@CyclonicFury Needs a WEENIE SUMMER MELT, record highs incoming this summer
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Misc 2021 Spring/Summer Whamby Thread
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Avalanche
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Im ready for beach, LIT, mojito, and bahama mammas as much as anyone. I also know we will have 7 months of unbearable heat and humidity. Lets hope for cool rainy as much as possible while we can still get it. Trust me, those reds are coming on the map, and when they do, you cant get rid of them.
If it's going to be record hot at least get to 100 for the records and I'll just stay inside. Nothing is worse than a high of 99
I thought people only stayed inside when it was 33 and rain
LickWx
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Just admit you want to be like me. Seriously though I've dropped 14 lbs since mid Jan, I'm doing well.
I would love to know why on earth Polk county NC has the highest percent here lol
Dewpoint Dan
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7 months is an exaggeration don't you think ? I imagine it's unbearable for maybe 2 months out of the year in Chapel Hill.
LickWx
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lmao 7 months would mean April and October are hot . lmao. we have at best 1 hot month (July), 5 very warm months (may-sep).
Dewpoint Dan
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I imagine even May is fairly tolerable.
I'm wondering if the western part of the county or just west is the initiation point of the mountain convection
Imo the worst of the heat/humidity is always mid July to late July, pool time intensifies around then
Nah 7 months
That’s one of the counties that borders mine to the north, and the far northern part of Spartanburg County seems to do better storm wise. I was thinking about using that same tool I’ve been using but doing point-click and breaking down counties. Because we know microclimates for thunderstorms are real
It would be interesting to see where the higher concentration is. Given the storm life cycle you'd think the higher concentration of warnings would be near or just east of the main initiation points with a tapering as you go east until you hit the typical piedmont trough
It'd be even cooler to use the mslp maps from summer and overlap that with tstorm initiation to get were the climo mesoscale features like the piedmont trough/mountain/sandhill/sea breeze features reside and how they move month to month and with different 500mb flows
I consider summer like weather to begin in the second half of May and end at the end of September. Sometimes recently the heat has pushed into early October.
That's probably going to be your best option and it would be driven by county size and make up. A larger county like Wake might need to be broken down a little more versus a rural county especially since UHIs can help convection
Dewpoint Dan
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I've always considered summer heat to start around May 25 and last until Sept 15. Late Sept can often be very pleasant.
I might try to dabble in the sandhills convection/piedmont trough stuff
@Webberweather53 is there a lot of literature out there about this
@Webberweather53 is there a lot of literature out there about this
Yeah some of those tiny mountain counties really could just be split in half. And speaking for the upstate specifically, the extreme northern tier of the northernmost counties is often very different from the southern. Take Pickens/Oconee for example, the northern parts have consistent 1000’+ elevation, then down at Clemson and the lakelands it’s 600-700 or so
Last year September was nice but the previous few years were unbearable throughout the month. September 2018 we didn't have a low below 60°F at all.
Dewpoint Dan
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2018 was highly unusual. 50s for lows are pretty common in Late Sept. I've even seen 30s in Late Sept deep into Georgia. I know the early 2000's had some really nice Septembers.
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I just cut out all “pop” as they call it up here! Dropping lbs like crazy
znel52
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I'm am coining new jargon for southern winters for different patterns. Common patterns are COD ? (cold overly dry) and WOW 
(warm overly wet) and WOD? (warm overly dry).
It is very rare to see a COW? (cold overly wet) pattern having both the cold and moisture needed for snow.
(warm overly wet) and WOD? (warm overly dry).It is very rare to see a COW? (cold overly wet) pattern having both the cold and moisture needed for snow.
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smast16
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Through mid August. Early part of August can be down right sweltering with stagnant flow under the ridge, which is usually peaking at that time.
smast16
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Had my first real sweat of 2021 running today. I feel like I accomplished more on my run today because I was sweaty.
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Avalanche
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People think we only have 2 months of heat and humidity here. Lol. Maybe back in the 1300s.
LickWx
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1300s = medieval warm period . So it was hot ! Different climo bro!
Yeah that's what I said.
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