Friday...
>> Friday, April 08, 2011
Above is the Day 2 (Saturday) convective outlook from the SPC.
I am out of the weather office until Tuesday morning, but a quick post on the shower and storm potential tomorrow.
Below is a panel from the 6z GFS and 0z European....both in pretty good agreement showing the good chance of showers and storms tomorrow afternoon and evening. There will be enough instability and dynamics around for the chance of strong and severe storms. Hail and winds will be the main threats, but an isolated tornado or two is also possible.
GFS
Euro
Beautiful Thursday....some questions lie ahead...
>> Thursday, April 07, 2011
Fantastic weather today with sun and highs in the 70s. However, a 'back door' cold front will present some forecast challenges, especially for Saturday's forecast. See the video for more....
Wonderful weather....
>> Wednesday, April 06, 2011
It was a frosty start to our Wednesday with Piedmont lows well down into the 30s...even dipping below freezing in some spots. However, temps will rebound into the 60s today and 70s tomorrow under a sunny sky.
In today's edition of the video, I take one more look back at the storm report map from Monday and Monday night, and look ahead at the weekend and our next couple of shower and storm chances.
Radar images from overnight...
>> Tuesday, April 05, 2011
A few radar images from this morning....
First, a reflectivity and velocity image from the storm that prompted the tornado warning in NE Davidson and Guilford counties. This is a 'comma head' signature....often times associated with brief tornadoes.
Reflectivity
Velocity
And here is an image as the storms were blowing into Cabarrus county....a wind gust of over 90mph was reported with this storm.
Cleaning up....
What a rough night. Almost every square inch of the region went under a severe thunderstorms warning last night, and a couple of tornado warnings were issued. Tons of wind damage reports have come in, and a lot of trees have unfortunately fallen on homes and automobiles.
Here is today's edition of the video....I recap the severe weather event and look ahead....
Severe weather...
>> Monday, April 04, 2011
Already this morning, severe watch boxes are in effect as what will be an active severe weather day and night is beginning. To the left is the watch summary as of 8:40am.
Warm and windy today...rain and storms late tonight...
Here is today's edition of the Carolina Weather Video. Our next system swings in tonight, and severe weather chances will accompany it. See the video for lots of details....