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Rapid Reaction: Quick-Hitting System Brings Light Snow to NC

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Jan 9, 2017

Rapid Reaction: Wintry One-Two Punch Brings Frozen Precip. and Frigid Air

The first winter storm of the season for most of North Carolina brought widely varied impacts across the state, with more than 10 inches of snow in the Triad, a wintry mix in the Triangle and Charlotte, and a run-of-the-mill rain event along the coast. That was followed by the coldest air of the season…

Dec 21, 2016

Record Snow or No? Behind the Scenes of a Record Event Review

Last year on our blog, we covered many of North Carolina’s historical extreme weather events, including the state record snowfall — 36 inches in 24 hours — from Mount Mitchell during the so-called “Storm of the Century” in March of 1993. Given the well-timed convergence of potent ingredients in that event, it’s no surprise that…

Nov 17, 2016

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 of the state within the past week, which means that winter is on its way. What sort of weather can we expect in North Carolina? In this post, we’ll review…

Apr 22, 2016

From Snow Cones to Snow Showers: April 1983’s Snow and Freeze

Thirty-three years ago this week amid a warm spring in 1983, an April shower brought a record-setting springtime snow, followed by several days of sub-freezing temperatures that wrecked havoc on the summertime fruit crop. Not unlike our recent winter, the winter of 1982-83 featured a strong El Nino event in the Pacific that brought wet…

Mar 29, 2016

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 spring, we can close the book on the winter, and it tells the story of a season dominated by the effects of a strong El Niño. Our recap of the…

Mar 16, 2016

Hump Day-ja Vu: The Three Wednesday Snows of March 1960

March of 1960 must have felt a bit like Groundhog Day in North Carolina. For the first three Wednesdays of the month, parts of the state saw snow or ice as part of a rare early-spring string of wintry weather. Prior to March, the winter of 1959-60 was quite unremarkable in North Carolina. Mean temperatures…

Feb 16, 2016

Rapid Reaction: Wintry Weather and Spring-Like Storms Hit NC

Our winter roller coaster continued this week as high temperatures plummeted below freezing, we rounded a bend of snow and ice-slickened roads, and temperatures quickly rebounded into the 50s with heavy rain and thunderstorms. It was all part of our latest bout of wintry weather amid an active weather pattern. Arctic Air Settles In The…

Jan 26, 2016

Rapid Reaction: Winter’s First Major Storm Brings Snow, Sleet, Ice, and Rain

A two-day wintry event last Friday and Saturday was a classic Carolina storm, with a mixed bag of precipitation across the state ranging from heavy snow in the Mountains to sleet and freezing rain in the Piedmont to rain along the coast. The Storm’s Setup The event took shape earlier in the week as a…

Jan 18, 2016

Rapid Reaction: Quick-Hitting System Brings Light Snow to NC

What a wild weather weekend it was in North Carolina! After reaching highs near 60°F on Saturday, parts of the state woke up Sunday morning to light snow falling and the first flakes of the season in many areas. Across most of the Piedmont, accumulations were light and generally limited to a dusting on grassy…