Winter Weather Possible This Weekend Across Portions of Western North Carolina

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Wednesday morning, Today and the next few days are going be quite spring-like across the region but massive changes are on the way for this weekend as winter weather may impact parts of Western North Carolina. A frontal boundary will remain active as it stalls to our east on Friday.Continue reading “Winter Weather Possible This Weekend Across Portions of Western North Carolina”

Sustained Cold Pattern Incoming For Second Half of December

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Tuesday afternoon, some huge changes are coming in the weather world later this week and we appear to be heading toward a long stretch of cold weather as we near the Christmas holiday. 🎄🥶 The pattern changer begins with our large upper level system that will move east bringing heavyContinue reading “Sustained Cold Pattern Incoming For Second Half of December”

Early Winter-like Cold Pattern Upcoming For The Carolinas

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Saturday morning to everyone, The significant rainfall associated with former Hurricane Nicole has left the United States and we are going to abruptly move on from tropical weather to a taste of winter. Your Saturday is going to feature one last relatively mild day as the cold air is stillContinue reading “Early Winter-like Cold Pattern Upcoming For The Carolinas”

2022-23 Winter Outlook; Sponsored by Mi Paloma Mexican Restaurant

Written by: Chief Meteorologist Christopher White Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley It’s the time that you have all been waiting for! We are excited to release the 2022-23 Winter Outlook for the Foothills and Western Piedmont of North Carolina including the towns of Hickory, Shelby, Morganton, Marion, Forest City, Lenoir, Lincolnton and Taylorsville. The Winter OutlookContinue reading “2022-23 Winter Outlook; Sponsored by Mi Paloma Mexican Restaurant”

Does Relative Inactivity of the Hurricane Season Influence Future Weather

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley We had a follower of our weather pages recently send us a question about the lack of tropical activity so far in the Atlantic basin and if there is any correlation to the weather later in the year, namely as we get into the upcoming winter. Specifically, this person asked ifContinue reading “Does Relative Inactivity of the Hurricane Season Influence Future Weather”

Winter’s Revenge: Cold Blast en route This Weekend, Hard Freeze Expected

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Wednesday afternoon to everyone, we are in between storm systems at this time. Last nights rain fall has move through and for the next couple days we will be mostly cloudy as the next storm system to our west gets ready to move in just in time for the weekend.Continue reading “Winter’s Revenge: Cold Blast en route This Weekend, Hard Freeze Expected”

Winter Storm To Impact Western Carolinas Late Tonight Through Sunday (Final Call Map)

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Saturday morning to all of our followers, we have been covering this potential winter storm extensively over the past few days. Last weekend computer model guidance started sniffing out the potential of a winter weather event and now we are on the doorstep of it. Preparation needs to be completedContinue reading “Winter Storm To Impact Western Carolinas Late Tonight Through Sunday (Final Call Map)”

Major Winter Storm to Impact the Foothills & Western Piedmont Sunday (First Call Map Included)

Lead Forecaster Daniel Crawley Good Thursday evening to everyone, the first winter storm of the season is going to impact the Foothills and Western Piedmont of Western North Carolina on Sunday. Our confidence in this forecast has grown enough over the past 24 hours to produce our “first call” map for winter precipitation amounts onContinue reading “Major Winter Storm to Impact the Foothills & Western Piedmont Sunday (First Call Map Included)”

To Snow or Not To Snow: That is the Question

Good Saturday evening to everyone we continue to monitor an active weather weekend across the region. It all begins tonight with a chance of thunderstorms and potential severe weather. However winter is bound and determined to make a return as soon as tomorrow as another disturbance, low pressure and much colder air filters into theContinue reading “To Snow or Not To Snow: That is the Question”