ACON VA/NC/SC AUGUST 1998 SUMMARY - TEMPERATURES/WIND/ELEMENTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRGINIA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- STN A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R R1 S ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALX 100 25 55 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2400 ANN 86.35 67.58 76.97 92 24 54 20 5 0 0 0 20 ESE 27 2 0 0 0 0 2400 DCA 89.0 69.8 79.4 97 25 57 20 11 0 0 0 2400 BRI 88.2 62.6 75.4 95 25,26 49 20 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0600/1630 CEN 88.8 66.5 77.7 98 24 52 20 12 0 0 0 24 SW 10 1 0 0 0 0 1200/2400 CHE 79.7 63.7 71.7 89.7 24 49.2 20 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 2400 FCH 88.5 67.7 78.1 97 25 57 20 12 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 FRB 89.1 65.4 77.2 100 24 52 20 12 0 0 0 2 0800 HAM 87.1 72.1 79.6 95 24-29 61 21 8 0 0 0 67 N 29 4 0 0 0 0 2100 HER 90.5 66.1 78.3 99 26 51 20 19 0 0 0 18 19 1 0 0 0 0 2400 HRN 83.3 65.2 76.1 95.7 25 49.4 20 10 0 0 0 30 NNE 27 0 0 0 0 0 2400 LOU 87.0 65.58 76.29 100 24 50 20 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0800 NEW 88.87 60.29 74.58 97 25 45 20 17 0 0 0 26 W 10 2 0 0 0 3 1800 NPN 88.3 70.0 79.1 98 24,25 57 20,21 11 0 0 0 59 NNE 27 3 0 0 0 1 2300 NOR 86.7 69.7 78.2 97 24 56 21 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2400 ORF 85.5 72.3 78.9 96 24 60 21 7 0 0 0 63 E 2400 POR 86.9 71.3 79.1 96 23 59 21 8 0 0 0 63 NE 27 3 0 0 0 0 2400 MEC 87 67 77 97 24 53 20 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1800 RIC 89.5 65.1 77.3 100 24 53 20 12 0 0 0 39 SW 2400 RMD 88.8 69.7 79.3 99 24 58 20 10 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2300 ROK 86.7 64.0 75.3 96 25 52 20 10 0 0 0 14 W 27,29 2 0 0 0 0 2200 STF 88.46 64.20 76.33 97 29 51 20 14 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2100 AKQ 89.87 64.90 77.39 99 25 50 20 16 2400 WEE 87.2 69.1 78.2 96 24 52 20 8 0 0 0 40 N 28 3 0 0 0 0 0800/2000 WOO 83.7 66.7 74.9 93 28 53 20 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0800 WSH 84.87 65.00 74.94 94 24,25 51 20 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2200 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH CAROLINA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVL 85.2 61.5 73.4 92 25 49 4 4 0 0 0 28 N 2400 BRE 85.7 61.9 73.8 92 22 49 3,4 3 0 0 0 24 2 5 0 0 0 15 2100 CLT 87.7 66.5 77.1 95 25 56 21 10 0 0 0 33 N 2400 GSO 86.5 66.6 76.6 94 25 55 21 8 2400 HEN 88.3 66.0 77.2 98 30 52 20 10 0 0 0 29 N 4 0 0 0 8 0800 RAL 90.4 65.7 78.1 98 25 52 20 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2400 RDU 88.4 67.2 77.8 97 29 54 20 2400 ROX 88.8 67.4 78.1 97 29 53 20 12 0 0 0 26 NW 27 3 0 0 0 3 2100 ILM 88.2 71.3 79.8 94 11 61 20 12 0 0 0 74 E 26 5 2400 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH CAROLINA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAE 91.7 70.3 81.0 99 29 58 22 2400 GSP 85.2 61.5 73.4 92 25 49 4 4 0 0 0 28 N 2400 RUB 87.6 67.8 77.7 94 29 54 21- 9 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 2400 22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NEARBY LOCATIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRI 87.0 61.6 74.3 93 26 52 3 8 0 0 0 2400 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACON VA/NC/SC AUGUST 1998 SUMMARY - PRECIPITATION/BAROMETRIC PRESSURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRGINIA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STN T U V V1 W X Y Z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 S ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALX 0.90 0.28 17 0.28 17 5 0 42.28 ANN 0.81 0.52 10 0.52 10 5 0 38.15 0.0 0.0 4.3 30.36 29.85 2400 DCA 0.59 0.33 17 0 3 30.86 0.0 0.0 0.1 2400 BRI 3.02 1.95 17 2.25 16- 7 1 32.35 0.0 0.0 19.0 30.28 29.91 0600/1630 17 CEN 0.65 0.50 10 0.50 10 2 0 37.97 0.0 0.0 5.3 30.30 29.84 1200/2400 CHE 2.34 0.71 17 6 1 43.61 0.0 0.0 33.6 2400 FCH 2.14 1.30 17 1.30 17 5 1 54.14 0.0 0.0 2.03 FRB 1.28 0.97 10 6 0 37.52 0.0 0.0 0.5 0800 HAM 6.65 3.50 10 3.60 10- 5 3 41.48 0.0 0.0 T 30.29 29.65 2100 11 HER 0.52 0.44 10 0.44 10 4 0 34.41 0.0 0.0 6.5 30.33 29.75 2400 HRN 0.57 0.50 10 0.50 10 2 0 34.09 0.0 0.0 5.2 30.37 29.82 2400 LOU 2.72 2.10 9 4 1 37.37 0.0 0.0 4.0 30.40 29.80 0800 NEW 1.56 0.65 10 6 0 29.34 0.0 0.0 9.5 30.40 29.86 1800 NPN 4.22 1.64 11 2.10 27- 6 3 42.00 0.0 0.0 0.1 30.28 29.71 2300 28 NOR 5.81 2.73 27 3.52 27- 7 1 41.91 0.0 0.0 T 2400 28 ORF 8.47 7 1 43.61 0.0 0.0 T 30.28 29.52 2400 POR 6.16 2.53 29 2.63 29- 7 2 38.67 0.0 0.0 T 30.29 29.53 2400 30 MEC 2.15 1.28 9 1.31 9- 8 1 40.71 0.0 0.0 8.3 29.90 29.46 1800 10 RIC 1.90 0.74 27 9 0 36.06 0.0 0.0 1.2 30.33 29.81 2400 RMD 3.30 1.83 9 7 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2300 ROK 4.21 2.43 8 2.43 8-9 5 2 44.77 0.0 0.0 17.3 30.30 29.84 2400 STF 2.60 2.09 10 2.34 10- 5 1 45.28 0.0 0.0 0.9 2100 11 AKQ 2.20 1.43 27 1.43 27 6 1 35.04 0.0 0.0 0.5 2400 WEE 1.64 0.86 10 0.86 10 6 0 39.35 0 0 0.0 1600 WOO 2.38 1.00 15 9 1 29.36 0.0 0.0 21.2 30.64 30.28 0800 WSH 1.25 0.57 17 0.57 17 8 0 45.32 0.0 0.0 14.75 2200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH CAROLINA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVL 2.23 0.84 19 8 0 39.04 0.0 0.0 17.1 30.34 29.83 2400 BRE 2.74 0.88 19 21 0 54.01 0.0 0.0 8.8 30.45 30.04 2100 CLT 2.82 1.46 15-16 7 1 28.74 0.0 0.0 30.30 29.70 2400 GSO 5.63 3.23 7-8 38.47 0.0 0.0 5.5 2400 HEN 0.89 0.30 11 0.32 10- 7 0 37.88 0.0 0.0 1.5 0800 11 RDU 4.66 3.08 16-17 0.0 0.0 2400 RAL 1.50 0.47 16-17 10 0 36.16 0.0 0.0 3.9 30.30 29.65 1900 ROX 1.87 1.01 16 1.01 16 5 1 39.70 0.0 0.0 1.8 30.31 29.71 2100 ILM 13.48 6.77 26 9.06 26- 11 4 51.31 0.0 0.0 T 30.29 28.63 2400 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH CAROLINA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAE 3.52 36.24 0.0 0.0 2400 GSP 2.23 1.04 17 13 1 36.00 0.0 0.0 3.2 30.14 29.77 2400 RUB 3.16 0.92 9 1.09 8-9 8 0 53.99 0.0 0.0 1.0 30.20 29.54 2400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEARBY LOCATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRI 2.14 1.12 16-17 4 0 34.58 0.0 0.0 30.30 29.82 2400 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACON DATA REPORT DENOTATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATION/LOCATION (MILES & DIRECTION FROM MAIN POST OFFICE) /OBSERVER / YEAR RECORDS BEGAN: ALX Alexandria, VA