Recent Posts
Variable Temperatures and Rainfall Adorn December’s Weather Mantle
Last month saw a temperature roller coaster as well as near- to slightly below-normal rainfall across most of the state. Temperatures Take a Topsy-Turvy Sleigh...
The SCOfficial 2016-17 Winter Outlook
This is the third and final part of our 2016-17 Winter Outlook series including our expectations for this winter. Freezing temperatures finally arrived across much...
La Niña, Other Atmospheric Patterns Set to Shape Our Winter Weather
This is the second part of our 2016-17 Winter Outlook series. Our office’s winter predictions are available in our Winter Outlook post. While forecasts from...
Summer Recap and Fall Outlook: How Long Will the Warm Weather Last?
Shorter days and the emergence of pumpkin spice everything are sure signals that we’re entering the fall. In fact, meteorological fall began on September 1,...
Summer Projects: Global Effects on North Carolina’s Precipitation
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s student research assistants. The author, Lexia Williams, is a current junior...
OBITUARY: Remembering the 2015-16 El Niño Event
The El Niño of 2015-16 has passed away after a short but ruinous battle with cool water in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Following multiple attempts...
Summer and Tropical Outlook: An ENSO Reversal and its Effects
The oceans, they are a changin’. The El Niño conditions that were so prominent in the Pacific Ocean just five months ago have now nearly...