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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...
May’s Cool, Wet Weather Caps a Variable Spring
Cloud cover reigned in May, keeping high temperatures down and showers moving through regularly. Cloudy Days Spur Below-Normal Mean Temps While May can sometimes feel...
Rapid Reaction: Drought Returns to NC Mountains
The US Drought Monitor, with input from the North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council, has re-introduced drought conditions to far western parts of the state...
Winter Recap 2015-16: El Niño Fuels Wet Weather, Little Snow
With spring springing and blooms blooming, the winter has wrapped up in North Carolina. While we can’t rule out additional frost or freeze events this...