NorthHillsWx

Been quite dry here this month. Sitting at 0.24” over a third of the way through May

6z GFS went all in on it. Has a hurricane hitting Florida in May…

RDU gust of at least 63

It was brief but the was a CC drop for a few minutes

Just picked my daughter up from daycare near creedmoor and millbrook and hit the storm on the way back. Worst storm I’ve been in a long time. Branches down and power went out while we were sitting at light. Looked like 50-60 mph wind

Clouds have broken here and temp has shot to 84

Per visible most piedmont areas should see significant clearing shortly

Picked up 0.18” from the line of storms yesterday as they mostly moved around my location. Good thunder though on approach

Hard to beat todays weather!

High of 85 today. Line of storms cooled us off quickly. Little meager in the rain department, only 0.08”

Dare I say, it is hot today???

34.3 here this morning. I didn’t notice much frost though, besides some very light frost on the roof

After a widespread frost tomorrow, looks like our next weather feature will be our first “death ridge” of the season and mid 80’s late this week and weekend

Finished with 1.22” for the event

Currently 43.9 at the 2:00 hour with 1.04” in the bucket for the day

Overall it’s been a very pleasant spring. I know whats coming in about a month, so every good front feels like such gift right now

Can’t beat that!

Crazy the difference between our homes sometimes. We picked up over an inch and a half between yesterday and today

Good storm, nothing severe. Kinda trained over us. 1.19” in about 45 minutes. Might get another shower but that was probably the end of the heavy rain, cool outside now

0.42” yesterday

Yea it’s the same in all the Carolina’s. NC has more issues with wedge fronts in the springtime and many times tornadoes set up along the wedge front which bolsters activity in the Triad area in some events though those are rarely strong tornadoes. Really I think the limiting factors are storm track is usually west of the mountains and a lot of energy is lost coming over terrain and we being further from the actual low centers then In the Deep South/Mississippi valley.

One of the wildest tornado videos in history was that Myrtle Beach tornado that developed along a sea breeze front and roared directly down the beach in front of the high rises for miles. I think that was EF-2. Coastal fronts 9 times out of 10 wreck havoc on storms as they approach the beach and almost always cause them to be undercut and become outflow dominant. However, violent tornadoes and outbreaks like yesterday are exceptionally rare and the setup for discrete super cells like we saw yesterday out in the clear rarely materializes in that area. Really was likely a historic day yesterday but thank the lord it hit some of the least populated areas in the southeast. A really really close call with Columbia as well.

Video from the Pembroke, Ga tornado indicates likely EF-3 in my opinion

Interested to see the storm surveys from yesterday. Seems we had several violent tornadoes based on radar imagery and videos. I haven’t seen any ridiculous damage images yet, thank god, but it’s likely bc they mostly hit rural areas This afternoon will be interesting. Parameters for significant tornadoes are there but CAPE seems limited where they exist (northern Georgia). If we can get the sun out and more heating to capitalize on this, today could be another dangerous day. Tricky forecast though given the stable air from yesterdays event and remaining boundaries. Hi-res has backed off today on a widespread severe threat but I definitely think an few isolated tornadoes will happen (nothing close to yesterday) but a few could be strong given the shear profiles noted on NAM and HRRR modeling in central Georgia

The super cell that produced the above tornado is an absolute beast. Not everyday you see that structure in the low country. Terrifying