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From Top to Bottom, Global Conditions May Shape Winter’s Polar Jet Stream
This is the third part of our 2014-15 winter outlook series. Following our discussion of ENSO and its possible impacts, today we cover two other...
Is El Niño a Go? The Latest on Pacific Patterns
This is the second part of our 2014-15 winter outlook series. We previously covered forecasts from folklore, and today we dip into the Pacific to...
Famous Folklore Suggests a Cool Winter Awaits
Today we begin our four-part winter outlook series with the forecasts from some well-known bits of folklore. From bugs to plants to sun spots, many...
Lingering Wintry Weather Throughout a Cool March
With the arrival (finally!) of warmer temperature across the state during this first week of April, many may be quickly leaving the memory of March...
Winter 2013-14: Event Recap, Prediction Review, and Spring Outlook
It has been a long and active winter in North Carolina, and it appears it is finally coming to an end. In this blog post,...
Winter 2013-14: By the Numbers
In North Carolina, we had a little bit of everything this winter, from frozen precipitation to severe storms, and from single-digit low temperatures to highs...
Snowy Weather but Typical Temperatures for February
Monthly statistics for February 2014:Statewide Average Precipitation: 3.27 inches (42nd driest since 1895)Statewide Average Temperature: 42.12°F (60th warmest / 61st coldest since 1895)* Values generated from preliminary...