...TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...
...PRECIPITATION SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH...
...HEAVY RAIN EVENT FROM THE 18TH - 20TH...
...WAKE LOW-GRAVITY WAVE EVENT ON THE 30TH...
SPRING FINALLY ARRIVED TO THE PALMETTO STATE AND EAST CENTRAL
GEORGIA DURING APRIL. IT WAS HARD TO SHAKE OLE MAN WINTER...BUT
TEMPERATURES MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF SPRING FINALLY ARRIVED. THE
FIRST 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE OF THE SEASON FOR COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT
OCCURRED ON THE 28TH. THERE WERE TWO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS
DURING THE MONTH. BETWEEN THE 18TH AND 20TH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVED FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO UP ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. THE OTHER EVENT...WHICH PRODUCED
LOCALIZED STRONG WINDS...OCURRED ON THE 30TH
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD WAS 63.2
DEGREES OR 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 62.7 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT WAS 65.6 DEGREES OR 2.2
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 63.4 DEGREES.
RAINFALL AVERAGED AROUND 3 INCHES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA DURING APRIL. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL
ACROSS THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WITH AMOUNTS FROM 4 TO 5
INCHES. THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM COLUMBIA
TO CAMDEN WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL. THE RAINFALL AT AUGUSTA BUSH
FIELD WAS 4.59 INCHES OR 1.75 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2.84
INCHES. THE RAINFALL AT COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT WAS 2.99 INCHES OR
0.37 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 2.62 INCHES.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST COCORAHS RAINFALL REPORTS FOR APRIL:
...COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK...WWW.COCORAHS.ORG
SC-AK-51 AIKEN 8.6 SE...................6.13 INCHES
SC-NW-5 PROSPERITY 4.4 ESE.............5.60 INCHES
SC-OR-20 SANTEE 2.0 NE..................5.48 INCHES
SC-LN-2 FORT MILL 3.5 ENE..............5.12 INCHES
SC-AK-42 AIKEN 8.7 E....................5.08 INCHES
HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST NWS COOP OBSERVER REPORTS FOR APRIL:
CTFS1 CHESTERFIELD 3E...........5.56 INCHES
MIDG1 MIDVILLE GA...............5.31 INCHES
AKIS1 AIKEN 2E..................4.78 INCHES
CEWS1 CHERAW WATER PLANT........4.57 INCHES
MANS1 MANNING...................4.26 INCHES
HIGHEST WIND GUSTS AT EACH ASOS LOCATION DURING THE MONTH:
AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD (AGS)........40 MPH ON THE 29TH
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB)..........40 MPH ON THE 4TH
COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE).............36 MPH ON THE 15TH
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (DNL)...............34 MPH ON THE 15TH
COLUMBIA HAMILTON OWENS AIRPORT (CUB)....32 MPH ON THE 22ND
RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA:
THERE WERE NOT RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA:
THERE WERE NOT RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
EVENTS FOR APRIL 2014:
FROM THE 18TH THROUGH THE 20TH...
A CLOSED UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED OVER THE DEEP
SOUTH. AT THE SURFACE...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPED ON THE
18TH IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
MOVED SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS FLORIDA AND UP ALONG THE SOUTHEAST
COAST ON THE 19TH AND 20TH. MOST OF THE RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED
DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL FELL WITH THIS EVENT. MOST AREAS RECEIVED
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. HOWEVER...SOME AREAS RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES
OF RAIN.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE 24 HOURS RAINFALL TOTALS FROM APRIL 18TH-19TH:
1 SSE WAYNESBORO..............2.50 INCHES
LONGTOWN......................2.32 INCHES
6 NNE SANTEE..................2.29 INCHES
MANNING.......................2.23 INCHES
3 WNW DENMARK.................2.19 INCHES
1 E LEXINGTON.................2.15 INCHES
5 SSE SUMMERTON...............2.14 INCHES
6 E JEFFERSON.................2.14 INCHES
2 E CANE SAVANNAH.............2.13 INCHES
BAMBERG.......................2.07 INCHES
ON THE 30TH...
