Tuesday 11:00 PM 11/10

Click on the map to see the udpated 5 day rain forecast which now has over 10 inches of rain forecast for eastern North Carolina.

Here in Louisville, no rain for the next few days.... our total for the year is just over 50 inches which is 11.80 above normal. Portions of the metro area....especially the northeast suburbs are 15 to 20 inches above normal.

Comments

[Mike Scherzer]

Aleutian Low is strengthening. . .
An impressive storm system affecting Alaska. Since 9 am est yesterday, the air pressure at Nome, Alaska has fallen from 29.76" to 28.68" at 7 am est today. That's a fall of 1.06" in 22 hours. In fact, during the 5 am and 6 am reading, the pressure fell 0.16".
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/PAOM.html
For areas along the coast directly across the Bering Strait, strong east winds may push ice offshore. Then, starting this evening, a northwesterly wind component may cause coastal flooding and possible structural damage due to ice slamming back on the shore.
http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/zonefcst.php?zone=AKZ210

I look to Alaska as a harbinger of things to come for our area. When the overall U.S. atmospheric pattern breaks down, these types of storms in Alaska, although weakened, will be the type of storms that will slam the Northwest and California and may affect our weather this winter.

[Mike Scherzer]

Oops...the pressure fall at Nome, AK was actually 1.08" in 22 hours (29.76 - 28.68) instead of 1.06" in my last post. Oh well, Nome probably wonders what's a couple of hundredths. Still a pretty impressive storm.