August 2025 obs

[SEwakenosnowforu]

7 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Cary got smacked. We’re just shy of 4” here and looks like some areas doubled that around Cary 

I don't even want to describe the ride to work. Nothing in fuquay....got to crossroads and it went crazy...around 7:30am....I did not expect it. It took me 1.5 hours to get to Wade Park. It's a normal 35 minutes. I was driving through 4 to 6 inches of water at times...I got to work and looked at the radar and turned around and went home! Lol...I cannot wait to see the totals!

[NorthHillsWx]

Did we jump to October? Currently 67 with moderate rain and a stiff NE breeze. 0.36” additional so far 4.29” event total 

[cbmclean]

4 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Did we jump to October? Currently 67 with moderate rain and a stiff NE breeze. 0.36” additional so far 4.29” event total 

You'll know it's October when we have out annual fall heat ridge and you're carving pumpkins in 90 °F heat.

[WinstonSalemArlington]

20 hours ago, cbmclean said:

You'll know it's October when we have out annual fall heat ridge and you're carving pumpkins in 90 °F heat.

I know fall is nigh because of all the Halloween decorations and candy in stores. Pumpkins will be for sale at Harris Teeter within a month. 
 

It’s foggy and 69 at Winston-Salem. The fogs of August are really big this year 

[gman]

It has to be fall. The Honey Crisp apples have been available for a week. The crop is early this year. 

[GaWx]

Showers, some heavy, (no thunder so far) are now moving in here in a WSW direction.

Edit 4PM: More heavy rain falling again from a band of showers moving SW.

[WinstonSalemArlington]

Historic early August chill 

[NorthHillsWx]

We finished with .56” yesterday which brought our MTD total to 4.60”. Incredible day today, currently 78 just barely hit 80 earlier 

[marsman]

High of 82.8 at 4:10pm. 5.22" over the whole event. 6.20" for the month so far. Can't believe the flooding at Bond Park! 

Separately, this may be the last transmission from my OG Davis Vantage Vue. I'm tired of replacing the battery (also $$$) as I've fallen victim to the capacitor issue. Also developed comms issues with the station.

2008-2025, RIP. Looking forward to the new touch screen model scheduled to arrive next week.

[Met1985]

2 minutes ago, marsman said:

High of 82.8 at 4:10pm. 5.22" over the whole event. 6.20" for the month so far. Can't believe the flooding at Bond Park! 

Separately, this may be the last transmission from my OG Davis Vantage Vue. I'm tired of replacing the battery (also $$$) as I've fallen victim to the capacitor issue. Also developed comms issues with the station.

2008-2025, RIP. Looking forward to the new touch screen model scheduled to arrive next week.

You ordering a new Davis?

[marsman]

1 minute ago, Met1985 said:

You ordering a new Davis?

Yes. 

[calculus1]

1 hour ago, marsman said:

High of 82.8 at 4:10pm. 5.22" over the whole event. 6.20" for the month so far. Can't believe the flooding at Bond Park! 

Separately, this may be the last transmission from my OG Davis Vantage Vue. I'm tired of replacing the battery (also $$$) as I've fallen victim to the capacitor issue. Also developed comms issues with the station.

2008-2025, RIP. Looking forward to the new touch screen model scheduled to arrive next week.

I’m on my second Vantage Vue. I didn’t realize they had come out with a new touchscreen model.

[GaWx]

18 hours ago, GaWx said:

Showers, some heavy, (no thunder so far) are now moving in here in a WSW direction.

Edit 4PM: More heavy rain falling again from a band of showers moving SW.

 After this, I got several more rounds of rain through the evening of 7/8 adding to that gotten yesterday afternoon adding up to a total of ~1.3”. After emptying that, I then through the early morning hours (7/9) received heavy showers coming off the ocean with the heaviest 5-5:30AM. I estimate 2” from the late night through now (7:40AM) with light rain still falling. All of this is on top of the 6” I got Aug 1-6! So, I’m at ~9.3” Aug 1 through 7:40AM of Aug 9!

My water table is ridiculously high. Fortunately though due to the rains being spread out enough, I’ve yet to have any garage flooding this month despite heavy puddling of rain sitting just outside the garage. However, more heavy rains are possible over the next few days.

Not one but two flash flood warnings were up for the county since late afternoon yesterday (8/8)!

#1:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
353 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2025  

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A  

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...  

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.  

* AT 353 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE  
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  

HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  

IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
POOLER, DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH, HUTCHINSON ISLAND, HUNTER ARMY  
AIRFIELD, MIDTOWN SAVANNAH, WINDSOR FOREST, SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL  
AIRPORT, GARDEN CITY, PORT WENTWORTH AND THUNDERBOLT.  

CITY OF SAVANNAH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT NUMEROUS ROADS IN  
THE SAVANNAH AREA ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER  
THE NEXT HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN ONGOING FLOODING.
—————————-

#2:
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
520 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2025  

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A  

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...  

* UNTIL 715 AM EDT.  

* AT 520 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING  
FROM DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH TO THE SAVANNAH RIVER ENTRANCE AND  
EXTENDING OFFSHORE. THIS BAND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WEST ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA. UP TO A INCH OF RAIN HAS  
ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME AREAS THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2  
INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL THROUGH 7 AM, RESULTING IN AREAS OF  
URBAN FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING. FLOODED ROADWAYS ARE LIKELY  
WHICH MAY RESULT IN CLOSURES.  

HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.  

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  

IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
POOLER, TYBEE ISLAND, MIDTOWN SAVANNAH, DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH,  
HUTCHINSON ISLAND, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, WILMINGTON ISLAND,  
WINDSOR FOREST, FORT PULASKI NATIONAL MONUMENT AND GARDEN CITY.

[GaWx]

Just what we don’t need, still another batch of moderate to heavy rain moving in at 1PM.

Edit: This and other rain on 8/9 plus other rains after midnight on 8/10 during the late night added to ~0.9”. That put me up to 9.9” MTD!

[WxUSAF]

Hi SE friends. I’m in OBX this next week for my first ever visit. 76 with a lovely breeze right now.

[yotaman]

High of 80 at noon and then the rain moved in. Ended up with 1.19" for the day. Not bad for a 40% chance of afternoon thunderstorms.

[GaWx]

After having no rain throughout the daytime of 8/10, which allowed me to go to Tybee with some friends, rain showers (some heavy) coming off the ocean moving NW started at 11:30PM. It looks like per radar that periods of rain may last til after midnight.

Edit: Before this, I was already way up at ~9.9” of rain for August!

 

[GaWx]

8 hours ago, GaWx said:

After having no rain throughout the daytime of 8/10, which allowed me to go to Tybee with some friends, rain showers (some heavy) coming off the ocean moving NW started at 11:30PM. It looks like per radar that periods of rain may last til after midnight.

Edit: Before this, I was already way up at ~9.9” of rain for August!

 

 Followup: It turned out that several bands of rain, sometimes moderate or heavy, continued to come in from the SE over this area. There was heavy near and soon after midnight. And then while I was sleeping, this occurred, still another FF warning for still another band of heavy:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
156 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2025  

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A  

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...  
JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...  

* UNTIL 400 AM EDT.  

* AT 156 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN LARGE BAND OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL JUST OFF THE COAST OF  
CHATHAM COUNTY. THIS BAND WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH CHATHAM COUNTY  
INTO PARTS OF JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 4 AM. THIS INCLUDES MUCH OF  
THE SAVANNAH METRO AREA. AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN COULD  
FALL OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD. THIS WILL RESULT IN URBAN FLOODING  
AND FLASH FLOODING. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ACROSS  
DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH.  

HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  

IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS  
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
POOLER, BLUFFTON, TYBEE ISLAND, MIDTOWN SAVANNAH, DOWNTOWN  
SAVANNAH, HUTCHINSON ISLAND, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, WINDSOR FOREST,  
WILMINGTON ISLAND AND COFFEE BLUFF.
————————

Then this statement was issued:

CHATHAM GA-JASPER SC-  
326 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2025  

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS  
MORNING FOR CHATHAM AND JASPER COUNTIES...  

AT 326 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY  
RAIN FALLING OVER MUCH OF CHATHAM COUNTY. WHILE THE MOST INTENSE  
RAIN HAS SHIFTED NORTH OF THE AREA, THE RISK FOR FLOODING CONTINUES.  
AS MUCH AS 1 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS SINCE 2  
AM.  

HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  

IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,  
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR  
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.  

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
POOLER, BLUFFTON, TYBEE ISLAND, MIDTOWN SAVANNAH, DOWNTOWN  
SAVANNAH, HUTCHINSON ISLAND, HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, WINDSOR FOREST,  
WILMINGTON ISLAND AND COFFEE BLUFF.

[GaWx]

Then this was in the forecast discussion this morning:

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  
612 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2025  

SYNOPSIS  

A STATIONARY FRONT TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION SHOULD DISSIPATE  
TODAY. BY MID TO LATE WEEK, SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT  
INTO THE ATLANTIC, WHILE WEAK TROUGHING FORMS INLAND. 

NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/  

THE UPPER-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE THAT HAS BEEN POSITIONED WELL  
OFFSHORE OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL  
BEGIN TO BUILD WEST TODAY AND REPLACE THE MID-LEVEL WEAKNESS  
THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE LAST FRIDAY. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL  
REMAIN MODESTLY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH A PLUME  
RICH, TROPICAL MOISTURE FEATURING PWATS HOLDING IN THE  
2.30-2.65". SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS, PASSING BITS OF  
VORTICITY PROPAGATING ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER  
HIGH WILL BRING SEVERAL MORE BANDS/WAVES TO SHOWERS/TSTMS TO THE  
AREA.

and 

THE HIGHEST RAIN TOTALS SINCE FRIDAY HAVE BEEN MOSTLY CONFINED  
TO THE COASTAL COUNTIES WHICH SHOULD CONTINUE AGAIN TODAY. 

***SOME  
AREAS HAVE SEEN AS MUCH AS FOOT OF RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL  
DAYS ALONE WHICH IS DOWNRIGHT INCREDIBLE FOR AUGUST OUTSIDE OF A  
TROPICAL CYCLONE.***

—————

I had been up to ~9.9” month to date through the period just before the rains returned at 11:30 PM last night. I don’t yet have my overnight total, but it was significant once again, quite possibly ~2”. I’ll update later.

 

Edit: I had 2.1” from 11:30PM through the rest of the night (8/11 AM) bringing me to 12” MTD!

[GaWx]

Here we go again. Another batch with some heavy rain has just arrived from the south. Before this as of last night’s rains I had just made it to 12” MTD with none due to a tropical cyclone as we know.

[WinstonSalemArlington]

At least my grass will be green until fall