wncsnow Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Still looking dry the next 10 days at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upstate Tiger Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 I had hope that the cold front on Friday would at least bring some showers but it is looking more and more anemic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 40 minutes ago, Upstate Tiger said: I had hope that the cold front on Friday would at least bring some showers but it is looking more and more anemic. The death ridge in early April won't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 90% of the SE is in at least moderate drought for the first time since the drought monitor data began in 2000. Other years had more coverage of severe drought (2012, 2007, 2002), but the overall drought coverage is unprecedented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 16 days worth of rain on the Euro. This is bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted Tuesday at 09:47 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:47 PM 3 hours ago, wncsnow said: 16 days worth of rain on the Euro. This is bad. Yall cooked cuz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted Tuesday at 10:25 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:25 PM Enjoying my green lawn for the next week while it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted Wednesday at 07:14 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 07:14 PM Drought going to worsen to “Extreme” category for much of NC given recent trends and where we already are. Truly could be a historic summertime drought unless El Niño effects hurry up. Scary going into summer with drought status where it is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted Thursday at 02:20 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:20 PM It isn't just us. Much of the West is in real trouble with all time record low snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted Thursday at 10:43 PM Share Posted Thursday at 10:43 PM Some positive trends today with signs that the front may stall late next week and we could get some actual widespread rainfall. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted Friday at 11:22 AM Share Posted Friday at 11:22 AM 12 hours ago, wncsnow said: Some positive trends today with signs that the front may stall late next week and we could get some actual widespread rainfall. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted yesterday at 12:11 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:11 PM Models are drying out for later this week. Shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago 8 hours ago, wncsnow said: Models are drying out for later this week. Shocker. Lock it in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago 26 minutes ago, olafminesaw said: Lock it in We need more than that. Better than nothing I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted 22 hours ago Share Posted 22 hours ago .5 to 1 inch ain't gonna do much long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago I have a feeling we will start to see that extreme drought cover more real estate in the next few weeks and some exceptional areas pop up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago As temps and sun angle increase through spring, so does evaporation. Also, vegetation coming out of dormancy increases water uptake from soil. So 1/2” in winter goes a lot further than 1/2” in summer. Couple this with increasing water usage for lawns, In other words, we’re in trouble with a rapidly worsening drought. This is when we will see lake levels start to plummet. We need repeated widespread 1-3” rains to make a serious dent at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Euro model run 3 days apart. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted 56 minutes ago Share Posted 56 minutes ago 50 minutes ago, wncsnow said: Euro model run 3 days apart. Yikes. And to make matters worse all of the rain it’s showing now is from afternoon popup storms which are highly variable and not super beneficial for regional drought relief. Thunderstorm roulette in the afternoon is not where you wanna be to break severe+ drought conditions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted 50 minutes ago Share Posted 50 minutes ago 5 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: And to make matters worse all of the rain it’s showing now is from afternoon popup storms which are highly variable and not super beneficial for regional drought relief. Thunderstorm roulette in the afternoon is not where you wanna be to break severe+ drought conditions Yep we are in big trouble. There is a significant fire about 6 miles away from my house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted 45 minutes ago Share Posted 45 minutes ago 4 minutes ago, wncsnow said: Yep we are in big trouble. There is a significant fire about 6 miles away from my house. There were over 100 active fires in NC yesterday. Entire state is a tinder box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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