Monday, July 03, 2006

Weather Summary For 07/02/2006

Temp: High; 26.2 C/79 F, Low; 9.1 C/48 F


Total Precip: 13 mm/0.51 Inch of rain, fell mainly in a severe thunderstorm in the late evening


Note: Moderate smog, occurred in the afternoon.

Highest humidity, of the month thus far, 81% occurred in the afternoon.

Lowest Barometric pressure, of the month thus far, 1001.5 mb/29.60 Inches, occurred in the late afternoon.

*** One of the most severe thunderstorms in the last 10 years, struck the area between roughly 9:40 PM and roughly 10:30 PM Local Time (ADT). This storm dropped 12 mm/0.47 Inch of rainfall, caused frequent and intense cloud to ground lightning strikes, sustained winds of 20 mph/32 km/h, with several brief peak gusts to 50 mph/81 km/h, and two short power outages.
Another, even more intense thunderstorm that passed off to the North of the area, may even have caused a tornado in neighboring Florenceville (a community about 25 miles/40 km, North of here), that caused much damage, and lead to several homes being evacuated.

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