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Pattern June Gloom

superjames1992 said:
Working from home today, so I’m enjoying a little time in the hammock this afternoon. RDU is 101 at 2pm while GSO is 94 and Burlington is 97. A bit questionable?
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i honestly think it’s pretty accurate. many other stations across the state are above 100 and raleigh is east of the fall line meaning it is historically hotter than cities to the west in the clay soil.
 
egg said:
i honestly think it’s pretty accurate. many other stations across the state are above 100 and raleigh is east of the fall line meaning it is historically hotter than cities to the west in the clay soil.
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Just to note, Raleigh's west of the fall line and has quite a bit of red clay.
 
egg said:
i honestly think it’s pretty accurate. many other stations across the state are above 100 and raleigh is east of the fall line meaning it is historically hotter than cities to the west in the clay soil.
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I mean, I doubt it's off by more than 2-3 degrees, but it is curious how it's almost without fail the hottest station in the entire state in these situations, including today.
 
Tempest has 102 here but it always a couple degrees too high. However, somewhat sandy soil here, drought and I'm surrounded by woods, usually blocks most of any breeze. So 99-100 seems plausible
 
egg said:
😞 my bad
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All good. I got some NC geography knowledge but I've got some blind spots and realize its easy to mix stuff up. Raleigh's location can throw people off since we're so close to the coastal plain. Heck, I admit I don't know western NC as much as I should west of 77.
 
Well we don't know how high RDU's sensor will get today yet, but since previous record was 98, we know it will be a record. Exceeded at 1pm today.
 
SD said:
3 weeks with no rain is coming soon. I love these summer fromts, we had a good 2 days of nice weather
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Par for the course. We only had 2 days in April with observed precip. I think it was 6 in May. So far 1 out of 12 in June.
 
superjames1992 said:
At least it's not that humid. Heat indexes even at RDU are "only" in the 105ish-range, which isn't all that remarkable for summer.
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BrickTamland said:
102 here. There's an outdoor concert downtown tonight. Going to be a little toasty.
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I envy you all your snow and sleet, but I'll take my just reached days high of 90 anytime compared to yours, lol.
 
YetAnotherRDUGuy said:
All good. I got some NC geography knowledge but I've got some blind spots and realize its easy to mix stuff up. Raleigh's location can throw people off since we're so close to the coastal plain. Heck, I admit I don't know western NC as much as I should west of 77.
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Yep Raleigh is actually ~10 miles east of due north from Myrtle Beach.
 
Iceagewhereartthou said:
This is just throwing a dart. Many areas south of AVL and parts of the upstate are already surpassing this as we speak
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True, but 95% of this same area is not getting 1 drop tonight. Very little in the core part of the GSP metro and of course not a drop in Anderson, Laurens, Greenwood, Gaffney, and many other areas.
 
BrickTamland said:
Sad when it is this hot and you can't get a good coverage of scattered summer storms in the afternoon.
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Google search:
The old saying "drought begets drought" is a scientifically proven phenomenon. When the ground is parched, it creates a self-sustaining negative feedback loop. Dry soils release less moisture into the air, and parched plants hold onto their water, which creates a dry air layer that causes incoming rain to evaporate before it ever hits the ground.
 
FallsLake said:
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The old saying "drought begets drought" is a scientifically proven phenomenon. When the ground is parched, it creates a self-sustaining negative feedback loop. Dry soils release less moisture into the air, and parched plants hold onto their water, which creates a dry air layer that causes incoming rain to evaporate before it ever hits the ground.
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Well, that's not helpful.
 
FallsLake said:
Google search:
The old saying "drought begets drought" is a scientifically proven phenomenon. When the ground is parched, it creates a self-sustaining negative feedback loop. Dry soils release less moisture into the air, and parched plants hold onto their water, which creates a dry air layer that causes incoming rain to evaporate before it ever hits the ground.
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And then dry soils heat up more which increases evaporation.

Good news vs yesterday though: RDU 6 cooler and N vs W winds vs 24 hrs ago. For first time in days, RDU not hottest in SE. Ft Bragg is 4 hotter than RDU, for example.
 
BrickTamland said:
Well, that's not helpful.
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In the theme of "things don't work like they used to" with the absence of strong downsloping winds off the mountains it's odd to not see any seabreeze storms near the coast or storms on the Piedmont trough in the Sandhills. We pretty much need some sort of energy to pivot through to get anything these days. Even last year we lucked out with persistent ULLs giving us an average to slightly above average precip for the summer months.

I've said it many times it's as if a switch was flipped from 2021 onwards leaving us hoping for TC rain to make up otherwise huge deficits.
 
A fairly good T-Storm sliding up coast currently, lotsa Thunder & Lighting.. It's (almost reaching MY AO, Topsail Island)..
80 F
WINDS gusting too 30Mph..
humidity 82%inch
dew point 74.1º
rainfall(so far) 0.01 inch
pressure 29.90 inch
 

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