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2023-24 Winter Outlook: Sponsored by Mi Paloma Mexican Restaurant
Foothills Action Network and Mi Paloma Mexican Restaurant is proud to bring you the Winter Outlook for 2023-24. Meteorological winter begins this Friday, December 1st and here are some of the key headlines that will influence the winter season as a whole. Primary Jet Pattern The image below is how we expect the main jet…
Foothills Action Network to add Polk County to Coverage Area, Effective Friday December 1
Foothills Action Network would like to announce that effective Friday December 1st, 2023 we will be adding Polk County to our forecast coverage area. That will increase the coverage area to a total of nine counties across Western North Carolina. Our decision to add Polk County came as a result of demand for hyperlocal weather…
11/5/2023: Burn Ban Issued Until Further Notice for Burke, Cleveland, McDowell ,Polk, Rutherford Counties.
RALEIGH – Due to increased fire risk, the N.C. Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits for Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain and Transylvania counties effective 5 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 5, until further notice. “Several counties in Western North…
Unsettled Weekend Ahead As Front Stalls Over Area. Hurricane Lee Discussion Included.
Greetings on this Good Friday! Here is your weather forecast discussion for the weekend. A cold front that stalled nearby on Thursday night will return as a warm front on Saturday, leading to the development of showers and thunderstorms along the frontal boundary. These may cause heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding on Saturday afternoon/evening…
Preparing for Heavy Rain Ahead of Idalia. A Very Wet Week Ahead.
Greetings! Today’s forecast calls for a cold front to sweep into the region later this afternoon, accompanied by heavy rain showers and thunderstorms in the mountains and foothills. Unfortunately, the slow storm motion caused by the absence of a steering current in the atmosphere increases the risk of flash floods this evening. Low pressure should…
The Week Starts With Storms But Ends Cooler and Drier.
Good Sunday Afternoon. Very hot temperatures ahead for Monday. Strong storms will be likely in the early afternoon hours of Monday. A cold front will move into the area Monday Night and Tuesday, with one more round of thunderstorms Tuesday Afternoon. Behind the front much cooler and stable air moves into the area leading to…
Straight Line Damaging Winds Destruct Portions of West Central Catawba County.
Via: National Weather Service Greenville Spartanburg Link below: https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/stormdamage/damageviewer/ An intense swath of straight line wind occurred across central Catawba County on the afternoon of August 7th. Peak wind speeds reached 80mph in a swath extending east from Mountain View to the Newton/Conover area. Large numbers of trees were snapped and/or uprooted with numerous large…
Tornado Confirmed From Monday’s Storms In Catawba County
Via National Weather Service Greenville Spartanburg Link to full survey results… https://www.weather.gov/gsp/newTornadoMap …EF1 Tornado Confirmed Beginning 1 SSW Claremont, NC on 08/07/23… Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 37.4094 miles Path Width /maximum/: 550.0 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date/Time: 08/07/23 1640 LT Start Location: 1 SSW Claremont / Catawba…
Stormy, Rainy Week in Store For Western North Carolina.
An upper-level low-pressure system will begin to influence our weather tonight and it may not go anywhere for some time. Severe weather will be possible Monday before the atmosphere stabilizes in response to showers and cold air damming Tuesday into Wednesday. With cloud cover increasing as we speak, don’t expect temperatures to fall too much…
Stay Prepared: Unsettled Weather Forecast After a Pleasant Weekend
Hello, and happy Wednesday evening! Today, a frontal boundary causing severe weather across the deep south will move further south overnight. On Friday, a new cold front will move through the region, bringing back summer-like weather for the weekend. However, early next week, an upper-level low-pressure system will likely bring less sunshine, more rain, and…
Stormy Sunday and Sunday Night In Store
Good Sunday Morning. A warm front will lift across the region this afternoon, bringing a round of weak showers and thunderstorms to the area. A cold front will move through the area tonight, bringing the chance of severe thunderstorms to the region. We are starting the day mostly cloudy across the area. Showers and a…
Non-Tropical Low continues moving north toward South Carolina Coastline
Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Saturday afternoon to everyone, We continue to watch an area of low pressure off the South Carolina Coastline that is moving north. This is an non-tropical feature as it is relying on upper level support for development. The system stalled overnight along the Gulf Stream waters but its now moving…
Cold, Wet Weather Expected for Memorial Day Weekend
Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Thursday to everyone, we are looking at nice weather currently but some big changes are coming and will impact the Memorial Day Weekend. Looking below at the water vapor loop you can see a general weakness in the height pattern across the Southeast US. A shortwave is digging south today…
No Signs of Early Summer
Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Monday to everyone, We continue to experience what is a very tolerable weather pattern for the last full week of May. It’s mild with low humidity relatively speaking. As you can see on the afternoon visible satellite image there is plenty of sunshine and clouds are relegated to areas of…
Colder, Unsettled End to April Expected
Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley The weather across Western North Carolina has been for the most part lackluster in recent times. Severe weather has been limited and we have seen a switch back-and-forth between very mild weather and spurts of cool weather. Starting this weekend and especially into next week we are heading toward a sustained…
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