Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 35% of AL and 34% of GA are now in an exceptional drought. I sure hope we get the rain they are predicting next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 NEW wildfire @North Wilkesboro. Details unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Local officials are worried Thanksgiving travelers (outsiders) will throw out cigarette buds off highway 421 and or be unaware of fire bans when staying here over the holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 It's about to get worse...instead of fighting wildfires in the 20s at night overnight temps will be well above freezing in the 40s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, NWNC2015 said: It's about to get worse...instead of fighting wildfires in the 20s at night overnight temps will be well above freezing in the 40s. Well, there is a chance of rain tonight through tomorrow morning here in North GA. I'm not sure about North Carolina though. This is what FFC had to say this afternoon: Have continued with increasing POP chances mainly across N GA beginning this evening/tonight and continuing through Thu morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 The new fire in macon county is named the camp branch fire. it is already 400 acres and growing rapidly ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 NWS Blacksburg...don't think I have ever seen such a long fire weather outlook. Fire weather... as of 300 PM EST Wednesday... A cold front will approach the region tonight. In advance of it, expect increase dew point values, clouds, and eventually some showers arriving after midnight. The bulk of the precipitation will be across parts of southeast West Virginia, eastward into the James River Valley of Virginia. The farther south you are of this region, the smaller your chances of precipitation. Maximum relative humidities will climb into the 80s percent range at most locations. On Thanksgiving, look for winds to become westerly in the wake of the cold front with showers decreasing in coverage by the late morning at most locations. Mostly cloudy to cloudy conditions will also continue through the morning with decreasing coverage east of the Blue Ridge by the afternoon. Minimum daytime humidities will be notably higher than those of today. Expect mid 50s to near 60 percent east of the Blue Ridge with mid 60s to near 70 percent across the mountains. High pressure will return to the area on Friday before another dry cold front crosses our area on Saturday. More high pressure is in store for the start of next week. Expect a gradual trend towards lower daytime relative humidities through Sunday, with the 30s percent range common by then. Precipitation chances increase Tuesday into Wednesday as a substantial cold front is expected to cross the area. The confidence of a wetting rain from this system is increasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 Fire fighters requesting tobacco Skoal and Copenhagen in the Ashe, Wilkes, and Watauga County fires. Glow sticks too if you wanna help. Anchor Coffee Co. 949 D ST North Wilkesboro NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Share Posted November 23, 2016 UPDATE: According to an update from the N.C. Forest Service, the Horton fire in southeastern Watauga County was 65 percent contained and covered about 900 acres as of 2 p.m. Wednesday. About 125 emergency personnel from 26 agencies were on the scene. Firefighting crews have responded from as far away as New Jersey, Arizona and Florida. The firefighting priorities are focused on protecting homes within and near the fire area. No structures have been burned and debris removal and burnout operations continue around homes. Multiple air resources are supporting burnout operations. Two 800-gallon single engine air tankers and a helicopter are supporting crews on the ground. Weather conditions continue to be favorable for fire operations. If operations continue successfully full containment may be reached by Friday. Incident Commander Brent Triplett said, “It’s a very tough thing for first responders to be away from their homes and families around Thanksgiving, but our firefighters are a dedicated group of folks. We all just try to encourage each other as much as we can.” The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office is patrolling the fire perimeter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 22 hours ago, franklin NCwx said: It's up to 16000 now and only 30% contained . The arsonist started another fire last night near the wayah bald fire tower it's about 15 acres . He started another one the night before that was put out by the fire departments . Arson, what a horrible crime. This person or people are playing with death. Someone is going to get hurt if this keeps happening. im going to take some photos this week of some lakes, streams and ponds so I can truly convey how bad the drought is getting here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 3 hours ago, LithiaWx said: Arson, what a horrible crime. This person or people are playing with death. Someone is going to get hurt if this keeps happening. im going to take some photos this week of some lakes, streams and ponds so I can truly convey how bad the drought is getting here. Hopefully a week from now the lakes, streams, ponds, etc will look a lot better than they do today. 