Isopycnic Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Fun quote from today's FFC disco I think Forecaster 17 is trolling AmWx Healing skies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Healing skies... B Including a bird reference would have earned that A+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 You are probably talking about this one I catch on radar. Yup, it was purty on radar, so nicely semi circular as it approached. It was very pleasant on the lake, but the lightening chased us off after a couple of hours. Saw some great cloud formations...mammatus into mares tales, but I'm not taking my camera out in the boat, so no pics...and no 20 lbs large mouth pics either, lol. It waited 2 more hours to rain finally, and I only got .15. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_Wedge_NC Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 . Yeah, I thought it was a funny report/description. Go to wunderground, enter Greenville , sc and scroll down to reports Well, since horses are measured in "hands", maybe "fists" is a old measurement for hail..... just kidding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Well, since horses are measured in "hands", maybe "fists" is a old measurement for hail..... just kidding True enough but a "hand" as used in this way does have a specific value of 4". Parts of a hand are given after the whole unit, following a decimal. 10.2 hands (can also be read as just Ten-two) means ten hands and two more inches. (4 inches x 10 hands equals 40 inches, plus two additional inches, so 10.2 is 42 inches tall). 10.3 would be 10 hands and 3 inches, forty-three (43) inches. There is no such thing as 10 hands 4 inches, as 4 inches would be an additional hand. However, even fractions of an inch can be listed, such as 10.3 ¾ hh. (Ten hands, 3 ¾" inches, or Ten-three and three-quarters: just ¼" shy of a full 11 hands.) And now you know, the rest of the story. Good day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAD_Wedge_NC Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 True enough but a "hand" as used in this way does have a specific value of 4". Parts of a hand are given after the whole unit, following a decimal. 10.2 hands (can also be read as just Ten-two) means ten hands and two more inches. (4 inches x 10 hands equals 40 inches, plus two additional inches, so 10.2 is 42 inches tall). 10.3 would be 10 hands and 3 inches, forty-three (43) inches. There is no such thing as 10 hands 4 inches, as 4 inches would be an additional hand. However, even fractions of an inch can be listed, such as 10.3 ¾ hh. (Ten hands, 3 ¾" inches, or Ten-three and three-quarters: just ¼" shy of a full 11 hands.) And now you know, the rest of the story. Good day! Good information....I really miss the Paul Harvey stories. So, we could consider the hail around 2 inches in diameter....seem reasonable to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Was out in the beech community near weaverville where they have had storms train over them the past four days. I had a softball game out there tonight and the gnats were the worst I have ever seen. I could see them swarming outside my car window before I got out. Needless to say the sky was just hazy then all of the sudden there was a massive clap of thunder and a downpour ensued. It took about a minute for a rriver to form over the infield. That makes like three straight weeks of canceled games. How much more rain can areas like this take? We have to be getting close to uncharted waters. There are sink holes all over the place and small mudslides it seems on every slope. I mean there is even a small mudslide right outside the main tunnel in Asheville. There are t storms in the forcast for the next 7 days, I really hope that doesn't verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Not as hot inland but at the shore here in Nags Head but that sun is uber strong. Still feels mighty hot but that SW wind of 20-25 mph helps a little. Ocean temp 67* currently 88/68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 0.11 for the day. 81 and cloudy currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 wow this air is heavy tonight, it is thick here in obx. ugh and the breeze has gone away for the most part. Just nasty 81/71 and clear now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 wow this air is heavy tonight, it is thick here in obx. ugh and the breeze has gone away for the most part. Just nasty 81/71 and clear now Ya I am sure that does not feel to good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Sunny and breezy at 82 with a dewpoint of 75. As soon as the NWS put a 90% chance of rain, the big batch of rain fell apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Quick, nasty, electrical storm just passed MBY. Scared the kids half to death and ruined any chance of their naptime being a success this afternoon. On a positive note, I did get over half an inch of rainfall out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Heavy rain and very windy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ya I am sure that does not feel to good. Better today with more passing clouds to block to the sun. No storms nearby looks like the closest ones are down towards Topsail Island and ILM. You are like a magnet for rain and storms out there Met, currently mostly sunny and 81/67. Got to a high here in OBX of 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Just had a tropical deluge. Got `1.1 in maybe 20 minutes. I was walking across the yard and you could hear it coming, like a band of sleet in the leaves. No scout drops, just the clouds bursting open. The thing about these downpours is the tender grass shoots from the seed I put out to stop the wash out, got washed out One day I had grass coming up everywhere, and the next it was scoured clean again. I'd have had better luck trying to remember to turn on the sprinkler every day. Not really complaining as much as rumination on how an inch spread out over 24 hours would please me even more, lol. