Shaggy
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Winter battle zone is another term for warm and rainy.We get put in the Winter Battle Zone every year on these maps, whatever that means (basically nothing).
What’s strange is that usually RDU is no more than a few degrees warmer than GSO, sometimes even cooler. This month RDU has been warmer every single day and the average high is a full 6 degrees warmer than GSO. RDU is even running warmer than FAY, which is insane. Maybe it’s just a long string of coincidences, but it’s very odd.
Yesterday was more of the same. GSO 93, FAY 97, RDU 98. RDU is already 4 degrees warmer than FAY and 5 degrees warmer than GSO this morning.
Much needed rain and a break from this heatLots of towers trying to get going already this morning....hoping to get lucky but even if I don't this weekend is looking better and better.
That quasi heat release pattern starting Sunday and lasting through Wednesday looks legit. I wouldn't be surprised to see RDU set a new all time record and likely more widespread 100s than we have seen so far. The bugaboo will be if we get a higher end rain event over the next few days and the increased soil moisture might hold us back a handful of degrees
I don't think we are done with patterns that favor AN chances of rain. As long as the ridge is in the west and the bermuda ridge is still pumping 2+ pwats in any drier periods will be short. Late next week looks solidSo basically any rain we get will be baked away.
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There is nothing going on. Maybe a cap or something in place? I'm surprised to see such a dearth of activity.Sb cape approaching 4000 ml cape approaching 3000 it'll be a let down if we aren't able to over perform on storm coverage this afternoon
This is gonna be one of those "back in the day" post....
Back in the day it seemed like we had a few days every single week in the summer where there was a line of storms would fire along the foothills from upstate SC to SW VA around 2-3 pm, then they would race east usually in time to get to us here in the east by 7-9pm....I mean I really remember this happening all the time "back in the day"....but maybe it didn't and I just remember it wrong cause it almost never happens anymore...or does it?
It's going boom here. Lots of lightning and thunder.Front is racing east faster than the storms either it hits this axis and we get a big boom or it undercuts it and poof