July Surprise!

[SD]

Has someone cursed me and you? Literally raining 2 miles to my east as the storm moves NNW barely east of me.

I guess so. I'm getting annoyed, 4 out of the last 5 summers Ive had dry periods of over 3 weeks. Poops old

 

[NoSnowATL]

I guess so. I'm getting annoyed, 4 out of the last 5 summers Ive had dry periods of over 3 weeks. Poops old

Lucky

 

[SD]

Lucky

You can have it

 

[Myfrotho704_]

So I ask this question once again, what’s a thunderstorm and do they effect concord NC ?

 

[Shaggy]

I guess so. I'm getting annoyed, 4 out of the last 5 summers Ive had dry periods of over 3 weeks. Poops old

I mean this is nuts. Literally can see rain falling across a big field that's maybe 1.5 miles from me to the tree line. Not a drop here.

 

[ryan1234]

Why are POPS so high when it appears we are about to get dry slotted?

 

[ryan1234]

So I ask this question once again, what’s a thunderstorm and do they effect concord NC ?

I believe it's lots of loud sounds and sometimes light from the sky.

 

[SD]

I mean this is nuts. Literally can see rain falling across a big field that's maybe 1.5 miles from me to the tree line. Not a drop here.

Dad just text me that he's at 1.25 today. Thats on top of 2.3 Saturday and .7 Sunday hes only 25 miles away. This blows, I can't even get a consolation prize moderate rain that's .25-.33

 

[Bannerdude]

This band over Moncure is puting out some chonky rain. Even heard a bonus rumble of thunder.

 

[Myfrotho704_]

many times have I seen a radar image like this so far this summer, always to my north

 

[ryan1234]

many times have I seen a radar image like this so far this summer, always to my north View attachment 43806

I am done with this summer.

 

[SD]

Sun is shining here, CIN has eroded, SB/ML Capes are building, PWATS increasing to around 2 inches. Yep I bet we fail

My concern for today is we get big convection going from say MHX to FAY that barfs out an outflow boundary moving N and we start to see more isolated to scattered convection as it moves north.

Boom

 

[Chazwin]

Why are POPS so high when it appears we are about to get dry slotted?

Well after nearly an inch of rain here in southern Union County, the sun is trying to come out, so maybe we have enough to destabilize the atmosphere to get some good evening storms

 

[ryan1234]

Well after nearly an inch of rain here in southern Union County, the sun is trying to come out, so maybe we have enough to destabilize the atmosphere to get some good evening storms

That's what I am hoping for, but I don't want to get too excited and then be disappointed once again.

 

[Avalanche]

Impressive rains falling here in Pittsboro area

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Saturday. Looks good, nice trough in place with up to 30kts of 500mb flow so maybe storms can form in the way we like off the mountains into the piedmont to ENC ?

 

[SD]

Saturday. Looks good, nice trough in place with up to 30kts of 500mb flow so maybe storms can form in the way we like off the mountains into the piedmont to ENC ? View attachment 43812View attachment 43813View attachment 43814View attachment 43815

No. We will find some way to bungle it. Too little cape, ouflow, morning stratus, warm mid levels, poor lapse rates, too much sun, dew points too low, poor timing, godzilla something will happen

 

[Shaggy]

Saturday. Looks good, nice trough in place with up to 30kts of 500mb flow so maybe storms can form in the way we like off the mountains into the piedmont to ENC ? View attachment 43812View attachment 43813View attachment 43814View attachment 43815

That doesn't happen anymore. When I was a kid it was at least 2 to 3 times a week we would get these lines from the piedmont that would hit around 5 or 6pm. Hours of stratiform afterwards with long rolling thunder.

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

Well, I just wasted an hour out (as I didn't find what I wanted to find at that store) but as I was coming home I found myself in an intense rainstorm. That got my anxiety up and I'm just now starting to settle down.

 

[Myfrotho704_]

Nice, loosing cape over a few raindrops and even when the sun is peeking out, love it ! ?