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 largeContinue reading “Straight Line Damaging Winds Destruct Portions of West Central Catawba County.”
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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 / CatawbaContinue reading “Tornado Confirmed From Monday’s Storms In Catawba County”
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 muchContinue reading “Stormy, Rainy Week in Store For Western North Carolina.”
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, andContinue reading “Stay Prepared: Unsettled Weather Forecast After a Pleasant Weekend”
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 aContinue reading “Stormy Sunday and Sunday Night In Store”
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 movingContinue reading “Non-Tropical Low continues moving north toward South Carolina Coastline”
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 todayContinue reading “Cold, Wet Weather Expected for Memorial Day Weekend”
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 ofContinue reading “No Signs of Early Summer”
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 sustainedContinue reading “Colder, Unsettled End to April Expected”
Threat of freeze coming to Western Carolinas next week
Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Saturday to everyone, We have been monitoring a pattern change for quite a while and the eventual concern for a March frost and freeze. We can now narrow this down to specific days over the next 7-10 days in which farmers, gardeners and etc… need to make preparations for belowContinue reading “Threat of freeze coming to Western Carolinas next week”