Rick Schwartz 7/95 ROA Roanoke, VA Airport ANN Annandale, VA 1 3/4 ENE Lowell Koontz DCA Arlington, VA NWS 12/90 ROK Roanoke, VA 6SW Wendell Prillaman BCB Blacksburg, VA NWS 4/76 BRI Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers STF Stafford, VA Danny Jessee CEN Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985 AKQ Wakefield, VA NWS CHE Chester Gap, VA Dave Lesher WSH Washington, VA David Yowell (Rappahannock County) 1/91 WEE Weems, VA 3WNW Francis J. Socey CHO Charlottesville, VA 3N John Stewart WOO Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton IAD Dulles International Airport 12/1/85 AVL Asheville, NC NWS BRE Brevard, NC 1SE Bob Keehn 1/1/90 FCH Falls Church, VA Erica Page CLT Charlotte, NC NWS 3/7/94 FRB Fredericksburg, VA 7SW Ken McKneely GSO Greensboro, NC NWS HAM Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel 1989 HEN Henderson, NC 4NNE 4/76 #31-3971 George Stephenson, Jr. HER Herndon, VA R.M. Beall P- 10/76 RAL Raleigh, NC 7NNW Bob Woodson T- 1/91 6/1/93 HRN Herndon, VA 4SW Russ Topping RDU Raleigh-Durham, NC NWS 1985 LOU Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) LYH Lynchburg, VA NWS ROA Roanoke, VA NEW Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree ROX Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93 NPN Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard ILM Wilmington, NC NWS 6/91 CHS Charleston, SC NWS NOR Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77 CAE Columbia, SC NWS ORF Norfolk, VA 5NE NWS 1871 GSP Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS POR Portsmouth, VA 3S Bill Trotter RUB Ruby, SC 3 NW Franklin Hancock 7/1/76 MEC Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin 11/19/91 RMD Richmond, VA Roy Britt 8/22/83 TRI Tri-cities, TN NWS RIC Richmond, VA NWS COLUMN DENOTATIONS: A maximum mean temperature T total precipitation (inches) B minimum mean temperature U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches) C monthly mean temperature V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation V1 maximum 24-hour precip. & date(s) D maximum temperature W number of days with precip. >= .01" E date(s) of maximum temperature X number of days with precip. >= 1.0" F minimum temperature Y year-to-date precipitation (inches) G date(s) of minimum temperature Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches) H days with maximum temperature >=90 1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches) I days with maximum temperature <=32 2 number of days with snowfall J days with minimum temperature <=32 3 number of days with snowfall >= 1.0" K days with minimum temperature <= 0 4 total snowfall for month (inches) L peak wind gust (miles per hour) 5 total snowfall for '97-'98 season (inches) M direction of peak wind gust 6 maximum barometric pressure (inches) N date(s) of peak wind gust 7 minimum barometric pressure (inches) O number of days with thunder (i) incomplete data P number of days with hail (M) Missing, if listed in data table Q number of days with glaze E estimated R number of days with ice pellets ~ "about" R1 number of days with dense fog NR Not recorded S local observation time for temps/precipitation