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SUMMARY
OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
SEPTEMBER
2000
...For the 3rd Consecutive Month,
Most of the Area Records
Excess Rainfall and Below Normal
Temperatures...
The region noted cooler temps and most all reported above normal rainfall. Some extreme western areas didn't see the tropical moisture help push rainfall amounts to higher than norm levels as noted to the east. In fact, the TRI cities area was our only reporting station below normal (and well below) in rainfall. The really impressive rainfall totals were noted across Southern North Carolina and South Carolina; indeed, North Myrtle Beach and Orangeburg reported double-digit rainfall totals from the passing of the remnants of tropical systems.
In
his September narrative hydrologic report for the Wakefield forecast area,
Patrick Maloit noted: SEPTEMBER RAINFALL RANGED FROM NORMAL TO ABOVE
NORMAL ACROSS MOST OF THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...CENTRAL...SOUTH
CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA...AND NORTH EAST NORTH CAROLINA. SEPTEMBER MARKED THE FIRST MONTH
THIS HURRICANE SEASON THAT THE REGION WAS AFFECTED BY THE REMAINS OF TROPICAL
SYSTEMS...WITH THE REMNANTS OF GORDON AND HELENE IMPACTING THE AREA WITHIN
5 DAYS OF EACH OTHER IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. EASTERLY FLOW
ACROSS THE REGION...THANKS TO HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST SEPTEMBER
1ST THROUGH 4TH...COUPLED WITH 3 DISTINCT TROUGHS OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THAT PERIOD...PROVIDED FOR A WET START TO THE
MONTH. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE
AFTERNOON OF THE 4TH INTO THE 5TH...RESULTING IN HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA. THE COLD FRONT STALLED OFF THE SOUTHEAST
COAST ON THE 6TH...AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGAN TO RIDGE IN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION FROM CANADA. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED TO
DOMINATE THE REGION BEFORE FINALLY MOVING OFFSHORE ON THE 12TH. THIS PERSISTENT
HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC STATES...COUPLED
WITH A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION ON THE 13TH...KEPT HURRICANE
FLORENCE WELL OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE ON THE 13TH CAUSED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION.
THE FRONT STALLED ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA ON THE 14TH...BEFORE FINALLY MERGING
WITH A COLD FRONT THAT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION ON THE 15TH. ANOTHER
AREA OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILT INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND
DOMINATED LOCAL WEATHER THROUGH THE 18TH...WHEN THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL
CYCLONE GORDON APPROACHED THE REGION. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE FORMED
ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT IN CENTRAL TENNESSEE ON THE 25TH...MOVING OFF
THE VIRGINIA CAPES THE MORNING OF THE 26TH. THE EASTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE
REGION FROM THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...RESULTED IN MOST OF THE LOCAL 24
HOUR RAINFALL MAXIMA FOR THE MONTH BEING SET FROM THE 25TH INTO THE 26TH.
THESE MAXIMA ON THE 25TH AND 26TH OFTEN REPRESENTED BETWEEN ONE-THIRD AND
ONE-HALF OF A SITE'S RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH. HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILT
INTO THE REGION FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THE 27TH...BEFORE YET ANOTHER
COLD FRONT SPREAD LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION ON THE 28TH. BEHIND
THE FRONT CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILT INTO THE REGION TO CLOSE THE MONTH.
The full Regional Monthly Precipitation Summary and Discussions for Virginia can be located on the AKQ homepage at: http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/akq/climate.htm Patrick Maloit continues the hard work on these monthly products. Please check out the other home pages for the NWS offices for their regional reports. A great jump-start page for these is: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/nwspage.html a graphical page for National Weather Service home pages across the nation.
Special note from Paul Bassett
"As time permits I will be putting some notes in better shape that I have used to search for weather related items on eBay. If you think our ACON members would be interested, they could email me their request at pbassett@sitestar.net . I'll be happy to pass them along.
Weather Sites on the Internet
Let's begin a monthly list of weather sites on the
Internet which you have found to be good sources for your study
of weather or for the advancement of interests in amateur focus on weather.
Whenever you send them, I'll try to get them inserted in the next month's
report. Please make sure you have the exact web URL address, being
clear with upper and lower case letters in the address.
