Tarheel17

First signs on the models of drier air making it over the mountains. I would take dew points in the 50s for the end of August or early September and be happy with it. Unfortunately only appears to be fleeting and I expect it to not quite make it a week from now.

GFS shows no break in these oppressive dew points through the middle of next month. Oh, what I would do for some fall air this time of year.

Looks to be humid and cooler. I will gladly take the cooler weather.

Proof this heat has made me woozy. I meant to say that I might Uber to work instead of walk next week. Even just a 15 minute walk is enough to make me drenched in sweat when it's 78 degrees at 8 am in business clothes.

May Uber to work next to not show up drenched from head to toe.

The most miserable May weather-wise I have ever experienced. No change in sight for this pattern either.

Going off of this topic, I have seen several instances of the public struggling with the tornado watch/warning system, at least in areas like NC and MI that aren't in tornado alley. In particular, I have seen overreaction to tornado watches. Back in college, I distinctly remember one event where we had a tornado watch in effect and a severe thunderstorm barreling towards us. The campus activated the tornado warning sirens and notification system during classes and most students sheltered in place even though there was no tornado warning issued by the NWS. Someone in the administration or emergency services overreacted or didn't grasp the system. I have also had friends tell me to 'watch out for tornadoes' and refuse to travel when a tornado watch is in effect, even when the watch is for a 12 county area and isn't in effect until later that day for a very marginal and unlikely tornado outbreak. Stuff like this makes clear sense to us weather nerds, but for the average person it's a lot of information that they don't care about 95% of the time. Public education is key, but not sure on the best way to do it. Maybe NWS engagement in the classroom? Their resources are already stretched thin, but I could get behind something like that if funding were allocated.

I'm just glad to get back to seasonable temperatures and humidity. 70's or higher and high humidity is expected for half of the year here, so I can't stand it when it happens during the other half.

I can come to terms with the warmth, but having dew points in the 60s in the middle of February is worse than a 33 degree rain for me.

Just hoping for an inch and then I'm sure spring will be right around the corner.

Truly demoralizing. Always time for fab february?

Charlotte and Raleigh should start a donation collection. Maybe if everyone in nearby counties filled their truck beds with snow and shoveled it out on all of our lawns, we would feel like we got a snowfall or two.

Winter Weather Advisory for Charlotte/Mecklenburg county now.

I'm expecting the warm nose to torture us in a line from CLT to RDU, as per usual.

Serious question, how can the national weather service still call for 6-11 inches of snow/sleet in the middle of an event, and we still only see 3-4 max? That's a huge bust, but it was especially a slap in the face when they bumped up our totals just as it changed over to sleet.

Same view. Hopefully the models will nudge back southeast ever so slightly right before the storm, which I know is a possibility.

I think many people are just expecting the other shoe to drop after a string of forecast busts at the last minute.

So just as the GFS loses it for Central NC the Euro and everything else is on board. Glad I stayed up for the Euro, however

Looks like I will be staying up for the Euro. It's a shame, if all of them were like the GFS, i'd just go to bed.

Fully expecting a EURO crush job at this point just to mess with our heads

I will be heading back to NC from out of state on Wednesday. If this remains a possibility, it would likely be good for my sanity to drive all day rather than worry about models. At least if none of this verifies I still get to watch Carolina beat State on Saturday?

IF the Euro comes in showing something remotely similar I'll feel good. Until that time, I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop and we get zilch.

Paging Dr. No, paging Dr. No, urgent emergency for Dr. No!

I know the feeling. I've been a lurker here for several years and I feel that I have a good handle on the jargon and can understand what others are saying. As to actually doing my own interpretation beyond what a map shows....I have a very long way to go.

GFS went north and had rain for NC. Still a long way to go, however.