OVERNIGHT INTO THE MORNING OF THE 30TH...A LARGE AREA CONVECTIVE
COMPLEX DEVELOPED ALONG THE GULF COAST OF ALABAMA AND THE PANHANDLE
OF FLORIDA. THE CONVECTION CREATED A WAKE LOW ACROSS GEORGIA AND
PROPOGATED GRAVITY WAVES NORTHEAST TOWARD THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER
AREA AND THE MIDLANDS. A NARROW BAND OF STRONG WINDS DEVELOPED NEAR
ATHENS GEORGIA AND MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN CSRA AND
THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN GREENWOOD COUNTY INTO CENTRAL NEWBERRY COUNTY.
THE STRONG WINDS PRODUCED SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES
IN LINCOLN COUNTY GA...MCCORMICK COUNTY SC...SALUDA COUNTY SC AND
NEWBERRY COUNTY SC. HERE ARE SOME OF THE REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY
MANAGERS: A TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN LINCOLNTON GA...TREE DOWN ON A
VEHICLE IN PARKSVILLE SC...TREE DOWN ON A HOUSE IN MCCORMICK
COUNTY...2 MOBILE HOMES WITH SOME MINOR DAMAGE IN MCCORMICK COUNTY
AND MOST OF DOWNTOWN NEWBERRY SC WITHOUT POWER DUE TO TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWN.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS REPORTED DURING THE EVENT:
LINCOLN AND MCCORMICK COUNTY...ESTIMATED TO BE 60 TO 80 MPH.
NEWBERRY OPERA HOUSE (MEDIA REPORT).......MEASURED 46 MPH GUST
NWS EQUIPMENT AT LAKE THURMOND DAM........MEASURED 41 MPH GUST
AWOS FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT WINNSBORO...MEASURED 39 MPH GUST
YEAR TO DATE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS...
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2013/2014 MONTHLY AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORM DEPARTURE
JAN 2013 64.0/+8.0 41.1/+7.4 52.5 44.8 +7.7
FEB 59.2/-1.1 36.2/-0.6 47.7 48.5 -0.8
MAR 63.5/-4.7 38.5/-4.5 51.0 55.6 -4.6
APR 76.7/+0.4 53.4/+3.0 65.0 63.4 +1.6
MAY 81.4/-2.4 59.2/-0.3 70.3 71.7 -1.4
JUN 88.1/-1.9 70.1/+1.9 79.1 79.1 0.0
JUL 88.4/-4.3 72.7/+1.1 80.5 82.2 -1.7
AUG 87.6/-3.1 71.0/ 0.0 79.3 80.8 -1.5
SEP 86.9/+1.7 65.5/+0.3 76.2 74.7 +1.5
OCT 77.9/+1.8 54.8/+2.7 66.3 64.1 +2.2
NOV 65.0/-2.3 40.5/-1.8 52.7 54.8 -2.1
DEC 62.5/+4.3 40.6/+5.3 51.5 46.7 +4.8
ANNUAL 75.1/-0.4 53.6/+1.2 64.4 63.9 +0.5
JAN 2014 52.4/-3.6 28.1/-5.6 40.3 44.8 -4.5
FEB 60.3/ 0.0 37.4/+0.6 48.9 48.5 +0.4
MAR 65.2/-3.0 39.1/-3.9 52.2 55.6 -3.4
APR 78.3/+2.0 52.8/+2.4 65.6 63.4 +2.2
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2013/2014 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...
