Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Tuesday morning to everyone, We have been blessed with some really nice weather this autumn season but the trade off is that we are becoming quite dry across the Western Carolinas. A frontal boundary to our west is producing quite a bit of rainfall and severe weather for the MississippiContinue reading “We Need Rain! Will It Arrive Soon?”
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Dry Times: A Detailed Look at Precipitation in First Half of 2022
Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Next week is the final week of June and that means we are wrapping up the end of the first half of 2022. You have probably noticed that its been dry lately. And quite honestly that isn’t totally surprising given that we are goingContinue reading “Dry Times: A Detailed Look at Precipitation in First Half of 2022”
Drought Conditions Impacting Western Piedmont
Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Thursday morning to everyone, It has been a dry stretch of weather recently and with two heat waves it has done an efficient job and drying out the ground once again. The drought monitor was updated earlier this morning and the “Abnormally Dry” category has reappeared across the Western Piedmont.Continue reading “Drought Conditions Impacting Western Piedmont”
Abnormally Dry Conditions Across Sections of Western North Carolina
Good Thursday afternoon, the drought index has been updated for this week and for the first time in a while parts of Western North Carolina have been placed in the abnormally dry category (D0) of drought conditions. In our coverage area, Alexander and Caldwell Counties are a part of the “abnormally dry” area. Other townsContinue reading “Abnormally Dry Conditions Across Sections of Western North Carolina”
Mild Weather and increased Rain Chances In Store To Finish 2021
Good Sunday evening to everyone, hope you had a Merry Christmas. The holiday weekend is wrapping up. what will the weather look like across the western Carolinas for this final week of 2021? The first thing we can pretty much guarantee is that this year is going to finish very mild across the southeast USContinue reading “Mild Weather and increased Rain Chances In Store To Finish 2021”
Dry, Zonal Flow Returns This Week…
Good Sunday evening to everyone, we hope your weekend has been enjoyable. A cold front moved through the area yesterday and brought a little bit of rainfall to the region. With the current drought in place across Western Carolinas any precipitation is appreciated but overall the amounts were pretty modest and it likely won’t haveContinue reading “Dry, Zonal Flow Returns This Week…”
Significant Drought Across North Carolina, Burn Ban Issued…
The big weather story so far in this autumn season has been developing drought across a large part of the state of North Carolina. Over the past week wildfires have developed across the state with the worst now focused on the Pilot Mountain State Park area in Surry County. Drought conditions developed starting back inContinue reading “Significant Drought Across North Carolina, Burn Ban Issued…”