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NOTES FROM "AROUND THE LEAGUE"
Virginia:
Annandale - Lowell sends these notes: "It is interesting that Sept. 1st was the warmest night (HIGHEST MIN.) of the summer here.-- UNUSUAL; then Sept. 26th was the coolest day (LOWEST MAX.) ever recorded here in Sept. in the last 20 years! SEPTEMBER REMARKS: Sept. was again cooler and wetter than average for the third month in a row. The mean temp. was 65.7° dep. -2.1° The total precip. for Sept. was 4.67 inches a dep. of +0.50 inches. but last year's 11.33 inches of rain for Sept. has skewed the ave. We only had 7 days with rain, which is the least since 1994 but was the third cloudiest Sept. in the last 15 years. Only four days of Sept. in the last 15 years has recorded more rain on any one day than on the 25th. On Sept. 26th Bob Ryan reported the lowest max. temp. ever recorded for the date at National Airport. The max. temp. here on the 26th was 52° which was not only the lowest for the date but the lowest max. temp. ever in Sept. (20 yrs of records) the old record was 53° which was set in Sept.1994. The 44° min. of the 29th was lowest temp. rec. in Sept. since 1991. The min. temperature of =< 50° occurred on ten days. That is the greatest number in Sept. since 1991. The high barometer of 30.46 inches of mercury was the highest recorded in Sept. since 1991."
Arlington - NWS WBC notes DCA's mean temp was 3.7o below normal while the rainfall departure was 1.6" in excess of the norm.
Blacksburg/Roanoke/Lynchburg Area - " ...A COOL AND WET SEPTEMBER FOR THE VIRGINIA PIEDMONT AND BLUE RIDGE REGION...A LITTLE DRIER AND WARMER TO THE WEST IN THE APPALACHIANS...SEPTEMBER CLIMATE FOR BLACKSBURG...AS WE TRAVEL WESTWARD FROM THE BLUE RIDGE REGION...THE WEATHER WAS WARMER AND DRIER COMPARED TO THE LYNCHBURG AND ROANOKE STATS. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE MEAN WAS ONLY 0.5 DEGREES BELOW A PERFECT NORMAL MEAN. AGAIN...AS WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE REGION...BLACKSBURG HAD THREE COOL PERIODS...FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 7TH...THE 15TH THROUGH THE 18TH...AND FROM THE 25TH TO THE 29TH. ONE DATE SET A RECORD LOW...THAT OCCURRED ON THE 17TH WHERE THE MERCURY DIPPED TO 33 DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 9TH AND THE 10TH WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 83 DEGREES. AS FOR PRECIPITATION...A TOTAL OF 3.19 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THE NORMAL IS 3.51 INCHES...SO BLACKSBURG WAS MINUS 0.32 INCHES FOR THE MONTH. THE DAYS WITH THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WERE ON THE 19TH WHEN 0.57 INCHES FELL AND ON THE 25TH WHERE THE TOTAL WAS 0.73 INCHES. BUT ON THE WHOLE BLACKSBURG IS STILL ABOVE THE YEARLY AVERAGE...AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH...BLACKSBURG IS STILL 1.50 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE YEAR."
Bridgewater - Clayton reports: "Rainfall was 1.72 inches above normal, and the precipitation for the year is just about normal. Also, the temperature for the month was just about normal. The remnants from Hurricane Gordon gave us 1.50 inches of rain on the 19th. The big portion of the rainfall in September occurred during the last nine days with two big splashes. During this time 3.31 inches fell. No frost has occurred so far."
Centreville - Paul sends these notes, "After slightly over 20% of our precipitation (1.20") fell during the first four days of the month, then a two week dry spell. The remaining almost 80% of our rain occurred within a seven day period near the end of the month with a real rain gauge workout on the 25th with 2.23" (42%) accumulating. Our temperatures remained true to form as we have experienced throughout this year with the average daily temperature an even 1 deg. below average. Night temperatures also performed as expected with the average low of 57.6 deg being 2.2 deg above the norm."
Dulles - The monthly precipitation total, according to NWS WBC, was 0.87" above normal and the month's mean temperature was 2.1 degrees below normal.
Falls Church - Erica reports: "September 2000, like the months of July and August, was cooler and wetter than the average. The heavy rain and thunderstorms on the 3rd caused some flooding in parts of the area. The rains of September 25th gave me a whopping 2.215" in the gauge!"
Fredericksburg - Another month with above average rainfall. We are already at the normal total for the year. - notes from Ken
Hampton - Dave reports: COOL AND WET WEATHER CONTINUES IN SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. TEMPS AVERAGING BELOW SEPTEMBER NORMS WITH PRECIP WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH. ONLY TWO STATION RECORDS SET THIS MONTH. DAILY PRECIP 1.60 ON 9/2 AND A RECORD LOW MAX OF 74 ON 9/4.
Herndon - Notes from Russ: " Heavy rains on the 25th & 26th brought 2.6" of rain. Another cool summer month, averaging 2.1 degrees below the norm here. Rainfall was 2.18" above normal."
