Friday

>> Friday, July 25, 2008

Last night, Jeff and I were discussing how the latest runs of our in house RPM model (Stormcast) had been showing some clouds moving in overnight. I think we both sort of found it a somewhat odd idea, and I continued to go with a clear to mostly clear forecast for last night. Oops. Mid and high level clouds did roll in overnight, and that kept our low temperatures up higher than forecast. Instead of lower 60s, we are in the upper 60s in many spots. Still a pretty comfortable morning, but not down to that really comfortable range I was expecting.

The clouds will be a tricky forecast today. They will definitely be hard to shake for a while this morning, but I think sunshine will likely work in as the day unfolds. Humidity values should still be pretty low today, assuming the clouds erode away as anticipated.

The tropics are pretty quiet. Our tropical wave in the eastern Atlantic continues to have very little convection with it, so there are no immediate signs of development.

On another note, some of Jayden's friends at church had gotten haircuts this summer, and Jayden had really been wanting to get hers cut. To this point, all we had really done with her is have the dead ends cut off....no real trimming of length. Well, we gave in and decided to let her do it. Her hair is now roughly shoulder-length, and I have to say, I like it. The downside is that it seems we went from having a 5 year old to having an 8 year old....what a difference it makes!

We have another morning of swimming lessons this morning, then a quick bite of lunch and into the weather office this afternoon. Enjoy your day! Remember, the 'Quick Hits" section above is my Twitter feed...I will post thoughts on there from time to time. Also, while the NHC is no longer issuing advisories on Dolly, the HPC is putting out their normal statements on it, and it is updating on the RSS feed to the right.

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Thursday

>> Thursday, July 24, 2008

Drier air is filtering into the region this morning. The NC mountains have temps in the 50s.

Around the Piedmont, it will be warm this afternoon, but humidity values will be much lower. Also, the air should be a bit cleaner today, so all in all, not a bad at all.

I will bring back in the chance of a few storms over the weekend.

Thanks to all of you who relayed your severe weather reports to us yesterday. Greatly appreciated!

My oldest daughter is in the middle of her two weeks of swimming lessons. The lessons are outside, and let me tell you, the heat and humidity was pretty miserable Monday and Tuesday morning, even though it was from 10am to 11am. Looking forward to a break from the humidity this morning!

Enjoy the quiet weather day. I don't think there will be any complaints back in the weather office!

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Active Day Ahead...

>> Wednesday, July 23, 2008

We will see lots of showers and storms through the day. Already this morning, a ribbon of showers and storms has fired from near Charlotte up I-85 toward the Triad. The atmosphere appears set for numerous showers and storms today. Some will likely be severe...keep it tuned to News 14 Carolina through the day and into the night. I am in the big chair through the afternoon until I pass the baton to Mr. Crum.

I will try to keep the new Twitter feed above active through the afternoon.

Dolly is strengthening this morning as it nears landfall. Landfall will be very close to the Rio Grand River. Click on the radar below for an updated image....

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