NorthHillsWx Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 High Wind warning now up for the Triangle with gusts to 60 mph possible. What changed? More efficient mixing of winds to surface with daytime heating? Not seeing any wind reports near that downstream of us in Raleigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledgeispwr Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Just now, NorthHillsWx said: High Wind warning now up for the Triangle with gusts to 60 mph possible. What changed? More efficient mixing of winds to surface with daytime heating? Not seeing any wind reports near that downstream of us in Raleigh Charlotte reported a gust to 58mph at 9:25am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 minute ago, knowledgeispwr said: Charlotte reported a gust to 58mph at 9:25am. I know, the western part of the state was always supposed to get that. It’s kicked up last 30 min. Nothing bad but gusts 25-30 for sure. Leaves blowing around good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Had about an hour or two of the 25-30 mph gusts. But the damage was done in the 15 minutes of (i'm estimating) 45-60mph gusts. Took everything down at that point. So I would be expecting a brief intense period of wind east of the triad as the day progresses. EDIT- As I type this there was another very strong gust likely around 45-50mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: High Wind warning now up for the Triangle with gusts to 60 mph possible. What changed? More efficient mixing of winds to surface with daytime heating? Not seeing any wind reports near that downstream of us in Raleigh It's mixing down very efficiently. Radar has us with 60mph winds at like 5k feet and we're getting gusts in rain bands pretty close to that. Watch out whoever ends up under that band. I would not be surprised to see those 80mph gusts verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpiemaniac Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Just had a 50 MPH gust. Lights are flickering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvegas-wx Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I thought the wind would die down with the exit of the shower bands.....WRONG! Its getting consistently worse here in the Triad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Just now, kvegas-wx said: I thought the wind would die down with the exit of the shower bands.....WRONG! Its getting consistently worse here in the Triad. Looks like you have the last band of heavy wind over you right now. Should get better soon I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpiemaniac Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I’m amazed I still have power. Over 16,000 homes without power in Guilford right now and 45,000 in Forsyth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landof2rivers Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 The band went north of me but we still had winds that were very strong. It’s still very windy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Winds have picked up here in eastern NC. Probably in the 15 to 25 mph range right now. Dew point has also ramped up, at 75 now with a temp of 80. Feels very muggy out there even with the wind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Definitely pretty gusty in Raleigh but not super impressive thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkman Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 15 minutes ago, eyewall said: Definitely pretty gusty in Raleigh but not super impressive thus far. I would imagine the action is about to pick up. We saw our worst winds in those broken up looking light showers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Dunkman said: I would imagine the action is about to pick up. We saw our worst winds in those broken up looking light showers. Yeah it is getting worse now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 They had a hell of a storm earlier up in Mt Airy. Breezy here in Charleston and very humid but that is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Probably 40-45 mph wind gusts. What the advisory had called for. Calmed down now. Still wondering why the upgrade to the high wind warning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: Probably 40-45 mph wind gusts. What the advisory had called for. Calmed down now. Still wondering why the upgrade to the high wind warning Yeah I think the High Wind Warning was an overreaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 428,000 outages in NC on the Duke system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SENC Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Breezy & Humid down here on the Beaches, gusting to 25~30 Max.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 My peak gust as measured by my weather station was 54.8. It was rocking and rolling for a while. Interestingly the highest gusts were after the squall line went through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowDawg Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 My little county here in NE GA is still at 98% without power. I don't know what all has happened to the grid, but it must be an absolute mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculus1 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Rain was not that impressive IMBY today (1.15 inches), but I have now climbed above 83 inches for the calendar year, which is just INSANE for this location. I continue to build on the wettest year I've ever had at this location in nine years of living here. Almost 10 inches of rain in October too. I think 100 inches is probably pretty unlikely, but it's definitely not out of the question and what I am currently on pace for this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, calculus1 said: Rain was not that impressive IMBY today (1.15 inches), but I have now climbed above 83 inches for the calendar year, which is just INSANE for this location. I continue to build on the wettest year I've ever had at this location in nine years of living here. Almost 10 inches of rain in October too. I think 100 inches is probably pretty unlikely, but it's definitely not out of the question and what I am currently on pace for this year. More impressive than us. Didn't get a drop and I sit at 49.13" for the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerchick224 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 We got smacked in Travelers Rest. We had a tree fall in MBY and more back down in the woods on my property. To be honest, I am surprised there weren’t more because I have NEVER seen the trees bend like they did this morning. There were loads of trees and transformers downs in our surrounding neighborhoods and throughout the county, and at one point I saw where Greenville County had about 65k power outages. I remember having a few tropical storms come our way over the past few years, but today’s definitely took the cake. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookout Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Top gust was 41 but im a bit protected from South winds. Didn't lose power thankfully but over a million out of power in ga at its peak was impressive. Winds are almost as gusty now as this morning. Gusting several times to 35/36. Jackson County Airport gust to 48mph last observation. In fact outages have gone back up in ga the past few hours. So not out of the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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