Warm start to April.....

From Robert Elvington...

Now that yesterdays system has passed through we can expect average to below average temperatures for the next few days. Next week will remain quiet with only a small chance of rain into Tuesday evening with highs in the 70s.

Yesterday's event unfolded mostly how we forecasted with multicell storms and a few embedded supercells. We did though, as the afternoon progressed, advected in higher than expected helicity values, prompting SPC to issue a tornado watch. However, going by storm reports North Carolina only saw high wind reports with a few tornado warnings issued by the weather service.

In conjunction with the weather service and North Carolina Climate Center we received report that this was the warmest first week of April on record. With an average mean temperature for the 7 day period at 70.7 beating out 1967 with 69.4. Apparently this phenomenon of a hot spell after a cold winter is nothing new. I have a attached a link that explains the Global pattern of the past few months.

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Robert Elvington
robert.elvington@gmail.com

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Excellent weekend weather....

Be sure and take a look at today's video...a few neat radar shots from yesterday's severe weather, plus a look at some terrific weather ahead....



After rough and tumble weather across the region yesterday evening, including a number of wind damage reports, quiet weather is returning today. A much cooler airmass is now here, and highs today will only be in the 60s despite sunshine.

Lows tonight will drop into the mid to upper 30s in many Piedmont locations, and I can't rule out there being a little patchy frost in a few spots. So, if you have some tender vegetation, you might want to consider covering it up tonight just to be on the safe side. But be sure and uncover them early tomorrow!

Sunshine will be with us all weekend with highs in the upper 60s tomorrow and mid 70s Sunday. Fantastic!

Next week look primarily dry, but with most highs in the 70s, it will remain pretty comfortable.

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Severe threat this evening...

Looks like the potential for severe weather will be with us this evening. A large portion of the Charlotte metro region is under a tornado watch, and it looks like we have the right mixture of helicity (turning of the winds with height) and instability to promote a threat of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes. See the two charts above.....top chart shows helicity and bottom chart shows CAPE.

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