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June 13, 2013 Severe Storms Event for Raleigh

Posted by: Bluestorm5, 4:43 AM GMT on June 14, 2013

JUNE 13, 2013 SEVERE STORMS EVENT

Hey, y'all. I just got home after an eventful day! The day started off as a beautiful one, with no clouds in the sky. It was also the hottest day of the year to date at 96 degrees so I went off to Sanford, NC to go swimming at a friend's house. I spent few hours there and when I left at 3 pm, I check my Twitter account and saw that Raleigh was under Moderate Risk and a rare PDS Thunderstorm Watch. I don't think I've ever been in a PDS Thuderstorm Watch before, although I've seen PDS Tornado Watch on April 16, 2011. I knew the storms were gonna be nasty. While driving home, I look to the western skies and saw a line of clouds in the distance. When I got home, I checked the radar and the storms were promising to be nasty so I took pictures of the sky pre-storm and the clouds as well. I left for work at Walmart and arrived there with the clouds about to pass over the parking lot. I took some more pictures and went into the store, where I clocked in. As soon as I was done clocking in, power went out and I rushed to my manager who was at the door watching the storm. As we both observed, the winds were blowing up to 70 mph with the carts going over the place, signs being knocked down, and trash bins getting airborne and getting smashed against cars. My manager decided to sent me out into the winds to gather the carts and trash bins. I struggled against the winds to get the carts and bins, but I got the job done fast enough before the downpour arrived. After that job was done, I was sent to Garden Center where there was a big mess from the storm. Plants were knocked down to floor, roof tarp torn off, debris all over the place, and more. The cleaning is still ongoing as I post this blog. From Garden Center, I watched the lightnings and some of them almost hit me. When the storms finally left, I observed an beautiful post-storm sunset and took picture of it. After few hours of work, I went home and watch the lightnings in the distance which was pretty cool. Pictures from the day is below and the credits are mine.

Captions: Clear sky at 3 pm in Sanford, NC

Captions: Clouds in the distance at 5 pm

Captions: Storm arriving at 6 pm

Captions: Storm over Walmart

Captions: Storm taking over clear, beautiful sky

Captions: Storm over NEXRAD radar KRAX

Captions: Mess in Garden Center I

Captions: Mess in Garden Center II

Captions: Post-storm sunset

Categories:storms NC Raleigh Severe Storms Derecho

Updated: 4:54 AM GMT on June 14, 2013

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Watching 91L for Development

Posted by: Bluestorm5, 2:15 AM GMT on June 03, 2013

Just a quick update on that "little" system. Apparently, it have grown in the size and it have been assigned a name of 91L.

AL, 91, 2013060300, , BEST, 0, 220N, 868W, 25, 1009, DB, 34, NEQ, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1010, 175, 90, 0, 0, L, 0, , 0, 0, INVEST, S,

Now, it doesn't look very impressive on satellite as you can see on GOES website and computer models (except for CMC) are not giving it a chance to...

Categories:2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season andrea 91L gulf of mexico florida carolinas tropical depression tropical storm tropical invest mexico southeastern usa

Updated: 2:45 AM GMT on June 03, 2013

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2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season is Finally Here!

Posted by: Bluestorm5, 12:58 AM GMT on June 02, 2013

Discussing 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season

2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season has officially started at midnight today! This year should be a busy season as the patterns that have been breeding hurricanes actively since 1995 is still holding up as shown below:

(Credit: Climate Prediction Center)

Also, this year is a neutral year so the patterns of Atlantic basin will not be affected by El Nino, which decreases the total ...

Categories:2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season 2013 Pacific Hurricane Season Hurricane caribbeans Hurricane Barbara mexico gulf of mexico florida

Updated: 5:53 AM GMT on June 02, 2013

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Beginning a New Chapter in Life

Posted by: Bluestorm5, 7:09 PM GMT on May 25, 2013

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ENDING A OLD LIFE, STARTING A NEW LIFE:

As most of you know, I'm a senior at a small high school in a small town in central North Carolina. I had met all requirements to graduate from that high school on June 7th, 2013. The last four years of high school had been really enjoyable, but it's time to move on. Graduating on June 7th, 2013 will be very personal for me as I will have completed my first major goal of life that I've been dreaming of for 13 years....

Categories:tornado 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season 2013 Pacific Hurricane Season Hurricane Asheville Raleigh North Carolina WNC Mountains quotes life graduation high school

Updated: 7:31 PM GMT on May 25, 2013

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Watching Tropical Storm Leslie

Posted by: Bluestorm5, 7:01 PM GMT on September 03, 2012

Today, I've released my forecasts for TS Leslie. I don't feel like explaining today so here are my thoughts. Any questions?THREAT CODE:Yellow/Black: Tropical Cyclone is unlikelyOrange/Black: Tropical cyclone is possibleRed/Black: Tropical cyclone is very likelyPink/Black: Tropical cyclone will make an impact

Updated: 7:04 PM GMT on September 03, 2012

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