Close Call

A strong low pressure system *just* missed us off the coast. It had an impressive center of circulation, but never developed enough tropical characteristics to become a named storm. It will continue to weaken as it moves up the coast towards New England.

Talk About a Tropical Downpour!

As a disorganized tropical area of convection continues to hug the Atlantic Coastline, it is bringing some heavy showers and storms to regions near the ocean. Yesterday evening, Wednesday, July 22, one such thunderstorm moved inland toward Columbia, South Carolina. From about 10:30 p.m. to Midnight, 3.77" of rain fell at Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Yowza! This did demolish the old daily rain record for July 22, which was a long-standing one at that. The old record rainfall for July 22 at Columbia, SC was 2.24" set back in 1896.

This same disorganized area of convection is passing just to Virginia's east in the Atlantic Thursday, and has brought a few heavy showers to far east-central Virginia so far this morning.
--Carrie