That was a crazy delay, it started as Hail falling then went to a pour down. Over in 10 minutes
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Pattern May 2026
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The final out was a fly ball. Braves outfielder probably got some hail in the face looking up.
I agree with previous poster. A 90 degree day in May feels nothing like one in July August. Dry heat with a stiff wind to boot. Misery index is solely tied to the Dew points. When DPs start running mid 60s upward. It wears you down over time. 90 with DPs in upper 40s is no big deal . Especially if you find sone shade mid afternoon.
Brent
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The heat index is 87 at 9am. We're not gonna beat the 95 in March but this is up there with the warmest summer mornings we have most years
Not to worry most of the models have us in the 60s all day Tuesday and Wednesday
Not to worry most of the models have us in the 60s all day Tuesday and Wednesday
feels pretty gross here in richmond
DP is way more juiced today. Sitting at 64 at GSO at 3pm. So the muggies are getting up this way on the SW wind . The Bermuda and Crabgrass should start making an appearance here over next week, especially if we get mid 60 DP's post this weekends rain.
Tsappfrog20
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RDU broke another record today 96°
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Now that is a rainy look on the Euro AI.
RDU is going to hit 100 on Wednesday at this rate.
EPS looks good too
Still cooking bro 
Brent
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Storm chasing in 2026. Some of my local friends which it's literally a close trip don't even bother because it's not fun anymore
Latest CFSv2 RONI prog has peak of +2.65-2.70 in OND, which if verified would be a new record warm RONI (records back to 1950) though caution always advised with models especially when looking 6 months ahead:
RONI takes into account warming surrounding waters
RONI takes into account warming surrounding waters
Brent
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Fropa! Time is ticking on these but it's looking very unsettled and on the cooler side for awhile 
Already 81 on tempest +1 from yesterday. Unless we get some debris clouds or a decent cu field RDU will probably go 97-98 and the rest is us 93-96
pretty wary of the football getting yanked. be interesting to see what the backdoor front can produce overnight thu into fri
The forecast from the National Weather Service at KRDU doesn't have a chance below 60% for rain any day in the forecast period starting Thursday. I'm hoping this will put a dent in the drought even if it means cutting the grass in my yard more frequently. Depending on how much rain falls, a late vegetable garden is not out of the question.
Hope the trough axis doesn't start to drift or get pushed back west.
CumulonimbusIncus
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Yep, it's just RDU doing RDU things, i.e. inexplicably too warm compared to nearby stations. I'd like to know what exactly is causing that.
93.6 can't even heat wave
Brent
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Fall has arrived!
This is kind of crazy with no tropical system involved
Who knows, RDU always heats more efficiently than most other sites when we have some westerly component with the wind. At this point with tomorrow actually being an exceptionally hot setup/day I have no doubt RDU breaks their all time May record and records their earliest 100, for most normal locations 94-97 tomorrow.
Brent
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The entire GFS run never really cleared out here.... It goes into June...
Man the Coast/ extreme SE NC/NE SC gets hardly any crumbs off the rain chances over the weekend. One more jog and that will be mby and several others getting under 1inch qpf. Ground is like asphalt, not sure how its gonna ever get soaked back in again. Hit it with a shovel and tip hardly leaves a mark.
Hope y’all like wet
Brent
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Already 7-8 inches on the south side of Houston overnight 
It's so dry the tobacco that was re-planted in some areas because the first planting died has now dried up and died too.
Drive 20 miles to the west and the corn is knee high already.
It's weird. We've talked about a heat island effect before and I think that's part of it with how the area has built up and how RDU is busier now, but there's gotta be another factor. It doesn't look like CLT has the same issue compared to it's surrounding sites, and yet they have a busier airport and just as much development (maybe more?) around it. At least I haven't noticed the same differences.
I don't look at the data as much as some on here day to day, but I have an internal climo map in my mind over the years. The high temp NC sweet spot is usually always that area an hour or so inland from the SW coast around Fayetteville, Lumberton, Elizabethtown, etc. (maybe also up to central coastal plain up to Goldsboro) It makes sense to me. Even accounting for an urban island effect, RDU being 4-6 F hotter than the sandhills doesn't feel "right."
a better run for those further east, haven't seen yellow in my state on the nbm mean until now:
