PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
545 AM EDT SAT DEC 1 2012

MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA FOR NOVEMBER 2012

...10TH COOLEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD AT AUGUSTA...
...BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA...
...BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA...
...LESS THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN FELL FOR THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA DANIEL
FIELD...


.SUMMARY...
NOVEMBER WILL BE REMEMBERED AS COOL AND DRY FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH.
TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 3 TO 4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. THE
DRY WEATHER AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUED ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND
CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. MOST OF THE REGION ONLY RECEIVED NEAR
50 PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 2
INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. AS FOR THE CHILLY TEMPERATURES DURING THE
MONTH...BOTH COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT AND AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD ONLY
OBSERVED 5 DAYS WITH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE
MONTH. THE REASON FOR MUCH OF THE CHILLY WEATHER FOR THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER WAS THE NEGATIVE PHASE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION
(NAO). WHEN THE PHASE OF THE NAO IS NEGATIVE THIS ALLOWS COLDER
CANADIAN AIR TO FILTER SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
COUNTRY. WITH NEUTRAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN...THE NAO WILL LIKELY PLAY THE BIGGEST ROLE
DURING THE UPCOMING WINTER IN RESPECT TO TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE
AREA.

MOST OF THE RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS THE REGION OCCURRED ON THE 14TH
AND 15TH AS A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVED ACROSS
GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS. THIS SYSTEM PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FROM ONE HALF INCH UP TO NEARLY 3 INCHES.


.TEMPERATURES...

.COLUMBIA SC...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN
AIRPORT WAS 52.0 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.8 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE
NORMAL NOVEMBER AVERAGE OF 54.8 DEGREES. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF
THE  MONTH WAS 79 ON THE 4TH. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH
WAS 27 ON THE 25TH.

.AUGUSTA GA...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD WAS 50.9
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 4.3 DEGREES COOLER THAN THE NORMAL NOVEMBER
AVERAGE OF 55.2 DEGREES. NOVEMBER 2012 WAS THE 10TH COLDEST NOVEMBER
ON RECORD. THERE WERE 2 RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURES BROKEN DURING
THE MONTH. ON THE 6TH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 52
DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 54 DEGREES SET IN 1875.
ON THE 7TH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHED 49 DEGREES. THIS
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 51 DEGREES SET IN 1959 AND 1875. THE
WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 84 ON THE 4TH. THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH WAS 25 ON THE 25TH AND 26TH.


.RAINFALL...

.COLUMBIA SC...
1.62 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT COLUMBIA METROPOLITAN AIRPORT DURING THE
MONTH OF NOVEMBER...WHICH IS 1.12 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL NOVEMBER
MONTHLY VALUE OF 2.74 INCHES.

.AUGUSTA GA...
1.10 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD DURING THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER...WHICH IS 1.72 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL NOVEMBER MONTHLY
VALUE OF 2.82 INCHES.


.NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...

ON THE 4TH...A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE REGION AND
PRODUCED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW OF THEM SEVERE. A VERY WARM AIRMASS
WAS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE
MIDDLE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED A FEW
REPORTS OF HAIL ACROSS THE MIDLANDS. ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
MONETTA AND ALSO IN SOUTH CONGAREE.

ON THE 14-15TH...A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVED
ACROSS GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS. THIS FEATURES PRODUCED MUCH OF THE
RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WITH AMOUNTS RANGING FROM ONE
HALF INCH UP UP TO NEARLY 3 INCHES.

ON THE 24TH-26TH...COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILD SOUTHWARD
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS PRODUCED THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE
LATE FALL SEASON. ON THE MORNING OF THE 25TH...MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA EXPERIENCED A FREEZE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE COLD TEMPERATURES OBSERVED:

PELION 4 NW (PLNS1) (COOP).................................21 DEGREES
MCWHIRTER FIELD LANCASTER COUNTY AIRPORT (KLKR) (AWOS).....21 DEGREES
THOMSON MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT (AWOS).....................22 DEGREES
SALUDA FILTER PLANT (SADS1) (COOP).........................23 DEGREES
LUGOFF 2 NE (LUGS1) (COOP).................................23 DEGREES
BISHOPVILLE (BSPS1) (COOP).................................23 DEGREES
CHERAW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT-LYNCH BELLINGER FLD (KCQW)(AWOS)..23 DEGREES


.PEAK MEASURED WIND GUSTS...

ORANGEBURG SC COUNTY AIRPORT.........33 MPH ON THE 4TH
COLUMBIA SC METRO AIRPORT............31 MPH ON THE 2ND
AUGUSTA GA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD.......30 MPH ON THE 4TH
AUGUSTA GA DANIEL FIELD..............30 MPH ON THE 23RD
COLUMBIA SC HAMILTON OWENS FIELD.....26 MPH ON THE 1ST

.RAINFALL TOTALS AT OFFICIAL NWS GAGES FOR THE MONTH...

COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE) ASOS............1.62 INCHES
ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB) ASOS.........1.57 INCHES
COLUMBIA HAMILTON OWENS AIRPORT (CUB) ASOS...1.40 INCHES
AUGUSTA BUSH FIELD (AGS) ASOS................1.10 INCHES
AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (DNL) ASOS..............0.90 INCHES


.CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COCORAHS
(COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE RAIN...HAIL AND SNOW NETWORK)
OBSERVERS...HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED DURING
THE MONTH...

