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A big red blob parked over Raleigh, I think Crabtree will be flooded tonight.

Indeed. In the RAH AFD I saw mention of slow-moving downpours; could be very problematic if it happens over the areas that just got deluged.

That sharp westward jog has lead to us only netting a pedestrian 0.60" here in Wilson.

Visiting family in Hope Mills, not really that bad yesterday. Skies were only partly cloudy in the afternoon, but they blocked a lot of the direct sunlight and humidity was not bad at all. A far cry from last year

0.48" in north Wilson

Ouch.

Looks like you should have gotten some goods in the last hour or so?

We all know the feeling. I think it's more frustrating to miss out when others are cashing in, then it is when everybody is dry. The same dynamic works with snow; 2" feels wonderful when everybody is getting it (or less), but it's maddening with other nearby are getting 4" or 6". Your luck will turn and the lucky ones this month might be back in the dust bowl.

Got a token 0.02 today but it does put me at exactly 10.00" for the month, with almost all of it coming since the 16th.

Another 0.92" last night, now at 1.57" for the week and 9.98" for the month.

Picked up 0.65, and cooled down to 71.7!!

Cells already starting to pop up between Raleigh and Rocky Mount. Anything that breaks through the CINH will have plenty of fuel today.

I topped out at exactly 97.9 today held down by the cloud cover. Got to 98.6. My PWS registered a DP of 84.9 ° at 3:00 PM today, with a HI of 127.6. That seems suspect but perhaps not completely out of the realm of possibility given that our soil is still quite moist from the 8+ inches of rain we got last week. Edit: Looking at the NWS site, it appears RWI was "only" measuring a DP of 73 ° at 2:53 PM so my 84.9 readings seems unrealistic. Still, it's dang humid.

Surprisingly RDU "only" hit 100 today, which tied the record.

OK, what's the over/under for the "RDU offset" for this week's heatwave? I have +3 °F. I am thinking it won't be quite as bad as last year's flash drought as we have been a bit moist going into it.