We've all heard about the terrible tornadoes that ripped through MI last
week. I know that we have at least two members in MI; we would
certainly like to hear from them any first-hand (or second-hand for that
matter) accounts of the storms.
Speaking of members, we'd like to welcome the new members since last
CASILIST posting:
Josh Caldwell Six Mile, SC
Eric Weaver - Durham, NC
Fred Holdsworth - Rocky Mount, NC
Bobby Long Sr. - Hendersonville, NC
Keith Nichols & WCSC-TV - Charleston, SC
HOT HOT HOT! That's all that can describe the last week's weather.
Highlights:
Fayettville, NC - Heat Index 118 degrees 7/3/97
7/4/97 Temperatures (4pm):
Goldsboro, NC.............106
Pope Air Force Base, NC...102
Fayettville, NC...........102
Fort Bragg, NC............100
New Bern, NC..............100
Greenville, NC............100
Rocky Mount, NC...........100
I will have a summary of the heat hopefully up soon at
http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1997/0704/
I finished the 6/2 report on the wall cloud and rotation I experienced
at the NC State Fairgrounds at http://www.weatherwatchers.org/1997/0602/
The video captures just don't tell the real story; I wish you could see
the actual video, much more impressive. Good stuff.
Intenet News:
I've been busy helping out other webmasters in the weather world: Last
week I instructed American Weather Concepts in how to make their nexrad
loops saveable. They have these really nice 1.5 hour by 15 minutes
loops that are offered through a CGI script on their server
(www.weatherconcepts.com) but they weren't saveable via Netscape. The
solution was a simple web server configuration issue, now they are good
to go. I also warned the webmasters at ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu about
their current weather page noting that it would be available in "Late
May". I figure when your website is down for three years you shouldn't
make empty promises to the Internet public. (If you weren't around
then, UIUC ATMOS used to have a really nice site with satellite pictures
and animations, etc. but it crashed in 1994 and never came back). Johns
Hopkins University had an errant coordinate in their Tropical Storm Ana
coordinates which caused their maps to be off, and I alerted them to
this. I either make a lot of keen observations or I just use the web
too much ;)
Oh, almost forgot, you may know about this and I may be the last one to
get a clue, but if you don't, allow me to suggest an excellent
satellite shot from UCAR: it is a visible shot centered on Charlotte
NC, really nice resolution - updated every 30 minutes. URL is:
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/latest_CLT.jpg
Well, the first tropical storm has come and gone. Sure is a slow season
thus far. (insert subliminal mention of El Nino here)
I will have some archived images and such for Ana at
http://www.weatherwatchers.org/tropical/1997/1/ soon.
Not much for storms this part of the state lately -- BUT There is a
Severe Thunderstorm Watch and several Warnings going along with a line
crossing the state this evening.
Oh yeah, some interesting climatological comparisons between my current
residence and where I will be living this winter (Williamsport was the
closest station to State College PA that I could find):
Average Snowfall -
Raleigh NC - 8" / Williamsport PA - 43"
January Average High Temperature -
Raleigh NC - 50 / Williamsport PA - 34
July Average High Temperature -
Raleigh NC - 84 / Williamsport PA - 84
So looks like I can't get rid of the hot summers but certainly will be
rid of mild winters. ;)
