Welcome to Bob's Central Carolina Weather page. This page
contains information and links pertaining to Meteorology and
amateur radio. My call sign is WX4MMM
and I monitor most Raleigh area 2 meter repeaters. My weather
observing station location is in Northwestern Wake County near
Highway 98 and Highway 50. I have been continuously
recording climatic data since September 1985, including
daily maximun/minimun temperatures, precipitation, barometric
pressure, dew point, wind direction and wind speed (Davis Weather
Monitor II). Weather data from this station is uploaded to serveral
web sites including the Citzens Weather Obervation Program ( station
WX4MMM, AP098). I attended NC State and have a BS and MS in Meteorology and a member
of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), National
Weather Association (NWA), Atlantic Coast Observer Network (ACON), Raleigh
Amateur Radio Society (RARS), American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), Smith Chart Amateur Radio Society (K4OO), and Weather
Matrix. I am also an assistant emergency coordinator (AEC) forCentral
Carolina Skywarn and Wake Co
(NC-WK-1) and Pender Co (NC-PD-2) observer for CoCoRaHS.
A significant number of outdoor events ( festivals, sporting
events,weddings, etc) now obtain weather insurance polices.
The insurance companies usually require a
independent weather observer to verify the local weather
conditions which I am available to provide this service
during weekends.
May
weather was similar to April, withwet conditions and mild temperatures. Precipitation of
5.39” was2.12”
above normal and for the year is now 3.16” above normal. The
average daily temperature 66 degrees or 2.0 degrees below
normal. It isunusual
that the maximumtemperature
never reached the 90 degree mark.Along with
the lower temperatures, no severe weather was observed during
the month.
MAY
2013 DATA: Max. Temp: 88 F , Min. Temp: 38 F , Avg.
Daily Temp: 64.2
degrees (2.0 deg below normal)
Precipitation: 5.39", Peak Wind: 21 mph Max Snow Depth: 0.0".
Days Max. Temp= > 90: 0 , Days Min
Temp <= 32: 0, Year to Date Precipitation: 20.38" (+2.12" above normal)
2013 EXTREMES: Max. Temp: 88 deg (May 17,31st ; Min.
Temp: 38 F (May 14th)
Year To Date 90+ degree days 0
; Year to Date 32
degrees or lower: 50; Max. Peak Wind: 31 MPH ; Max 24 Precipitation: 1.61" (April 28-29th); Min Sea Level
Pressure: 1001.9 mb (Jan 30th)
STATION RECORDS ( Since September 1986
Wake County):
Max. Temp: 105
F 7/31/99 Min. Temp: -1 F 2/5/96 Max.
Monthly
Precipitation: 23.2" 9/99 Min. Monthly Precipitation: Trace 10/2000 Max.
24 hour snowfall: 18" 1/24/-
1/25/2000 Peak Wnd: 51 MPH 3/26/2002
