eyewall

She won't find the manager out there! 

51 minutes ago, Superstorm said:

That is stunning.  Any filters used?

No filters just some basic processing in Lightroom but the colors were really vibrant then.

I hear things were not great due to a drought but I remember 2022 was awesome when I took a VT trip. This is still one of my better foliage shots of all time (from Waterbury):

12 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Pressure falls continuing (looks possibly like sub 970) and winds starting to catch up. FL winds to 100kts this last pass and SFMR winds coming up at well. Bermuda is in for a serious blow. HWRF brings this to a major right over the island. I think cat 2 is most likely but the ceiling remains low end cat 3

Yeah in this case it will make quite a difference if the center passes north or south of them. North of them and it is with the motion of the storm.

I am starting to wonder about an eventual stall as this thing gets near the coast or perhaps a little inland.

11 hours ago, yotaman said:

Horribly missed forecast. Predicted 1 to 3 inches and we ended up with .21" total. The 35 to 40 mph winds never materialized either.

It all went to Virginia. 

5 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

I cannot believe how dry it’s gotten after back to back 9”+ rainfall months at my house. We’re on track to finish with under 1/2” of rain for the entire month and I frankly don’t see another rain chance unless something tropical happens 

Yeah we are not getting any rain from this system at this point. NWS will have to catch up.

Bust on the rainfall here that is for sure.

1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Well so much for any rain in central NC

Yeah that isn't happening at all.

36 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

The eastern half of NC could get some heavy, beneficial rainfall over the next couple days depending on how strong the coastal low gets.

yeah I was hoping last night was going to be clear before this for telescope shots but it was not to be.

30/30 probs this morning. 

12 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

High of 82.9 low of 71.6 humidity brought heat index into mid 90’s though. 0.53” of additional rain brings the MTD total to 8.39”

The dewpoints are horrible out there. 

1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said:

I’m shocked there wasn’t a flood watch this week. I think we’re under our third flash flood warning of the week 

There really should have been! It has been a crazy week!

2 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Did this sub forum trade climates with Seattle? 

Or the Amazon. The mosquitoes are awful

1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Over 2” now and sitting at 67 degrees

I misspoke- over 3” now and pouring still

No weather done today 

I just want this summer to end quickly.

This has to be one of the worst summers I can remember for dewpoints. I am so ready for it to be over.

2 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

10 days since our last rain and still just 1.83” for the month looks likely to be our total 

the Raleigh weather dome is holding.

This single cell storm put on a show last night:

Microburst in Knightdale as seen looking east from Raleigh:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EmJDjFnW4/

Microburst potential is significant today

3 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

I must be in my own private heat island because we’re pushing 97 and RDU is only 92. I swear my station hasn’t been tampered with! We’ll see if this levels off. Oh, my heat index is now 111

The dewpoints are absolutely awful this morning (78F at RDU). 

5 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

I do think the flash drought last year affected RDUs readings significantly. This summer my station has been in almost lockstep with RDU and it hasn’t been an outlier in central NC like last year. We hit 100.8 which actually was slightly above RDU’s 100 yesterday 

Yeah RDU is not an outlier right now.