"WEATHER"

Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.

- Anonymous

(given to me by Bailey Baker, a 2nd grader this past year - thanks!)

Happy summer, y'all! Came in officially Friday evening, and so our first weekend of summer it was not the beach-perfect type of conditions. For such an unstable air mass as we had overhead this past weekend, it's not surprising we had a sprinkling of rather strong storms throughout the Triad, as well as North Carolina as a whole. Things should be quieting down a bit as the week goes on...

But last everning, Sunday, several strong storms passed through our area, and dropped some locally heavy, flooding rain and hail. The above radar grab from home was close to 345pm Sunday, and showing only one set of the severe thunderstorm warnings, as more followed. Below are just a few examples of the storm reports made to the National Weather Service:

0730 PM     FLASH FLOOD  GREENSBORO          36.08N 79.83W
06/22/2008               GUILFORD     NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN GREENSBORO. FLOODING
REPORTED AT THE I-40 AND I-85 SPLIT AS WELL AS ALONG
HIGHWAY 85...HIGHWAY 29 AT BESSEMER DR AND WENDOVER AT
CRIDLAND ROAD.

0647 PM     HAIL        1 WSW GREENSBORO   36.08N 79.84W
06/22/2008  E0.88 INCH  GUILFORD      NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR WEST MARKET STREET AND
WEST WENDOVER AVE.

0706 PM     HAIL        1 SE GREENSBORO    36.07N 79.82W
06/22/2008  E0.88 INCH  GUILFORD      NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF
GREENSBORO.

0344 PM     HAIL        5 ESE BURLINGTON   36.07N 79.35W
06/22/2008  E1.00 INCH  ALAMANCE      NC   PUBLIC

QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG JIMMIE KERR ROAD... NEAR
I-85/I-40.

Above is a storm total map showing the area of
intense rainfall responsible for much of
the flash flooding...

...and this image will give you a headache trying to
find county boundaries and regional locations and
determine the doppler estimated rainfall in
certain places...! (remember you can click
on all pics to enlarge for easier viewing)

Yep, lots o' storm reports came in from across the
Carolinas and myriad other states. Click on the
image above and it will take you to the website
that details the reports by type and location.

Same set-up again for later today, Monday...but it
looks like all calms down storm-wise by Tuesday and
stays that way through Friday. Right on cue, storm
chances return for next weekend, at least at
this early peek.

Having very odd formatting issues with Blogger
this morning, so will quit fighting the beast and
let you get on with your day - make it a good one!