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Ask the Meteorologist: When will hummingbirds fly south out of North Carolina? (opens the original)
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We are one week away from the official start to fall. One sign that the seasons are changing - migratory patterns. According to BirdCast, a bird migration network from Cornell, nearly half a billion birds migrated south last night. And a lot of them passed through the Carolinas! Hummingbirds can sense the change in daylight along with the loss in flowers, nectar, food sources, etc. This is why they gain 25-40% of their body weight before flying south for the fall and winter months. Cooler weathe
Ask the Meteorologist: What to know about Thursday night's partial lunar eclipse (opens the original)
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A partial lunar eclipse will take place late Thursday night into early Friday morning, August 27 to August 28, 2026. At its peak, 96% of the moon's surface will go into the earth's inner shadow (umbra) and appear red. This will happen shortly after midnight. A lunar eclipse happens when the earth is sandwiched between the sun and the moon. The earth's shadow is then cast onto the lunar surface. When you see the red hues on the moon, you're essentially seeing all of Earth's sunrises and sunsets p
Famine to feast: What's driving sudden shift toward more rain, storms this summer (opens the original)
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A drought months in the making does not disappear in a matter of days. However, July has helped. In recent months, we’ve covered drought conditions, burn bans, water restrictions and abysmal lake levels. While we’re not completely out of the woods, July has brought signs of hope. So far, rainfall this month has far exceeded the combined total from January through June — all without a landfalling tropical system. And we’ve done all this without any landfalling tropical systems. We talked about on
Ask the Meteorologist: What is the ring of fire and its impact on storms in our area? (opens the original)
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You may have heard the song "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash. Maybe you've even heard of the part of the Pacific Rim where earthquakes and volcanoes often happen. This is a weather article, though, so we're not talking about either of those things. The high pressure that causes intense heat is often called a "heat dome." We're seeing heat alerts from the Desert Southwest to the Intermountain West, the Great Plains to the Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River Valley to the Deep South. On the outer
Ask the Meteorologist: How intense heat can lead to cracked car windshields (opens the original)
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There's summer heat, and there's intense summer heat. As of July 22, we've seen a lot of both. There have been 45 days at or above 90 degrees in the Triangle. Twenty-five of those days have reached or gone above 95 degrees. Six days have featured 100-degree heat. This kind of heat can put added stress on your car windshield, especially if you're blasting the A/C right off the bat. According to Safelite, most car windshields are comprised of two layers of glass joined together by an interior laye
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