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1 week ago |
wral.com | Chris Michaels
Ask the Meteorologist: Is this the worst our humidity will get? It's that time of year. You step outside, and you start sweating within seconds. Last week, we talked about why the dew point is a better measure of mugginess instead of relative humidity. When the dew point gets above 70°, that is usually due to tropical air being sent into North Carolina. That's the "air you can wear" that we've felt for much of the last week. We still have a long way to go. It's only just begun...
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1 week ago |
wral.com | Chris Michaels
The hottest weather of 2025 (so far) is set to arrive this week, and that comes ahead of a front that brings the potential for severe weather Thursday. It's not uncommon for the heat index to eclipse 100° this time of year. This is North Carolina in June, after all. However, if you work outside or don't have proper cooling methods, this weather can be potentially dangerous. That is especially the case Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
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2 weeks ago |
wral.com | Chris Michaels
Every summer, I get asked this question: "Why don't you use relative humidity? I don't care about the dew point."The thing is - you should care about the dew point more. The dew point is quite literally the point at which the air becomes dewy/wet/saturated. Think of it like this. Cold air holds less water vapor, meaning that the dew point will be lower in the winter. That's why it doesn't feel very muggy.
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2 weeks ago |
wral.com | Chris Michaels
Among many tools, models are simulations of the atmosphere that we use as guidance (not gospel) when making a forecast. The public really got introduced to just two of those models - the GFS and European - after Sandy in 2012. Forecast models are essentially "supercomputers." A number of mathematical formulas/equations (things we learned when studying meteorology in school) go into these models. Models differ from one another.
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2 weeks ago |
wral.com | Chris Michaels
If you've ever taken a Spanish class, you know the word "derecho" means right, when talking about directions. In a way, that definition applies to the weather term, "derecho." Storm systems most often moved from west to east (left to right) in the Northern Hemisphere. This is a widespread windstorm that produces damage along a swath of at least 240 miles. A widespread storm that moved through Oklahoma and Texas Sunday night and Monday morning sparked my interest in writing this story.
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See those two lines near Wilson and Louisburg? Those are called outflow boundaries. It’s basically a storm’s burp. As these boundaries clash, the air rises and could allow another storm to develop. https://t.co/dcrCNNU8ab
The A/C gets a workout (it's that time). Overnight lows won't provide much relief moving forward. https://t.co/q1u7wUQ4yd
Really cool to see this distant storm from our tower camera in Garner https://t.co/vAucyST7AU
