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”

Severe Thunderstorms could impact Carolinas on Friday

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Wednesday morning and welcome to Meteorological Spring, Very mild weather; a staple of much of the winter continues on this first day of March. A broad Southeast US ridge continues to dominate the pattern east of the Mississippi. Meanwhile a tough is moving across the Four Corners and will intensifyContinue reading “Severe Thunderstorms could impact Carolinas on Friday”

Storm System To Move Across US Next Week to Initiate Pattern Change

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Friday morning to everyone. We talked yesterday on the blog about the current weather setup here across the Carolinas and a large part of the Eastern US. We are stuck between a pair of ridges and the prevailing flow is blocked out of the west and southwest. That is leadingContinue reading “Storm System To Move Across US Next Week to Initiate Pattern Change”

Showers and Some Thunderstorms Possible Late Tonight and Wednesday Morning. Severe Weather Risk Is Limited

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Tuesday morning to everyone, our next weather system is organizing and will come our way in the next 12-24 hours bringing another round of rainfall to the Western Carolinas. A look at the water vapor image this morning shows a trough moving east of the Rockies later today, strong windsContinue reading “Showers and Some Thunderstorms Possible Late Tonight and Wednesday Morning. Severe Weather Risk Is Limited”

Thunderstorms Return on Monday, Severe Weather Possible

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Sunday evening to everyone, hope you’ve had a great weekend. The weather definitely cooperated as we had a lot of sunshine and less humidity compared to what we have seen most of the summer. Changes are already underway with the next storm system expected to impact the Carolinas tomorrow. ShortwaveContinue reading “Thunderstorms Return on Monday, Severe Weather Possible”

Storm Chances Abundant Through Thursday, Weekend Heat Follows

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Tuesday evening to everyone, a typical summer pattern continues here across the Western Carolinas. Today we have seen scattered thunderstorm coverage as an upper feature moved in from the west, we are going to continue to see that over the next few days. a ridge at 500 mb is bakingContinue reading “Storm Chances Abundant Through Thursday, Weekend Heat Follows”

Scattered to Numerous Storms Expected Wednesday

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Tuesday evening to everyone…hope you have had a great day. The weather was quite honestly one of the nicest days we have had in a while. Tempertatures were close to normal and we have remained dry. That will change though over the next 12-24 hours. A cold front is slidingContinue reading “Scattered to Numerous Storms Expected Wednesday”

Active Thunderstorm Pattern to Continue Through Late Week

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Wednesday evening, for the second day in a row our region has been in the epicenter of numerous severe thunderstorms. Burke County was hit particularly hard tonight by some damaging winds in eastern sections of the county. We look to repeat the pattern again tomorrow as the Carolinas is onContinue reading “Active Thunderstorm Pattern to Continue Through Late Week”

Friday Morning Update; Severe Weather Today Allows For Beautiful Upcoming Weekend. Bonus Science Lesson Attached

Good Friday Morning! The MCS from yesterday left some more stable air in its wake this morning and that translates to lower dewpoints. These cold pools are fairly fragile though and with southerly flow, the dewpoints will creep back up through the day. That being said, the entire area is in a medium risk forContinue reading “Friday Morning Update; Severe Weather Today Allows For Beautiful Upcoming Weekend. Bonus Science Lesson Attached”