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***SPECIAL NOTE...THE IDENTIFIER FOR THIS PRODUCT WILL CHANGE LATER TODAY. THE NEW IDENTIFIER WILL BE AWUS82 KRAH... RDURWSRAH. *** MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS KEPT TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL YESTERDAY FOR THE LAST DAY OF JUNE ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. HIGHS WERE IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...WITH HIGHS BETWEEN 82 AND 87 FROM THE PIEDMONT TO THE COAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED IN THE AFTERNOON ALONG A WEAK BOUNDARY ACROSS THE STATE DISSIPATED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...LEAVING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE. DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED IN MANY LOCATIONS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN TO THE COAST...MID AND UPPER 60S FROM THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE PIEDMONT...AND UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP PLENTY OF MOIST AIR INTO THE STATE TODAY. THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL ALLOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME ISOLATED FLOODING...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. AFTER A CLOUDY START...EXPECT SKIES TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID 80S IN MOST LOCATIONS...EXCEPT UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE MAINLY IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S. THIS WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. DGS/RFG
Current Surface Map, [2nd Source TWC] Map of 24 Hr Rainfall (7AM - 7AM EST), 7 Day Rainfall AnimationNOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. NCZ001-053-055-056-065-067-131700- WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS ASHEVILLE CLOUDY 55 35 47 S3 30.00R JEFFERSON PTSUNNY 67 28 23 W7 29.99S MORGANTON CLOUDY 68 37 32 CALM 29.94S HICKORY CLOUDY 70 37 29 CALM 29.93S WILKESBORO PTSUNNY 68 36 30 CALM 29.98S RUTHERFORDTON CLOUDY 63 37 39 CALM 29.96S MOUNT AIRY PTSUNNY 70 37 29 CALM 29.95F BOONE PTSUNNY 62 32 32 W9 29.82S $$ NCZ021-022-025-041-071-084-088-131700- CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS CHARLOTTE CLOUDY 69 40 34 CALM 29.93S GREENSBORO CLOUDY 66 38 35 NE5 29.93S WINSTON-SALEM PTSUNNY 68 36 30 N5 29.94F RALEIGH-DURHAM CLOUDY 67 43 41 CALM 29.93R FORT LIBERTY MOSUNNY 69 46 43 W5 29.92S FAYETTEVILLE MOSUNNY 67 45 45 S5 29.93S BURLINGTON MOSUNNY 63 39 41 N3 29.94R ROXBORO MOSUNNY 55 41 58 N5 29.97R HENDERSON NOT AVBL LOUISBURG PTSUNNY 59 45 58 CALM 29.96R LAURINBURG MOSUNNY 65 47 52 SW6 29.94S $$ NCZ011-015-027-028-043-044-047-080-103-131700- NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS ROCKY MT-WILSO PTSUNNY 64 44 48 N5 29.93S GREENVILLE PTSUNNY 66 45 45 CALM 29.93S WASHINGTON PTSUNNY 67 44 43 S3 29.95S ELIZABETH CITY PTSUNNY 62 48 60 MISG 29.96R MANTEO PTSUNNY 61 48 62 N6 29.97R CAPE HATTERAS PTSUNNY 66 56 70 SW9G17 29.96S $$ NCZ078-087-090-091-093-098-101-131700- SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS LUMBERTON MOSUNNY 69 50 50 SW6 29.93F GOLDSBORO PTSUNNY 70 46 40 S6 29.89S KINSTON SUNNY 70 45 40 S5 29.93F KENANSVILLE PTSUNNY 66 46 48 SW8 29.94S NEW BERN PTSUNNY 72 49 44 VRB6 29.95F CHERRY POINT NOT AVBL BEAUFORT PTSUNNY 66 55 67 SW9 29.96S JACKSONVILLE NOT AVBL WILMINGTON PTSUNNY 72 48 42 SW10 29.95F $$
Current Temperatures, Dewpoint, RH, Wind, Regional Obs, Surface 4-Panel
.THIS AFTERNOON...Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. West winds around 5 mph, becoming south. .TONIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows in the mid 40s. Southeast winds around 5 mph. .FRIDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. .FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. .SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 60s. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. .SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...Showers, windy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the lower 60s. Chance of rain near 100 percent. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Much cooler with lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain 40 percent. .MONDAY...Sunny, cooler with highs in the lower 50s. .MONDAY NIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid 30s. .TUESDAY...Sunny, warmer with highs in the mid 60s. .TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Highs around 70.
