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September Sees Summer’s Last Surge and A Taste of Fall

September started with summer-like warmth and finished with a fall-like pattern and the first signs of changing leaves. Roller Coaster Temperatures in NC After an...

Summer Projects: Tropical Cyclone Impacts in SC and GA

This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. This part of this series is by Melissa...

Hebert Boxes and NC: Tracking Our Landfalling Hurricanes

During hurricane season, tropical systems generally move westward across the Atlantic Basin towards North America. Some systems may form into hurricanes staying over open waters...

Mild Weather, Arthur Headline July 2014 in NC

Overall, July in North Carolina was cooler than normal with a mix of dry and wet spots, including parts of the coast that were visited...

Arthur Brings Wind, Rain, Flooding to NC Coast

It took almost a month of the 2014 hurricane season for the first storm to form, but once it did, Arthur strengthened quickly and set...

A Warm Start to Summer in June 2014

In North Carolina, June followed in the footsteps of May, which was warmer than normal and relatively quiet as far as severe weather goes. Warmest...

Summer 2014 Outlook: Eye on the Oceans

This is the third post in our summer outlook series. This post looks at the conditions in the Pacific, the Atlantic, and in North Carolina....

FAQ: Seasonal Hurricane Outlooks

It is National Hurricane Preparedness Week, so we begin our 2014 summer outlook series with a primer on seasonal hurricane outlooks. As the beginning of...

Century Since the Storm: Road to Recovery

This is the fourth and final part of our weeklong blog post series Century Since the Storm. Several days after the storm passed through and...