olafminesaw Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 My rain bucket only has a quarter of an inch in over the last two days. We need a lot more to bust this drought. A lot more showers in the forecast though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 30 minutes ago, olafminesaw said: 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 Oh I 100% agree with your post. The atmosphere is just not juicy enough and unstable to get some storms in the Triad/Triangle. Once this cooler air erodes and the warmer more unstable atmosphere can get going then for sure some will get some great storms and rainfall and others wont. Def not a widespread even rainfall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Raleigh precip shield has held strong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 Last 3 days rainfall RDU metro area per Cocorahs reports for 24 hr periods ending ~7AM: 5/21-2: solid/best 24 hr period of last 3 overall with 0.5-1.5” for many 5/22-3: Johnston, SW Nash, S Franklin, and far N/SE Wake counties another good one for many with ok to quite good (0.3-1.25”) but W Wake, Durham, and NE Chatham <0.1” 5/23-4: widespread but only very light with heaviest only 0.06”/lightest of the 3 periods overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 2 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said: Raleigh precip shield has held strong Wedge cloud cover appears to be breaking up on radar in the east. Should allow atmosphere to destabilize from east to west. That is the hope anyway. Only 0.16 so far since Thursday IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, GaWx said: Last 3 days rainfall RDU metro area per Cocorahs reports for 24 hr periods ending ~7AM: 5/21-2: solid/best 24 hr period of last 3 overall with 0.5-1.5” for many 5/22-3: Johnston, SW Nash, S Franklin, and far N/SE Wake counties another good one for many with ok to quite good (0.3-1.25”) but W Wake, Durham, and NE Chatham <0.1” 5/23-4: widespread but only very light with heaviest only 0.06”/lightest of the 3 periods overall We’ve had 0.58” total here (0.51”, 0.07”, TR) keep seeing these 3-7” amounts in upstate and Charlotte 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 18 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: We’ve had 0.58” total here (0.51”, 0.07”, TR) keep seeing these 3-7” amounts in upstate and Charlotte Yeah some rather robust amounts to the south and west of you. Anywhere from 2 to 4 plus inches around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 39 minutes ago, Met1985 said: Yeah some rather robust amounts to the south and west of you. Anywhere from 2 to 4 plus inches around here. Yea definitely good rains around but feel left out especially at the farm. Monday is the end of planting season for cotton farmers and a lot of those areas east of here have missed out entirely. Many farmers will be making tough decisions this year. Also upstairs of falls lake has been relatively dry through this period, and the lake has continued to drop today. Wedge needs to erode so the rest of us can make a dent in the drought 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said: We’ve had 0.58” total here (0.51”, 0.07”, TR) keep seeing these 3-7” amounts in upstate and Charlotte I’d love to have had 0.58” as I’ve had only a T total the last 3 days, which includes a T late yesterday afternoon and another T early this afternoon. After a beautiful 1.2” 18 hour long soaking rain on May 2nd, my area has been getting teased since with only ~0.25” total. But I remain optimistic for the upcoming week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 32 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: Yea definitely good rains around but feel left out especially at the farm. Monday is the end of planting season for cotton farmers and a lot of those areas east of here have missed out entirely. Many farmers will be making tough decisions this year. Also upstairs of falls lake has been relatively dry through this period, and the lake has continued to drop today. Wedge needs to erode so the rest of us can make a dent in the drought This coming week should bring in more rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said: Yea definitely good rains around but feel left out especially at the farm. Monday is the end of planting season for cotton farmers and a lot of those areas east of here have missed out entirely. Many farmers will be making tough decisions this year. Also upstairs of falls lake has been relatively dry through this period, and the lake has continued to drop today. Wedge needs to erode so the rest of us can make a dent in the drought Thankfully it seems to be doing just that today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 You don't see this usually in late May. Saturday’s high temp of 58° is the coldest high temp on record for May 23rd in Greensboro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 High of 86 in ATL area when sun came out. Picked up another quarter inch of rain during a storm this afternoon. Humid, humid, humid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 5 hours ago, eyewall said: Thankfully it seems to be doing just that today. Didn’t matter, everything evaporated heading into central NC again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Picked up another 1" exactly today. This puts me at 4.14" for the month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 18 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: Didn’t matter, everything evaporated heading into central NC again From Raleigh east to Greenville has been the looser so far. Only 0.21" for me so far. Hoping I can cash in Tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 23 minutes ago, cbmclean said: From Raleigh east to Greenville has been the looser so far. Only 0.21" for me so far. Hoping I can cash in Tomorrow. For the day so far and likely to be the same for the rest of today 0.00" here. Got a small batch of rain south of Burlington, NC but thats about it for the day that is anywhere close enough to the triangle. Starting to look drier and drier the next few days too. Just pop up T storms wherever they decide to form tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 minutes ago, Avdave said: For the day so far and likely to be the same for the rest of today 0.00" here. Got a small batch of rain south of Burlington, NC but thats about it for the day that is anywhere close enough to the triangle. Starting to look drier and drier the next few days too. Just pop up T storms wherever they decide to form tomorrow. The idea of finishing this period with <1” seemed laughable based on modeling but it’s quickly becoming reality. As is were under half the normal amount for the month 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avdave Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Just now, NorthHillsWx said: The idea of finishing this period with <1” seemed laughable based on modeling but it’s quickly becoming reality. As is were under half the normal amount for the month What else can we do but laugh at this. This very similar to that snowstorm in Feb when we got dry slotted so bad here. We got 7 days to go in the month but nothing looks like a game changer fore the piedmont region through the end of the month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXNewton Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Just a hair over 3" here since Thursday afternoon. Looking at the radar another round is going to build in over the next few hours. Friendly reminder, if anyone is building a house and using a plastic septic tank, please fill with water before any heavy rain moves in. My new neighbor found out the hard way yesterday and his tank basically floated out of the ground and snapped all the plumbing going into it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeNormanStormin Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Eureka! It has been dumping on Lake Norman all night. Cornelius might wind up with 2-3 inches just in the last 4 hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 11 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said: The idea of finishing this period with <1” seemed laughable based on modeling but it’s quickly becoming reality. As is were under half the normal amount for the month And Sunday was supposed to be the best chance lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 14 minutes ago, eyewall said: And Sunday was supposed to be the best chance lol. Parts of Johnston county have been the RDU metro jackpot winners of the last 96 hours overall with 1.5”-2”. Here’s the last 24 hours: only they got significant amounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 A band from Carrollton to Gainesville, which includes much of the N ATL metro, as well as to the N and NE of AHN centered on Madison county, did quite well the last 24 hours. As the map shows, some other areas of N GA, including near Rome, also did well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 I got just a T the last 24 hours and am at only ~1.5” MTD with most of that falling 23 days ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 42 minutes ago, eyewall said: And Sunday was supposed to be the best chance lol. Well to be fair, my POP was really high, and I did indeed get rain. Just not very much of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Visiting my wife's sister near Liberty, NC. I do not envy you piedmonters your red clay. They are doing a lot of construction on their property and there is a ton of bare ground, which is currently a gelatinous quagmire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Had at least a 70% chance of rain every day since Thursday so going on 5 days and have only recorded measurable rainfall twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Tropical downpour moving thru. That makes 3 out of the last 4 days with significant rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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