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). 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
(www.centralcarolinaskywarn.net) and a 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.
The average daily temperature during May was 2.0
degrees above normal. Also rainfall was 0.77" above normal. May was a
fairly active month regarding severe weather. From May 4th thru May
9th, there were either tornado or severe thunderstorm watches
each day. Fortunately, there were no actual major severe
weather events. Thunderstorms were observed at this QTH on at least six
(6) days during May.
MAY
2009 DATA: Max. Temp: 88 F
, Min. Temp: 39 F,
Avg. Daily Temp: 69.0 degrees (+2.0 deg
above
normal ),
Precipitation: 4.56", Peak Wind: 45 mph Max
Snow
Depth: 4.1". Days Max.
Temp=
> 90: 2 , Days Min Temp
<= 32: 7
, Year to Date Precipitation: 17.88" (-0.23 below normal)
2009 EXTREMES: Max. Temp: 90 F
;
Min. Temp: 9 F
Year To Date 90+ degree days: 0;
Year to Date 32 degrees or lower: 43;
Max. Peak
Wind: 45 MPH ;
Max
24 Precipitation: 1.57"; Min Sea
Level Pressure: 993.8
mb
(Jan 7th)
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
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