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Funnel cloud toured Cornelius lakefront yesterday
June 20. Jake Dipietro, the new owner of Barefoot Watersports on West Catawba, grabbed a vivid photo of yesterday’s funnel cloud marching from near Mariner’s Villas to the cove between Jetton near Mountainview and the end of Bustle Road. It all happened during a drenching storm late Monday afternoon. Rainfall totals ran from about 2 […]
Weekend Weather: Perfect Dad’s Day
June 16. This weekend will make up for the rainy weekends we’ve had so far this spring. The forecast is sunny and warm today (Friday), Saturday and Father’s Day, but things change next week. In fact, the first day of summer is looking quite chill. Friday: Sunny, high 80s. Possible T-storms after 2. Saturday: Sunny, […]
Blocking your omegas is cool
June 16. By Dave Vieser. If you sense that this spring has been cooler than normal, you’re right. It’s all part of an unusual weather pattern in the atmosphere called an Omega Blocking Pattern. In this case, the blocking element has been an upper-air, low-pressure system stacked up over New England, which has stubbornly stayed […]
Weekend Weather
June 9. The weekend weather looks awesome with slightly cooler temps today (Friday), mid-80s Saturday and Sunday. Plenty of sun until Sunday afternoon when there’s a chance of showers and T-storms after 2 pm. Friday: Sunny, high 79-80 Saturday: Sunny, high near 84. Sunday: High near 85, chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2. Monday: […]
Weekend weather: Nice ‘n’ warm, a cold front comes ‘n’ goes
June 2. And, finally, it’s warm—with highs in the 80s through Thursday, except for Sunday when a cold front comes and goes. Today: Sunny, high near 85. Saturday: Sunny, high near 89. Night-time chance of showers and T-storms as cold front arrives. Sunday: Mostly sunny, high near 77. Breezy with gusts as high as 18 […]
Weekend weather: Ugh
May 25. You’ve probably heard by now that our weekend weather looks more like early spring than what we want to see Memorial Day. In two words: Cool and wet. OK that was three and you can add the word “windy.” Indeed, Saturday looks like it will be more than 20 degrees below average. Today […]
Weekend weather
May 19. With a cool start to the weekend today—only 72—the rest of the weekend will be early spring-like, with part sun and 82 Saturday, 78 on Sunday. There’s a chance of showers, more so on Friday and Saturday, not so much on Sunday. Friday: Overcast, then partly sunny, a cool 72 Saturday: Chance of […]
Weekend weather: Wet Saturday, near 80 on Sunday
May 5. This chilly weather pattern is [slowly] coming to an end, but there’s a chance of rain Saturday before it warms up on Sunday. Friday: Partly sunny, high near 73. Saturday: 30 percent chance of rain, high near 71. Sunday: 40 percent chance of precip, high near 79. Monday: 40 percent chance of precip, […]
Weekend weather
April 28. More sun. More sun. More rain. That’s the outlook for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, respectively. We dry out starting Monday. In detail: Friday: Isolated showers, partly sunny, high near 77 Saturday: Mostly sunny, high near 79 Sunday: Showers and T-storms off and on, high near 72. Monday: Sunny, high near 67 Tuesday: Sunny, […]
Minor tornado on LKN was a surprise
April 26. By Dave Vieser. If it seems like we’ve had a large number of early morning thunderstorms this spring, it’s true—four of them since January according to the National Weather Service (NWS). But none were as dramatic as the tornado on Lake Norman Saturday morning April 22. Worst of all, it was totally unexpected. […]
