The Atlantic Coast Observer Network - Virginia/North Carolina/South Carolina
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SUMMARY OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA 


NOVEMBER 2009


...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL...
...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM IDA REFORM INTO NOR'EASTER OFF SOUTHEAST US COAST...
An unusally warm November in the three-state area with all stations reporting above normal rainfall, as well as above normal average temperatures. The event of the month was the movement of Hurricane Ida across Nicaragua and Honduras, across the Gulf of Mexico, and into the Flordia Panhandle then across the lower Southeastern States to off the Southeast Coast where the remnants of the system turned into a vicious fall nor'easter. The nor'easter ("affectionately" known to many as "Nor'Ida"!) moved slowly along the coast producing heavy rainfall, strong, persistent winds, and extensive coastal plain flooding, not only at the ocean's edge but also from river and stream flooding throughout inland areas. Read more details in this storm summary from the NWS at Florida State University: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tae/?n=event-200911_ida.
  • BRIDGEWATER MEMBER CLAYTON TOWERS CELEBRATES HIS 90th BIRTHDAY   It's not a weather record, but we just had to congratulate member CLAYTON TOWERS of Bridgewater who just celebrated his 90th birthday!! And he's still taking readings and crunching the monthly figures for us as we enter 15 years online! Recently, Clayton wrote, "I got my fingers crossed for a white Christmas. If the present patterns continues, I feel we have a chance." Indeed, was he ever more "spot on!"? (The heavy snows of pre-Christmas 2009 verified that "forecast feeling"!!) We wish Clayton many more years of weather watching and extend best wishes to him, his wife, and family.

  • NEW SLIDESHOWS ON ICE ACRETION AND WEIGHING SNOW (from the CoCoRaHS website)   CoCoRaHS has added two new training slide shows to their "Training Slide Shows" page (http://www.cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=training_slideshows). They are "Ice Accretion" and "Weighing Snow". In addition, they have updated their other slide shows and now all are now viewable in HTML, so you can watch them right on your screen (pdf is available for those who like to download them). Please take a few minutes and click on this link the link above to view this important information.

  • NOAA's NATIONAL OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGIC REMOTE SENSING CENTER (NOHRSC) (from the CoCoRaHS website)   NOHRSC provides comprehensive snow observations, analyses, data sets and map products for the nation with info including National Snow Observation Database, Airborne Snow Surveys, Satellite Snow Cover Mapping, Snow Modeling and Data Assimilation, Analyses, Maps, and Interactive Visualization Tools, Integrated Snow Datasets for Geospatial Applications and Applied Snow Research, among others. Its products and services support a wide variety of government and private-sector applications in water resource management, disaster emergency preparedness, weather and flood forecasting, agriculture, transportation and commerce. For more information visit NOHRSC's web site at: http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/.

  • EL NIņO TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS UPCOMING WINTER'S WEATHER (from the CoCoRaHS website)   El Niņo in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean is expected to be a dominant climate factor that will influence the December through February winter weather in the United States, according to the 2009 Winter Outlook released by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center: "2009 Winter Outlook". Such seasonal outlooks are part of NOAA's suite of climate services.

    Most years around Christmas, a warm current of tropical water temporarily replaces the cold water that normally exists off the west coast of Peru. Local residents refer to this warming as El Niņo (Spanish for boy child), referring to the Christ child. Usually, the warming lasts approximately a month or two. However, every few years, the ocean warming can last many months and is linked to a warming of sea surface temperatures across a large part of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Because changes in sea surface temperatures over such a large region can affect the overlying atmosphere and the position of the jet stream, the weather is affected by El Niņo in regions around the world.

    In the US, the greatest impacts occur in the wintertime: the Pacific northwest is often warm and dry while the southern tier of states are cool and moist. The in-between states often do not see much of an influence from El Niņo. During La Niņa, when there is a persistent cooling of east Pacific sea surface temperatures, the Pacific Northwest tends to be cool and moist while the southern states are warm and dry.

    To learn more about El Niņo, visit: El Niņo

  • DROUGHT MONITOR    http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html    More information on drought can be found at NOAA's Drought Information Center http://www.drought.noaa.gov/

  • REMINDER All National Weather Service station data listed herein is preliminary and may be subject to change.  The data has not been certified and cannot be used in legal actions.  Only reports certified by the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, NC can be used for these purposes.


    • ACON VA/NC/SC Member Station Extremes - NOVEMBER 2009
    State
    Maximum Temperature
    Minimum
    Temperature
    Warmest
    Average
    Temperature
    Coldest
    Average
    Temperature
    Maximum
    Precipitation
    Minimum
    Precipitation
    Virginia
    78°
    Danville
    23°
    New Market
    55.2°
    Norfolk (ORF)
    45.8°
    Blacksburg (BCB)
    14.37"
    Newport News
    3.24"
    Woodstock
    North Carolina
    81°
    Wilmington
    27°
    Charlotte
    58.9°
    Beaufort
    49.0°
    Asheville
    8.86"
    New Bern
    4.45"
    Lumberton
    South Carolina
    80°
    Charleston
    28°
    Florence
    58.9°
    North Myrtle Beach
    53.6°
    Greenville-Spartanburg
    6.06"
    North Myrtle Beach
    2.25"
    Charleston


    ( For an explanation of column headers in the following tables,
    please note the column denotations table below. )

