BOB'S CENTRAL CAROLINA WEATHER PAGE




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 (Weatherflow Tempest). Weather data from this station is uploaded to several web sites including the Citzens Weather Obervation Program ( station WX4MMM, AP098) and Weather Underground.(stations KNCRALEI11 and  KNCHOLLY148).


I attended NC State and have a BS and MS in Meteorology and a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS),   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   for Central 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.
 

                                  CLICK HERE FOR:   CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS   ( NW Wake County)

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RALEIGH CWA WX STATIONS
WILMINGTON  CWA WX STATIONS



WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MARCH  2025- NW WAKE COUNTY:


The average daily temperature for March was 3.6 degrees above normal while precipitation was 0.95 inches below normal. No severe weather was observed during March.

  Max. Temp:  81  degrees, Min. Temp: 23 degrees , Avg. Daily Temp: 55.4 degrees (3.6 degrees above normal)  Precipitation:3.15", Peak Wind: 22mph,  Max Snow Depth:0.00 Days Max. Temp= > 90:0  Days Min Temp <32 degrees=6

2025  EXTREMES:
 
Max. Temp: 81 degrees (March 29,31)  Min. Temp: 10 degrees (Jan 23rd)  Year To Date 90+ degree days Year to Date 32 degree days or lower: 36  Max. Peak Wind: 22 MPH Max 24 Precipitation: 1.47  inches; Min Sea Level Pressure:1000.0 mb (January 31)  Year to Date Precipitation: 9.17  inches (-1.22 inches below  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





Links

CURRENT WEATHER
NWS Weather Briefing
KRDU ASOS Metar
Zoom National SFC Map
Local WX Obervations Map
Atlantic Ocean SFC Map
College of Dupage SFC and Upper Air Analysis
HRRR SE US Sfc and Radar
GFS Thickness Maps
Estimated Snow Thickness Guideline
NCAR HRRR Neutral Network Probabilies
HWO Display
North Carolina Active Warnings Map
SPC Sfc Analysis
RAX Radar- VAD
VWP Hodographs
Precipitable Water Climatology USA
Precipitable Water Climatology-GSO
Current PW Map-Choose Heavy Rain 
Upper Level Analysis
Upper Level Maps and 1000-500 mb Thickness
Skew-T Log P GSO Sounding
Radiosonde Code
SPC Soundings
GOES LIGHTNING  Mapper
Daily Weather Maps Archive
Coastal Mesonet Obervations
Current Lightning Activity
P-Type Trends Nomogram
SPC Mesoanalysis
 Ocean Temp Johnny Mercer Pier 
 GOES 16 Images
GOES 16 Geocolor Composite Image
Water Vapor Imagery
Nearby Weather Stations
APRS Stations
CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS Rainfall Reports
CoCoRahS Observation Comments
COCoRaHS Condition Monitoring Reports
CoCoRaHS Water Year Report
Mesowest Sfc Obervations
Surf City CWOP FW 2794
Hampstead Govt Annex Weather Station
Pender Co EOC WX-Burgaw
Surf City Elementary Weather Station
WeatherUnderground-Topsail Beach
Weather Undergound Clark at Ocean Blvd TB
Tempest Wx Data-Topsail Beach
Tempest WX Data -Raleigh
APRS Location WX4MMM
Weatherflow Rain Report Data#27439
Holly Ridge- Weatherflow
Tempest Weather-Wrightsville Beach
Weatherflow Support Troubleshooting
Weatherflow Community
Tempest Owners Facebook
Cooperative Weather Stations User manual
ASOS User Guide
Bald Head Island Current Weather
Weatherunderground-NC stations
Econet NC Mountain Observations
Frying Pan Tower Weather
Mount Mitchell Weather
Beech Mtm Weather
Grandfather Mountain Weather
Virginia Tech Mountain Observations
NWS Difax Charts

SKYWARN/VOIP
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Central Carolina Skywarn Facebook
NWS Chat Slack
Tuesday Night script 2021
STORM PREDICTION CENTER
SPC  Severe WX 8 Day Outlooks
SPC Severe WX Timing by Location- IMPORTANT
SPC Partners 3 Day Outlooks
CIPS Experimental Severe Probability Guidance GEFS
Iowa State Warning Data Plot History
Radar Archieves
Broadcastify 146.88 repeater
Multi-Radar Viewer
GR Placefiles
SPC Mesonalysis Mesobriefer
Spotter Network
RAH Warnings and Watch Criteria
NC Warnings Display
National Warnings Display
IEMBOT Warnings
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Central Carolina Skywarn Facebook
NWS Raleigh Facebook
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NWS Raleigh Skywarn

