BOB'S CENTRAL CAROLINA WEATHER PAGE



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. 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), Johnston County Amateur Radio Society (JARS), Cary Amateur Radio Society (CARS), American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Smith Chart Amateur Radio Society (K4SCS), and Central Atlantic Storm Investigators (CASI).

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR  DECEMBER  2000- NW WAKE COUNTY:  An unusually cold December with the average daily temperature 7.2 degrees below normal.  Along  with the cold temperatures, precipitation was 1.36" below normal. In fact since October, precipitation  has been 4.85" below normal. A major snow event threatened the area on December 3rd, however this QTH  recorded just a trace of snow.



 DECEMBER  DATA: Max. Temp: 69 F  Min. Temp: 10  F Avg. Daily Temp: 35.4 F Total Precipitation: 1.36"   Peak Wind: 34 MPH
Max Snow Depth: Trace   Days Max. Temp >= 90: Days Min Temp <= 32: 27  Year to Date Precipitation: 39.72" (-1.71" normal)


2000 EXTREMES:   Max. Temp: 98 F 7/10   Min. Temp: 5 F 1/28;
Year To Date 90+ degree days: 37;  Max. Peak Wind: 37 MPH 1/11


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 10/00 Max. 24 hour snowfall: 18" 1/24/- 1/25/2000  Peak Wnd: 46 MPH 3/3/99
Links

 WRAL-TV Radar
 Channel 17 Radar
 Atlantic Coast Observer Network
  N C Weather Discussions
 Ohio State University Weather
 NWS at RDU
 Central Carolina Skywarn
 Storm Prediction Center
 NWS RDU Radar
 NWS Fax Charts
Tropical Weather
 Skew-T Log P GSO Sounding
 Model Data
 Davis Weather Instruments
 Central Atlantic Storm Investigators
 Watches/Warnings in Carolinas
 Newport NWR
Alternate Weather Discussion
 StormTrack Home Page
 Storm Study
 Smith Chart Amateur Radio Society
Raleigh Amateur Radio Society
Amateur Radio Reference Guide
QSL Net
NC ARRL
Weather Images-WX4MSB
 
 



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