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We ended up with 1.8" of slow steady rain. 

15 hours ago, shaggy said:

Anderson cooper has now been caught in that trap as well. Pics of him "standing" in waste high water but his crew on the road while he is down in a ditch. Disgraceful when so many people are dealing with the real life threatening issues they face to have these idiots sitting on the outskirts of the disaster taking it.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anderson-cooper-hurricane/

1.1” as of 9:00 this morning. It’s been a nice steady soaking rain. 

Someone just posted on the other topic about the EURO being the worse model so far. Why are so many fixated at which computer model was right? At this point in time, isn't what is happening right now more important? 

Looks like it’s headed back over the Atlantic after it cuts through Southport. That’s bad news for MB. 

8 minutes ago, hickory said:

Am sorry if you live on a barrier island you know you're getting a major Hurricane at least once in your life. Sounds mean, but I have no sympathy.

Trump? Is that you? 

I feel bad for the folks holding the World Equestrian Games in Tryon. Tens of thousands of visitors are in the area for at least the next two weeks. https://tryon2018.com/

Up to this point, I was trying to get my son and daughter in law to leave Chapel Hill and come here. Now it looks like there is just as much potential for worse weather here than in CH. I guess it will be Thursday before we know where it’s going after it hits near the N.C./SC line. 

Our local WYFF guys are wondering if the disturbance just west of Key West might be enough to push Florence a little more east and north. That disturbance is moving north. They are not saying it will have an impact. They are only saying it’s something to keep an eye on. 

1.90” at my house yesterday between 5:00 to 6:40. It was beautiful. 

We just had a hour long storm that gave us 2.2” rain. 

Traveling to St. Peach next week so I wanted to read a detailed forecast discussion from the local NWS. This is all I got. 

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
904 AM EDT Fri Jun 15 2018

.FOR THE MORNING UPDATE...
High pressure will hold over the Florida peninsula today
with weak onshore boundary layer flow. Sea breeze boundary
will push inland during the late morning/early afternoon
with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing over the
coastal counties...with showers/thunderstorms pushing
inland and increasing in areal coverage during the mid to
late afternoon. Given the weak boundary layer flow, a few
outflow boundaries may push back toward the coast during the
late afternoon/early evening with a continued chance of
showers/thunderstorms across the region. Best chance of rain
will be south of the I-4 corridor across the interior
peninsula. Shower and thunderstorm activity will gradually
dissipate during the evening hours with skies becoming
partly cloudy over west central and southwest Florida after
midnight.

My point with this post? Too often I take for granted the talented folks at GSP NWS. I want to take the time to thank them for their thoroughness in keeping us updated several times a day with detailed information. They are the best in the business. 

We got 2.10” of rain last night at my house, giving me hope for a positive change in the weather pattern (more rain shower chances). The WXSouth Facebook post this morning dashed my hope. 

“Well there's major changes to the forecast since the last update. Models made a massive switch aloft in the flow pattern, and now instead of having a deep penetrating front come through next weekend, with widespread showers, instead a HEAT WAVE is on the way. The European  and GFS both leave that western trough in tact well out west, and that allows a Southeast ridge to build in starting Thursday and it grows this weekend and through much of next week. A ridge in this location with this kind of strength simply means HEAT and HUMIDITY.  Get your AC's ready.  Full breakdown of daily details is at my premium blog.
The Euro and GFS has 90s prety widespread in GA and the Carolinas (as well as west Texas) then merges the heat dome to encompass the entire Southern US by Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of next week, and they show impressive numbers for middle of May.
This will be a first time I can recall having so many lilies still not open yet, and plenty of Irises, and Azaleas and a few other perennials in bloom while there are this many consecutive days in the 90's.  I for one am not ready for this kind of heat, but then again, we seem to go from Winter to Summer a lot more now. The delayed Spring was nice while it lasted.”
Image valid Sunday , map from PivotalWeather.

I live in the south. I am thrilled with a couple of 3” snows. That’s a grade of A in my books. Bring on the warmth, or at least a little sunshine. A spring with no severe storms would grade out as an A too. 

All snow! 

Snow mixing in with rain at the base of Paris Mtn. in Greenville. All snow as you head up Altamont Rd.