Triad Skywarn
VOIP Skywarn
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EF scale DOD 
Storm Chaser Tracker
Gibson Ridge Radar Manual
Placefile Nation
NWS Interactive Alert Signup
IRLP Link
Spotter Field Guide
SPC Lectures
National Skywarn Training Sessions
Weather 101 Courses
NWS Boston Radar Course
Abridged Spotter Field Guide
NWS Norman Spotter videos
PSU Advanced Spotter Webinar 2023
PSU Advanced Radar 2023 Handout
NWS Severe Weather Warning Techniques
NWS Louisvlle Training Documents
Principles of Meteorological Analysis
Instabilty and Cape Text
Charles Doswell Publications
Frontogensis Forcing
January 2020 Raleigh Snowstorm
April 16 2011 Tornado Outbreak Case Study
Spectrum One TV Skywarn 2023

HURRICANE LINKS
National Hurricane Center
NHC Facebook
Hurricane Models Experimental
Tropical Atlantic
Hurricane Models
ECENS Ens Mean MSLP Hurricane Tracks
University Okahoma Hurrricane Models
FSU Genesis Guidance
Week 2 Tropical Weather Outlook
Weather Underground Models
Wisconsin Models
Tropical Tidbits Models
Weathernerds Track  Ensembles
GFS SHIPS Model and RI
Mike's Weather Page
Hurrevac 2023
Hurrevac Youtube Training videos
Storm Surge Forecast Maps
NOAA Probablistic TS Surge Guidance
Realtime Coastal Flooding Update
Vortex Data Message
RAH Tropical WX Page
Storm Pulse
2024 National Hurricane Conference
Hurricane Watch Net
Coastal Emergency Risks Assessment
Hurricane FAQ
Hurricane Ian and Eyewall Replacement Blog
North Atlantic Hurricane Watch-NASA
NHC Blog
Ben McNoldy Blog

TOPSAIL TIDE AND SURF FORECAST ETC.
Bush Marina Current Tide Level ETC
Surf Zone Forecast
Wave Height vs Wind Speed
Wrightsville Beach Ocean Temperature Climatology
SST Anomalies
Ocean Temperatures Via Satellite
NOAA Development Area Ocean Temps
NOAA Ocean Buoys
Wrightsville Beach Tide
2024 King Tides Calendar
NC Updwelling
Actual Ocean Temperatures
Frying Pan Shoals Buoy with camera
Marine Traffic Map
Hurricane Fran Topsail Island Video
Fran 2006 Utube video
1989 Coastal Snow Storm and Cold


OTHER LINKS
NWS Text Messages
WPC Medium Range Discussion
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NWS Storm Publication Assessments
Coop WX Station Photos
RAH Prior Weather Events Summaries
 Atlantic Coast Observer Network
Broadcastify
  Vienna WX
NWS Offices
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NWS Raleigh Facebook
NWS Raleigh Twitter (image of Warning Display)
IDSS Forecast Points
Hourly Probabiity of Precipitation
Probabilistic Sno w  Portal (10%-90%)
Probability of Freezing Range Forecast
Probablistic QPF Portal Experment
NWS Heat Risk
RAH Winter Storm Severity Index (WSSI)
Snow Accumlation Forecasts
NWS ILM
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Topsail NWS Weather Forecast
Topsail Beach 3 day detailed forecast
Topsail Surf Forecast
 Aviation Weather
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Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
AlabamaWX Blog
Captial City Weather Gang
National Weather Association
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  Winter WX Forecasts
  Davis Weather Instruments
Weatherflow Tempest Manual
  WeatherBrains
  StormTrack Home Page
RedTeam WX and GR Level Products
Wet Bulb Temp Chart  
Warning Archieves
NWS Normals 1991-2020
Comet MetED
Jet Streaks
QG Equation
Sutcliffe-Petterson Developmental Equation
Sunrise and Sunsets for Raleigh NC