    TEMPERATURE / WINDS/ ELEMENTS

    VIRGINIA
    [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]
    
     STN  A      B    C     C1     D    E  F    G    H  I  J K K1  L  M      N   N1   N2   O P Q R R1 S   CWA
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     BCB 56.4  35.2  45.8   +3.0  72  8,15 25    4   0  0 12 0 82% 35 300°  27   4.5       0 0 0 0  2 2400 AKQ
     BLK                                                                                              2400 RNK
     BRI 56.5  39.9  48.2   +8.3  70    9  27   28   0  0  2 0 70%                         0 0 0 0  0 0510/1600 LWX
     CEN                                                                                              2400 LWX
     CHT 58.6  40.3  49.4   +3.6  73.1  8  29.0  7   0  0  3 0 80% 17 360°  27   0.5  023° 0 0 0 0  4 2400 LWX
     CHO 60.3  39.8  50.1         76    8  28    7   0  0  4 0     35 020°  12   4.2       1 0 0 0  3 2400 LWX
     DAN 62.9  40.8  51.8   +3.2  78    8  30    7   0  0  4 0 72% 38 020°  12   5.6       1 0 0 0  4 2400 RNK
                                                                   38 360°  13
     DCA 59.5  44.9  52.2   +3.5  74    8  35  7,29  0  0  0 0 69% 43 300°  27   8.0       1 0 0 0  2 2400 LWX
     IAD 59.7  40.0  49.8   +4.6  75    8  29    7   0  0  6 0 69% 43 300°  27   6.4       0 0 0 0  3 2400 LWX
     FCH 58.5  45.4  52.0         72    8  30    7   0  0    0     37       27             1 0 0 0 11 2400 LWX
     FRV 57.6                     73    8  29    7   0     4 0                                        2400 LWX
     GAV 61.53 42.10 51.82        76    8  33  7,27, 0  0  0 0 78% 35 360° 12,13           2 0 0 0  1 2400 AKQ
                                                28
     HAM 60.0  47.0  54.0         71    8  35    7   0  0  0 0 80% 85 023°  12  13.0       3 0 0 0  6 2400 AKQ
     HDV 59.0  40.1  49.6   +2.0  75    8  29    7   0  0  4 0 75%                         2 0 0 0  4 2400 LWX
     LDY 57.9  42.4  50.1   +0.6  70    8  31    7   0  0  1 0 72%                         1 1 0 0  2 2400 AKQ
     LYH 60.2  38.8  49.5   +2.9  76    8  29    7   0  0  7 0 71% 42 020°  11   5.4       0 0 0 0  5 2400 RNK
     NEW 57.13 37.36 47.24  +2.5  75    8  23    7   0  0  7 0 76% 27 270°   5  14.2  225° 0        1 1700 LWX
                                                                   27 180°  28
     NPN 61.5  45.4  53.0   +1.8  74.8  9  31.2  7   0  0  1 0     43 068°  12   3.4  068° 2 1 0 1  2 2400 AKQ
     NOR 62.0  47.9  55.0   +3.1  74    9  34    7   0  0  0 0                             0 0 0 1  0 2400 AKQ
     ORF 61.8  48.7  55.2   +3.0  72   19  35    7   0  0  0 0 79% 74 050°  12  10.1       4 0 0 0  5 2400 AKQ
     FHC 61.16 48.84 55.0   +2.8  74.7  9  38.0  7   0  0  0 0 63% 61 023°  12   2.0  360°            2400 AKQ
     FHC Note: Northeaster produced windswept rain which infiltrated the FHC thermal shed.
               Computerized motherboard inside was saturated, effectively shorting the unit
               resulting in straightline readings from the 12th in the evening until the
               morning of the 21st.  All data is based on the averages of 23 days of available data.
     POR 61.4  47.6  54.5   +1.6  73    9  34    7   0  0  0 0 88% 57 090°  12   5.8  046° 1 0 0 0  0 2400 AKQ
     CTR 61.4  40.4  50.2   +1.2  74.0  8  29.4  7   0  0  6 0 83% 21 045°  11   0.6  043° 1 0 0 0  0 2400 AKQ
     MEC 61.1  43.7  52.53        71   16  31    7   0  0  1 0                             1 0 0 1  0 1700 AKQ
     RIC 62.1  43.8  53.0   +3.5  76    8  33    7   0  0  0 0 73% 43 360°  27   7.3       2 0 0 0  2 2400 AKQ
     ROA 60.6  42.4  51.5   +4.2  76   15  32 7,28   0  0  3 0 65% 76 330°  22   5.8       0 0 0 0  0 2400 AKQ
     WAL 59.8  45.9  52.9   +3.8  69   15  31    7   0  0  2 0     59 040°  12  10.2       0 0 0 0  4 2400 AKQ
     WOO 57.4  43.2  50.3   +2.2  74    9  34   28   0  0  0 0                             2 0 0 0  3 2400 LWX
     WSH 58.3  42.6  50.4   +4.11 75.9  8  33.5  7   0  0  0 0 76% 20 090   12   1.0       0 0 0 0  0 2400 LWX
    NORTH CAROLINA
    [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]     
        
