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 March 24 Share Posted March 24 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 March 24 Share Posted March 24 Enjoying my green lawn for the next week while it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 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 Sunday at 12:11 PM Share Posted Sunday 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 Sunday at 08:55 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:55 PM 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 Sunday at 09:21 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:21 PM 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 Sunday at 09:27 PM Share Posted Sunday at 09:27 PM .5 to 1 inch ain't gonna do much long term. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted yesterday at 11:20 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:20 AM 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted yesterday at 02:10 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:10 PM 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 yesterday at 05:51 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:51 PM Euro model run 3 days apart. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted yesterday at 06:48 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:48 PM 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wncsnow Posted yesterday at 06:54 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:54 PM 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 yesterday at 06:59 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:59 PM 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...
jpbart Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago 54 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: There were over 100 active fires in NC yesterday. Entire state is a tinder box Good luck brother. Fire is no joke, I hope you and your family avoid any fire issues and remain safe & sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago Overnight models again trended lower with precip over next 10 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Whole states going to be in super drought and burning up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooneWX Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago I’ll jump on the big yikes bandwagon. It’s been so dry that even a week into restarting my irrigation on the lawn, it’s still dormant for the most part and in mid winter form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 12z GFS is under 1” total rainfall for almost the entire state of NC and most of SC and almost all that comes from a FROPA in about a week. Not good. Mountain areas do look to have semi consistent afternoon storms though that could help but there just aren’t any large scale storms to help region wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 12 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: 12z GFS is under 1” total rainfall for almost the entire state of NC and most of SC and almost all that comes from a FROPA in about a week. Not good. Mountain areas do look to have semi consistent afternoon storms though that could help but there just aren’t any large scale storms to help region wide This is giving me 2007 worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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