Calmer times ahead....
>> Monday, March 29, 2010
A detailed look at the science behind our severe weather outbreak Sunday afternoon and evening, plus a look at what's ahead....
An outbreak of tornadic thunderstorms roared through the Carolinas into central Virginia Sunday evening. Lots of damage reports have come in, especially around High Point and portions of Davidson county as well. Belmont in Gaston county also received some pretty significant damage from an apparent tornado from the first storm of the event.
Please see the video above for a look at what made this system tick....
Our News 14 Carolina news crews are gathering information this morning and will provide much more information on this severe weather event as the day unfolds today. The NWS will conduct storm surveys today, but I anticipate much of the damage was in fact due to tornadoes.
As today unfolds, we will likely see additional scattered showers and a few storms develop this afternoon. Any storms that manage to develop could produce some hail due to very cold temperatures aloft.
Tomorrow will be the first in a series of dry weather days. I expect 60s for highs tomorrow with breezy conditions. By Wednesday, highs will warm into the 70s. How about mid 80s for Thursday-Saturday....all with a sunny sky.
Clouds will increase for Easter Sunday, but I have left the forecast dry for the time being.
I meant to post this earlier...showed this video on the air this morning. Video of a tornado just on the Davidson county side of the Davidson/ Rowan county line...along I-85.
6 comments:
Matthew, I thought you may want to see this if you haven't already. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/03/28/1343724/video-sundays-tornado-from-i-85.html
Yeah, thanks for sharing. I used that video on the air this morning for the Triad.....
Its very rare that we see something like that in NC. I found it both very interesting and informative in your video when you said this is more likely to happen now than in the summer because the Thunderstoms in the Summer tend to fall on top of each other. Never knew that, thanks.
Hey Matthew, just to echo what DoubleJ said...thanks for the in-depth look at those storms. Up here in Rockingham County we only got small hail and an incredible amount of rain. The 3D graphic of the storm yall had down there that started all this mess last night was very cool. Hopefully you can show that again when we have another round of severe weather. Thanks again for putting that vid together.
Matthew,
First, I hope by now you are doing much better and recovered from your surgery sometime ago. I know I am getting ourselves ahead with time by asking this, but what are your thoughts about upcoming summer season, as we headed into May through July? Are we looking at about normal heat and humidity for the summer or hotter than norm? Appreciate your feedback at your convenience.
TY
Glad you guys enjoyed it!
DoubleJ....yeah, that is why pulse type thunderstorms in the summer can never really sustain themselves for over an hour or so...they simply collapse back onto themselves.
Jeremy....I will try to snag some images with the various storms that roll through...
TY....I am getting there....stairs are still pretty tough, and I can't run yet, but slowly improving. I haven't taken a deep look at summer yet...will try to get into that over the next few days.
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