Herndon - Bob Beall writes: "Another excellent month of abundant vegetation (and gnats) with fall arriving right on schedule."
Lynchburg - From NWS BCB: ON THE WHOLE
SEPTEMBER 2000 WAS RATHER A COOL MONTH IN THE HILL CITY. FOR SEPTEMBER
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS MINUS 3.2 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
THE MAJOR COLD SNAPS DURING THE MONTH OCCURRED FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE
9TH...FROM THE 15TH THROUGH THE 18TH...AND FROM THE 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH.
TWO DATES OF DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES WERE NOTED FOR SEPTEMBER 2000.
ON THE 16TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 42 DEGREES. ON THE 17TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE
DIPPED TO 38 DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES FOR THE MONTH WAS 84 DEGREES...WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 1ST...13TH...AND THE 24TH. NO RECORD HIGHS OCCURRED IN
SEPTEMBER 2000. AS FOR PRECIPITATION...A TOTAL 4.05 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
WAS RECORDED FOR THE MONTH. THIS WAS 0.81 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST
DAILY AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL OCCURRED ON THE 19TH WITH 1.17 INCHES...AND ON
THE 25TH WITH 1.71 INCHES. IN SEPTEMBER 1999 A TOTAL OF 12.05 INCHES WAS
RECORDED. LAST YEAR...WEATHER SYSTEMS OF TROPICAL ORIGIN PLAGUED THE REGION
WHICH WAS NOT THE CASE
FOR SEPTEMBER 2000.
New Market - Joyce reports: "This month has been much cooler during the day .. We are 5.0 deg. cooler on average for high temp and about average for the nights. We are 1.5" above average for precip. We are ahead on rainfall for the year. "
Newport News - Gary reports that he finally got all components up and running after last year's lightning strike.
Norfolk - From NWS AKQ: The monthly precip was 2.35" in excess of the norm while the average monthly temp was 0.4o below normal. Rainfall for the year through month's end was 11.38" above normal.
Portsmouth - Temperatures here averaged 1.6 deg. below the norm while rainfall was 130% of normal (+1.39"). Year-to-date rainfall totaled 118% of the norm or some 7.02" above the normal. New records here for September: 1st - Maximum minimum - 75o Tie (previous 1980); 5th - Minimum Maximum - 74o Tie (previous 1984); 6th - Minimum Maximum - 72o (previous 74o 1984); 18th - Daily precipitation - 0.33" (previous 0.07" in 1980); 23rd - Daily precipitation - 1.17" (previous 1.05" in 1979); 26th - Minimum Maximum - 68o (previous 72o 1982); 27th - Minimum Maximum - 66o Tie (previous 1984). The dominant wind direction was north with a mean speed of 3.0 mph. Much of the moisture during the latter part of the month resulted from the remnants of tropical weather passing through the area.
Richmond - Roy Britt's new email address is posted below.
Richmond - According to NWS AKQ, Richmond's rainfall was 0.29" above normal while temps averaged 2.5o below normal. Yearly rainfall was running 5.93" above the norm through September.
Mechanicsville - Glenn reports a t-storm on the 1st producing a downpour. Residual moisture from Gordon and Helen (tropical systems) on the 18th and 19th and again on the 23rd.
Roanoke - These notes from Wendell - "A wet, cooler than average September with temps 1.7 deg. below normal. Rainfall was 2.6" above normal."
Roanoke - NWS BCB notes: "SEPTEMBER 2000 IN THE STAR CITY WAS COOL AND WET. THE MEAN MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 1.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THREE PERIODS OF COOL WEATHER WERE ENCOUNTERED FROM THE 5TH THROUGH THE 8TH...FROM 15TH THROUGH THE 18TH...AND FROM THE 25TH THROUGH THE 29TH. ON THE 17TH A NEW DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE WAS SET WITH 42 DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 85 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 13TH. NO DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED FOR SEPTEMBER 2000. PRECIPITATION AT ROANOKE WAS 5.88 INCHES. THIS VALUE IS 2.38 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HEAVIEST DAILY AMOUNTS FELL ON THE 1ST WITH 1.24 INCHES AND ON THE 19TH WITH 1.65 INCHES. COMPARED TO LAST SEPTEMBER IT WAS A LITTLE DRIER. A TOTAL OF 7.38 INCHES FELL IN SEPTEMBER 1999."
Vienna - Robert reports that "September was cooler and wetter than average. No records were set or tied. A string of cool days at the end of the month-"
Woodstock - Lauck reports " a cold and wet September. The lowest average mean in 16 years of records and the third wettest."
