Brent
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Nearly 70 here at sunrise 
Not to worry the weekend looks absolutely miserable
Not to worry the weekend looks absolutely miserable
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tazaroo
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35 here in rural Asheboro with just a touch of frost on some rooftops at 7am. At least the HVAC has been getting some rest lately. Need more rain though.
Really sad
Iceagewhereartthou
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Well the 16 day GFS shows a Western trough the whole run, with a lot of lows around 60. I was hoping to keep comfortable lows around for awhile so I can keep the windows open at night.
64/31 at the moment, very very nice morning in the triangle
Tarheel1
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Mothership supercells! Iāll send pics!
Calling for 3ā hail also!
Calling for 3ā hail also!
Please wear a helmet and charge your phone. You're welcome.
NoSnowATL
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He is hard headed brother, I feel bad for the hail.
12z euro was a dream run if you are into severe weather along wedge fronts
VegasEagle
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Polar Vortex collapse effects will impact United States and Canada weather patterns in mid-Spring
Weather Patterns over the United States and Canada will be under the influence of the Polar Vortex collapse effects, lasting deep into Spring
www.severe-weather.eu
As time has gone on I've started to migrate to more northern beaches. Years ago we vacationed in Edisto, SC and that water was just disgustingly hot and it didn't get below 78 or 80 at night. The water in my backyard around Cherry Grove to Sunset Beach can get a little toasty but the Gulf Stream is far enough away that it doesn't get awful. The longshore current is N to S which helps. I've not been in Hatteras when it was closer to the island but I've heard it can sometimes get close enough to almost feel like lowcountry SC/GA coast bathwater out on the Cape.
KDH/Duck are just about too busy for me these days though. It's a road trip but last year we spent a week on the Delmarva staying in Bethany Beach and going down to Wallops Island and back north to the Delaware River. So nice to actually have a cool seabreeze in the evenings and the people are great. Go to Rehoboth and you'll get a bit different crowd.
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Speaking of wind, I'd like to file a complaint for whomever turned on the fan in springs of 2021 that they please turn it off now. The last 4 years have been the windiest of my life and we're getting tired of it. Just near constant roaring SE/S/SW winds 10 months out of the year. Wasn't that way before.
Things donāt work like they used to.
Brent
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You're welcome
we had to share some of our windI keep telling people when it's 110 out in July we'll be wishing there was wind
Iceagewhereartthou
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And of course the west gets the nice weather and we get stuck with the heat.Polar Vortex collapse effects will impact United States and Canada weather patterns in mid-Spring
Weather Patterns over the United States and Canada will be under the influence of the Polar Vortex collapse effects, lasting deep into Spring
Iceagewhereartthou
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May be time to start a May thread. The GFS (I know, long range) is showing a couple of nice fronts and a coolish first week for many of us.
tractor girl
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I put out $150 worth of white clover seed in a newly graded area of my yard a while back. Had one rain, then nothing other than a few brief and light sprinkles. The seedlings are yellowing. Afraid to pull from my well since we've not been getting much rain
Other than some coastal advisories on the West Coast & Alaska, some flood advisories in Hawaii, and a few flooding advisories primarily along the Mississippi River and a few scattered areas around, a very quiet map this April 23:
What a missed opportunity for most of Horry and Columbus counties. This overcast just isnāt allowing anything to get going. Wilmington got a good dousing and areas down in the CHS responsibility did too. Thereās some hope for Saturday but not much. As has been a theme some of the better radar returns are barely wetting the dirt.
While not a failed crop per se, winter wheat is in a sad state all across the coastal plains of NC and SC. $6 pricing also isnāt helping. Weāre looking at 5 out of 6 years with multiple crops in some form of distress in these areas. Itās not sustainable and irrigation isnāt possible at scale with our groundwater resources or lack thereof. Pray/Wish/Hope/Dance do whatever you need to do because weāre desperate for anything resembling consistent rain.
While not a failed crop per se, winter wheat is in a sad state all across the coastal plains of NC and SC. $6 pricing also isnāt helping. Weāre looking at 5 out of 6 years with multiple crops in some form of distress in these areas. Itās not sustainable and irrigation isnāt possible at scale with our groundwater resources or lack thereof. Pray/Wish/Hope/Dance do whatever you need to do because weāre desperate for anything resembling consistent rain.
