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Picked up .50" yesterday. That makes 3 straight days with rain and rain is in the forecast thru next Wednesday. Currently 88/76.

Picked up another .81" yesterday from several storms. Surprising since I was watching the radar from work and it looked like I had hardly any rain. Thundering right now. 90/78.

Picked up .51" total yesterday. Currently 88/79.

I am so sorry for your loss. What a horrible way to lose a pet. And shame on the vet for waiting to notify you like that. I hope they lost any and all future business with you. Again, so sorry for your loss.

Moderate T-storm in progress. Currently 84/77.

Not too bad out there today. Dew points are down. Currently 82/75.

Rant of the day:

Took our 3 grand children to the movies this afternoon. $45 to get in. 4 regular drinks and 2 regular popcorns = $45. $90 for the day. No wonder why people do go to the movies much anymore. 

Big storms hung out to our west most of the day today and when they finally moved in to our area, they fell apart. .10" was all we could muster.

1 hour ago, Solak said:

Can't believe (well, yes, I can) that yet ANOTHER cluster of strong storms washed out 5 miles from the house just now. Heard thunder for an hour, watched the storms coming, then...poof, leaving some residual sprinkles that evaporate on landing.

That's about what happened to us today too. .08" is all we could muster with some areas to my south and west getting well over 1".

43 minutes ago, Chinook said:

This is a really cool picture from Surfside Beach, SC, retweeted by James Spann. When I was on vacation at Surfside, I always wondered what happens when lightning strikes the water. Does the water light up? I never found out. And this picture doesn't answer that question. I would suppose that if you are so close to a lightning strike to be able to easily see lightning hitting the water you should have gotten inside!

Here is a slow motion video of lightning hitting the water. 

Hot and humid today. Lazy days of August are here. Currently 91/77 although it did it 94 earlier today.

Storms last night petered out right before they hit us. Picked up only .09". Currently 90/77.

Sultry out today. Currently 93/81 for a heat index of 113. Yesterday I drove into one the heaviest storms I have ever driven into. Rain and small hail coming down so hard I was only able to do 20 mph and I still had a hard time seeing the road. Very impressive storm, it missed my house by just a few miles.

Steamy out, 89/80. Storm clouds are gathering.

Currently sunny and 92/79. Only 20% chance of rain today.

Well it looks like my rainy streak is over although we did have some very close thunderstorms this afternoon so some areas did get lots of rain just not me.

First time we had no rain before noon in almost 2 weeks. Woohoo, got my swamp mowed, had to raise the height of the mower deck so it wouldn't stall constantly but it's done. Steamy out there at 90/80.

54 minutes ago, jburns said:

I mowed this evening but I didn't have a choice.  Leaving for a week at the beach tomorrow morning. If I hadn't mowed I wouldn't have been able to find my house when I got home. As it was, it choked my mower a few times. Basically what my Deere was telling me was, I can cut the grass or I can carry your fat ass up the hill, but not both at once.

Another .23" this morning so no mowing grass again today. 1.14" for August. 8.40 for the past 2 weeks. It has rained for the past 12 days straight.

EDIT: ended with .31" for the day.

.19" so far today. Our lowest amount since the rains started 11 days ago.

20 hours ago, Solak said:

See this...

.AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS 
WILL AFFECT WAKE... NORTHWESTERN JOHNSTON

Check RADAR... Yellows and Reds 20 minutes away.

Rush out to do some mowing.

Total accumulation = T *barely

Check RADAR - no returns left on screen. Rained itself out.

Now if you hadn't of mowed it would have poured.

Day 10 and .31" so far today. Currently 74/73 with thunder and light rain.

Start of a  new month but same old story. Picked up another .40" this morning. That makes 9 days in a row of rain. Currently 86/78 and breezy.

On ‎7‎/‎26‎/‎2018 at 11:09 AM, BooneWX said:

Whoa. I've been absent from the thread for too long. I hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to drop in and ask if any of you have at-home weather stations. I'd really like to invest in one in the near future and I wanted to see if anyone had a particular suggestion. 

Davis Vantage Pro 2 or Vantage Vue are probably the 2 best for the money. I have the Pro 2 and have had it for about 9 or 10 years now and have had to replace the humidity sensor twice due to the extreme humidity we have every year. Other than that, it has been extremely reliable.

3 hours ago, NC_hailstorm said:

Solar wind coming down the last 3 or 4 weeks after spiking up around 700 a few times in April and May,running around 280-450 or so lately.Big drop in the EEP levels too in the same time frame going from 9 to about 5 now.

QBO still ticking negative at -28.45

Just some observations I'm watching but carry on.

And what exactly does that mean to the layman?