     STN  A      B    C     C1    D    E  F      G  H  I  J K K1  L  M     N    N1   N2  O P Q R R1 S    CWA
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     AVL 60.0  37.9  49.0  +2.6  75     8 30   6,7  0  0  4 0 71% 40 330° 30    5.9      0 0 0 0  3 2400 GSP
     MRH 66.4  51.4  58.9        78     1 38     7  0  0  0 0     49 220° 23    8.1      2 0 0 0  2 2400 MHX
     CLT 63.8  42.4  53.1  +0.8  78     8 27    28  0  0  3 0 72% 41 050° 11    6.2      0 0 0 0  3 2400 GSP
     ECG 65.4  49.5  57.4  +3.3  76     9 33     7  0  0  0 0 70% 54 030° 12   10.2      1 0 0 0  4 2400 AKQ
     FAY 66.1  46.1  56.1        78   8,9 29    28  0  0  1 0 71% 48 310° 30    7.1      0 0 0 0  3 2400 RAH
     GSO 62.0  42.6  52.3  +3.1  77    15 34     7  0  0  0 0 70% 40 040° 11    6.6      1 0 0 0  3 2400 RAH
                                                                  35 200° 24
     HSE 64.4  53.1  58.8  +1.2  74     9 38     7  0  0  0 0 81% 46 300° 27    8.0      0 0 0 0  0 2400 MHX
     HKY 62.2  42.1  52.1  +2.2  76     8 32     6  0  0  1 0     31 310° 26    3.9      0 0 0 0  4 2400 GSP
     LBT 66.1  45.1  55.6  +2.8  77  8,19 29    28  0  0  2 0 76% 76 210° 14    5.8      0 0 0 0  6 2400 ILM
     EWN 64.9  47.9  56.4        75     9 34     7  0  0  0 0 80% 38 360° 12    6.3      2 0 0 0  8 2400 MHX
     RDU 63.1  43.3  53.2  +2.2  76   8,9 29    28  0  0  1 0 74% 37 050° 11    5.4      0 0 0 0  3 2400 RAH
                                                                  37 030° 12
     RAL 63.1  41.7  52.4  +1.4  76   8,9 29    28  0  0  2 0     22      30             0 0 0 0  1 2400 RAH
     ROX 61.9  42.7  52.5  +3.3  76.0   8 33.0  28  0  0  0 0 77% 34 360° 12        360° 0 0 0 0  4 0400 RAH
     ILM 67.1  48.5  57.8  +1.3  81     1 35    28  0  0  0 0   % 36 330° 13    6.7      0 0 0 0  5 2400 ILM
    SOUTH CAROLINA
    [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]     
       
     STN  A      B    C     C1    D    E  F      G  H  I  J K K1  L  M     N   N1   N2   O P Q R R1 S    CWA
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     AND 64.9  43.3  54.1  +2.1  76  8,15 30    28  0  0  1 0     43 030° 11   4.9       0 0 0 0  4 2400 GSP
     CAE 66.4  44.6  55.5  +0.8  78    15 31    28  0  0  1 0 64% 28 360° 11   4.4       0 0 0 0  8 2400 CAE
                                                                  28 020° 12
     CRE 67.7  50.1  58.9  +4.3  79     1 34    28  0  0  0 0 72% 41 050° 11   6.0       0 0 0 0  5 2400 ILM
     CHS 68.7  48.8  58.8  +0.8  80  9,10 34    28  0  0  0 0     31 350° 12   6.6       0 0 0 0  5 2400 CHS
     FLO 65.6  45.3  55.4   0.0  77    15 28    28  0  0  1 0 77% 44 050° 11   6.1       0 0 0 0 10 2400 ILM
     GSP 63.6  43.7  53.6  +2.5  76  8,15 31    27  0  0  1 0 71% 38 030° 11   5.6       0 0 0 0  1 2400 GSP
     OGB 67.0  46.1  56.5        78    15 32    28  0  0  1 0     31 020° 11   4.3       1 0 0 0  6 2400 CAE
    NEARBY STATIONS
    [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]     
       
     STN  A      B    C     C1    D     E  F     G  H  I  J K K1  L  M     N   N1   N2   O P Q R R1   S    CWA
     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     TRI 60.0  36.3  48.2  +2.7   73    16 25   28  0  0  9 0     35 260° 27   3.0       0 0 0 0  7   2400 MRX
     DAV              46   -2.0   68     9 22   29  0  0 12 0                                         0700 PBZ

    (Please note the column denotations table below.)
    PRECIPITATION / BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

