Moisture Starved Fronatal Boundary Brings Low End Snow Chances Monday Night and Tuesday. Caution Urged For Snow Lovers Though.

A cold front has moved through the area today. Gusty winds from this afternoon will wane overnight. Another cold front will move through the area Sunday Morning, bringing gusty winds back to the region Sunday Afternoon. Low End precipitation chances return Monday Afternoon through Tuesday with a cold front that develops across Tennessee and Kentucky.Continue reading “Moisture Starved Fronatal Boundary Brings Low End Snow Chances Monday Night and Tuesday. Caution Urged For Snow Lovers Though.”

Snow? What Snow? Unsettled Weather Pattern Teases Western North Carolina Snow Lovers.

An upper-level low-pressure center will move into the region on Friday. Snow showers will develop across the mountains, but this moisture-starved system likely will not have enough moisture to produce anything other than blowing snow across the foothills Friday Night. Cold high pressure builds into the region briefly late Saturday and Sunday. Another energy shotContinue reading “Snow? What Snow? Unsettled Weather Pattern Teases Western North Carolina Snow Lovers.”

Forecasting the Weather Rollercoaster: Rain, Snow, and Uncertainties Ahead!

Good Tuesday Evening. A wet weather day lingers into the night. The HRRR model did well predicting this weather event. Rainfall totals of 5-8 inches were common across the southern and eastern-facing slopes. Away from the mountains, generally 2-4 inches of rain fell. Light rain and drizzle will continue into the night. After a WednesdayContinue reading “Forecasting the Weather Rollercoaster: Rain, Snow, and Uncertainties Ahead!”

2023-24 Winter Outlook: Sponsored by Mi Paloma Mexican Restaurant

Foothills Action Network and Mi Paloma Mexican Restaurant is proud to bring you the Winter Outlook for 2023-24. Meteorological winter begins this Friday, December 1st and here are some of the key headlines that will influence the winter season as a whole. Primary Jet Pattern The image below is how we expect the main jetContinue reading “2023-24 Winter Outlook: Sponsored by Mi Paloma Mexican Restaurant”

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”