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The Big Wet of 2013


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I think we can officially call this an event with the forecast rain amounts over much of the SE over the next several days.  Let's give all discussion related to this pattern in its own dedicated thread.

 

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BTW, the tropical downpours for tonight has begun here.

 

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THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE AND OBS TRENDS HAVE DONE LITTLE TO
ALLEVIATE OUR CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE
PIEDMONT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIG
SOUTHWARD TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD INCREASE THE INFLUX OF ATLANTIC AND
GULF MOISTURE IN RESPONSE TO THE STRENGTHENING SOUTHERLY FLOW
ANOMALY...WHICH WILL BE UPWARDS OF 5 ST DEV ABOVE NORMAL. FORCING
WILL DEVELOP IN THE FORM OF STRONG UPPER DIVERGENCE IN THE RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION OF THE UPPER JET. EXCELLENT Q VECTOR CONVERGENCE IS
ALSO SHOWN...WHICH LOOKS STRONG FOR EARLY JULY. THE MODELS ALSO SHOW
WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER OF MOISTURE SLOWLY MOVING
WEST INTO THE PIEDMONT. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES SHOULD EXCEED 2
INCHES IN THIS PLUME OF MOISTURE...WHICH WILL BE GREATER THAN 3 ST
DEV ABOVE NORMAL. MEANWHILE...PARTS OF THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA ARE
STILL RECOVERING FROM SOME HEAVY RAIN THAT HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT.
WITH THE ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF THE PIEDMONT...THE
INGREDIENTS APPEAR TO BE COMING INTO PLACE FOR A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY
RAIN THREAT. WITH THAT IN MIND...THINK IT BEST TO ISSUE A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE REST OF TODAY AND THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...
MAINLY FOR METRO CHARLOTTE AND UP INTO THE NW PIEDMONT. NOT ALL
LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE FLOODING RAIN DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE NATURE OF
THE PRECIP...BUT THE THREAT IS HIGH ENOUGH THAT PLACES THAT RECEIVED
RECENT RAIN COULD EASILY SEE 1-3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME...THAT WOULD BRING A RAPID INCREASE IN STREAM LEVELS. NOTE THAT
THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE WATCH ONLY
RUNS THROUGH 6PM MONDAY BECAUSE THE MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A LULL
MONDAY AFTERNOON...SO WE CAN RE-EVALUATE THEN...NOT ONLY FOR THE
PIEDMONT...BUT WESTWARD ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND UPSTATE. PRECIP
CHANCES WILL RAMP UP TO CATEGORICAL OVER THE PIEDMONT TONIGHT...AND
LIKELY ELSEWHERE...BEFORE TAPERING BACK DOWN. TEMPS WERE KEPT CLOSE
TO A BLEND OF THE GUIDANCE.

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Mooresville ares just S of me is getting poured on again.

There's gotta be over 2'' in there over the last hour.

 

That'd be me, and if I had a functioning rain gauge, I'd figure so.  It's been heavily raining with rolling thunder & lightning for the past hour.

 

Looks like this cell might be pushing its way up there soon.

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That'd be me, and if I had a functioning rain gauge, I'd figure so.  It's been heavily raining with rolling thunder & lightning for the past hour.

 

Looks like this cell might be pushing its way up there soon.

That pocket of heavy rain has been sitting there for close to 2 hours.it drifts slowly then redevelops,crazy.

.86 here so far,radar estimates are 3-4'' there and still pouring.

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flood warning just issued.  it just won't end.

Ya what a swath of rain and storms in the middle of the State. It is just moving at a snails pace right know. The thing that I am noticing as well is the moisture feed from both the Gulf and the Atlantic just driving the rain and storms inland. I suspect as the trough starts to retrograde West then we will really get going with large swaths of moisture in the SE.

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We are getting in on a small part of the fun so far today in Weaverville. The title of this thread says it all for us though in 2013! With today's rain we are on pace for over 50" (36" normal) this year which is unheard of in the Weaverville area & it's nickname.....dry ridge. I hope the end of the year doesn't give out.

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We are getting in on a small part of the fun so far today in Weaverville. The title of this thread says it all for us though in 2013! With today's rain we are on pace for over 50" (36" normal) this year which is unheard of in the Weaverville area & it's nickname.....dry ridge. I hope the end of the year doesn't give out.

Don man you said it. Seems like the mountains have been getting hammered this year. Looking at what is coming down the road is kind of scary because the ground is so saturated.

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Don man you said it. Seems like the mountains have been getting hammered this year. Looking at what is coming down the road is kind of scary because the ground is so saturated.

 

I can't imagine how much rain you have had this year 85....even AVL has 13"+ more than we have. That being said I guess it's all relative & things are really lush around here.

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Looks like I was halfway right about round 1 as some parts of the NC mountains and foothills are being nailed tonight. Meanwhile the upstate of SC is mostly dry like I thought it would be. Another round seems to be forming in GA but it is also moving more to the northeast than north so it will miss most of the upstate too.

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I can't imagine how much rain you have had this year 85....even AVL has 13"+ more than we have. That being said I guess it's all relative & things are really lush around here.

Its been crazy. Been raining in the morning and the evening. Yesterday was the first day it had not rained in a week. Hard to keep the grass mowed and the garden is really suffering because it cannot dry out.

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Ugh looks like I picked a bad week to come down to WNC late this week and thru the upcoming weekend. :flood:   guess ill be sitting and throwing a few of these back :beer:  since no need to go up the Black Mtn region. Wont be able to see anything with the rain and fog :thumbsdown:

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Been raining heavily on and off since 8PM (1030 now) in Fayetteville.  We've had rain every day probably for the past week straight...excluding yesterday.  at 10" whereas average for June is 5..so twice as much rain as normal.  this is not including what's fallen today.  and what will fall tomorrow, even though it will be July.  Pretty crazy.  Haven't even bothered mowing the lawn.

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