    VIRGINIA
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     STN  T      T1     U  U1   V    V1   W X   Y      Z  1   2 3    4    5     6   6A   7    7A    8    S
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     BCB  5.12  +2.16 1.65 11 1.65    11 11 2 43.86    T 27   1 0    T    T                             2400
     BLK                                             0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0                             2400
     BRI  4.04  +0.95 1.08  1 1.40 11-12  7 2 32.99  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.40   9 29.70  27,30     0510/1600
     CEN                                      38.30  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0                             2400
     CHT  4.02  +0.71 0.99 11 1.08 11-12 14 0 44.15  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.425  9 29.657 27 30.111 2400
     CHO  6.60        2.44 19 2.46 18-19 10 3 37.70                          30.00  28 29.64  30        2400
     DAN  8.33  +5.26 2.67 11 2.71 10-11 12 3 43.05  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.41   9 29.67  30        2400
     DCA  4.43  +1.40 0.94 11 1.19 11-12 14 0 40.11  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0            29.64  27        2400
     IAD  3.71  +0.40 0.95 11 1.02 11-12 11 0 42.41  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0            29.64   7        2400
     FCH  4.91        1.12 11 1.87 11-12 11 1 39.83  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0                             2400
     FRV  3.53  +0.53 1.11 11 1.11    11 11 1
     GAV 10.74        3.01 12 3.08 12-13 12 3 45.32  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.42   9 29.65  30 30.08  2400
     HAM 26.95+23.96 11.63 13            15 4        0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.51   9 29.85  27        2400
     HDV  4.47  +1.10 0.98 11            13 0 44.79  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.38   9 29.61  27        2400
     LDY  7.84  +4.85 1.69 11 3.29 11-12 13 3 35.23  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.41 4,9 29.67 27, 30.11  2400
                                                                                              30             
     LYH  8.19  -5.01 2.81 11 3.29 11-12 10 3 40.21  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.43   9 29.68  30        2400
     NEW  3.79  +1.40 1.06 19                        0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.66  9, 30.10  26        1700
                                                                                    10     
     NPN 14.37 +11.02 7.83 12 7.83    12 14 2 60.79  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.43   9 29.56  27        2400
     NOR 12.81  +9.13 6.86 12 7.95 12-13 14 3 67.65    T 27   1 0    T    T                             2400
     ORF  9.20  +6.22 4.90 12 5.01 11-12 14 2 56.68  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.43   9 29.48  12        2400
     FHC  9.86  +6.88                    14 2 57.13  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.399  9 29.482 12 30.030 2400
     FHC Note: Northeaster produced windswept rain which infiltrated the FHC thermal shed.
               Computerized motherboard inside was saturated, effectively shorting the unit
               resulting in straightline readings from the 12th in the evening until the
               morning of the 21st.  All data is based on the averages of 23 days of available data.
               Rainfall above is adjusted using bak-up manual rain gauge at the station site.
     POR 10.19  +6.65 5.31 12 6.05 11-12 15 2 61.20  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.41   9 29.52  12 30.042 2400
     CTR  9.93  +6.60 2.90 12 2.90    12 14 3 46.64  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.069  9 29.650 30 30.069 2400
     MEC 10.32        2.88 12 4.52 11-12 11 4 42.85  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.15   9 29.50  30 29.87  0700
     RIC  9.60  +6.54 3.51 12 3.54 12-13 13 3 38.67  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.45   9 29.67  27        2400
     ROA  7.44  +4.23 2.36 12 3.38 11-12  9 2 45.56    T 27   1 0    T    T  30.45   9 29.68  30        2400
     WAL  6.24  +3.53 3.79 12 3.86 11-12 12 1 48.46  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.44   9 29.53  27        2400
     WOO  3.24  +0.29         0.75 23-24 13 1 38.27  0.0  0   0 0  0.0  0.0  30.62   9 29.94  27        0800
     WSH  4.61  +0.14 1.40 11 1.47 11-12 11 2 41.01    T 27   1 0    T    T  30.44   9 29.68  30        2400
    NORTH CAROLINA
    [Reminder: All NWS DATA HEREIN IS NOT OFFICIAL]
       
     STN  T      T1     U  U1   V    V1   W X   Y      Z    1 2 3   4    5     6    6A   7    7A    8     S
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     AVL  5.26  +1.44 2.23 10 3.54 10-11  9 2 52.97   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.44   9 29.73  30         2400
     MRH  6.86        4.61 11 5.28 11-12 12 1 51.19   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  29.93  30 29.77  30         2400
     CLT  5.08  -1.72 1.82 11 2.99 10-11 10 2 41.13   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.41   9 29.72  30         2400
     ECG  7.56  -4.63 4.33 12 5.12 11-12 11 2 45.53   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.43   9 29.45  12         2400
     FAY  5.30        2.41 11 3.76 10-11 10 2 30.09                0.0  0.0            29.69  30         2400
     GSO  7.86  +4.90 2.49 11 2.73 11-12 12 3 41.01   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0            29.69  30         2400
     HSE  6.51  +1.58 2.93 11 2.93    11 19 1 52.26   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.43   9 29.36  12         2400
     HKY  5.42  +1.78 1.90 10 3.13 10-11 10 2 42.96   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.38   9 29.67  30         2400
     LBT  4.45  +1.76 2.07 11 3.16 10-11  6 2 27.90                          30.41   9 29.61  13         2400
     EWN  8.86  +5.63 3.99 11 6.40 11-12 12 2 47.38   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.44   9 29.45  13         2400
     RDU  6.91  -3.94 2.97 11 3.40 10-11 14 1 34.34   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0            29.69  30         1900
     RAL  8.35  +5.38         3.91 10-11 14 2 44.55   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.42   9 29.68  12         2400
     ROX  7.79  +4.53 2.85 11 2.85    11 11 3 46.78   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.44   9 29.70  26   30.10 2200
     ILM  4.85  +1.59 3.83 11 3.84 11-12 12 1 50.32   0.0   0 0 0  0.0  0.0  30.40   9 29.49  13         2400
    SOUTH CAROLINA
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     STN  T      T1     U  U1   V    V1   W X   Y     Z   1  2 3  4     5     6    6A   7    7A    8     S
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
     AND  4.87  +1.19 2.54 10  3.12 10-11  8 2 46.33  0.0  0 0 0   0.0  0.0  30.39   9 29.78  30         2400
     CAE  4.25  +1.37 1.89 11  2.81 10-11  8 3 45.28  0.0  0 0 0   0.0  0.0  30.38   9 29.72  13         2400
     CRE  6.06  +3.09 3.63 11  4.40 10-11 10 2 37.34                         30.38   9 29.56  13         2400
     CHS  2.25  -0.41 1.33 11  1.56 10-11  7 1 50.55  0.0  0 0 0   0.0  0.0            29.65  13         2400
     FLO  4.75  +2.16 1.85 11  2.50 10-11 10 2 33.95                         30.39   9 29.64  13         2400
     GSP  5.76  +1.97 2.42 10  4.23 10-11  9 2 45.14  0.0  0 0 0   0.0  0.0  30.39   9 29.75  30         2400
     OGB  3.83        1.97 11  2.73 10-11  8 1 38.99                         30.38   6 29.70  13         2400
    NEARBY STATIONS
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     STN  T      T1     U  U1   V      V1  W X   Y      Z  1  2  3   4     5     6   6A   7    7A 8      S
     -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     TRI  3.00  -0.08 1.37 10 2.25 10-11  5 1 41.75  0.0   0  0  0   0.0   0.0 30.42  9 29.76  30        2400
     DAV  2.2   +2.4  0.47 28            14 0 55.3   4.3  28  5  3   7.0  11.0                           0700

