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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Fri Aug 23 2002 - 19:31:19 EDT
At 06:39 PM 8/23/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>The message summary:
>--------------------
>FROM: bjackson004{at}yahoo.com
>DATE: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT)
>SUBJECT: more hot temperatures in Virginia
>
>Temperatures once again in most areas in VA topped the
>100 degree mark. Hitting the 100 degree club today
>is...
>
>KCPK 231800Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 38/19 A2995 RMK AO1
>KFVX 231821Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM SCT075 SCT090 39/20 A2995 RMK AO1
>KLKU 231822Z AUTO 32011KT 10SM CLR 38/22 A2996 RMK AO1
>KOFP 231754Z AUTO 33009KT 290V360 10SM SCT070 38/21 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP144
>T03780211 10383 20261 56015
>KPTB 231802Z AUTO 36004G15KT 10SM SCT080 39/22 A2994 RMK AO1
>KRIC 231754Z 34011G21KT 10SM SCT075 38/19 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP141 T03830189
>10383 20278 56017
>
>and a few other locations are in the 97-99 degree
>range.
>=====
>AG2 Byron Jackson
>assistant forecaster/briefer for USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)
>"UNCOMMON VALOR, GET SOME!!"
Indeed, VERY HOT in NC & VA today, 104 in Fayetteville NC. Here's what I have:
From AccuWeather.com:
MOST RECENT DATA: 6pm edt 23-AUG-02
LOCATION TIME TEMP REL WIND PRES VIS. WEATHER
* deg HUM DIR/SPD inches miles
* F pct mph
FAYETTEVILLE, NC 3pm 100 26 N/10 29.97 5 HAZE
GOLDSBORO, NC 4pm 100 30 N/5 29.93 7 MOSTLY SUNNY
HOFFMAN, NC 1pm 100 30 N/5 30.04 7 MOSTLY SUNNY
KINSTON, NC 4pm 100 34 0 29.93 5 HAZE
CHERRY POINT, NC 4pm 100 36 N/7 29.94 6 MOSTLY SUNNY
JACKSONVILLE, NC 4pm 100 32 SW/5 29.94 10 MOSTLY SUNNY
GREENVILLE, NC 1540 102 23 NNW/8 29.95 10 MOSTLY SUNNY
FAYETTEVILLE, NC 2pm 104 29 NNW/6 29.99 6 MOSTLY SUNNY
RALEIGH, NC 4pm 102 26 W/8 29.95 10 MOSTLY SUNNY
ROCKY MOUNT-, NC 3pm 101 31 WNW/12 29.93 10 SUNNY
DANVILLE MUN, VA 3pm 100 31 WNW/10 29.97 10 SUNNY
FRANKLIN, VA 4pm 100 36 W/5 29.90 10 SUNNY
FARMVILLE, VA 1421 102 32 W/5 29.95 10 MOSTLY SUNNY
PETERSBURG M, VA 1542 104 35 WNW/5 29.90 10 SUNNY
RICHMOND, VA 2pm 101 31 NNW/13 29.94 10 MOSTLY SUNNY
COLUMBIA, SC 4pm 100 25 WSW/12 29.97 10 MOSTLY SUNNY
SUMTER, SC 4pm 100 30 N/7 29.96 7 PARTLY SUNNY
At 7PM, 2 AWS Stations in top 8 hottest spots in nation:
Selma MS Selma, NC 102.8 °F (MAX 108.0)
Rohoic ES Sutherland, VA 105.4 °F (MAX 110.6)
AWS claims "NWS Accuracy" for these stations but I have my doubts.
Apparent Temperatures over 110 in North Carolina & Virginia Today:
16Z 112,112,112,115
17Z 110,113,113
18Z 110,113,113
19Z 110,110,115,115
20Z 110,112
21Z 110,112,113,115
22Z 110,113,115
AccuWeather RealFeel Temperatures over 110 in North Carolina & Virginia Today:
20Z 110,111
21Z 110,112
22Z 113
At 20Z there were only 4 stations in NC below 90 degrees but 15 above 100.
Record reports from the NWS:
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LYNCHBURG AND TIED RECORD HIGH IN ROANOKE...
THE TEMPERATURE IN LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA REACHED 98 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON
BREAKING THE OLD RECORD HIGH OF 97 WHICH HAD BEEN SET IN 1968. ROANOKE
REACHED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES WHICH TIED THE RECORD HIGH FOR
THIS DATE SET IN 1959.
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AT RICHMOND VIRGINIA... THE TEMPERATURE AT THE
RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TOPPED OUT AT 101 DEGREES AT 205 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS BROKE THE RECORD HIGH OF 97 FOR THIS DATE...WHICH WAS
PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1968. THIS ALSO MARKED THE 3RD DAY THIS SUMMER WITH 100+
DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURES AT RICHMOND.
...DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD BROKEN AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM AIRPORT...
THE HIGH THIS AFTERNOON AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REACHED
103 DEGREES. THIS SET A NEW RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD WAS
100 DEGREES SET IN 1983.
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET IN NORTH MYRTLE BEACH SC... THE HIGH
TEMPERATURE AT THE GRAND STRAND AIRPORT IN NORTH MYRTLE BEACH SC REACHED 95
DEGREES AROUND 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON...SETTING AT NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD
FOR THIS DATE. THE OLD RECORD FOR THIS DATE WAS 92 DEGREES SET IN 1989.
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