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Polar Patterns Could Open the Gates for Cold, Wintry Weather
As our Winter Outlook series continues, we turn our attention to the polar jet stream, which will largely determine how much of this winter’s precipitation...
Strong El Niño Drives Pacific Patterns, Jet Stream Impacts
The second post in our 2015-16 Winter Outlook series turns to the Pacific Ocean for an update on El Niño and its possible impacts to...
Woolly Worms, Almanacs, and August Weather Predict the Winter
Our 2015-16 Winter Outlook series begins today and concludes on November 23rd. In these five posts, we will discuss predictions and patterns that may shape...
Summer Projects: Verifying Winter Precipitation Type Forecasts
This post is part of a series highlighting the summer projects from our office’s undergraduate research assistants. This post is by Samuel Roback, who is...
NC Extremes: Spring Freezes Prove Costly for Agriculture
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. May is generally associated with warming temperatures, springtime thunderstorms, and rain showers...
Winter Recap 2014-15: A Warm Start with a Frigid, Frozen Finish
Today we revisit North Carolina’s winter, including a seasonal summary, a review of predictions from folklore and our own winter outlook, and an ENSO update...
NC Extremes: Storm of the Century Smashed Snowfall Records
This post is part of our year-long series about North Carolina’s weather extremes. An old adage says that March comes in like a lion and...