North Carolina:
Asheville - From NWS GSP: The monthly mean temp was 1o below normal while rainfall was 0.6" below normal. The average wind speed was 4.6 MPH. Yearly precip is 7.92" below normal.
Brevard - Bob notes: " September tended to cool, the month's average temperature, 63.9 degrees F, compared with the ten-year average of 67.6 degrees F. The average high and low temperatures were each about four degrees below the respective ten-year averages. Rainfall, 5.18 inches, was fractionally higher than the 5.08 inch ten-year average for September. September is characteristically highly variable, annual rainfall over the past ten years varied from a high of 8.33 inches in 1997 to a low of 1.72 inches the following year. The annual rainfall deficit to the end of the month compared to the average for the past ten years is 13.62 inches."
Charlotte - NWS GSP reports the mean temp here was 3.3o below normal while precip was 2.31" above normal. The average wind speed was 5.8 MPH. Year-to-date precip was running 2.1" below normal.
Greensboro - - NWS RAH reports that the mean temp here was 2.5o below normal while rainfall was 6.47" in excess. No record highs or low were set at the airport in September.
Raleigh - Bob reports: "The September average daily temperature was 2.1 deg. below normal, the third consecutive month of below normal temps. Rainfall was slightly above normal at +0.23", while precipitation for the year is now +3.14" above normal. No severe weather at this location during September, though a flash flood warning was issued on 25th for Wake Co. (Raleigh)."
Raleigh - NWS RDU reports a record low temperature was set on the 16th with a 46o reading. The previous record was 47o set in 1985 and 1964. The monthly mean temp was 1.8o below the norm while precip totals were 0.63" above the norm.
Roxboro - Merriell reports: "The month was mostly cloudy with temperatures averaging slightly below normal and rainfall also slightly below normal. Rain fell about half of the month."
Wilmington - From NWS ILM: "NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN OR TIED IN SEPTEMBER. 52 % OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE WAS RECEIVED IN SEPTEMBER (NORMAL IS 61 %). COOLING DEGREE DAYS TOTALED 265 UNITS IN SEPTEMBER. THIS AMOUNT WAS 44 UNITS BELOW NORMAL. THE SEASONAL TOTAL GREW TO 1780 UNITS... 8 UNITS BELOW NORMAL. HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTALED 5 UNITS IN SEPTEMBER. THIS AMOUNT WAS 5 UNITS ABOVE NORMAL. THE SEASONAL HEATING DEGREE TOTAL IS 5 UNITS. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 7.6 MPH. THE 6TH WAS THE BREEZIEST DAY AS A HYBRID TROPICAL SYSTEM PASSED TO OUR EAST WHILE A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM REMAINED ENTRENCHED TO OUR NORTH."
South Carolina:
Columbia - NS CAE reports the monthly mean temp was 1o below the norm. Rainfall was 2.64" above the norm. The year-to-date rainfall was 8.22" below the normal.
Charleston - NWS CHS notes: "Monthly precipitation was 4.15" above normal and the mean temp was 1.2obelow normal."
Editor's note: Visit the NWS Charleston Education Center which member Eleanor Vallier-Talbot manages at http://wchs.csc.noaa.gov/education_center.htm
Florence - No new records set.
Greenville-Spartanburg - The monthly temps averaged 0.3o above normal while total rainfall was 0.28" below normal. The average wind speed was 5.9 MPH. 54% of possible sunshine was recorded. Yearly precip is 10.46" below normal. - NWS GSP
North Myrtle Beach - From NWS ILM comes these new records established at CRE during September: Record high on the 13th (89); record lows on the 16th and 17th (55 and 54); record highs set on the 24th and 25th (89 and 87).
Nearby Cities:
Tri-cities/Bristol area noted temps averaging 0.8o below the norm with total rainfall 1.52" below the norm. For the year, rainfall is running 0.32" below normal. - from NWS Morristown, TN
(Please
note the column denotations table below.)
