eyewall

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.

This still can't compare to the 2007 heatwave when I was in Southern Pines where it got to 108F with a heat index of 121F.

Yesterday's action:

Looking at 101F or 102F for Raleigh around Tuesday. Absolutely awful. If I could move back to New England I would.

After a month on a road trip I am hoping to catch some storms today. I missed the good ones in NC in the last few weeks.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1286196370173602&set=a.477613334365247

It is pretty active now with a south Bz. Don't snooze on tonight.

Unfortunately the storm peaked at the worst possible time during the day.

It is ongoing now at G4 but the Bz is north. We will see how much it holds through tonight and if that number shifts.

2 hours ago, Shack said:

Nephew sent this from Newnan, Georgia this morning:

 

Beautiful roll cloud!

3 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

That was the most severe storm I’ve seen in a long time. Marble sized hail and easily 50 mph gust accompanying the heaviest rain/hail. Abrupt wind change too, definitely a super cell. Hopefully @eyewall got the drone up

I did! I was on two different cells actually. The first pic here is McGee’s Crossroads (east of Angier) and the other from off Capital Blvd in North Raleigh.

This last image is as the cell in Raleigh moved off the ENE (Rain/hail separated from the updraft)

It only gets worse from here.

8 hours ago, dendrite said:

Of course it all falls apart for us near sunset.

That was a troll G4 for sure.

19 minutes ago, cbmclean said:

That's more frozen precip than some winter weather events around here!

sad but true

Yesterday's storm chase near Spivey's Corner and south of Benson yesterday:









Hail video: https://bsky.app/profile/jeremywx.bsky.social/post/3lmmo7zcokc2z

1 hour ago, Upstate Tiger said:

Just had hail with band that went through Lincolnton. 

yep I caught a bunch near Benson earlier.

21 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Tomorrow actually looks like a decent hail threat 

I agree. I am waiting to see what pops up.

One more shot as the storm was a bit farther away:

I caught it south of Pittsboro: