Pattern Dry July 2024

[Tarheel1]

Y’all stay safe! Currently 78 degrees

 

[tractor girl]

Despite 1" of rain last week, Georgia continues to slide further into drought conditions.

 

[weather bubba]

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/610prcp.new.gif

Looking at this NWS map, our chances look good for some much needed rain in the Carolinas.

 

[Tarheel1]

Seriously, y’all be safe and happy 4th
Currently 81

 

[superjames1992]

Another day of triple digits at RDU!!!

Back in the 1980s, it would’ve been 95, tops!!!

 

[SD]

Another day of triple digits at RDU!!!

Back in the 1980s, it would’ve been 95, tops!!!

This is embarrassing

 

[Metwannabe]

Another day of triple digits at RDU!!!

Back in the 1980s, it would’ve been 95, tops!!!

Back in the 80s the sensor was more accurate

 

[BHS1975]

Back in the 80s the sensor was more accurate

I think that's what he's trying to say.


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[Brent]

Getting some of nature's fireworks

 

[BullCityWx]

Ground truth for my blue location dot

 

[Downeastnc]

Hmmmm I hate a tease

P

 

[Brent]

Right at sunset

 

[NCSNOW]

The Sea Breeze is the ticket to summer. Gals wearing sweatshirts tonight. I shudder to think what awaits us as we cross back over the bridge Saturday. Saw Fayetteville hit over 100 today. Ouch

 

[weather bubba]

Another day of triple digits at RDU!!!

Back in the 1980s, it would’ve been 95, tops!!!

At my house close to the research station for NCSU near Lake Wheeler the high today was 97 degrees. I can not for the life of me see why the National Weather Service accepts the temperature readings at KRDU when they consistently run three to five degrees above nearby stations and are now the warmest in the state on many days.

 

[Iceagewhereartthou]

Man, GSP all the way up to 98 today, forecast was for 95-96. Even CAE only made 99. This is the hottest stretch since 2016 for the upstate. I'm so over the heat already.

 

[Metwannabe]

Wooohooo picked up .11 last night with those dying evening storms. Messed up fireworks plan but I'll take any rain I can get. Although I'm sure by 2:00 this afternoon I'll be going " what rain?". Excessive heat warning today
RDU probably hit 104 today

 

[SD]

Wooohooo picked up .11 last night with those dying evening storms. Messed up fireworks plan but I'll take any rain I can get. Although I'm sure by 2:00 this afternoon I'll be going " what rain?". Excessive heat warning today
RDU probably hit 104 today

Yep I'm sure it's going to post some absurd temp today but with 850s 21-22c there shouldn't be a huge number of 100+ reports

 

[FallsLake]

Wooohooo picked up .11 last night with those dying evening storms. Messed up fireworks plan but I'll take any rain I can get. Although I'm sure by 2:00 this afternoon I'll be going " what rain?". Excessive heat warning today
RDU probably hit 104 today

It very well could. The airports "point and click" grid forecast:

 

[Metwannabe]

It very well could. The airports "point and click" grid forecast:

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Yep forecasting to the sensor.... any who it is what it is lol

 

[FallsLake]

Yep forecasting to the sensor.... any who it is what it is lol

This has been going on for some time. Apparently, a calibration from last year didn't work.

This article was from last year (have to be a Spectrum customer to read it):

Why has the Raleigh-Durham airport been so hot this week?

The high at RDU has been hotter than most of N.C. this week.

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Why has the Raleigh-Durham airport been so hot this week?​

By Meteorologist Lee Ringer Raleigh
PUBLISHED 3:00 PM ET Sep. 08, 2023


There is no doubt that this first week of September has been hot across North Carolina.
However, most days this week, the official weather reporting site for the Triangle area stuck out like a sore thumb on the statewide temperature map.

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What You Need To Know​

• The high was 102 at the Raleigh-Durham Airport Wednesday and Thursday
• Most other sites in central North Carolina reported highs in the mid and upper 90s
• The drier clay soil around RDU has likely been a large factor in the airport thermometer running hotter than other locations this week

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The Raleigh-Durham airport's afternoon temperature has been hotter than pretty much anywhere else in North Carolina every day this week.

Wednesday and Thursday's high of 102 were the hottest days this year in the Raleigh area.
Compare that to temperatures at the Fayetteville airport, which often is one of the hottest spots in the state.

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has confirmed that the temperature sensor at RDU has recently been calibrated, and they are confident that it providing accurate readings. Other nearby thermometers have been just as hot.
In the last four weeks, areas around RDU have seen less than an inch of rain. During the same time, other communities around Raleigh have measured over four inches.
The drier clay soil around the airport has been heating up like a parking lot and is likely a big factor why RDU has been hotter than other weather reporting sites, even in Durham and Raleigh.
Regardless of just how hot your thermometer read this week, this weekend and next week should not be as hot across the state.