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Downtown Charleston and Mount Pleasant didn't get a drop. The Seabreeze kept everything at bay.
monsoon last night
Given how warm it's been Sunday and Monday are going to feel like mid winter
Looking back 115 years ago tomorrow, 4/25/1910, Atlanta had an absolutely amazing event: 1.5ā of snow!!! The high on 4/25/1910 was only 39! After March 26th (going back to 1879), they have had highs below 40 only three times: 39 on 4/3/1987, 36 on 4/5/1891, and 39 on 4/25/1910. So, the 4/25/1910 very cold high really stands out in the record books for how late it is.
This accumulating snow so late in April could easily be a once in several hundred year event and could even be a once in a thousand year event.
The old Atlanta newspapers that I read (on microfiche at the public library) and copied forecasted rain and warmer temperatures on April 25th, not snow and colder. April 24th was 18 BN (high of 56 and low of 38) and they thought that that was to be the coldest day of the cold snap. So, this was a big surprise even to the meteorologists!
This accumulating snow so late in April could easily be a once in several hundred year event and could even be a once in a thousand year event.
The old Atlanta newspapers that I read (on microfiche at the public library) and copied forecasted rain and warmer temperatures on April 25th, not snow and colder. April 24th was 18 BN (high of 56 and low of 38) and they thought that that was to be the coldest day of the cold snap. So, this was a big surprise even to the meteorologists!
Must've been one hell of a bowling ball for that to happen.
Brent
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So cool. Never knew about this. Thanks Larry!
More on this amazing Atlanta and surrounding area 4/25/1910 snowstorm:
-The high/low was 39/32 at ATL for an average of 35.5, which is 7 F colder than the daily normals for mid Jan!
-That 35.5 on April 25th was the coldest day in over two months (since 2/19/1910)!
-This almost certainly was caused by an amazing bowling ball upper low as Susquatch said.
-The high/low was 39/32 at ATL for an average of 35.5, which is 7 F colder than the daily normals for mid Jan!
-That 35.5 on April 25th was the coldest day in over two months (since 2/19/1910)!
-This almost certainly was caused by an amazing bowling ball upper low as Susquatch said.
That's wild for so late in the season.
Marine layer was undefeated yet again today. Saw about 10 drops on the windshield. Very little chance of anything Friday or Saturday looking like now. I'm sitting at 1.11" for the month and if nothing materializes the next two days, April will close out leaving this area (not just my house) under 2" of rain for the month again. That would mean we've exceeded 2" of total monthly rainfall in only 2 of the last 8 months.
Marine layer was undefeated yet again today. Saw about 10 drops on the windshield. Very little chance of anything Friday or Saturday looking like now. I'm sitting at 1.11" for the month and if nothing materializes the next two days, April will close out leaving this area (not just my house) under 2" of rain for the month again. That would mean we've exceeded 2" of total monthly rainfall in only 2 of the last 8 months.
Thank you for sharing this info. I remember 1987 and thinking how amazing that was.
I appreciate all the weather tidbits you share. Thank you!
JHS
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May 1992 was amazing too. Several feet of snow on Mt. Pisgah and even a few flakes at GSP.
I remember the insanity of May 1992. Atlanta had an extremely unusual day with overcast/light rain and daytime temps in the 40s on the 7th! I storm chased (day trip) to NC. I recall making it to beautiful Highlands, which had several inches (snow had stopped). I think that was near where the snowcover started and that was almost as far as I could safely travel. I believe I tried to go a couple miles further north at most and that was enough for me as I was getting worried. So, I turned around.
It wasnāt easy driving in Highlands due to the prior heavy wet snow, but I went very slowly and managed it. I also avoided getting stuck. Luck probably helped, too. I believe the snow had just stopped there. I was floored to see this in May!
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Speaking of late season snow, does anyone know how this happened?
Drizzle Snizzle
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Even in Mid June of 1992 there were a couple days where it was in the 60s !
No, but I see that RDU had a low of 34 and a high of 53 with 1.40ā of rainfall and a T of snowfall. The records show that T to be their first snow since a T exactly 2 months earlier.
My dad and my best friend with his dad were camping in the mountains during this storm. We has arrived the evening before and were on a hike when the first flakes started falling. We all figured that was just a quick flurry that would last long. We ended up having to break camp later in the day and spent the rest of the trip in Maggie Valley