January 10, 2024 | Posted in News
I DON’T KNOW, LIKE A HOME IN THE IN THE CLOUDS. I GUESS. OH, A HOME IN THE CLOUDS. LENNY, COULD YOU LIVE THERE? YOU KNOW, I VISITED IT. I THINK EVERY METEOROLOGIST WANTS TO VISIT IT. SO I’VE BEEN THERE WITH MY SON, AND WHEN WE GOT THERE, WHEN WE FINALLY GOT TO THE TOP, YOU COULDN’T SEE A THING. IT WAS NOTHING BUT FOG WHEN, LIKE I’VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. SO NO, MY ANSWER IS I WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE THERE. BUT IT’S VERY INTERESTING WORK WHAT THEY DO, AND IT’S WORTH THE TRIP. WORTH THE DRIVE UP THERE FOR SURE. HEY, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW IN OUR MOUNTAINS, BUT NOTHING. NOTHING LIKE THAT. NO, NOT AT ALL. AND WE HAD SOME WIND AS WELL. AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE WIND IN OUR FORECAST THIS WEEK. IT COULD BE PRETTY BAD BY TUESDAY AS WE’RE RAMPING UP FOR A STORM SYSTEM THAT’S GOING TO MOVE OUR WAY. TAKE A LOOK. EARLIER TODAY. THIS IS FROM THE CAPITAL, APPALACHIAN. STATE UNIVERSITY. CAMERA IN BOONE. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE HAS BEEN A LITTLE WINTRY PRECIPITATION, SOME OF IT JUST WET AS WELL. AND THOSE TEMPERATURES STAYING QUITE CHILLY. THAT STORM SYSTEM OF COURSE, YOU HEARD ABOUT IN OUR NEWS HAS WORKED ITS WAY WELL TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST. SO YOU CAN SEE OVER THE LAST 36 HOURS THE RAIN AND SOME OF THE WINTRY WEATHER WE GOT, AND NOW IT’S WELL TO THE NORTHEAST AND WE’RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM THAT’S GOING TO BE IMPACTING US ON TUESDAY. YOU LOOK AT RAINFALL TOTALS. WE SAW EASILY AN INCH IN MANY COMMUNITIES. IT WAS A COLD RAIN. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A DRY AND COOL MONDAY, BUT IT COULD BE PRETTY INTENSE BY TUESDAY. WITH THAT NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN, THEN WE’VE GOT MORE WET WEATHER WITH ANOTHER ONE COMING IN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. OUR TEMPERATURES ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL THIS WEEK. THE EXCEPTION THAT 60 DEGREES THAT WE GET TO ON TUESDAY, THAT IS AHEAD OF THAT STORM SYSTEM THAT’S BRINGING IN THE RAIN. REIDSVILLE 45 RIGHT NOW, 46, IN LEXINGTON, AND WE’RE 41 IN MOCKSVILLE. WE’VE GOT SOME LOW 42 FROM PILOT MOUNTAIN TO NORTH WILKESBORO, AND WE ARE BELOW FREEZING ALREADY AT SPARTA AT 29, THE RADAR IS FAIRLY DRY ACROSS THE AREA. WE HAVE HAD JUST A FEW FLURRIES HERE AND THERE IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND IT WILL CLEAR OUT OVERNIGHT AND THAT SNOW MACHINE WILL SHUT OFF. BUT LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES. WE’RE DOWN INTO THE LOW 20S TOMORROW MORNING WITH FEELS-LIKE TEMPS IN THE TEENS AND THE MOUNTAINS, AND WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD AND FOOTHILLS. SO IT’S A DRY WEATHER MAP RIGHT NOW. WE’VE SENT ALL OF THAT MOISTURE TO THE NORTH, AT LEAST FOR NOW. YOU NOTICE, THOUGH, A LOT OF ADVISORIES THAT ARE OUT TO THE WEST, AND THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS A WIND ADVISORY, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT COVERS A NUMBER OF STATES. SO I THINK WIND IS GOING TO BE A BIG ISSUE WITH THAT STORM SYSTEM ON TUESDAY. TOMORROW. NOT SO BAD. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR. WE START OFF COLD, BUT WE MANAGE TO MAKE IT UP TO ABOUT 48 BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SHOULD GET INTO THE UPPER 40S IN THE FOOTHILLS. IT IS A PRETTY TYPICAL JANUARY DAY WITH SOME SUNSHINE, BUT THE AIR IS QUITE CHILLY STARTING IN THE 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH A HIGH OF 40. TOMORROW AFTERNOON. RAIN CHANCES RIGHT NOW LOOK REALLY HIGH ON TUESDAY, OTHERWISE IT’S PRETTY DRY. IT’S A WEATHER IMPACT DAY WITH HEAVY RAIN, HIGH WINDS, CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WE CAN’TRILLIONULE OUT ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH THIS PARTICULAR SETUP. SO THE STORM SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IS OUT OVER NEW MEXICO. AND IT DOES HAVE SOME SNOW WITH IT AND SOME RAIN WITH IT, BUT IT WILL REALLY GATHER SOME STRENGTH AND A LOT OF MOISTURE AS IT MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. SO BY THE TIME IT REACHES HERE, IT’S GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF RAIN. I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE AS MUCH COLD AIR IN PLACE AHEAD OF IT. THERE’S JUST A SMALL, BRIEF CHANCE FOR A LITTLE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. VERY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, BUT IT SHOULD. QUICKLY WARM UP AND THOSE HIGHS MAY GET US TO AROUND 60. A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY. AND THAT STORM SYSTEM IS OUT OF HERE ON WEDNESDAY. BUT WE DO HAVE A CHANCE FOR EXCESSIVE OF RAIN ACROSS THE AREA AS THE RAINFALL FORECASTRILLIONIGHT NOW SHOWS TWO INCHES OF RAIN, MAYBE 3 OR 4, IN A FEW COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO HAVE AT LEAST A SMALL CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR AREA. WE’RE IN THAT MARGINAL RISK ACROSS. THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE TRIAD, SO THAT’S SOMETHING WE’LL DEFINITELY KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WEEK. THE NEXT RAIN, CHANCE AND IMPACT DAY IS O