UNITED STATES — May is not shaping up to be a notably warm month across most of the country, but a brief period of slightly warmer temperatures is being watched for the May 13 through 15 window before the next significant cold front pushes through. The warm-up is not expected to bring exceptional heat, but…
NORTH CAROLINA — The drought crisis across North Carolina has deepened significantly as of the assessment period ending April 28, 2026, with Exceptional Drought (D4) now emerging across parts of the southern Piedmont for the first time since March 4, 2008. Despite some showers over the past week, conditions worsened statewide, and 100 percent of…
NORTH CAROLINA — Saturday is shaping up to be a cloudy, cool, and damp day across the Carolinas and Georgia, with a very tight rainfall gradient from the coast inland. A low-pressure system tracking near the coast combined with cold air damming will keep temperatures locked in the 50s all day, with drizzle, mist, and light…
UNITED STATES — A potentially strong El Nino is developing, and long-range forecast data is already pointing toward significant implications for the Southeast United States heading into the winter of 2026 into 2027. Precipitation anomaly data for December 2026 and January 2027 shows an increased rain and storm signal for the Southeast, driven by a…
UNITED STATES — After a prolonged stretch of below normal temperatures across most of the United States, a brief warm-up is expected around May 13 through May 15, offering a short reprieve before the cold pattern reasserts itself. Temperature anomaly data for May 15 shows above normal readings spreading across a wide portion of the…
UNITED STATES — After an active close to April, the severe weather pattern across most of the United States is shifting into a generally unfavorable setup heading into the first couple weeks of May. A persistent East Coast trough and a West Coast ridge are working together to suppress widespread storm development — with one…
UNITED STATES — The severe weather threat for Wednesday, April 29, 2026 has been upgraded, with two Slight Risk zones now added to the outlook. One covers the south central United States for significant hail potential, and a second targets the East Coast for damaging wind potential. The outlook was last updated at 10:49 AM…
NORTH CAROLINA / SOUTH CAROLINA — Rain chances were minimal across the Carolinas this morning, but the focus now shifts to this afternoon as isolated storm development becomes possible across the region. Widespread storms are not expected, but one to two isolated storms with a few strong ones could develop depending on how much sunshine…
UNITED STATES — April 2026 is set to go down as one of the warmest Aprils ever recorded across large portions of the country, with multiple climate districts ranking at or near rank 1 — the warmest on record out of 134 years of data dating back to 1893. The data, generated on April 29,…
TEXAS — The primary hazard across central Texas on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 is large, damaging hail up to the size of hen eggs, with forecasters especially watching the Highway 90 corridor near San Antonio westward. The Max Possible Hail Size outlook shows two distinct threat zones stretching from Texas through the Gulf states. Two…