NorthHillsWx

This storm looks like it will be one of those buzz saw looking hurricanes. What a specimen for this early in the season

26 days without rain…

Satellite presentation looks like a hurricane. This things rapidly intensifying folks

I wouldn’t be surprised if this is a hurricane by 5 am

Beryl is exploding. That’s a 50-60kt presentation

This is shaping up to be the worst summer of my life. Starting to. Hope we get a tropical system to keep it interesting

Currently 89 with a heat index of 93. High of 86.2 yesterday broke a long streak of 90+ here

25 days without rain…

0.00” meanwhile my buddy in Hyde county said he has had over 6” this week

This week’s drought monitor illustrates the severity of this dry stretch. Nearly 60% of NC is now in a moderate drought. That’s up from 0% last week. With today’s rain missing the central part of the state and no guarantees over the next week, this could escalate quickly.

24 days without rain…

It’s the first time I’ve recorded triple digits imby since I have had a station (~5 years). I have an ambient ws-2902. My station is away from concrete and in the open sun 80+ % of the day so I think it’s in an optimal spot for maximum temp readings 100.2 was the max for the day. It was above 100 for less than 15 minutes

Buckle up. Season gets going this week.

RDU is over 100. We are nipping at it here. 99.7, hottest reading of the year EDIT: we have cracked 100 for the first time this year imby. 100.2 at the moment. May still be ticking up. Please make it stop. This is the most brutal summer I can remember for it being only June

It’s getting bad quick with this heatwave on top of it. No rain in April/may is a different animal than a bone dry June or July. 100 degrees on top of ground that hasn’t seen a raindrop in 3+ weeks is brutal

End of week trending drier again. Really looking likely we’ll end the month under 1/2” rain

You exceeded our monthly total to date

Absolutely no rain here. Soybeans and corn are praying Thursday works out. Too late for corn probably

I’m driving through new Bern now. You can tell it in the corn. Farmers in for a rough summer.

We haven’t had a meaningful rain since June 4 (a brief but heavy shower). Looks extremely dry here through the week now. I think this is going to be our first month below 1/2” total since I have lived here. Add on the brutal heatwave and this is turning into a serious drought situation

It’s during weather like this that I question why I choose to live here

Looking more and more likely we’ll get 3 NS before June goes out. Obviously nothing strong but a fast start to a potentially very busy season

Not surprisingly, the abnormally dry area in NC has EXPLODED from 4% of the state to 66% of the state just in the last week according this weeks drought monitor! That’s a massive change and I can say that given the infrequent nature of the rains of last month, many areas were already seeing very dry conditions despite not being classified as such. I expect drought conditions to overtake the eastern half of the state by next week and worsen unless we get a tropical system. Pop up showers aren’t going to get it done at this point, and obviously we haven’t even had any of those in 2+ weeks

Got me

Some of those northern gulf rigs have been gusting 55-60 mph since yesterday. While I doubt that mixes down, it just shows that this storm has a very broad amount of energy. TS gusts showing up on multiple land based sites now in Texas