    Virginia:

    Arlington - From NWS WBC come these notes: " THE NOVEMBER MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL. WHILE THE MEAN MONTHLY MAX TEMPERATURE OF 59.5 DEG TIED FOR 25TH WARMEST...THE MEAN MONTHLY MIN TEMPERATURE OF 44.9 WAS 4.9 DEG ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKED FIFTH WARMEST AMONG MONTHLY MEAN MIN TEMPERATURES. NOVEMBER PRECIPITATION WAS 1.40 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...MAKING IT THE WETTEST NOVEMBER SINCE 2004...AND THE 26TH WETTEST OVERALL SINCE 1871. WHEN ADDED TO THE ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL IN OCTOBER 2009...THE COMBINED TWO-MONTH OCT-NOV 2009 RAINFALL OF 10.14 INCHES RANKS 12TH WETTEST...THE WETTEST OCT-NOV PERIOD WAS 13.83 INCHES MEASURED IN 1932. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED AT REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT FOR THE MONTH. " [ + + ] 

    Bridgewater - " The precipitation is about normal for the year. The average temperature was much above normal. There was no snow during the month. - [ + + ] - Clayton sends these notes

    Centreville - " " - [ + + ] - additional notes from Paul

    Chantilly - Russ sends these notes: This was one of my warmest Novembers on record. Temperatures were 3.6° above average, primarily due to the mean low being +6.1°. The total precipitation for the month was 4.02", which was 0.71" above average. Remnants of Ida helped boost that monthly rain total, on the 11th. Dense fog was observed on 14th, 15th, 25th, and 26th. No records were broken or tied. *Please note, anemometer is currently partially obstructed from the Southeast " - [ + + ]

    Chesterfield - Arnold adds: " RAINFALL FOR THIS MONTH WAS ALMOST HAS MUCH AS WHAT WE RECEIVED WHEN GASTON PASSED THROUGH IN 2006 (11.05 INCHES). " - [ + + ]

    Dulles - from NWS Sterling (KLWX) come these notes: " THE NOVEMBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT DULLES WAS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND RANKED AS THE 7TH WARMEST. NOVEMBER PRECIPITATION WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. HOWEVER WHEN ADDED TO THE ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL IN OCTOBER 2009...THE COMBINED TWO MONTH OCT-NOV 2009 RAINFALL OF 9.42 INCHES RANKS 9TH WETTEST SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1963. THE WETTEST OCT-NOV PERIOD MEASURED AT DULLES AIRPORT WAS 12.32 INCHES IN 1971. NO SNOW WAS RECORDED AT DULLES AIRPORT FOR THE MONTH. THE LAST TIME SNOWFALL WAS MEASURED IN NOVEMBER AT DULLES WAS IN 2005...NOV 23. " - [ + + ]

    Falls Church - Erica sends these notes: " A warmer but wetter month. My first freeze occurred on the 7th. " - [ + + ]

    Front Royal - Mike reports:" As you come around the corner on the gravel road to my house the gravel wears down and mud is what you end up driving on. One gauge I have to an active weather pattern is how often I can "have fun" on this short, but yet slick piece of roadway. I did "have fun" a few times in November. Although when it snows no driving is fun here in the Northwestern Virginia mountains. You northerners got it made in the snow removal department. So even though the fun meter was up my weather event note taking was not. Hopefully when this Medic class is over I'll be more in tune with the weather. I do have a working weather station so I can at least tell you all some stuff. Temperatures and precipitation were above normal. The mean high of 57.6° was 0.7° above the normal average and total precipitation was 3.53", which was .53" above the norm. There were eleven days with measurable precipitation the greatest of which was 1.11" on the 11th from a nor'easter, which hammered the Maryland and Delaware beaches. Wind gusts to near 100mph were reported near Ocean City, MD. Here though just a steady rain and no flooding problems were reported. The event itself which lasted the 11th-14th gave us 1.43." Another storm system on the 19th dropped .83" of precipitation which was the second biggest precipitation event. A strong cold front the end of the month moved through on the morning of the 27th. Just over a quarter inch of precipitation with that, but gusty winds knocked out power in the area for several hours. Temperatures were really lackluster. The highest of 73° on the 8th and 15th and the low of 29° on the 7th were certainly nothing to write home about. Although the closeness of the highest and lowest temperature is sorta noteworthy. Only four days saw the temperature dip below 32. So now it is December and I am hoping for a 0° day somewhere in the month. I would be happy with 5° also. Time will tell. Happy Holidays everyone. " - [ + + ]

