The last active weather day in the current series appears to be over. Instability for thunderstorms has waned and the threat for storms has greatly diminished but is not zero as the cold front still has not passed through. Too bad theres no cold air behind it, just much drier. I ( including those living in Morrisville, Cary, Apex, Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) got very lucky tonight as a thunderstorm passed over dumping heavy rain. Of note is the two fine lines that collided near or over Jordan Lake/Western Wake County which appeared to be the colprit for developing new cells ahead of the storms that began to dissipate over Durham. These fine lines are also known as outflow boundaries from dissipated storms ( Cool moist air that rushes out ahead of the storms. When they collided the air seemed to be forced upward causing new storms to develop. Since the surface air was not as moist as past days, the cool moist air from the outflow may have helped the storms go. I was going to show an animation but I cannot seem to upload it at this time.
I am not gonna take up space letting you know how much rain fell but the range was from only .01 at RDU, .18 at NCSU, to anywhere from .25 to .75 in Morrisville, Apex, and Cary. After the storms passed through, the sunsetting was adding some nice color to the ice in the leftover cirrus clouds.
To end this post, a friend of mine sent me two pictures of storms at Emerald Isle, NC this evening. I figured I would put these on here to give a look at the weather at the beach. I also have good word that the beaches south of Wilmington, NC near the NC/SC border got hit very hard this evening with lots of lightning and very strong winds near 60mph! Thanks to Mike Ray for this information. I dont have any pics though. Credit goes to Richard Barnhill for the pics below.
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