GA-CU-6....MARTINEZ 0.9 NW.......3.24 INCHES
GA-CU-3....EVANS 2.1 NNW.........3.00 INCHES
SC-AK-31...AIKEN 3.5 SSE.........2.12 INCHES
SC-MC-5....MCCORMICK 2.3 W.......2.12 INCHES
SC-AK-41...AIKEN 2.5 S...........2.00 INCHES


HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST COCORAHS TOTALS RECORDED DURING THE
MONTH...

SC-NW-4....PEAK 0.4 SSE..........1.02 INCHES
SC-AK-32...AIKEN 1.6 NNW.........1.03 INCHES
SC-LN-7....LANCASTER 4.0 S.......1.03 INCHES
SC-FR-1....WINNSBORO 0.1 NE......1.05 INCHES
SC-AK-39...N. AUGUSTA 4.2 NE.....1.07 INCHES
SC-AK-4....N. AUGUSTA 1.5 WSW....1.07 INCHES
SC-LN-10...INDIAN LAND 4.7 S.....1.07 INCHES


.CHECKING SOME OF THE MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM OUR COOPERATIVE
WEATHER OBSERVERS...HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHEST TOTALS RECORDED
DURING THE MONTH...

SPRINGFIELD (SPRS1)..............2.30 INCHES
MCCORMICK (MCCS1)................2.10 INCHES
CHESTERFIELD 3E (CTFS1)..........2.09 INCHES
PELION 4 NW (PLNS1)..............2.09 INCHES
MANNING (MANS1)..................2.02 INCHES

HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST TOTALS RECORDED BY OUR COOPERATIVE
WEATHER OBSERVERS FOR THE MONTH:

LITTLE MOUNTAIN (LIMS1)..........0.48 INCHES
WINNSBORO (WNBS1)................1.18 INCHES
SANDHILL RESEARCH (SAHS1)........1.25 INCHES
CLARKS HILL (CHDS1)..............1.28 INCHES
NEWBERRY WKDK (NWYS1)............1.29 INCHES


.YEAR TO DATE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATISTICS...

COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP   AVG TEMP   NORM  DEPARTURE
JAN 2012  61.8/+5.8      36.9/+3.2      49.4      44.8    +4.6
FEB       64.1/+3.8      40.3/+3.5      52.2      48.5    +3.7
MAR       77.7/+9.5      53.2/+10.2     65.4      55.6    +9.8
APR       79.3/+3.0      54.7/+4.3      67.0      63.4    +3.6
MAY       85.8/+2.0      64.9/+5.4      75.4      71.7    +3.7
JUN       88.4/-1.6      66.6/-1.6      77.5      79.1    -1.6
JUL       95.8/+3.1      74.2/+2.6      85.0      82.2    +2.8
AUG       89.5/-1.2      71.3/+0.3      80.4      80.8    -0.4
SEP       85.9/+0.7      65.1/+0.9      75.5      74.7    +0.8
OCT       76.6/+0.5      53.4/+1.3      65.0      64.1    +0.9
NOV       65.5/-1.8      38.4/-3.9      52.0      54.8    -2.8


AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL...

          AVG HIGH/DEP   AVG LOW/DEP  AVG TEMP    NORM  DEPARTURE
JAN 2012  63.4/+5.5      34.3/+1.5     48.8       45.4    +3.4
FEB       65.6/+3.3      39.1/+3.2     52.4       49.1    +3.3
MAR       77.0/+7.1      51.0/+9.0     64.0       55.9    +8.1
APR       79.4/+2.0      51.3/+3.2     65.4       62.7    +2.7
MAY       86.0/+1.0      61.6/+4.3     73.8       71.1    +2.7
JUN       87.6/-3.4      61.8/-4.4     74.7       78.6    -3.9
JUL       96.0/+2.6      71.5/+1.7     83.7       81.6    +2.1
AUG       88.6/-3.2      69.0/-0.3     78.8       80.5    -1.7
SEP       85.4/-1.3      62.2/-0.4     73.8       74.9    -0.8
OCT       77.4/-0.3      52.0/+1.0     64.7       64.4    +0.3
NOV       65.7/-3.4      36.1/-5.3     50.9       54.8    -4.3


COLUMBIA SC METROPOLITAN AIRPORT 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL  DEPARTURE
              (INCHES)
JAN 2012       1.76     3.58    -1.82
FEB            2.46     3.61    -1.15
MAR            2.21     3.73    -1.52
APR            2.28     2.62    -0.34
MAY            4.71     2.97    +1.74
JUN            4.18     4.69    -0.51
JUL            6.96     5.46    +1.50
AUG            9.81     5.26    +4.55
SEP            1.84     3.54    -1.70
OCT            1.42     3.17    -1.75
NOV            1.62     2.74    -1.12

YEAR TO DATE  39.25    41.37    -2.12


AUGUSTA GA BUSH FIELD 2012 MONTHLY PRECIPITATION...

               TOTAL   NORMAL   DEPARTURE
              (INCHES)
JAN 2012       1.40     3.91     -2.51
FEB            1.12     3.92     -2.80
MAR            2.28     4.18     -1.90
APR            1.45     2.84     -1.39
MAY            4.56     2.65     +1.91
JUN            2.48     4.72     -2.24
JUL            1.54     4.33     -2.79
AUG           12.28     4.32     +7.96
SEP            1.84     3.22     -1.38
OCT            1.36     3.27     -1.91
NOV            1.10     2.82     -1.72

YEAR TO DATE  31.41    40.18     -8.77


.NOTE...
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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VAUGHAN