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26 minutes ago, SnowDeac said:

This is a legit moderate snow now. Chicken feathers. And radar looks pretty good SW… check in other CLT folks!!!

Moderate snow near South Park! ~3 inches of snow/sleet for the event so far IMBY

I'll complain about the lack of sun after the upcoming two days, but really can do without the heat.

Can confirm, 45 degrees with heavy sleet in Uptown Charlotte

KCLT stuck on 48/36. 10 degrees cooler just to our NE, hoping that cooler air pushes in soon.

13 minutes ago, ragtop50 said:

We need some of the lower dew points to keep filtering down into central NC. DPs still in 30s Raleigh and south, but 20s to even single digit DPs off to the NW of there. That is the critical piece I will be watching to get an idea of how well the cold air is working in. Obviously not too far to our NW

Good observation. Hickory has a DP of 22 while KCLT has a DP of 34 as of an hour ago. Hope to see that DP drop some more before the precip starts flowing in tomorrow morning.

I forgot how much I missed having something worthwhile to track.

I'll give it 48 hours before it goes *poof* and we get another warm rain.

27 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said:

Its gonna be a rough 9 months to next November.  

And a rough 12 months until we are in the exact same boat this time next year.

Snowing in Uptown Charlotte. Tiny flakes but started as snow, much better than the mix with rain last week.

You know it's rough when my parents up in Michigan have been on the battle lines of snow/ice/rain all winter.

Terrible, terrible pattern.

24 minutes ago, FallsLake said:

Why spend the money, in a few months we'll all be baking in the tropical heat and humidity here. 

Luckily my company is funding the trip. Maybe they know how much I hate the heat and want me to have effectively 8 months of summer this year since I will get back just in time for our yearly May heat wave.

At this point I'm looking forward to my upcoming trip to Singapore for a few months.

At least when I am baking in the tropical heat and humidity, it'll meet my expectations.

2 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

Charlotte concluded its fourth warmest September on record with a mean temperature of 78.7°. Only 1921 (79.2°), 1925 (80.5°), and 2018 (78.8°) were warmer.

 

Winning.

14 hours ago, FallsLake said:

Hopefully the 6Z GEFS is not good in the LR (2m temp anomaly for days 12-16):

 

The only saving grace is that +1 degree C is equivalent to 59 L and 80 H by the end of this timeframe in Charlotte....

I have a trip up to the Vermont mountains next week. GFS is showing a very strong ridge and well above-average highs of 10-20 degrees above normal for this time of year for that area, with a cool down right when I leave.

Honestly it's a cruel joke at this point.

If the GFS is right we will be waiting until at least the 4th week of the month for a shot at a brief cooldown/drier air. Not unusual, but the chances will really start ramping up by the end of the next 6 weeks.

On 8/1/2019 at 1:03 PM, NC_hailstorm said:

Final July temp numbers

CLT +3.0 (yeah whatever)

Typical.

1 hour ago, NC_hailstorm said:

Still amazes me how that CLT temp can always run high,they are at +4.8 for the month and much higher than anyone in the area.Looks suspect to me spitting that out,carry on.

HKY-+2.4

GSP-+1.8

AVL- +3.8

RDU- +3.2

GSO- +3.3

FAY- +3.2

ILM-+3,1

CAE- +2,0

 

 

Think the heat island effect could be that bad? Otherwise would be from the official CLT location but if I remember correctly it is in a low spot near the airport.

36 minutes ago, kvegas-wx said:

Seeing some hints around the interwebs of a cooler than normal, less humid spell coming in the 10 day range.  I'm so dang busy I have no time to play in the weather, much less watch models, so I'll leave it to the experts here.  Any truth to this coming July Ice Age?

The Goofy more or less says to try again next month.

About the most miserable walk to work this morning I have ever experienced.

78 degrees with a dewpoint of 73 at 8 am meant that I showed up to work ready for another shower.

Humid and Hot.

Dew points luckily staying below 70 most days so far.

I think my biggest frustration with the "New Normal", so to speak, is that the excessively high dew points every day means that we are nearly 100% of the time above "average" on our lows even when we are near or below normal on our highs.

I'll take the 588 Death Ridge over the 594 Death Ridge I suppose.

Maybe related - but I saw low-level clouds last night (SE to NW) going in the complete opposite direction of the upper level flow (NW to SE) in Charlotte. There weren't any obvious nearby storm cells either. Any possible explanations?

Looking forward to the Wedge action this Wednesday followed by a drying trend.

Summer Wedges are quite refreshing, even if it's still moist.

Thank god I will be in Europe the next couple of weeks. What an awful way to kick off summer. I know it will be waiting for me when I return.