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Nov 23, 2015

The SCOfficial 2015-16 Winter Outlook

This year’s Winter Outlook series concludes with the official outlook from our office. Over the past two weeks, we’ve laid out the puzzle pieces for this year’s Winter Outlook. Now we’re ready to put them together and outline our predictions for the coming winter. First, let’s review the background from our Outlook posts so far:…

Sep 24, 2015

Bald Head Island Welcomes Our Newest ECONet Station

Our first ECONet station on North Carolina’s Outer Banks was officially unveiled earlier this week at the Bald Head Island Conservancy (BHIC). Since it was installed in late June, this station has provided valuable weather information in near real-time for researchers, residents, and tourists on the island, which is the most southerly point in North…

Nov 24, 2014

The SCOfficial 2014-15 Winter Outlook

This is the final part of our 2014-15 winter outlook series, featuring our office’s official forecast for the coming winter. Before we get to our outlook, let’s recap the current state of the atmosphere, specifically in the Pacific Ocean and factors that could shape the polar jet stream. We will also look some past years…

Dec 13, 2013

Winter 2013-14 Outlook for North Carolina

This is the final part of our 2013-14 winter outlook series, which includes our official winter outlook based on clues from global climate patterns. This post is by Bradley McLamb, a State Climate Office alumnus and meteorologist at the North Carolina Division of Air Quality. El Niño/Southern Oscillation Computer model guidance has been very consistent…

Dec 17, 2012

Winter 2012-13 Outlook for North Carolina

Over the past two weeks, we have covered four different winter forecasting techniques, ranging from fun traditions (the woolly worm and farmers’ almanacs) to more robust science (predicting the NAO/AO and ENSO patterns). So what are these methods telling us about the 2012-13 winter? The Woolly Worm This year’s woolly worm predictions were made during…

Dec 4, 2012

Hello Blog, Goodbye Newsletter

As we hinted at in our last newsletter, we’re saying goodbye to the old newsletter format. Starting this month, we will be pushing out updates and tidbits of climate information and news as they come along. This will all get captured here on our new blog. Monthly climate summaries will still come each month, but…