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 several
web sites including the Citzens Weather Obervation Program ( station
WX4MMM, AP098) and Weather
Underground.(station KNCRALEI11).
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 forCentral
Carolina Skywarn and a CoCoRaHS
observer for Wake Co (NC-WK-1) and Pender Co (NC-PD-2)..
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.
A
record high of 99 degrees was recorded on October 3rd.The average daily
temperature was 4.3 degrees above normal. After a dry
September, October precipitation was 1.13”above normal. No
severe weather as observed at this location, however the area
was under a tornado watch on the 31st.
OCTOBER 2019 DATA: Max. Temp: 99F , Min. Temp:
38F , Avg. Daily Temp: 65.5 degrees (4.3 degrees above normal)
Precipitation: 4.38", Peak Wind: 23 mph, Max Snow Depth: 0 Days Max. Temp= > 90: 3 Days Min
Temp <32 degrees= 0
2019 EXTREMES: Max. Temp: 99 degs
(Oct 3rd) Min. Temp: 15F (January 22nd Year To Date 90+
degree days 66+; Year to Date 32 degrees or lower: 39;
Max. Peak Wind: 36 MPH ; Max
24 Precipitation: 1.65" (Feb 22-23rd ); Min Sea Level Pressure: 1000.2 mb (April 26th Year to Date Precipitation: 35.40" (+1.50 inches above normal).
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
