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I was in the right spot for once.  1.41” today and 3.44” for the month.

33 minutes ago, buckeyefan1 said:

I really hope the rain materializes, but I’m not holding my breath  

Go ahead and hold it. I’ll bet you would look good in purple.

Looks like some rotation just west of Mayodan.

14 minutes ago, magpiemaniac said:

It appears that the worst (or best) of it will pass to my west unless what’s now in Rockingham County expands shortly.  I’m ready for bed, but I think I’ll go sit on the porch and watch it rain on others vicariously.

It’s still coming but now shows signs of some weakening. Less lightning in the last half hour. I think by the time it reaches me on the Guilford/Randolph border it will be just be a short period of moderate rain and maybe a rumble of thunder.

1 hour ago, magpiemaniac said:

Mean looking line of storms in southern VA approaching the state line.  The outflow boundary is very pronounced on the KFCX radar.

Looks like it is holding together. In fact it seems to be getting stronger. Surprising for this time of the evening.

13 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Was feast or famine in central NC over the last week. We’re up to 3.77” for the month which is probably middle of the road, though it was much more hit or miss here than western and eastern sections of the state. Looks to be going very dry again. I know the farmers in central NC are absolutely struggling this year so hopefully our rainfall will come more consistently, instead of a 2-3 day bout of rain with the remainder of the month dry. We will see 

1.75” for the month here.  Enough to green things up at least for a while.

5 hours ago, magpiemaniac said:

I’m trying to move my retired parents from TN to NC and this is the absolutely worst real estate market to try to do it in.  Great for sellers, but terrible for buyers.  At their advancing age, they’d like to sell their current home and lease here so they don’t have to worry about maintenance, etc.  The inventory is slim, the prices are ridiculous, and the few houses that are available are snapped up in what seem to be hours.

It is definitely a seller’s market. It will reverse but probably not for a year or so.

54 minutes ago, yotaman said:

Well it looks like the NWS really blew the forecast today. Had a 100% chance of heavy thunderstorms today and so far it has been sunny with a few clouds here and there. I know of several festivals that were cancelled due to the forecast.

The foothills got your rain and are still getting it. Should be some fairly impressive totals by the end of the day.

45 minutes ago, magpiemaniac said:

My patience finally paid off.  I was at ZERO all day long with storms in all directions, but then this evening a strong storm moved in from the northwest along the Virginia border. I was expecting it to weaken considerably by the time it reached me, but it held together.  I’ve reach 0.94” in 28 minutes.  I should end with over an inch by the time it clears out.

I’ve been watching that one on radar and figured you were getting a good shot of rain. It is presently sliding by me just to the east. I am up to a big 0.02” now.  

Storms all around me for a lot of the day but I got blanked.  0.0000000000000”

0.27”  The weeds rejoice.

41 minutes ago, magpiemaniac said:

Reading all these rain observations makes me feel like the third grader who doesn’t have a pet for “bring your pet school day”.  

My two day total is 0.05”.  Break out the sandbags.

14 minutes ago, Iceagewhereartthou said:

You guys must have had a lot less rain than me. I've only had about half the amount of rain through May that I had last year  but it's still above average. After nearly 3 and a half years of nothing but rain on top of rain I have been happy for the drier past two months, though I still had nearly 5 inches last month.

Just less than 2” here.

3 hours ago, magpiemaniac said:

The rain roulette wheel is spinning this week.  Best chances for rain throughout the southeast over the next few days than we’ve had in many weeks.

Even my weed yard is showing signs of distress but it is much greener than many of the “fancy” lawns around here. 

1 hour ago, magpiemaniac said:

I’ll follow your lead and post May states for my location…

Highest temp:  90.9

Lowest temp:  36.3

Highest dew point:  70.8

Lowest dew point:  29.0

Rainfall:  2.61”

Almost half of my total rainfall was on one day.  (1.26” on May 3)

Highest temp: 91.9º

Lowest Temp: 39.7º

Highest dew point: 74.1º

Lowest dew point: 33.2º

Only 1.97” of rain for the month here.

18 hours ago, magpiemaniac said:

I’m old enough to remember when we had afternoon thunderstorms.

I’m old enough to remember when the glacier breeze kicked in and lowered afternoon temps. Sometimes I even had to put on my Sabre Tooth Tiger jacket in the middle of summer. Good times.

NWS Boulder 

::Attention:: We are currently investigating this weather phenomenon. What we do know is that it is rather bright so avoid looking directly at it. We have our best minds on it! #cowx #

18 hours ago, magpiemaniac said:

While there’s certainly some “panic buying” going on, there’s also no denying that we’re in the middle of a short-term supply crunch.  Seems like the local news stations want to lecture everyone to not top off your tank that’s already on 1/4.  There’s probably no moral consolation to the person sitting on the side of the road two days from now with an empty tank saying to themselves, “Well, at least I didn’t panic buy on Wednesday.”  Pundits, politicians, and reporters lie to us routinely, so when we’re told to chill out because everything will be normal by Friday, we’re reminded that we once had fifteen days to flatten the curve, too.  

All true but it doesn’t change the fact that a fuel shortage can be created any time everyone decides to fill up their tank at once.  Shortages have two components. The supply side and the demand side. The toilet paper shortage last year was totally demand driven. Companies quickly upped the TP production over 30% and there was still a shortage. This time it is both supply and demand that has been disrupted so the effect is more rapid and severe for a short time. Once gasoline starts being delivered to stations in a few days it will quickly return to a more normal situation since most cars have full tanks and demand will lesson for a few days.

7 hours ago, magpiemaniac said:

 

Primarily self inflicted.  Everyone filled their tanks at once. Think bread and milk in the winter.

3 hours ago, Avdave said:

I know Im stuck here though, wifey wont move back north at all lol

A lot of women will.  Just saying.

43 minutes ago, landof2rivers said:

I’m sorry,  I have no ability to gauge wind speed/gusts outside of Boone, but last night and tonight off poplar grove area above the campground has been crazy with the gusts. In the 10 years I’ve been in this spot, these are the most long lived winds. I’m not a local, so I’m sure these winds aren’t notable but dang.

Boone can be a very windy place. Way back, I won’t even tell you how far back, when I was at App St I lived at the west end of town and had to walk back home after a night event at school. I smoked back then. It was cold as shit and the wind was roaring. I managed to light a cigarette against the doorway of the movie theater and started walking directly into the wind up King St. It was so cold and windy that the tobacco burned inside the paper of the cigarette but the paper only had some small holes in it. I’d never seen that before or since. 

3 hours ago, Avdave said:

Was nice to get some rain yesterday evening and even some pea size hail which seemed to be common yesterday where it did storm

I was trying to see exactly what pee sized hail was and my wife got really mad with the mess I made in the bathroom. She said something about moving to a home. 

1 hour ago, yotaman said:

Low of 53, high of 85.

44º/82º. Real spring has commenced.

2 hours ago, Tyler Penland said:

Just getting settled back in at the house after our having our first baby. Little boy and everything went great. We were in the hospital for the duration of the worst of the cold. Was pouring snow on us walking in which was pretty cool for this weather geek.

We bottomed out at 13 at the house Friday morning after only reaching 32.7 on Thursday. Wound up with a nice dusting too after the late heavier showers.

Happy Easter everybody!

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Congratulations!  Major life change inbound. Enjoy.

28º here this am. Calling for 24º tonight.  A chilly 36/24 at the moment.