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Just had a tropical deluge. Got `1.1 in maybe 20 minutes. I was walking across the yard and you could hear it coming, like a band of sleet in the leaves. No scout drops, just the clouds bursting open. The thing about these downpours is the tender grass shoots from the seed I put out to stop the wash out, got washed out One day I had grass coming up everywhere, and the next it was scoured clean again. I'd have had better luck trying to remember to turn on the sprinkler every day. Not really complaining as much as rumination on how an inch spread out over 24 hours would please me even more, lol. TLol, We had the same thing except our only lasted 5 minutes. Now just light rain. We have picked up 0.41 so far. That rain came down extremely hard. Had a wind gust of 41mph. That storm east of Marietta and over TWC must be a beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 0.01. Drizzle and wind. Typical falling apart of storms after they held up for a while. I knew it was done when I saw that outflow boundary racing to the east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Greensboro is getting hammered. 3" radar estimate of rainfall in the past 1 hour. Storm is just sitting over them and amazingly shows no weakening. If anything, it has gotten stronger in the past 15 minutes. Flood warning was issued about 30 minutes ago. Meanwhile here, a few miles SW, it's a bright sunny afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Greensboro is getting hammered. 3" radar estimate of rainfall in the past 1 hour. Storm is just sitting over them and amazingly shows no weakening. If anything, it has gotten stronger in the past 15 minutes. Flood warning was issued about 30 minutes ago. Meanwhile here, a few miles SW, it's a bright sunny afternoon. Drove thru that storm up around Danbury an hour ago. Very potent. Had it in 4wd from the deep water on the roads. Buses scrambling to pluck tubers out of the Dan River. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Greensboro is getting hammered. 3" radar estimate of rainfall in the past 1 hour. Storm is just sitting over them and amazingly shows no weakening. If anything, it has gotten stronger in the past 15 minutes. Flood warning was issued about 30 minutes ago. Meanwhile here, a few miles SW, it's a bright sunny afternoon. NWS reports water rescues underway and multiple house fires due to severe cloud to ground lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 A few photos I took earlier from the cell that moved south of Asheville. Had a small funnel on it for a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 WXII 12 Weather @wxiiweather 14m Several streets are flooded in Greensboro, Including a report of flooding near the intersection of Friendly Avenue and Tremont Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherfide Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 2" of rain in 30 minutes. A lot of close lightning strikes, still raining. These storms pack a punch! Ended up with right at 3.25". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I could hear the booming over there, Kyle! I've seen .4 today, giving me 7.75 for the month as of 8:30. Still light rain here, but no downpours today, just showers on several occasions..one with the sun out. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 A few photos I took earlier from the cell that moved south of Asheville. Had a small funnel on it for a minute. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1374442213.331513.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1374442245.160303.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1374442259.314421.jpg Nice pics Hvward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Rain Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Storms finally building in here in SE Wake. Just started raining, and there is a goodly amount of lightening. A fresh breeze also blows from the SW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBUWX23 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Back in NC for a week and already have seen 2 storms, both with impressive lightning. Have not seen too much activity this season on Long Island other than sea breeze convection away from my location. Hopefully will get some more storms before my trip is over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Nice pics Hvward. Thanks Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Picked up 1.68 last night. Had a quick .77 in about 45 min, the rest fell slowly the next 4 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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