of rain today. It has been absolutely crazy. Over 9" has fallen around Archdale per the NWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Temp is dropping like a rock in Weaverville tonight. Already down to 65.1° GSPs forecast low of 56° is looking good. Got the windows open & it is a creature symphony tonight. Fall is coming guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoWeatherman Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Already 62.2 IMBY....50s a sure bet tomorrow AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 .2 from last night and this morning. That's 8 days running with some rain somewhere in the 24 to 30 hour period. I'm retiring the moles again. Don't want to wear out the mojo. Over 11 inches now since July 3rd, and the advent of mole power. 70 degrees at 10:45. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmersonGA Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Its currently 65 here and the windows are open with a box fan. I experienced some of the closest lightning Ive ever had last night. We had a solid minute of constant strikes all around our house. My wife was freaking out. We got 1" from the storm. Im at 1.9" MTD. I also got some good lightning pictures from a storm at dusk that passed just to the north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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