Prepare for a scorching heat wave as temperatures soar into the mid-90s and potentially hit 100 degrees.
Tag Archives: Drought
Dangerous Heat and Humidity Build. Isolated Severe Weather Sunday.
Good Saturday evening! If you’ve stepped outside today, you’ve probably noticed one thing…it’s turned downright summer-like. The heat and humidity have settled in, and that pattern isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. We’ll continue dealing with hot afternoons, muggy nights, and the daily chance for showers and thunderstorms through the rest of the weekend and intoContinue reading “Dangerous Heat and Humidity Build. Isolated Severe Weather Sunday.”
Why Stage 2 Water Restrictions Are Still in Place — Even With Full Lakes
If you’ve looked out over Lake James or other parts of the Catawba River Basin lately, you might be scratching your head a bit.Water levels look normal. In some spots, they even look great. So why are Stage 2 water restrictions still in place? It’s a fair question — and one a lot of peopleContinue reading “Why Stage 2 Water Restrictions Are Still in Place — Even With Full Lakes”
Active daily storm pattern locked in and going nowhere quick
Good Saturday morning to everyone, As you have probably noticed over the past 48 hours, we have quickly emerged into a daily pattern of afternoon and evening thunderstorms that are slow movers but still very beneficial to the state as everyone is dealing with a drought. Let’s breakdown the 500 mb pattern as we haveContinue reading “Active daily storm pattern locked in and going nowhere quick”
Drought conditions expanding across the Carolinas as June ends
Good Thursday afternoon, One of the big weather stories for the month of June has been the hot and dry weather that has taken over. As a result, a flash drought has taken over the Eastern US including the Carolina region and now we are officially in the opening stages of drought conditions. The droughtContinue reading “Drought conditions expanding across the Carolinas as June ends”
We Need Rain! Will It Arrive Soon?
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?”
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”