AMATEUR RADIO LINKS
Alinco 735 Programming
Alinco DR-735T Detail Review
Icom 2730a Manual
QRZ Callsign Data Base
Allstar Bridge
SRD 2024
DX Summit Web Page
 Smith Chart Amateur Radio Society
Raleigh Amateur Radio Society
Amateur Radio Reference Guide
NTS Numbered TExt Messages 
QSL Net
On The Air Magazine
NC ARRL
ARRL
Carolina440 UHF 
W4BAD repeaters
Mount Mitchell Repeater Listen Link
RATPAC Presentations
UTUBE Ham Radio Information
Coastal Waves Wires Utube
More UTUBE Videos
ARRL UTUBE
WINLINK UTUBE
WINLINK USER INFO
N1FOG Field Operations Guide
SAFECOM-Field Operations Guide
VIPER Instructions
FEMA ICS Resource Center
TERMS
AUXCOM Task Book
Wake Co Emergency Management
SHARES (HF)
NC Emergency Operations Plan 2020
DPS Emergency-Communications
ARRL Emergency Communications Convention
HF Remote Stations to Listen
Ham Radio World Contact Videos
Tarheel Emergency Net 3923 or 7232
Police Scanner Iincluding Pender
Winlink app for Iphone
IC2100H programming via UTUBE
VHF Antenna Videos
Wattage Calculations

WEATHER SAFETY INFORMATION
Heat Risk Index
Safety Tips
NOAA Weather Radio
Live NWR Broadcasts
NOAA WX Radio NC Status
Weather Vanes
Storm Recovery Plans and Roof Preparation
Air Quality Index

WEB CAMS
Breezeway Web Cam
Surfchex Topsail Beach Web Cam
Figure Eight Island Bridge Web Cam
Surf City-Downtown
St Regis Web Cam
Wrightsville Beach Traffic Cams
Carolina Yacht Club Web Cam
Topsail Beach Gazette
WeatherBug Web Cams

Lees McRae College Web Cam
Banner Elk Web Cam
Boone King Street Web Cam
NC Mountain Web Cams
Beech Mountain Web Cam
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Beech Mountain Sledding Hill Web Cam
Sugar Mountain Web Cam
Other Sugar Mountain Web Cams
Blowing Rock Web Cam
Laurel Springs Web Cam
Mount Washington Web Cam
Deadwood SD Web Cam
Mt Mitchell Web Cam
Alpine Lodge Web Cam West Coast
Frying Pan Tower Web Cam
 
Ocean Isle Beach NC
Ocean Isle Beach Inn Movable Cam
Ocean Isle Web Cams
Bogue Pier Web Cam
Bald Head Island Web Cam
 Holden Beach Web cam 
Nags Head Web Cam
Hatteras Webcam
Deadog Saloon SC
Murrells Inlet SC Web Cam
Sea Captain's House Web Cam Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach Earthcam
Fort Lauderdale New River Web Cam
Biscayne Bay FL Webcam
Port of Miami Utube Web Cam
Fort Lauderdale Marina Webcam
Destin FL Webcams
Fort Myers Beach Web Cam
Wilmington Cape Fear River Web Cam
WNCT Web cams
Other Beach Cams
Skyview Webcams
Beaufort Webcams
Beaufort  Web cam
Port Nassau Web Cam

NWP and SPC  MODELS
Operational Models Encyclopedia
SFC Prog
Medium Range 3-7 days
QPF
72 hour Rainfall and Snow Statewide forecast
7 day Total QPF
WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook
Extended  Temp Outlook- 8 to 14 Days 
WPC 500 MB 5 day outlook
Medium Outlook temperature forecast
NMME Monthly Forecast
NAM and GFS MOS Models by City
Arctic Oscillation Forecast
NAO Index Forecast
4- 7 Day Winter Wx Outlook
  Models/Upper Air Soundings
NCEP Integrated Water Vapor Transport Model 
ECMWF from weather .us
FSU Models
SPC 500 MB Vorticity SREF  BEST GRAPHIC
 Ensemble Forecast

Ensemble Situational Awareness Table
ECMWF Situational Awareness Table
GEFS Plumes RDU
GFS MOS evaluation thru April 2022
GFS 500 MB Vorticty maps out to 144 hours
ETA/GFS/NGM Graphics
BufKit Generator -Iowa State University
Bufkit Warehouse Snow to Rain ratio and totals
HREF
NAM MOS KRDU
NAM FOUS
NCAR NAM and GFS Models
SPC HREF Ensemble Precipitation Type
National Blend of Models(NBM)
NBM Model Images
HREF 24HR updraft Ensemble
HREF COMPOSITE RADAR FORECAST
NSSL Radar Cam Model
Roger Edwards Models List
Pivotal WX Models 
Polar WX models (HRRR, GFS, NAM,ECMWF, etc)
NAM Maps
WeatherWorld at PSU
Tim Vasquez's' youtube Forecast Lab
WPC Probabilistic of Winter Precip
 Probability of Snow RDU
RDU Hour to Hour Forecast
TAFB Gridded Wind and Wave Forecast
Weatherbell Analytics
Model Discussion
Texas A&M Model
TREND
Preview Weather NOAA
WRF 
NoGaps
Environmental Modeling Center

 
                  
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