As much as I would like to believe that this is really going to happen, I have to say that I am starting to think that I am living under some kind of alien force field - or my shields are up! It rains everywhere but at my house! Sometimes, it even rains on my street, but my driveway, cars and porches remain dry!

Well it has been 5 weeks since I put granular fertilizer down and it still hasn't dissolved. No wonder the lakes are going down-no run off.

I agree Linda - you must live by me. I drove down 78 Saturday late afternoon in the pouring rain, turned onto Rosebud to go home, and it was dry as a bone. I hope we get something soon!!!!

If you're short on rain... you're not the only one. I'm almost 6" below normal for the year at DaculaWeather.com.
Most of us here in Georgia are still in an extreme drought. http://www.daculaweather.com/4_drought_monitor.php

http://www.daculaweather.com/4_hpc_qpf_disco.php

I ended up getting 1.75" last night. Could've done without the thunder waking me, but grateful for the rain.

No rain at the house. I probably had almost 3" here at Cobbly Nob (yes... it is a real place! http://goo.gl/maps/IFiZ).

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
745 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 505 AM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012/

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MAIN FORECAST CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE PRECIP CHANCES AND QPF IN
ASSOCIATION WITH NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT NEAR NORTH GA AND PLENTIFUL AVAILABLE MOISTURE. LATEST MODEL SOLUTIONS STILL HAVE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN LOCATION OF THE FRONT... WITH THE NAM AND SREF
SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTHWARD THAN THE GFS. NONETHELESS THERE WILL BE AMPLE MOISTURE AVAILABLE AND ENOUGH RADIATIONAL HEATING TO TRIGGER CONVECTION ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE NEAR ATLANTA NORTHWARD... WITH LIKELY POPS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. CHANCE POPS WILL EXTEND SOUTHWARD. PROGGED PW VALUES ARE AGAIN NEAR 1.80 INCHES FOR BOTH DAYS ALONG WITH WEAK VERTICAL WIND SHEAR...THEREFORE IN COMBINATION WITH AMPLE CAPE...ANY STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MAIN THREATS OF SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

Oh, happy day! Rain. We had a wonderful rain last night and I always love a thunderstorm. Here's hoping for a few more days of it. I'd be happy if it rained all week!

We loved hearing the storm last night and welcome more rain!

Check out the 2 pictures I just uploaded. This morning we're watching the fog roll across the Smokies, sitting on the deck with a cup of coffee. Ahhhh... the good life! :-)

I've got some really great videos to upload when I get back. My internet connection here isn't the speediest. I've been uploading one video since Sunday and it's still only 91% done. I got a great one during the thunderstorm yesterday with lots of lightning, I have Greenbrier Road, two video's crossing the Smokies, one going to Newfound Gap from Cherokee, and another one down the other side. We have one of a bear, a waterfall, Roaring Forks Motor Trail (several times, once in the dark), and more to come.

The photos uploaded are great ! But I'm with Linda on this one. We so desperately need the rain, but so far at my house we've only had a tease. Clouds & thunder were about all I got last night. I hope we get a good soaking out of this system before my neighborhood ponds turn into fields.

Some pictures from the mountains: https://picasaweb.google.com/103393210667850829661/2012CobblyNobAndGreatSmokyMountains?authuser=0&feat=directlink

Take a look at this image that shows radar estimated rainfall amounts in north Georgia. Note that many areas in Gwinnett have had more than 5" of rain.

http://www.daculaweather.com/images/2012_07/atl_rain.png

I've had 2.76" over the last 4 days with more to come.

You can see the rainfall values recorded by CoCoRaHS reporting stations in Gwinnett and surrounding counties. http://www.daculaweather.com/4_cocorahs_precip_map.php

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR 40 MPH WINDS IN WALTON AND
GWINNETT COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...

AT 425 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER YOUTH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES
ACROSS PARTS OF WALTON AND GWINNETT COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE YOUTH...WALNUT
GROVE...BETWEEN...LOGANVILLE...ROSEBUD...WINDSOR...BOLD
SPRINGS...SNELLVILLE...GRAYSON...HARBIN...LAWRENCEVILLE AND DACULA.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.

Close up radar view of these three cells.
http://www.daculaweather.com/images/2012_07/t_storm.png

The storm over Loganville is 48k feet high.
http://www.daculaweather.com/images/2012_07/et.png

Potential hail in the Loganville storm, and just SW of Lawrenceville.
http://www.daculaweather.com/images/2012_07/hail.png

Here's the radar estimated precip totals for Gwinnett and the surrounding area. I'm using a new color table with a different scale, it makes it easier to see where the heaviest rain has fallen.
Note that some areas in Gwinnett have had more than 6" of rain over the last 3.29 days.

http://www.daculaweather.com/images/2012_07/atl_rain.png

Oh the colors ,,,,,,,,,,, Wow

Yes, I had to fix those colors! I had to take an existing color table and modify it. Hope it looks a little better now!

They'll do that to you! ;-) Good thing the rain has stopped... the Atlanta radar has been down since 4:17 am.

NOUS62 KFFC 141335
FTMFFC
MESSAGE DATE: JUL 14 2012 13:35:00 UTC
KFFC RADAR IS INOPERATIVE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO EQUIPMENT
MALFUNCTION. TECHNICIAN HAS DETERMINED A PART IS NEEDED... THE PART
IS NOW ON ORDER. NO ESTIMATED TIME OF REPAIR AT THIS TIME. WILL KEEP
YOU POSTED.
NOUS62 KFFC 140428