NorthHillsWx Posted Thursday at 02:10 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:10 AM Its going to be funny when almost the entire SE sees multiple categories of drought improvement on tomorrow’s monitor but the corridor from Burlington to Raleigh to Wilson and a bubble around Savannah get worse 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted Thursday at 12:55 PM Share Posted Thursday at 12:55 PM 10 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said: Its going to be funny when almost the entire SE sees multiple categories of drought improvement on tomorrow’s monitor but the corridor from Burlington to Raleigh to Wilson and a bubble around Savannah get worse They tend to be note overly reactionary. Updated outlook: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted Thursday at 01:19 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 01:19 PM 1 hour ago, olafminesaw said: They tend to be note overly reactionary. Updated outlook: Many areas improved as expected. But they did extend the exceptional to more of the SAV area as NorthHills predicted. However, if the forecasts verify well, even this area will improve some there on next week’s map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted Thursday at 02:22 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:22 PM 57 minutes ago, GaWx said: Many areas improved as expected. But they did extend the exceptional to more of the SAV area as NorthHills predicted. However, if the forecasts verify well, even this area will improve some there on next week’s map. I’m not going to lie I think this map is overdoing the drought in upstate and SW mountains. All week the news stations were saying 12-15” in that area was needed in a month to end the drought and a large part of that area got 6”+ last week with more from a few weeks ago and some isolated areas in SW mountains picked up 12-15”! No I wouldn’t Think it would “end” the drought but with that much rain I easily would’ve expected some areas to drop to “moderate”. Unfortunately going forward looks exceptionally dry for the areas in extreme drought in northern half of NC so missing this rainfall has likely doomed us to see rapidly worsening conditions over next couple weeks, again. In spite of rain, falls lake has continued to drop as very little fell upstream and water use has continued to increase. Cooler weather will be only saving grace here. Looks like SC and Georgia continue to get beneficial rains this week though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted Thursday at 03:14 PM Share Posted Thursday at 03:14 PM 50 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said: I’m not going to lie I think this map is overdoing the drought in upstate and SW mountains. All week the news stations were saying 12-15” in that area was needed in a month to end the drought and a large part of that area got 6”+ last week with more from a few weeks ago and some isolated areas in SW mountains picked up 12-15”! No I wouldn’t Think it would “end” the drought but with that much rain I easily would’ve expected some areas to drop to “moderate”. Unfortunately going forward looks exceptionally dry for the areas in extreme drought in northern half of NC so missing this rainfall has likely doomed us to see rapidly worsening conditions over next couple weeks, again. In spite of rain, falls lake has continued to drop as very little fell upstream and water use has continued to increase. Cooler weather will be only saving grace here. Looks like SC and Georgia continue to get beneficial rains this week though At least they should have dropped the short term drought designation in those areas. I understand that lakes and resovouirs may not have recovered, but soil moisture is likely pretty much back to normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted Thursday at 11:16 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 11:16 PM Holy cow!! I just got home fortunately. Before that: Roads flooded, visibility near 0, driving no faster than 30 mph on the highway, flashers blinking….but made it! But something I’ve never seen before happened: water started dripping from between the top of the windshield and the roof! Fortunately I had a small towel to dry most of it up pretty quickly once I got home. After examining from the outside, I could see a portion of the rubber molding around the top of the windshield is sticking up a little. The great news: I got ~1” of rain, my heaviest since May 2nd! The recently redug ditches nearby handled the heavy rain quite well, keeping my street from flooding. I had complained to the city about it flooding in all heavy rains. Sometimes it pays to make phone calls. The radar showed what almost looked like a mini circulation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted Friday at 01:12 AM Share Posted Friday at 01:12 AM Had the briefest downpour this morning amounting to .02". It was a small quick moving cell. High of 89, low of 73. Feels like July out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach McGuirk Posted Friday at 05:41 AM Share Posted Friday at 05:41 AM I measured 4 inches in my bucket over the last week, but the official forecast is under 2 inches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook Posted yesterday at 11:33 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:33 AM Picked up 3.5 inches since yesterday evening. We are at 7 inches for the week!!! White flag is up!! I could use a couple days of sunshine please. Need to get some yard work done. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted yesterday at 11:48 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:48 AM 14 minutes ago, suzook said: Picked up 3.5 inches since yesterday evening. We are at 7 inches for the week!!! White flag is up!! I could use a couple days of sunshine please. Need to get some yard work done. No, no, no, you wanted rain you're going to get a lot of it. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook Posted yesterday at 12:15 PM Share Posted yesterday at 12:15 PM 26 minutes ago, Met1985 said: No, no, no, you wanted rain you're going to get a lot of it. Apparently all at once....Feast or famine the last year. I lost plants to drought a month ago, now I am losing some to flooding. Cant win. On a good note, everything in the area looks nice and green. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted yesterday at 01:31 PM Share Posted yesterday at 01:31 PM 1 hour ago, suzook said: Picked up 3.5 inches since yesterday evening. We are at 7 inches for the week!!! White flag is up!! I could use a couple days of sunshine please. Need to get some yard work done. You’ve had more this week than I’ve picked up last 4 months combined 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted yesterday at 03:30 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:30 PM 1 hour ago, NorthHillsWx said: You’ve had more this week than I’ve picked up last 4 months combined Suzook had more rain this week than I’ve had in ‘26! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted yesterday at 05:22 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:22 PM Went from 80% to 50% to 20% today. Looks like all the storms are south of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olafminesaw Posted yesterday at 06:27 PM Share Posted yesterday at 06:27 PM 1 hour ago, yotaman said: Went from 80% to 50% to 20% today. Looks like all the storms are south of us. Models have had to correct way south on every system the past few months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted yesterday at 08:08 PM Author Share Posted yesterday at 08:08 PM Check out the 40s DPs in RDU/GSO! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman Posted yesterday at 09:58 PM Share Posted yesterday at 09:58 PM 3 hours ago, olafminesaw said: Models have had to correct way south on every system the past few months Looks like the same for Mondays system. Went from 90% to 50% now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted 21 hours ago Author Share Posted 21 hours ago I’ve gotten some rain from thunderstorms this evening with possibly more to come. It hasn’t been that much so far (<0.25” I think). I’ll get the totals in the morning. Edit: I’ve got yesterday’s rains near 0.20” (5/30) and only a T so far today (5/31 through 4:20PM). That gets me to ~2.7” MTD. Can I get to 3” by day’s end? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 21 hours ago, GaWx said: Suzook had more rain this week than I’ve had in ‘26! Yikes! That's nuts! Had another half inch yesterday afternoon, with storms popping up already this morning. Wish everyone else could cash in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago The recent rainy pattern has reduced drought in the Southeast, eastern Texas, and Colorado. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 20 minutes ago, Chinook said: The recent rainy pattern has reduced drought in the Southeast, eastern Texas, and Colorado. The second image proves the triangle screw hole extends beyond snowstorms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthHillsWx Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Paltry 1.79” MTD Precip (think RDU was actually about a quarter inch lower last I checked) 96.6 hottest temp 41.9 lowest temp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago High: 96 on 5/19 Low: 40 on 5/2 2.62" for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaWx Posted 47 minutes ago Author Share Posted 47 minutes ago Rain started here ~45 minutes ago and it has gotten heavy at times as boundaries collide over this area per radar. This is a really nice rain that I’m thinking will approach or just exceed 1” and could go a good ways up from there if this continues awhile. There’s been no thunder/lightning associated with this. Update at 7:30PM: rain is still falling (going on 1.5 hours) and there have been additional heavy periods. As a result, I’m very likely near 2” at a minimum and counting! That makes this the best rain in months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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