Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Saturday afternoon, hope your weekend is off to a good start. Storm chances are on the increase today and they could persist for several days due to a couple different weather systems. A trough across the northern tier of the US is pushing a frontal boundary toward the Eastern partContinue reading “Chances of Precipitation on the Rise Through Next Week”
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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”
2020: Another Record-Breaking Year of Rainfall in the Foothills and Western Piedmont
The year 2020 is coming to an end and once again it was a year dominated by high rainfall events and for some locations. record-breaking amounts. Taking a look back at some of the high precipitation events of the year, back in May an anomalous upper low formed along the Mississippi River cutting off fromContinue reading “2020: Another Record-Breaking Year of Rainfall in the Foothills and Western Piedmont”