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COLUMN DENOTATIONS:
A maximum mean temperature | T total precipitation (inches) |
B minimum mean temperature | U maximum calendar day precipitation (inches) |
C monthly mean temperature | 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 | 1 date of maximum calendar day snowfall (inches) |
K days with minimum temperature <= 0 | 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 1999-2000 season (inches) |
O number of days with thunder | 6 maximum barometric pressure (inches) |
P number of days with hail | 6A date of maximum barometric pressure |
Q number of days with glaze | 7 minimum barometric pressure (inches) |
R number of days with ice pellets | 7A date of minimum barometric pressure |
R1 number of days with dense fog | (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 | NR not recorded |
STATION / LOCATION (MILES & DIRECTION FROM MAIN POST OFFICE) / OBSERVER / YEAR RECORDS BEGAN / EMAIL ADDRESS:
ANN Annandale, VA 1 3/4 ENE - Lowell Koontz 12/90 wwkoontz@bellatlantic.net | ROA Roanoke, VA Webmaster (Blacksburg): William.Perry@noaa.gov |
DCA Arlington, VA NWS Webmaster (Sterling): james.decarufel@noaa.gov | ROK Roanoke, VA 6SW Wendell Prillaman 4/76 |
BCB Blacksburg, VA NWS Webmaster: William.Perry@noaa.gov | VNA Vienna, VA Robert Boott, 1.5SW Robert.Boott@tma.osd.mil |
BRI Bridgewater, VA Clayton Towers Ctowers@rica.net | AKQ Wakefield, VA NWS Webmaster: Hugh.Cobb@noaa.gov |
CEN Centreville, VA Paul Bassett 1985 pbassett@sitestar.net | WSH Washington, VA David Yowell runamok@runamok.com |
CHO Charlottesville, VA 3N John Stewart (Rappahannock County) - 1/91 - Inactive | WEE Weems, VA 3WNW Francis J. Socey |
IAD Dulles International Airport Webmaster (Sterling): james.decarufel@noaa.gov | WOO Woodstock, VA 5NW Lauck Walton - 12/1/85 jwalton@shentel.net |
FCH Falls Church, VA Erica Page - 3/7/94 ERICA96661@aol.com | AVL Asheville, NC NWS NWS GSP: bryan.mcavoy@noaa.gov |
FRB Fredericksburg, VA 7SW Ken McKneely mckneelys@email.msn.com | BRE Brevard, NC 1SE Bob Keehn 1/1/90 Bob_Keehn@citcom.net |
HAM Hampton, VA 5NE Dave Kessel 1989 david64@visi.net | CLT Charlotte, NC NWS NWS GSP: bryan.mcavoy@noaa.gov |
HER Herndon, VA R.M. Beall P- 10/76 T- 1/91 beall47@earthlink.net | GSO Greensboro, NC NWS Webmaster (Raleigh/RAH): Richard.Jones@noaa.gov |
HRN Herndon, VA 4SW Russ Topping - 1985 rtopping@erols.com | RAL Raleigh, NC 7NNW Bob Woodson - 6/1/93 kf4mmm@qsl.net |
LKU Louisa, VA 1N Joseph Bowers 1944 - NWS ID 44-5050-02 jmbiii@earthlink.net | RDU Raleigh-Durham, NC NWS Webmaster: Richard.Jones@noaa.gov |
LOU Louisa, VA 6S John Bullock (about 1970) | LBT Lumberton, NC FAA Lumberton 34o 37'N 79o 04'W |
LYH Lynchburg, VA NWS Webmaster (Blacksburg): William.Perry@noaa.gov | ROX Roxboro, NC 2SE Merriell A. Jay 1/93 |
NEW Newmarket, VA 2W Joyce Winfree joywood@shentel.net | ILM Wilmington, NC NWS nwsilm@wilmington.net |
NPN Newport News, VA 7N Gary Leonard - 6/91 GaryMLeonard@aol.com | CHS Charleston,
SC NWS, courtesy of Eleanor Vallier-Talbot
Eleanor.Vallier-Talbot@noaa.gov evaltal@wpmedia.com Webmaster Contents CHS: Theodore.Rodgers@noaa.gov |
NOR Norfolk, VA 3NE Jim Fentress 6/1/77 | CAE Columbia, SC NWS caewx@noaa.gov |
OGB Orangeburg, SC NWS caewx@noaa.gov | |
ORF Norfolk, VA 5NE NWS 1871 Webmaster (Wakefield): Hugh.Cobb@noaa.gov | GSP Greenville-Spartanburg, SC NWS bryan.mcavoy@noaa.gov |
POR Portsmouth, VA 3S Bill Trotter - 7/1/76 pwrs@pilot.infi.net | RUB Ruby, SC 3 NW Franklin Hancock |
MEC Mechanicsville, VA Glen Martin 11/19/91 | FLO Florence, SC nwsilm@wilmington.net |
RMD Richmond, VA Roy Britt 8/22/83 roybritt@earthlink.net | CRE North Myrtle Beach, SC nwsilm@wilmington.net |
RIC Richmond, VA NWS | TRI Tri-cities/Bristol, TN NWS Webmaster (Morristown):W-Mrx.Webmaster@noaa.gov |
CHW Canaan Heights, WV Dave Lesher wxdave@boo.net |