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Obviously but that’s why you chase is to nail storms like this. Also these eastern carribean storms usually are a little more predictable especially when they are chugging along at good speeds embedded in easterlies. If this was a cat 1/2 yea don’t do it, but this is going to be a historic 4/5 impact and he’s probably the best at documenting from the field, so that is upsetting for those who love his content like me. This just feels like one on a growing list of misses for Josh. He hasn’t chased since October and is missing two historic impacts in a row.

That’s a mistake. This is going to be a weakened mess later on. I do not believe this makes another landfall as a hurricane. Cannot imagine missing a high end impact after he missed Otis.

Presentation has gone buzz saw mode. I hope everyone is getting off the islands in the path that can. Shades of a Maria situation but further south.

Recon reveals an almost perfectly symmetrical core. My jaw has hit the floor. It’s still June in the MDR and we have this?!?!?!

The only thing that stops this from being a cat 4-5 strike somewhere on the windwards is an ERC. This storm is going to town with 0 inhibiting factors. What a storm for June. Eye candy

Cat 3 at 8 am. Aircraft confirmed. Whatever the max potential for this part of the Atlantic is, this storm is going to reach it

27 days without rain…

This storm going to pound town tonight

I’m excited/terrified for August and September

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