12-48 Hr Surface Forecast Maps, TWC 4-Panel Surface Forecast, Fire Danger, Day 1 Precip, Day 2
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Temperature: Below Below Normal Normal Normal Normal
Precipitation: Above Above Normal Normal Normal Normal
.... Medium and long range outlooks provided by NCEP/K. Thomas Priddy
6 to 10 Day , 8 to 14 Day , Text, 30-Day Outook, 90-Day Outook, 120-Day OutlookMARCH 13TH HISTORIC WEATHER EVENTS ...1907... A storm produced a record 5.22 inches of rain in 24 hours at Cincinnati OH. (12th-13th) (The Weather Channel) ...1951... The state of Iowa experienced a record snowstorm. The storm buried Iowa City under 27 inches of snow. (David Ludlum) ...1977... Baltimore MD received an inch of rain in eight minutes. (Sandra and Richard Sanders -1987) ...1987... A winter storm produced heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada Range of California, and the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada. Mount Rose NV received 18 inches of new snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) ...1988... Unseasonably cold weather prevailed from the Plateau Region to the Appalachians. Chadron NE, recently buried 33 inches of snow, was the cold spot in the nation with a low of 19 degrees below zero. (The National Weather Summary) ...1990... A major outbreak of tornadoes occurred in the Midwest. 59 tornadoes touched down. A tornado rated F5 on the Fujita Scale tore through Hesston, Kansas, killed one person and did 20 million dollars in damage. Another tornado formed close to the Hesston tornado while it was weakening and absorbed it. This new tornado was also an F5 and killed one person in Gossel, Kansas. A family of tornadoes up to F4 in intensity tracked 124 miles through Nebraska. In York County, 12 farms were hit and 10,000 geese were killed. This outbreak produced the strongest tornadoes on record for so early in the season so far northwest in the United States. ...1993... The "Great Super Storm Blizzard of '93" clobbered the eastern U.S. on this day and produced perhaps the largest swath of heavy snow ever recorded. Heavy snow was driven to the Gulf Coast with 3 inches falling at Mobile. 13 inches blanketed Birmingham, Alabama to set not only a new 24 hour snowfall record for any month, but also records for maximum snow depth, maximum snow for a single storm, and maximum snow for a single month. Tremendous snowfall amounts occurred in the Appalachians. Mount Leconte in Tennessee recorded an incredible 60 inches. Mount Mitchell in North Carolina was not far behind with 50 inches. Practically every official weather station in West Virginia set a new 24 hour record snowfall. Further to the north, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania measured 25 inches, Albany, New York checked in with 27 inches, and Syracuse, New York was buried under 43 inches. The major population corridor from Washington, DC to Boston, Massachusetts was not spared this time as all the big cities got about a foot of snow before a changeover to rain. A rather large amount of thunderstorm activity accompanied the heavy snow. Winds to hurricane force in gusts were widespread. Boston recorded a gust to 81 mph, the highest wind gust at the location since Hurricane Edna in 1954. Numerous cities in the South and Mid Atlantic recorded their lowest barometric pressure ever as the storm bottomed out at 960 millibars (28.35 inches) over Chesapeake Bay. 208 people were killed by the storm and total damage was estimated at 6 billion dollars -- the costliest extratropical storm in history. This storm left behind up to 30 inches of snow across far southeast Kentucky. The winds associated with the storm helped create 6 to 10 foot snow drifts in parts of Kentucky. At the Weather Service Office near Jackson, KY over 19 inches of snow fell on this date. ...1999... A big snowstorm dumped 19 inches of snow on Medford, Oklahoma. ...2001... One inch diameter hail fell at Bonnieville, KY (Hart County) and Albany (Clinton County), KY. (NWS Louisville)
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