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GSO picked up 1.45" in 25 minutes in that last cell, more than we picked up in the 5 day stretch when we were supposed to get 2-4"

5 day totals 

GSO .96"

RAH 1.00"

Charlotte 2.53

Greenville SC 2.21"

Columbia  SC 2.1"

Atlanta 2.39"

24 minutes ago, WinstonSalemArlington said:

Ridge out West in late June ?

If the HRRR is to be believed the Triad is going to be the big loser today after rain slid to our SE earlier. We did get enough to get the ground wet anyway, but clearing up again for now

11 minutes ago, Avdave said:

This has a jog to the memory of the "big" snow we had here in NC this past Feb and the raleigh area was the snow hole.

 

Hopefully that blob of rain and storms over I 95 around KFLO and points N  & W will make it here. Otherwise today will be a dry day with only .07" today so far

I think more meaningful rainfall will have to wait until the wedge breaks down Tommorow morning. At least that's what the short range models are showing and I think the wedge is what killed the rain around here

I gotta say, despite the totals being underwhelming so far, this is the kind of rain you want to bust a drought. Spread over multiple days, coming in batches to soak in effectively, drizzle in between the more moderate rain and little sun/cool temperatures to keep any rainfall from evaporating quicky 

45 minutes ago, suzook said:

Another sunny day ahead. Where's all this rain we were supposed to get? Models are struggling with this dry pattern we are still in. 

This evening through the middle of next week is when the main slug of moisture should come through for you. This is a marathon not a sprint

Pop up storms starting to fire up in the western Piedmont and cumulus clouds building. Cap seems to be breaking down a little ahead of schedule 

15 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

How much of this is snow?

Not sure, but I wouldn't bank on much more than 1:1 ratios

33 minutes ago, bckhd2 said:

I work in an office right in downtown ATL and that cell basically sat over us for an hour just dumping rain. Flash flood warning said rates of 1-2" per 30 mins. I left the office in the middle of the storm to get to baseball practice and came about 500 feet from getting on 75/85 right where it had flooded when I realized traffic on the Connector had stopped completely, bailed, and took side streets out. I was one of the only cars on the Connector northbound once I got back on because everyone else was stuck. Just a crazy freak small cell. Baseball fields are 10 miles north, only a few rumbles of thunder and about 5 mins of rain. 

24 minutes ago, BooneWX said:

My excitement is building. Pulse thunderstorm season is one of my favorite times of year. Hope this wedge doesn’t last too long and we get to see some fireworks over the next few days.

Agreed. The nature of pulse thunderstorms is there will be winners and losers so some of us may need to wait until the weekend/next week to get significant rainfall 

What a drop in about 6 hours 

Eps 

2 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

In case anyone was wondering, overnight and morning trends look great for NC 

I also saw a tweet that mid/long range forecast accuracy has increased dramatically over the last couple weeks as expected as we begin to move out of meteorological spring.

16 minutes ago, suzook said:

So precip being pushed more west....uhm, this has happened since last year. I sure hope we can all cash in.

As of now, precip being focused to our west means flooding/flash flooding W of the Apps and just run of the mill above average rainfall with daily storm chances here.

Still no 90 degree high at GSO, just short at 89

A sight for sore eyes

41 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Latest drought monitor shows some improvement around the Charlotte area, SC and Georgia. Not much movement but probably the first time it’s trended positively in 6 months. This was expected as those are the areas that capitalized on the rainfall earlier this month. 

Continues to worsen across the northern Piedmont/ mountains 

2 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Rain chances Wednesday (90% NWS yesterday) have completely evaporated. Yet another system drying up east of mountains. I said 1” for the month was a lock but have definitely jinxed it in Raleigh area, it looks dry as a bone going forward! 

Yeah, not good the next week or so. May be entering a wetter period after that as the ridge breaks down