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Few Signs of Winter in a Warm, Wet February
Our recent trend of warm Februarys continued last month with above-normal temperatures across the state. The western part of the state also saw record-breaking wet...
January Remains Wet, But the Fire Hose Fizzles
The heavy rain and snow of recent months abated in January, leaving us slightly wet and warm overall. While it has been a wet winter,...
A Drenched December Caps a Record Wet Year
Precipitation continued to be the main story in North Carolina’s weather, including a record wet December that — despite a substantial wintry event early in...
Rapid Reaction: A Season’s Worth of Snow in One Day
We didn’t have to wait long this winter to see our first major snow event in North Carolina. The second weekend of December brought significant...
A Cold, Wet November Offers a Possible Winter Preview
November in North Carolina was another wet month accompanied by the arrival of wintry temperatures and the ending of the Atlantic hurricane season, which was...
The SCOfficial 2018-19 Winter Outlook
In our previous post, we described the atmospheric patterns that could affect the northern hemisphere jet streams — and therefore our weather — this winter....
Winter Outlook: A ‘Similar but Different’ El Niño Taking Shape
Today, we kick off our seventh annual winter outlook series by looking at the state of the oceans and atmosphere entering the winter, along with...