    Glen Allen - Lowell Koontz sends these notes: " November was warmer and much wetter than average as the monthly mean temperature was 51.8°F, a +3.9°F departure, and was extremely above average in precipitation (when compared to Ashland, Virginia records). November's mean temperature was almost exactly 5 degrees F warmer than last year's mean temperature. The low temperature for the month wasn't even freezing although we had 3 mornings with minimums of 33°F with light patchy frost but our actual first hard freeze came this morning December 1st. The maximum temperature for November was 76°F on the 8th and the lowest minimum was 33°F recorded on the 7th, 27th, & 28th. Last year our minimum dew point for November was 8°F on the 21st and this year the minimum dew point for the month was only 23°F on the 27th. The 10.74 inches of precipitation for November was a + 7.56 inch departure when compared to the Ashland, VA average. The maximum precipitation recorded in a day at Glen Allen - Springfield Park was 3.01 inches on the 12th and thunder was heard on two days during November and measurable precipitation occurred on twelve days. The main event of the month occurred from the 11th to the 13th. Some of the energy and moisture of Ida helped form a potent northeaster. This storm has also been referred to as a historic northeaster. The storm was far worse along the coast and Norfolk International Airport recorded 74 mph winds. Richmond International Airport had 45 mph winds and 35 mph winds were recorded here along with 59 hours of continuous rain much of which was driven by a north wind. I was surprised to find wet cinder blocks along the north wall of my garage on the morning of the 13th. The rain had penetrated the brick wall enough to wet the inside cinder blocks. We had a four-day rainfall total of 5.66 inches measured with the 8-inch standard Weather Service rain gauge and the 4-inch clear plastic gauge read 5.45 inches. The difference was largely contributed to the fact that the rain was driven by the wind. Richmond International Airport had 3.51 inches on the 12th which was not only a new record for the station for the date but also the most precipitation for any one November day. The old record was 3.33 inches in November 3, 1947. Glen Allen - Springfield Park station had 3.01 inches on the 12th which was a new record for a calendar day. The month's total here was 10.74 inches a new monthly rainfall record at this station and the Richmond International Airport had 9.60 inches the most rain ever recorded for the month of November. The old record was 7.64 inches in November 1959. It was also the most rain for any month since August 2004 when Gaston dumped heavy rain on the Richmond area giving a total of 16.30 inches. November was cloudier than average and the average relative humidity was 78% which was 9% more than last November. " - [ + + ] 

    Hampton - These notes from Dave: " Severe Northeaster caused major damage in Hampton: Severe Northeaster with the remants of Ida interacting with low pressure and strong high pressure over New England Coast-produced historic event in Hampton. Rainfall of 24 inches and wind gust to 85 mph occurred from November 11- November 14 with most intense part on the 12th-13th-with three tide cycles of 7-7.5 feet above mean low low water mark, tidal flooding approached that of Hurricane Isabel. Rainfall above normal continues to plague the city and region for the rest of the month. " - [ + + ]

    Herndon - Randy adds: " November was above normal for both temperature and precipitation. The temperatures ranged between a high of 75 and a low of 29. The low of 29 is the highest low temperature for Nov that I have ever recorded (over 15 years of data). The average high and low were both about 2 degrees above normal. On the precipitation side, the month wet most of the month There were four storm periods during the month; on the 1st, from 11th - 14th with the remnants of TS Ida, on the 19-20th, and from 23rd - 27th, and we finished the month with another short rain on the 30th. We ended up with 4.47" for the month which was 1.10" above normal. The rainfall for the year is now about 2.0" above normal. We finally received our first frost but it was not heavy and most of my annuals are still surviving. This is the latest that I can remember that they had not yet succumbed to the cold weather. No snow yet, although it is forecast for tomorrow (5 Dec). " - [ + + ]

    Ladysmith - Danny reports: " November brought above average temperatures and well above average precipitation, with measurable rainfall on 13 of 30 days in the month. A Thanksgiving night storm even brought some small hail. Year-to-date precipitation is now within 2.41" of normal after being more than 8" below normal at the end of September. " - [ + + ]

