More thunderstorms developed today, many of them producing large hail from the size of a penny to even golf ball sized hail. There was a report of 2.00 inch diameter south of Wake County in Lillington. Storms did move across southern Wake but seemed to weaken as they moved north and new storms developed across the northern part of the county. RDU received .93 inches of rain today making a two day total of 2.11 inches. We are now only -.80 down for the year so there has been some improvement in the moderate to severe drought that has recently returned.
Currently there is a wide swath of showers and thunderstorms to our west moving very slowly east. It appears to have support from a disturbance in the atmosphere to our southwest and some upper level divergence. By that I mean air is spreading apart in the upper levels of the atmosphere and in order to fill the hole left by this process air has to rise. There is plenty of moisture around so there is still the chance of showers and possible thunder tonight. The last in the many disturbances to affect NC will approach tomorrow afternoon and evening so showers and thunderstorms are possible again late in the day and in the evening.
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