Stationary Fronts...Why you no move???

Yep! You guessed it! There is another stationary frontal boundary sitting over the Carolinas, Georgia and other Southeastern States with the Low pressure center located just off the NC coastline. With this front, we can expect rain in Central and Eastern NC for the next few days. I am actually surprised that we have not yet seen more rain in the triangle yet today, but the moisture is rising near the coast. Storms are appearing in Lumberton, Whiteville, and Tabor City, NC and in Loris and Little River, SC. South Central and Southeastern NC as well as Northeastern SC are under a flash flood watch for this afternoon.

BUFKIT was showing very little Atmospheric CAPE this morning. CAPE is a measure of atmospheric instability. What will be common is the forced lifting in the atmosphere. A Stationary front is when two frontal boundaries, typically a Cold Front from the North and a Warm Front from the South collide. The cold front forces the warm moist air to rise and cool, causing condensation and precipitation.

As is visible by observing the differences in the profiles from 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. above, as the temperature rises, so does the convective instability in the system. Isolated storms will be common this afternoon.

TROPICAL UPDATE

We have another tropical storm in the Atlantic! Tropical Storm Edouardo is very far offshore, and will not be moving toward shore. It is another tropical storm though so there is some reason to get excited!

 GAME DAY! GO WOLFPACK!

It's Gameday again in Wolfpack Country! Except today it's not actually in Wolfpack Country. Today The NC State Wolfpack Travels to face the University of South Florida Bulls in Raymond James Stadium located in Tampa, Florida. Weather is looking up for kickoff as skies should be partly sunny with fairweather cumulus present in the sky. The end of the game could get a bit interesting though as Showers and Thunderstorms are likely for Tampa in the late afternoon early evening, about 5:00 p.m. We will see what happens as the Game progresses. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the game today, but I will be cheering from my couch at home!

If you do go to the game:

1. Wear sunscreen and drink plenty of water
2. Bring your rain gear for later on in the afternoon
3. Be the 12th man and Cheer our Pack on to another victory!!