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Finally ... dry weather 23 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
It is coming a few days later than expected, but it appears as if an extended period of dry weather is coming to the Carolinas. It will start this weekend with some beautiful conditions, but by later...
Wet weekend ... but how wet? 17 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
Hopefully, you've buried any plans for summer-type outdoor activities this weekend. That ship has sailed. Rain and chilly weather is certainly in our future the next few days, but there's a question...
Tropics getting active again 15 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
After a couple weeks of inactivity, the tropics are warming up again. The satellite map Wednesday afternoon showed two potential named systems, one of which could be a player in the Charlotte-area fo...
The 'August Cool Snap' Theory 13 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
The cool snap predicted for later this week is no surprise to some people in the Carolinas. Over the years, I've heard several different versions of the "August Cool Snap" theory, which states that C...
Summer to arrive ... just in time for school? 12 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
I spent last week at the North Carolina coast and had planned to write about the big difference in weather this summer between the Piedmont and the beaches, but that will have to wait for another day....
What happens in August? 1 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm
There are several things I'm certain about in August. School will start, and the many thousands of students headed to the classrooms will include my granddaughter Gracie, entering kindergarten. The ...
OK ... Where are the 90s? 30 Jul 2013 | 11:38 pm
I've resisted getting sucked into this "where are the 90s?" talk, because I figured that was a foolproof way of triggering an all-out heat wave. But we're approaching the end of July, and it appears ...
The tropics: The Carolinas' 'elephant in the room' 30 Jul 2013 | 12:05 am
As the absolutely insane rainfall numbers continue to mount this summer across the western Carolinas, the tropics loom increasingly large as a source of concern for the next few months. The hurricane...
First take on Dorian ... 26 Jul 2013 | 12:07 am
Tropical Storm Dorian has been a threat only to fish so far, as it remains far out in the Atlantic Ocean. It will be a few days before the storm nears any land masses, and by that time, it might have...
July 1916 -- Carolinas' monster flood 18 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
Round after round of heavy rain belted the western Carolinas from early June through the middle of this month, washing out roads and causing plenty of damage across the region. Some of the flooding a...
