Mostly clear this evening...then mostly cloudy with a chance of sprinkles after midnight. Lows around 40. South winds around 5 mph...becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
Wednesday
Rain likely in the morning...then occasional rain with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs around 60. East winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph...becoming southeast around 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Widespread showers with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy and not as cool with lows in the upper 50s. South winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
Thursday
Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers in the morning. Breezy with highs in the lower 60s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph...diminishing to around 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 2:25 PM EST on December 1, 2009
. . . Fischer-Porter rebuild /fpr/ rain gage now implemented at cooperative station, Carthage, North Carolina, on December 1, 2009...
The National Weather Service in Raleigh North Carolina has begun a program to install upgraded automated rain gages in its area of responsibility. This equipment modification will change the way the precipitation measurement is taken and recorded. Instead of an outdated paper punching system, the new gages will utilize a digital data logger. There will be no change in the quality, or the timeliness of hourly precipitation data or hpd. Data will continue to be reported in monthly hpd publications.
There are a total of nine sites to receive the Fischer-Porter rebuilds in the WFO Raleigh County warning area or cwa. Sites that are to be upgraded are listed with their implementation dates or projected installation dates.
Coop station name . . . . . . . . .Coop number . . . . . Implemented/projected b.E. Jordan dam 31-0750 Nov 3 2009 Badin 31-0438 Nov 9 2009 Burlington 3 NNE 31-1241 Nov 16 2009 Carthage 31-1515 Dec 1 2009 Fayetteville 31-3017 Dec 2009 Laurinburg 31-4860 Dec 2009 Lexington 31-4970 Dec 2009 Raleigh state univ 31-7079 Dec 2009 Wilson 3sw 31-9476 Jan 2010
the data from fpr gages will be reported by the National climate data center /ncdc/ as a monthly product in the hourly precipitation data /hpd/ bulletin five months after the month of measurement.
Information on hpd precipitation products is available from ncdc. Http://www.Ncdc.NOAA.Gov/oa/mpp/