2-3" looks possible next week if the WPC is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWNC2015 Posted November 24, 2016 Author Share Posted November 24, 2016 People are letting off fireworks here...not sure if that's a great idea with a burn ban? Don't know the rules with all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 7 hours ago, NWNC2015 said: People are letting off fireworks here...not sure if that's a great idea with a burn ban? Don't know the rules with all that. GA gov has explicitly banned fireworks this year. The bigger ones have only been legal here for a couple of years and we have a lot of neighbors who go spend hundreds on them every holiday. I hope they all manage to resist the temptation over the holidays, we have nothing but dry forest and fields around here. Everything would go up. Worth checking with your state and reporting offenders, imho. Beats losing lives or property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 7 hours ago, NWNC2015 said: People are letting off fireworks here...not sure if that's a great idea with a burn ban? Don't know the rules with all that. Fireworks for Thanksgiving ? Never heard of that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 4 minutes ago, CherokeeGA said: GA gov has explicitly banned fireworks this year. The bigger ones have only been legal here for a couple of years and we have a lot of neighbors who go spend hundreds on them every holiday. I hope they all manage to resist the temptation over the holidays, we have nothing but dry forest and fields around here. Everything would go up. Worth checking with your state and reporting offenders, imho. Beats losing lives or property. At least with the 5+ inches of rain we should see between now and New Years, I think it would be safe to shoot fireworks for New Years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 FFC NWS says some relief is headed to the hardest hit areas from the drought. ATL set a record for consecutive days with no rain. Breaking a record from 1903. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CherokeeGA Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 I hope FFC is right. Anything still 4-5 days out always feels like it's going to evaporate (no pun intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking good, basically all Euro and GFS ensemble members show 1-4" in the drought area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaStorm Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Haven't seen this in a while. The 7 day total shows 7.5 inches of rain in the areas that need it most. If that happens it will reverse the drought real quick and put out the fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 51 minutes ago, GaStorm said: Haven't seen this in a while. The 7 day total shows 7.5 inches of rain in the areas that need it most. If that happens it will reverse the drought real quick and put out the fires. Yep I absolutely cannot wait. Right know I'm on the rain train instead of the cold train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 I don't think I've ever been this excited about a rain event. I need to go to Walmart and get a new rain gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 This is essentially like tracking a winter storm that has you in the bullseye four days out. Please, please, please let it rain a lot here! And you know it's real when cheez posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 16 minutes ago, LithiaWx said: This is essentially like tracking a winter storm that has you in the bullseye four days out. Please, please, please let it rain a lot here! And you know it's real when cheez posts. Lol.. same here. this is the first time I have tracked a legitimate rain event from over a week out looking for rain. this time of year it's usually tracking what might be a snow event turning into a rain event. hopefully we can keep the -Pna for awhile and get the rain train going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 The camp branch fire has burned the roof off the wayah bald fire tower. it also burned a few very old cabins near the tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeznado Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 New EC ensembles 4-6" of rain over all of north GA through Dec 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 28 minutes ago, Cheeznado said: New EC ensembles 4-6" of rain over all of north GA through Dec 6 Awesome! I can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosie Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 High wind watch from 4pm Mon to 7 am Tues., lots of rain first I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Parts of the SE are still on track for a 2-3" event with locally higher amounts. This being stretched out over a couple of days is the best we could have asked for. Lovin the possibilities headed to the ATL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 6 minutes ago, LithiaWx said: Parts of the SE are still on track for a 2-3" event with locally higher amounts. This being stretched out over a couple of days is the best we could have asked for. Lovin the possibilities headed to the ATL. I bought a new rain gauge today and tried to stick it in the ground. The ground is so dry that it's nearly impossible ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaStorm Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The latest 7 day total shows even more area covered for higher totals. This should put a nice dent in the drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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