    Portsmouth - " November was a warmer and wetter month relative to normal Novembers for the period from 1976 to 2008. The 10.19" of rain was a whopping 6.65" ABOVE normal rainfall (288% of normal). The month's average temp was 1.6° ABOVE normal. Excessive rainfall came with the passage of the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida- once a hurricane - that moved northeast into the Florida Panhandle area, then ENE across southern Alabama and Georgia, then NE along the SE US coast where the system lost tropical characteristics and reformed as a deep coastal nor'easter. With the extremely slow speed of the whole weather system over a three-day period, the Southeastern areas of Virginia experienced prolonged rains- here totaling 9.05"- and a strong, persistent onshore flow gusting for many hours at the height of the storm to the 50 mph range with peak gust of 57 mph from the east. Of that total rainfall, 2.71" fell on the 11th and 5.31" fell on the 12th. Both amounts established new station daily rainfall records at this station. STATION RECORDS: A NEW STATION NOVEMBER MONTHLY RAINFALL RECORD of 10.19" was established in the West Cradock section (SE corner) of Portsmouth. (database to 1976) 11th - RAINFALL 2.71" [previous 1.93" in 1984]; 12th - WIND GUST 57mph [previous 52mph 1995]; 12th - RAINFALL 5.31" [previous 2.34" in 2006]. Frontal passages were recorded on the 1st, 5th, 17th, 17th, 20th, 27th, and 30th. FROST was noted on the morning of the 7th. At month's end, rainfall for the year totaled 61.20", which was 135% of normal through the end of November, or 15.97" ABOVE normal. " - [ + + ] 

    North Carolina:

    Raleigh - Bob sends these notes: " November weather was similar to October; several overcast days ( 8 days) due to cold air damming. Very wet month with 8.35" of precipitation, including 3.91" for the 24 hour period from November 10th thru November 11th. No severe weather or thunderstorms during the month which is little unusual for this time of the year. " - [ + + ]

    Raleigh - NWS Raleigh (RAH) reports: " Word from NWS RAH... the North Carolina Weather Reviews have been discontinued. " - [ + - ]

    Nearby Cities:

    Davis, WV - from Dave Lesher's website: " November had a mean temperature that was 3° ABOVE NORMAL and with BELOW NORMAL rainfall (-2.4") Snowfall for the month was 7.0" which was 7" BELOW normal. Year-to-date rainfall of 55.3" was 3.3" ABOVE normal. The season-to-date snow total on 11/30/09 was 11" and that was 5" BELOW NORMAL " - [ + - ]

    Tri-cities, TN - from NWS MRX in Morristown, TN: " The monthly-averaged temperature at Tri-Cities was 48.2 degrees, which was 2.7 degrees above normal. It tied with 2005 as the 23rd warmest November on record. The warmest November at Tri-Cities was back in 1985, when the average temperature was 55.3 degrees. The seasonally averaged temperature at Tri-Cities this fall was 57.4 degrees, which was 1.7 degrees above normal. It tied with 1942 and 2003 as the as the 31st warmest fall on record. The warmest fall at Tri-Cities was back in 1985, when the average temperature was 60.9 degrees. Tri-Cities received 3.00 inches of rain in November, which was 0.08 inches below normal. It ranked in the middle one-third of months on record for November. Measurable rain occurred on only five days, and only three of those days had more than one-quarter of an inch of rain. The heaviest rain fell on the 10th when 1.37 inches of rain was reported, which accounted for nearly one-half of the total rainfall for the entire month. It also broke the old daily rainfall record of 0.96 inches set in 1979. The driest November of the 72 years of observations was back in 2001, when only 0.50 inches of precipitation was recorded. Tri-Cities received a seasonal total of 12.00 inches of rain this fall, which was 3.54 inches above normal. It ranked as the 7th wettest fall on record. The wettest fall was back in 1972, when 14.51 inches of precipitation was recorded. " - [ + - ]



    COLUMN DENOTATIONS:

    A  maximum mean temperature T total precipitation (inches)
    T1 departure from normal
    B  minimum mean temperature U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches)
    C  monthly mean temperature
    C1 departure from normal    		 U1 date of maximum calendar day precipitation
    D  maximum temperature V date(s) of maximum daily precipitation
    E  date(s) of maximum temperature V1 maximum 24-hour precip. & date(s)
    F  minimum temperature W number of days with precip. >= .01"
    G  date(s) of minimum temperature  X number of days with precip. >= 1.0"
    H  days with maximum temperature >=90 Y year-to-date precipitation (inches)
    I  days with maximum temperature <=32 Z maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
    J  days with minimum temperature <=32 VRB Variable
    K  days with minimum temperature <= 0 1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches)
    K1 average relative humidity 2 number of days with snowfall
    L  peak wind gust (miles per hour)  3 number of days with snowfall >= 1.0"
    M  direction of peak wind gust 4  total snowfall for month (inches)
    N  date(s) of peak wind gust  5 total snowfall for 2007-2008 season (inches)
    N1   average wind speed (miles per hour) 6 maximum barometric pressure (inches)
    N2 dominant wind direction 6A date of maximum barometric pressure
    O  number of days with thunder  7 minimum barometric pressure (inches)
    P  number of days with hail 7A date of minimum barometric pressure
    Q  number of days with glaze 8   average sea-level pressure
    R  number of days with ice pellets STN  Station
      NR not recorded
    R1 number of days with dense fog [1/4 mile and less visibility] (i) incomplete data
    S  local observation time for temps/precipitation (M) missing, if listed in data table
     ~ "about" E estimated
     +  additional indeterminate number of days CWA - NWS Office County Warning Area


