NorthHillsWx

91 yesterday 92 today for the highs. WTH is going on

Don’t look at the GFS if you thought it was going to rain again in NC this month

It’s gonna be June before I have to mow my lawn this year

We’ve had so many moments since March when it looked like a pattern change was coming in the 14 day window just to revert to factory settings of drought.

We talk about NC a lot in here but man the upstate and especially southern half of GA and Florida are in even worse shape with almost those entire areas in D3 or D4

I was late to party, stage 1 restrictions go into effect on Monday. Can only water once a week and it’s either Tuesday or Wednesday depending on address. Lake fell to 83% capacity over last couple days

Raleigh said water restrictions will go into effect when falls lake dips to 85% capacity. As of two days ago it was at 87% which is well well below normal for this time of year when it is almost always kept at full pool. Matter of when not if now

I’ll believe it when it rains. Last system I was promised 1/2”-1” one day out and ended with the bare minimum to be considered measurable. Drought breeds drought and there has been a trend to dry out every system including our winter storms up until the moment they start. A pattern shift with multiple and repeated rain chances would be extremely welcomed though and honestly at this point beyond needed

Very end of month continues to look like a breakdown of the ridge and much wetter pattern. Hasn’t really been can kicked which is good. Saw RDU has only recorded measurable rain twice in last 30 days

My fear as well. Originally looked like it would break down this week. That certainly did not come to fruition as this weekends cold front will be dry

One I’ve only had to mow my yard once so that’s cool at least

High 84 low 59. Still sitting at 0.01” of rainfall for the month

This is officially the driest year to date at RDU in history

Likely will have watering restrictions by summer too

https://abc11.com/post/drought-places-strain-central-north-carolina-farmers-rural-communities/18862407/ This video was taken from the farm adjoining ours in Franklin county and that is our farmer in the video.