Reality check: What we do and don’t know about the looming cold snap
A surge of cold air looming over the eastern half of the United States has social media buzzing with the possibility of frigid temperatures and wintry precipitation. We’re really going to endure a spell of colder-than-normal temperatures through at…
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Cloud streets billow over the Atlantic behind a powerful cold front
There’s always something cool bubbling in our skies above. It’s worth taking a peek at satellite imagery every day to see what nifty features you can spot floating around. A powerful cold front brought frigid temperatures to much of the…
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How are the Appalachians ten degrees warmer than lower elevations today?
There’s a fascinating temperature profile across the Appalachian Mountains today thanks to winds interacting with the region’s rolling terrain. It’s a raw and chilly day across the Piedmont today as daytime high temperatures struggled…
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Southern California’s fire threat Monday night is a ‘particularly dangerous situation’
The fire danger growing across parts of southern California is a “particularly dangerous situation,” forecasters warned on Monday. Santa Ana winds expected to roar over the region will intensify Monday night into Tuesday, potentially…
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Greensboro, N.C., breaks second-longest snowless streak on record
Success! A brief burst of snow across central North Carolina on Monday night dropped 0.4″ of accumulation at Greensboro’s airport, breaking the observation station’s 1,038-day snowless streak. This was the airport’s…
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Will North Carolina break its three-year snowless streak tonight?
A disturbance crossing the Appalachians on Monday night could bring parts of North Carolina their first measurable snowfall in nearly three years. There’s a lot riding on the word “could,” though, and it’s just as likely that…
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