Possible snow on Tuesday, Wednesday

The Editor on December 31st, 2007

New Year’s Day will be another lovely one like today. Great for a reflective walk if you’re into that kind of thing.
But later in the evening, some Flurries may come a creeping in. A lot more snow predicted for out west, natch.

Via NWS:

Tuesday Night: A chance of flurries after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind between 11 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west wind between 16 and 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

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OWASA confirms it was a good rain

The Editor on December 31st, 2007

I think we pretty much knew it was, but here’s the stats from OWASA this am.
University Lake, the Cane Creek Reservoir, and the Quarry Reservoir currently contain 1.587 billion gallons of water, which is 44.6% of their capacity
Estimated Days of Water Supply remaining: 235 days (about […]

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Rain and thunder

The Editor on December 30th, 2007

Talking to all these folks returning form Maine, Minnesota and elsewhere and then seeing the official forecast calling for cold, 40 degree weather made me laugh.
We don’t know what cold is round here. But we will see some 20s at night.
And, it did just thunder. To many of us that means snow within 10 days […]

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Weekend weather

The Editor on December 28th, 2007

Via this week’s Citizen: Rain helps lakes, but drought still very much with us
From 7 a.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday, nearly one and a half inches of cold rain fell over a wide swath of Orange County adding to lakes surrounded by new grasslands and streams that have long been dry or barely trickles. […]

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Wednesday Weather: heavy rain and wind

The Editor on December 26th, 2007

Icing up to the west and north of us, but really just a good bit of rain and, now, a lot of wind with it.
ViaNWS:
Today: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind between 7 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation […]

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Holiday Weather

The Editor on December 24th, 2007

Full moon rising as well.
Via NWS:
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. West wind around 7 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind between 3 and 7 mph.
Christmas Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. North wind around 7 mph.
Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a […]

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Weekend weather

The Editor on December 22nd, 2007

Sunday, we may see thunderstorms, which where I’m from means it will snow withing ten days or so.
Via NWS:

Today: A slight chance of rain or drizzle. Cloudy, with a high near 51. East wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: A chance of drizzle. Cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast […]

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Wednesday Weather

The Editor on December 19th, 2007

Slight chance we’ll see some flakes.
Don’t forget to panic.
Via NWS
Today: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Southwest wind between 3 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

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Tuesday Weather

The Editor on December 18th, 2007

Cold morning. Mild afternoon
Today: Sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South wind around 6 mph.
Coming later in the week: POSSIBLE MOISTURE
Via NWS:
SYNOPSIS…HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVERHEAD FOR MOST OF THE DAY.
THE HIGH HEADS OFFSHORE TONIGHT AHEAD OF A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH…WHICH […]

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Monday Weather

The Editor on December 17th, 2007

Plenty windy yesterday and, with all the soaked branches, plenty of kindling hit the ground as well.
OWASA’s official rain numbers aren’t out yet, but it looks to be an inch or so around here. It was not all that widespread. RDU got .2.
For today NWS says Today: Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind […]

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Sunday Weather

The Editor on December 16th, 2007

High wind warning throughout the area.
High of 48 and Low of 27 are predicted, but it’ll feel much colder than that.
Via NWS:
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 AM EST MONDAY…
WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 48 MPH ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
INTENSE LOW PRESSURE […]

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