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With the Labor Day Holiday now past us, attention turns to the weather pattern for the first full week of September. And to be honest it has a late summer/early fall look to it. After dealing with Hurricane Ida last week across a good part of the Eastern US, a return to a tranquil weatherContinue reading “Zonal Flow Returns, Extended Dry Period Expected”

Good Monday afternoon, Tropical Storm Ida is located across West Central Mississippi at the noon hour and it moving north-northeast. Ida will turn move northeast as we head into later today, will cross into NW Alabama late tonight and into Central Tennessee on Tuesday… Ida will have some impacts on the weather locally, though notContinue reading “Ida now Inland, Could Have Some Impact In Western Carolinas…”

The Gulf Coast Region is once again feeling the impacts of a Major Hurricane as Ida has made landfall near Port Fourchon Louisiana just prior to 1 pm Eastern Time, winds were 150 mph at landfall which is on the high end of a Category Four on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Our prayers go out toContinue reading “Dangerous Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall, No Direct Impact to Western North Carolina Expected”

As of 3:30 pm, Tropical Storm Fred has made landfall along the Florida Panhandle. As we go through the next 36 hours, the remnants of Fred will interact with the Southern Appalachians to bring the potential of excessive rainfall and severe weather to the region. The region has experienced some significant rainfall over the pastContinue reading “Fred has Made Landfall, Heavy Rain and Severe Weather Will Spread North Toward The Carolinas”

In terms of the tropics, the past few weeks have been very quiet across the Atlantic Basin as the global weather patterns has featured a lull in activity. However that is changing quickly now that we are approaching the heart of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Today the National Hurricane Center has designated a disturbance asContinue reading “Atlantic Hurricane Season cranking up in time for its Peak”

Good morning. Elsa was upgraded to a hurricane early Tuesday Night but then was quickly downgraded to a tropical storm. The system is coming ashore now (10:45am Wednesday) just North of Steinhatchee Florida. Over the next 24 hours Elsa will be picked up by an approaching trough that is diving into the East Coast whichContinue reading “Tropical Storm Elsa’s Outer Rain Bands To Bring Showers and Storms To The Area Tonight and Thursday”

Good Saturday Morning. Tropical Storm Claudette was designated at 0500 hrs this morning and is coming ashore just southwest of New Orleans. This disorganized Tropical Storm holds most of it’s heavy rainfall on the east side of the parent low pressure circulation. Locally, the area is under mostly clear skies. A thin layer of brokenContinue reading “Tropical Storm Claudette Set To Bring Rain To Portions Of Western North Carolina”

Good Sunday Morning. We are still expecting some severe weather impacts today. Take note that the timeline has changed from yesterday’s. The timeline has moved up a few hours and we now expect impacts occuring first in the western foothills between 10am and Noon and then moving east from there. The ingredients for severe weatherContinue reading “Severe Weather Threatens Our Area Again Today”