NorthHillsWx

A rainy period is always 3 weeks away here now… Raleigh all but guaranteed to slip into level 2 water restrictions. Saw the lake was headed to 70% (currently 73%) and current restrictions went in at 85%. 60% is next level and that will come quicker as water usage increases in summer

Yep northern piedmont missed out, about the only area in the entire region that did. Looks quite dry going forward too

I’m not going to lie I think this map is overdoing the drought in upstate and SW mountains. All week the news stations were saying 12-15” in that area was needed in a month to end the drought and a large part of that area got 6”+ last week with more from a few weeks ago and some isolated areas in SW mountains picked up 12-15”! No I wouldn’t Think it would “end” the drought but with that much rain I easily would’ve expected some areas to drop to “moderate”. Unfortunately going forward looks exceptionally dry for the areas in extreme drought in northern half of NC so missing this rainfall has likely doomed us to see rapidly worsening conditions over next couple weeks, again. In spite of rain, falls lake has continued to drop as very little fell upstream and water use has continued to increase. Cooler weather will be only saving grace here. Looks like SC and Georgia continue to get beneficial rains this week though

Its going to be funny when almost the entire SE sees multiple categories of drought improvement on tomorrow’s monitor but the corridor from Burlington to Raleigh to Wilson and a bubble around Savannah get worse

Even with the rainfall over the past week RDU is only at 1.54” for the month. With rain chances decreased through the rest of the week, looks like yet another month here with less than 1/2 the normal rainfall for the month

Almost matched here

Upstate is legitimately getting enough rain to end the drought there

Got 0.19” additional from a passing cell, .44” for day 1.79” MTD

0.25” here, 1.60” MTD

Had at least a 70% chance of rain every day since Thursday so going on 5 days and have only recorded measurable rainfall twice

The idea of finishing this period with <1” seemed laughable based on modeling but it’s quickly becoming reality. As is were under half the normal amount for the month

Didn’t matter, everything evaporated heading into central NC again

Yea definitely good rains around but feel left out especially at the farm. Monday is the end of planting season for cotton farmers and a lot of those areas east of here have missed out entirely. Many farmers will be making tough decisions this year. Also upstairs of falls lake has been relatively dry through this period, and the lake has continued to drop today. Wedge needs to erode so the rest of us can make a dent in the drought

We’ve had 0.58” total here (0.51”, 0.07”, TR) keep seeing these 3-7” amounts in upstate and Charlotte

Raleigh precip shield has held strong