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Two years since Helene: The 'predecessor rain event' that made the storm even more devastating (opens the original)
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These last few days have marked the two-year point since Hurricane Helene devastated the Southern Appalachians. It was a multi-day event, and it felt like we were watching it happen in slow motion. In addition to Helene's core slamming straight into the North Carolina mountains on Sept. 27, 2024, there were days of tropical rain before the storm's arrival. This is known as a predecessor rain event, or PRE. Hundreds of miles north of a tropical system, you can get regions of very heavy rain. Thes
Ask the Meteorologist: What this week's nor'easter means for North Carolina's coast (opens the original)
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A nor'easter is developing off the North Carolina coastline, and its impacts will stretch from the Outer Banks to New England the rest of the week. We'll break down what a nor'easter is, how it forms, when it forms and what this one means for the Outer Banks. A nor'easter is a storm system that's common along the East Coast - mostly between September and April. The wind around the storm comes from the northeast, hence the name "nor'easter." Storm systems will often form along lingering frontal b
Ask the Meteorologist: Happy meteorological fall! How does the foliage look this year? (opens the original)
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Tuesday is the beginning of meteorological fall, even though the weather is far from autumnal. Meteorological seasons are used for consistent record-keeping (as opposed to the fluid dates of equinoxes and solstices). They also tend to be sharp cutoffs to average rises and falls in temperatures. For instance, the average high and low temperatures drop by 30 degrees from September 1 through November 30. By that definition, the meteorological summer of 2026 was the fourth-hottest on record in both
Ask the Meteorologist: Happy meteorological fall! How does the foliage look this year? (opens the original)
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Tuesday is the beginning of meteorological fall, even though the weather is far from autumnal. Meteorological seasons are used for consistent record-keeping (as opposed to the fluid dates of equinoxes and solstices). They also tend to be sharp cutoffs to average rises and falls in temperatures. For instance, the average high and low temperatures drop by 30 degrees from September 1 through November 30. By that definition, the meteorological summer of 2026 was the fourth-hottest on record in both
Ask the Meteorologist: What does a 'super El Niño' imply about upcoming fall, winter? (opens the original)
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El Niño is all the rage in the weather world, and it will continue to be in the fall and winter months ahead. We've written about this several times before, so here's a refresher. El Niño refers to warmer-than-average waters in a very specific part of the equatorial Pacific. It's nothing new. In fact, this is something that's been monitored for centuries by fishermen/mariners in places like Peru. (La Niña is the opposite - cooler than average waters in the equatorial Pacific.) We care about El N
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