AVG HIGH/DEP AVG LOW/DEP AVG TEMP NORM DEPARTURE
JAN 2013 65.4/+7.5 39.4/+6.6 52.4 45.4 +7.0
FEB 59.8/-2.5 35.5/-0.4 47.6 49.1 -1.5
MAR 63.8/-6.1 37.9/-4.1 50.8 55.9 -5.1
APR 76.2/-1.1 48.5/+0.4 62.4 62.7 -0.3
MAY 81.0/-4.0 55.8/-1.5 68.4 71.1 -2.7
JUN 88.2/-2.8 67.4/+1.2 77.8 78.6 -0.8
JUL 87.9/-5.5 71.0/+1.2 79.5 81.6 -2.1
AUG 87.7/-4.1 68.6/-0.7 78.2 80.5 -2.3
SEP 87.2/+0.5 61.8/-0.8 74.5 74.6 -0.1
OCT 78.4/+0.7 51.9/+0.9 65.2 64.4 +0.8
NOV 65.9/-3.2 38.7/-2.7 52.3 55.2 -2.9
DEC 62.5/+2.5 38.0/+3.5 50.3 47.2 +3.1
ANNUAL 75.3/-1.6 51.2/+0.2 63.3 63.9 -0.6
JAN 2014 52.7/-5.2 26.3/-6.5 39.5 45.4 -5.9
FEB 61.9/-2.5 34.9/ 0.0 48.4 49.1 -0.7
MAR 66.1/-3.8 37.6/-4.4 51.9 55.9 -4.0
APR 77.3/ 0.0 49.1/+1.0 63.2 62.7 +0.5
COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2013/2014 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE
(INCHES)
JAN 2013 1.21 3.58 -2.37
FEB 5.51 3.61 +1.90
MAR 3.65 3.73 -0.08
APR 4.63 2.62 +2.01
MAY 3.62 2.97 +0.65
JUN 6.17 4.69 +1.48
JUL 11.21 5.46 +5.75
AUG 7.51 5.26 +2.25
SEP 2.04 3.54 -1.50
OCT 1.98 3.17 -1.19
NOV 2.06 2.74 -0.68
DEC 5.88 3.22 +2.66
ANNUAL 55.47 44.59 +10.88
JAN 2014 3.40 3.58 -0.18
FEB 2.92 3.61 -0.69
MAR 3.93 3.73 +0.20
APR 2.99 2.62 +0.37
AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2013/2014 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...
TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE
(INCHES)
JAN 2013 0.60 3.91 -3.31
FEB 9.40 3.92 +5.48
MAR 3.11 4.18 -1.07
APR 4.23 2.84 +1.39
MAY 2.26 2.65 -0.39
JUN 10.83 4.72 +6.11
JUL 9.05 4.33 +4.72
AUG 5.84 4.32 +1.52
SEP 1.12 3.22 -2.10
OCT 0.36 3.27 -2.91
NOV 1.82 2.82 -1.00
DEC 6.90 3.39 +3.51
ANNUAL 55.54 43.57 +11.97
JAN 2014 2.48 3.91 -1.43
FEB 3.73 3.92 -0.19
MAR 2.56 4.18 -1.62
APR 4.59 2.84 +1.75
THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY...
THE FORECAST CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES THAT RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURES
WILL EITHER BE BELOW...ABOVE OR NEAR NORMAL.
THE 3-MONTH OUTLOOK FOR THE SPRING (MAY/JUN/JULY)...
THE FORECAST CALLS FOR A 40 TO 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURE...AND EQUAL CHANCES THAT PRECIPITATION WILL EITHER BE
BELOW...ABOVE OR NEAR NORMAL FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD.
ENSO (EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION)...
...A EL NINO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE LATE SUMMER OR EARLY
FALL...
AN EL NINO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF EL NINO CONDITIONS WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
AT THIS TIME...ENSO NEUTRAL CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE
EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN. ENSO NEUTRAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2014.
WHILE ENSO NEUTRAL IS FAVORED FOR THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SPRING
2014...THE CHANCES OF EL NINO INCREASE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE
YEAR...EXCEEDING 50 PERCENT BY SUMMER.
CLIMATE OUTLOOKS AND ENSO DISCUSSIONS COURTESY NOAA CLIMATE
PREDICTION CENTER...WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV.
NOTE...
MUCH APPRECIATION GOES OUT TO OUR NWS COOPERATIVE WEATHER
OBSERVERS...COCORAHS (COMMUNITY...COLLABORATIVE...RAIN...HAIL AND
SNOW NETWORK) OBSERVERS...SOUTH CAROLINA STATE CLIMATE
OFFICE...SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...RICHLAND COUNTY AND
LOCAL WEATHER PARTNERS FOR THE DATA THEY PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR. THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1887 AND FOR AUGUSTA
BACK TO 1873. PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR COLUMBIA GO BACK TO 1878 AND
FOR AUGUSTA BACK TO 1871.
ADDITIONAL CLIMATE INFORMATION...INCLUDING CURRENT AND ARCHIVED
DAILY AND MONTHLY SUMMARIES...CAN BE FOUND ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE COLUMBIA SC HOME PAGE AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CAE .
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