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Sep 11, 2014

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 Mainhart, who is finishing her degree in Meteorology at NC State University. When you think about summer, what comes to mind? Family vacations? Community swim team practices? For many people…

Aug 6, 2014

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 during their lifespan, while a few may make landfall, even in North Carolina. This leads to an interesting climatological question: Do hurricanes making landfall in North Carolina share a common…

Aug 1, 2014

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 by Hurricane Arthur. Below-Normal Temps Prevail Across NC Last month was the 11th-coolest July in 120 years of record in North Carolina based on the preliminary statistics, which made it…

Jul 7, 2014

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 its sights on the North Carolina coast. Here is our event summary of Hurricane Arthur. Arthur’s Development As we mentioned in our June climate summary, the system that eventually became…

Jul 2, 2014

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 Across Eastern NC Overall, June was a warm month statewide — the 33rd-warmest June on record, based on the preliminary numbers. The heat was greatest in the eastern half of…

Jun 6, 2014

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. Following a near-normal spring, many folks are wondering what the summer holds for North Carolina. Will it have the heat of 2012, or be as mild as 2013? And how…

May 29, 2014

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 hurricane season approaches each June, research teams around the world release their predictions for the number of tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic over the coming summer and fall.…

Sep 6, 2013

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 the rains and winds ended, its true toll on the coast of North Carolina became apparent. In towns like Washington, which saw a record-setting 10 feet of flooding, the first…

Sep 5, 2013

Century Since the Storm: Moment of Impact

This is the third part of our weeklong blog post series Century Since the Storm. Early on the morning of September 3rd, 1913, just before 4 a.m., the storm made landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Cape Lookout. The worst damage along the Outer Banks occurred north of Cape Lookout, which was within the…