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.
April
weather can be
summed up in one word-”normal”. The average daily temperature was
normal while the
monthly precipitation was only 0.06” below normal. The
average daily temperature for April was actually
lower than the average daily temperature for last Month (March). The
last
freezing day of the season occurred on April 12th with a low
of 31
degrees. There was no severe observed during april. In comparison,
April 16, 2011,
there were 30 tornadoes in central and eastern NC.
APRIL
2012
DATA: Max. Temp: 86 F, Min. Temp: 31 F,
Avg. Daily Temp: 59.1
degrees (Normal ),
Precipitation: 2.74", Peak Wind: 27 mph Max
Snow
Depth: 0.. Days Max.
Temp=
> 90: 0 , Days Min Temp
<= 32: 1
, Year to Date Precipitation: 11.97" (0.07" below
normal)
2012 EXTREMES: Max. Temp: 86
(April 17th)
;
Min. Temp: 17 F (January 7th)
Year To Date 90+ degree days: 0;
Year to Date 32 degrees or lower: 36;
Max. Peak
Wind: 34 MPH ;
Max
24 Precipitation: 1.25" (March 24-25th;
Min Sea
Level Pressure: 988
mb
(February 24th)
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
