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Going back to April has been defined by feast or famine

We went from the 3rd wettest May to the 7th driest June to already the 11th wettest July. With today's rain we may climb into the top 5 for July as well. Talk about weather whiplash!

Was woken last night by heavy rain. Nearest rain gauge is picked up .74 in 40 minutes. Not a single 90 degree day on the 7 day forecast! 

1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Someone who can post pictures needs to take a screenshot of total accumulated rain for wake county right now if you want to know where my house is 

I mean TBF, a lot of the county did get the split. But I feel your pain 

Storms just firing just south of the VA border along the outflow boundary formed by the morning MCS. Will be interesting to watch and see if that boundary continues to develop and move south. 

This would be what happens 

Meanwhile GSO has hit 97 already tying yesterday's high which was the hottest day since 2015. We have a legitimate chance of hitting 100 for the first time since 2012 (although more likely temps will stall out at 98/99). With much more reasonable dew points, our heat index is also 97.

1 minute ago, NorthHillsWx said:

91 with a heat index of 106 here. Unbearable 

Seems like dew points have been running a good bit higher than yesterday's forecast, especially from the triangle East. Temps meanwhile are if anything a little ahead of schedule. 

11 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Definitely some winners and losers but the AFD kinda highlighted that. Either you get under one of the bands or you will be nickel and diming it. Raining steady here right now but we’ve only picked up 0.16” so far

The precip distribution actually ended up being fairly uniform surprisingly enough, but the precip cutoff was just a bit further East than modeled (we were living on the edge anyhow). Thankfully we got the heavy rain last Sunday that put a dent in the drought 

Seems to be a big of low level subsidence that is inhibiting the development of heavier precip across the triad. We may end up underperforming unless we can get some better lift.

4 minutes ago, Amped said:

Lots of Tornado warnings in central NY and Nrn Pa

Already the 2nd most tornado warnings in a single day for the state at 22 per IEM. 5/31 1998 was the highest single day record with 41

YTD heat index values confirm that this has been an unusually warm start to summer.

48 minutes ago, cptcatz said:

I get the hyperactive season with big hurricanes in ASO but I just don't see how we get to 25 named storms with 3 in the books and a dead July on the horizon.  Going into August, 2005 had 7 named storms and 2020 had 9.  To get those big named storm numbers, you need a lot of June/July slop.

I would not be surprised to see several hurricanes in the second half of October/November. The highly anomalous SST's should extend the window of opportunity by at least a couple weeks.

2 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

This is one of those, "If it could have acquired its current level of organization yesterday morning...", situations.  Fortunately, for the Texas coast, Beryl will run out of time before it can do anything crazy.

Geography dictates that almost any system coming  into the Gulf is going to have question marks, such as whether a core can rebuild after being shredded by land, limited time over warm water to strengthen before landfall, shear and dry air from troughs coming off the mainland. There's a reason major hurricane landfalls in the Gulf are relatively rare despite the consistently favorable SSTs 

39 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

First extrapolated pressure of 988.3mb 

Still need a dropsonde to have the official pressure. 
 

Edit: adding the latest microwave image 

Big eye. Might take longer to tighten up/ deepen.

16 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

The 12z GFS has Beryl becoming so broad and disorganized that it is only able to get itself together at the very last minute.

This happens a lot, where the only way for the core to tighten after becoming disorganized is  frictional effect in the few hours before landfall 

Treasure beach and surrounding areas may get hit the hardest, a big blowup of convection in that area, and some potential to take a step north.

Good news for Jamaica on the 8am track, it keeps the center well of shore, would probably only push hurricane force winds to the coast and Kingston may have dodged a bullet from a wind/surge perspective. Still, the island will bear the brunt of the heavy rain 

Bizarre looking, never seen such a sheared looking hurricane with such a healthy looking core

Euro drops up to 10" of rain in a 6 hr period. Considering globals tend to under estimate both localized higher totals as well as terrain enhancement, could definitely be some serious flooding/ mudslides. A big mitigating factor is the very quick forward motion. Most of the rain falls in 6-8 hours.

14 minutes ago, MN Transplant said:

Catastrophic for where, though?  Take a look at Google Maps for Jamaica.  There doesn’t seem to be many places that would be significantly impacted by a surge from an E to W moving storm.

I would think the hurricane would funnel water into the Kingston harbor, but I'm not seeing much historically to support this possibility. Dean took a similar track/ intensity and I'm not seeing any record of significant surge. It may be protected by coral reefs and is sheltered by a barrier island so that may be why. And as you say a storm track parallel to the coast is going to push less water than more of a 90 degree angle (not sure if I have that right, someone more knowledgeable can correct me)

I know we normally say an ERC means higher impact, but with increasing shear it could be a saving grace for Jamaica. Sometimes hurricanes can unravel mighty quick if an ERC occurs in a sheared environment 

Could be a really bad track for pushing surge into Kingston

10 minutes ago, gymengineer said:

I think we have to wait for more information because, as shown in the graphic Chinook posted, the METAR with the 105 kt gust came from TGPY- Maurice Bishop International Airport. 

I agree, especially since there doesn't seem to be any reporting stations on the small islands that got hit the hardest. FWIW The latest METAR on windy.com says gusts to 67kts 2 hrs ago and 59kts 1 hr ago. Makes way more sense. 

7 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

 

I feel pretty certain that is a faulty anemometer. FL winds in that area only would support near hurricane force winds.