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Winter Outlook 2020-21: La Niña Has Landed
For the ninth year in a row, we’re proud to share our winter outlook for North Carolina. This year, the atmosphere has offered up a...
The 2019-20 Winter Outlook: A Little of Everything?
We’ve already gotten our first taste of winter with last week’s freezing temperatures, so with a whole season still to come, it’s natural to wonder:...
Winter Pattern Update: What Does ENSO Neutral Mean for NC?
This is the first part of our annual winter outlook series. Our outlook will be released on Thursday, November 21. When assessing our likely wintertime...
January Remains Wet, But the Fire Hose Fizzles
The heavy rain and snow of recent months abated in January, leaving us slightly wet and warm overall. While it has been a wet winter,...
A Drenched December Caps a Record Wet Year
Precipitation continued to be the main story in North Carolina’s weather, including a record wet December that — despite a substantial wintry event early in...
The SCOfficial 2018-19 Winter Outlook
In our previous post, we described the atmospheric patterns that could affect the northern hemisphere jet streams — and therefore our weather — this winter....
Winter Outlook: A ‘Similar but Different’ El Niño Taking Shape
Today, we kick off our seventh annual winter outlook series by looking at the state of the oceans and atmosphere entering the winter, along with...