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.”

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”

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”

Cloudy, Cool, Wet Introduction to February

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Sunday evening to everyone, Another week is upon us and the start of a new month, we are going to end January on another wet, unsettled note and bring in February in much the same manner. If you look at infrared satellite imagery southwest flow aloft has distributed a lotContinue reading “Cloudy, Cool, Wet Introduction to February”

Seasonally Cold and Unsettled Pattern Coming Next Five Days

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Sunday evening to everyone, We are going into the last full week of January across the Western Carolinas and we continue to see an active weather pattern across the Eastern half of the nation. An area of low pressure has passed to our north and west today dragging a lotContinue reading “Seasonally Cold and Unsettled Pattern Coming Next Five Days”

Unsettled Work Week Awaiting

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Monday afternoon and Happy MLK Day, After dealing with a cold but sunny weekend the next in a line of storm systems will move in across the Southeast and that will bring rounds of unsettled weather back to the Western Carolinas. As you can see on the visible satellite imagery,Continue reading “Unsettled Work Week Awaiting”

Snow Lover’s Big Question: Where’s the Snow?

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Here we are in mid-January and for the Foothills and Western Piedmont we still have not seen any legitimate winter weather threats. Of course, the mountains cashed in this weekend as a moisture enhanced northwest flow event brought accumulating snow to a lot of areas above 2500 ft elevation and theContinue reading “Snow Lover’s Big Question: Where’s the Snow?”

Fast, Mild Zonal Flow to Continue Through Current Forecast Period

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Monday morning to everyone, The weather across the United States is in a rut. A very fast zonal (west to east) flow is dominating the weather from coast to coast. Looking at the water vapor image above ☝️, a long line of storm systems are slamming into the West CoastContinue reading “Fast, Mild Zonal Flow to Continue Through Current Forecast Period”