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Pattern Another Angry August: Broiled, Baked, and Bone-Dry

Probably picking up over an inch of rain tonight, but the same setup we’ve seen all summer still stands regardless because the heaviest reds were to my west.
 
ChrisAMB said:
More rain today has us up to 7.61" for the month to date. The past 90 days have us at 30.91" in a calibrated gauge.
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I estimate I’ve gotten a similar 33.85” since May 14th!

May 14-31: 6.7”

June 6.85”

July 8.25”

Aug 1-11: 12.05”!
Last year I got 13.3” Aug 1-11, but that included a 3 day total of 10.9” from Debby. I never thought I’d be this close to 8/1-11/24 without a TC!

My normal for May 14-Aug 11 is ~19.25” meaning I’ve gotten ~175% of normal! My backyard is like a very wet sponge wherever there’s no standing water. The mosquitos have been in heaven.

Due to too much standing water in much of the backyard as well as in front near the garage, I’m looking into getting a drainage project done, which would help mainly with summer thunderstorms as well as autumn TCs. One co. came by and suggests a drain and pump combo system. He quoted >6K! I knew it was going to be expensive, but that much? I’ll be getting more quotes to see if that’s reasonable.
 
The summer Monsoon season continues over here. My micro climate back yard hasn't been shortchanged on the rain, I can tell you that. Been a Florida wx summer here non stop.
We are back in the 70+ Dew point air now/ locked in. I can handle 90 degrees wx in summer/ If we had below 60 degree dewpoints to go with it. Just have to dodge the direct sun for about 5-6 hours each afternoon and , it's tolerable. But this 70+ DP stuff is for the birds and wears you down.
 
"The Neuse is on the Loose"

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Tell you what, seeing the ducks line up on the pond 10-15 day model progs on top of the watersheds in the Carolinas/ GA coastal plain at full level, gives one that uneasy feeling. We get any tropical entity, (doesn't have to be a Major Cane) get over us and crawl, we will be in big trouble.
 
NCSNOW said:
"The Neuse is on the Loose"

Tell you what, seeing the ducks line up on the pond 10-15 day model progs on top of the watersheds in the Carolinas/ GA coastal plain at full level, gives one that uneasy feeling. We get any tropical entity, (doesn't have to be a Major Cane) get over us and crawl, we will be in big trouble.
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After getting Falls Lake back to its 251.5' target level from Chantal, it's again on the rise with discharges temporally stopped given what's already loaded downstream. As things stand now, Smithfield will approach moderate flood stage tomorrow.
 
For the past few days I've had a hard time trying to figure out if I am in a tropical rain forest or in Raleigh. This weekend things are going to hopefully dry out with smaller chances of showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be near normal levels for the next week at least which beats being stuck under a death ridge with record highs.
 
Got a weird premonition that this pattern stays stuck, with fluctuations, and a Hurricane makes landfall. If that ridge builds east, I hope we don't get a gulf storm that rides the appalachians. Now that the Tropics are percolating. Yes, it may be threading a needle, but it sure seems like threading the needle is the new norm in the south.
 
GaWx said:
Greensboro, NC, has a notable chance to get their coolest August on record! The coolest are 72.8 (1927) and 73.0 (1992/1976). They’re at only 71.4 for Aug 1-12 and there’s more cool air showing on the models as per this lexx post.
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Another record we have too be setting, but no data/ metric to compare. Is sunlight in August. I can't ever remember so many days with 0 sunshine . They have what's called cooling degree days, but not sure what that's all about. Believe it's tied to solar insulation. If you are dependent on pure solar, you have had some challenges, most likely this month at times.
 
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