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       ROK   Roanoke, VA 6SW Wendell Prillaman  4/76 wlprillaman@cox.net
      AKQ    Wakefield, VA NWS Wakefield Municipal Airport 36-58-53N 077-00-04W 33M
    DCA    Arlington, VA Washington, DC, Reagan Washington National Airport 38-50-54N 077-02-03W 18M WSH   Washington, VA  David Yowell runamok@runamok.com
    BCB    Blacksburg, VA NWS Virginia Tech Airport 37-13N 080-25W   
    BLK  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Andrew Earehart September 2009, | aeare07@vt.edu WOO  Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton - 12/1/85 jwalton@shentel.net
       LDY Ladysmith, VA Danny Jessee 2003 danny@dannyjessee.com
    BRI     Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers Ctowers19@aol.com WAL   Wallops Island, VA 37° 56'26" N 75° 27'47" W Wallops Flight Facility Airport
    CEN  Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985, 38° 50.9788' N LAT. 77° 25.6374' W LON. | Elevation 324' | m.psb@verizon.net AVL    Asheville, NC  Asheville Regional Airport 35-25-55N 082-32-15W 670M
    CHO   Charlottesville, VA  Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport ASOS  (Rappahannock County) 38-08-18N 078-27-21W 192M MRH    Beaufort, NC  Michael J. Field Airport 34-44-01N 076-39-38W 3M
    DAN  Danville, VA, Danville Regional Airport, 36-34-22N 079-20-10W 175M  CLT    Charlotte, NC NWS Charlotte/Douglas International Airpot 35-12-48N 080-56-55W 220M
    IAD   Dulles - Washington-Dulles International Airport  38-56-05N 077-26-51W 93M  SSB    Sunset Beach, NC   33.9° N 78.5° W  Tom Myers
    FCH    Falls Church, VA Erica Page - 3/7/94 Windie1970@aol.com HKY  Hickory, NC 
    HAM    Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel 1989 david82@verizon.net ECG  Elizabeth City, NC,  Coast Guard Air Station 36-15-47N 076-10-58W 11M
    CTR  Winterpock in Chesterfield County, VA Albert Arnold 06/03 FAY  Fayetteville, NC Fayetteville Regional Airport, 34-59-22N 078-52-48W 55M
      GSO   Greensboro, NC NWS Piedmont Triad International Airport 36-05-51N 079-56-37W 275M
    CHT   Chantilly, VA Russ Topping -  12/2006  russ.topping@gmail.com - new location December 2006 HSE    Cape Hatteras, NC  Mitchell Field 35-13-56N 075-27-21W 3M
    HDV    Herndon, VA  Randoplh W. Ashby, 3.3 SM South, Lat: 38.922127, Lon: -77.38015, Elev: 390'. Randolph_Ashby@Raytheon.com LBT    Lumberton, NC  Lumberton Municipal Airport 34-36-26N 079-03-36W 37M
    GAV - Glen Allen, Henrico County, VA - Lowell Koontz  8/1/08  wwkoontz@verizon.net EWN    New Bern, NC  Craven County Regional Airport 36-04-03N 077-02-50W 3M
    FRV     Front Royal, VA  Michael Perritt -  04/08 mjperritt@gmail.com RAL    Raleigh, NC 7NNW  Bob Woodson -  6/1/93 kf4mmm@qsl.net
    LKU     Louisa, VA 1N Joseph Bowers 1944 - NWS ID  44-5050-02jmbiii@earthlink.net RDU   Raleigh-Durham, NC Raleigh-Durham International Airport 35-52-14N 078-47-11W 130M
    LOU     Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) INACTIVE 1/1/02 - MEMBER DECEASED FALL 2004 ROX    Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93
    LYH     Lynchburg, VA NWS Lynchburg Regional Airport 37-19-15N 079-12-24W 295M ILM     Wilmington, NC NWS New Hanover International Airport 34-16-06N 077-54-22W 9M
    NEW    Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree joywood@shentel.net CHS   Charleston, SC NWS Charleston Air Force Base 32-53-56N 080-02-26W 13M
    NPN     Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard -  6/91 GaryMLeonard@aol.com CAE    Columbia, SC NWS Columbia Metropolitan Airport 33-56-31N 081-07-05W 73M 
    NOR     Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77 FLO    Florence, SC Florence Regional Airport 34-11-16N 079-43-51W 44M
    ORF     Norfolk, VA 5NE 36-54-13N 076-11-31W 14M  1871 GSP   Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS Greenville-Spartanburg Airport 34-53-02N 082-13-15W 286M 
    POR     Portsmouth, VA 36.81° North 76.33° West 3S Bill Trotter -  7/1/76 wxr@cox.net CRE    North Myrtle Beach, SC Grand Strand Airport 33-48-42N 078-43-26W 10M
    MEC     Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin 11/19/91 OGB   Orangeburg, SC  Orangeburg Municipal Airport 33-27-50N 080-51-13W 59M
    FHC    Norfolk, VA  Fred Heutte Center 36° 54'N 76° 16'W 01/01/03 fhcgarden@cox.net AND   Anderson, SC 
    RIC     Richmond, VA Richmond International Airport 37-30-40N 077-19-24W 50M TRI     Tri-cities, TN  (Bristol / Johnson / Kingsport), Tri-City Regional Airport 36-28-47N 082-23-56W 474M 
    ROA    Roanoke, VA Roanoke Regional Airport 37-19-01N 079-58-27W 362M DAV  Davis, WV Dave Lesher canaanwx@canaantv.tv