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Julia Haley

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Julia Haley

    Warm weather in September delays peak fall color across western North Carolina (opens the original)

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    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Fall color is off to a slower start in parts of western North Carolina after one of Asheville's warmest Septembers on record. September finished with an average high of 83.1 degrees at Asheville Regional Airport, making it the fourth-warmest September on record for average high temperatures there. That is closer to Asheville’s normal August high of 84 degrees than its normal September high of 78.7. Farther north around Boone, Howard Neufeld, known as the "Fall Color Guy,

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Julia Haley, meteorologist

    2 years after Helene: Rainfall data reveals radar gaps in western North Carolina (opens the original)

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    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — “We’ve known for a long time that we have radar holes in the mountains, gaps in radar coverage, especially at low levels,” said Christopher Godfrey, professor and chair of Atmospheric Sciences at UNC Asheville. UNC Asheville researchers are now using rainfall data from Helene to measure how those gaps affect weather radar estimates across Western North Carolina. Helene’s unusually high rainfall totals gave researchers a clearer comparison between radar estimates and rain

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Julia Haley

    Atlantic hurricane season could set record for latest first hurricane in modern era (opens the original)

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    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is Sept. 10, bringing us to the doorstep of the latest hurricane start on record in the modern satellite era. Historically, our busiest weeks ramp up in mid-August and run through October. By this point in the season, the historical average is eight tropical storms and four hurricanes. Instead, as we reach the peak, the Atlantic remains remarkably quiet. While our first Atlantic hurricane usually arrives by Aug. 11

  4. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Julia Haley, meteorologist

    Early signs of fall color emerging in WNC's higher elevations (opens the original)

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    WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — Early signs of fall are beginning to show across western North Carolina. Dogwoods, red maples, yellowwoods, sourwoods and yellow buckeyes are among the species that can show color early in the season. Late-summer plants such as ironweed and goldenrod also mark the transition toward fall. Other changes are happening overhead and on the forest floor. Acorns are maturing and beginning to drop, while hickory nuts also start falling as the season shifts. Those nuts bec

  5. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Julia Haley

    Fall colors to start soon in western North Carolina as autumn nears (opens the original)

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    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The Blue Ridge Mountains are still wearing their summer green, but western North Carolina's fall color season is just weeks away. Western Carolina University biology professor Kathy Mathews says the region's diversity of trees and elevation help create a lengthy fall display. "We have over 300 species of trees here in the mountains, and so each tree species has its own fall color," Mathews said. "So we have an array of color diversity here." CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER ISS

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