Over the past 14 days the Western Carolinas has had between 400-600% of our normal rainfall over that period. fb.me/B0NxO4KT
25
Mar
What is Graupel?
With many reports of graupel today and sometimes misidentified with snow I thought I’d share what exactly it is. It’s a form of precipitation that isn’t seen very often even though it’s present in almost every thunderstorm or thundershower. Graupel is often referred to also as a soft hail, snow grains or snow pellets. Read more 
18
Mar
Winter Making a Comeback Just as Spring Starts.
So the Vernal Equinox is Wednesday at 7:02am in the morning, This marks the astronomical start to spring in the northern Hemisphere. Meteorological Spring started on March 1st. Mother Nature though certainly has other plans. Starting Wednesday night through early next week temperatures will be getting progressively colder. Read more
25
Feb
Spring will be on hold for a while
March 1st is just a few days away and with it the beginning of Meteorological Spring. Which runs from December 1st through February 28th. It certainly looks like mother nature has different plans for the eastern half of the country in particular the Southeast. Read more
21
Feb
Why cold weather gives you lower gas mileage
With gas prices soaring you really need to watch every gallon of gas you use. I know I am kind of OCD about my MPG in my car. I used to keep track of it on my iPhone and track it over time. Since last year when I got a new car which now keeps track of it for me right in the on-board computer. Though it is still more accurate to calculate MPG after every fill up. Read more
23
Jan
Winter Storm Chances Increasing Friday
The prospects for a winter storm impacting the entire area are increasing for Friday. There are still large questions of the amounts of precipitation that will fall but a few things are becoming clearer today. Number one being this will likely be an all winter precipitation event and likely for a large part of our area. The air is plenty cold enough and dry enough to keep everything either snow/sleet or freezing rain. We aren’t looking at much of any rain at all right now.
21
Jan
It really does always snow in Charlotte..no really it does!
It’s been 4 days now since what many feel was a disappointing winter storm around the Charlotte area. I won’t lie even though it never was going to be a big storm for Charlotte and points South.
19
Jan
Arctic air is on the way
I started talking about the events going on over the Arctic and how they would eventually mean cold air for the Carolinas. Now 2 weeks later the cold air in scheduled to moves south in 2 district waves.
8
Jan
Coldest air of the winter on the way next week?
With the warm air moving in this week many have given up on any winter weather again this year. I think mother nature is saying to us, “Not so Fast!” There are very good signs that something called a “Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event” may mean major cold for the US by the end of this month.
