Mike Maze

Raleigh

Staff Meteorologist at WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)

Staff Meteorologist at WRAL-TV 5 & FOX 50

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Articles

Stories and service: WRAL's Debra Morgan reflects on 37-year career

2 weeks ago | wral.com | Mark Bergin |Stephanie Beck |Gerald Owens |Mike Maze

From interviews with presidents and governors to coverage of hurricanes on our coast and the Carolina Hurricanes’ run for the Stanley Cup in 2006, WRAL News anchor Debra Morgan's mpireporting has set just the right tone through major breaking news, severe weather, traumatic events and the celebrations and successes of the people of North Carolina and beyond. Morgan said she’s known what she’s wanted to do in life since she was in 10th grade and started writing for her high school newspaper.
Y2Snow: Unexpected blizzard brought the Triangle into the 2000s

Jan 24, 2025 | wral.com | Ryan Bisesi |Elizabeth Gardner |Mike Maze

In January of 2000, an extraordinary winter storm brought record-breaking snowfall in what was a wild onset to a new era for the Triangle. It’s a phenomenon we haven’t seen since and may never see again. Intense snowfall, strong winds and waist-high accumulation were all parts of a rare blizzard that many were astonished to see. The start of a new year and a new decade brought an unforeseen happening that showed the future was here. But we got off on the wrong foot – of snow.
Latest: 1-2 inches of snow likely in Triangle, more for southeastern counties; roads will be slick

Jan 21, 2025 | wral.com | Kat Campbell |Elizabeth Gardner |Mike Maze |Aimee Wilmoth

Parts of the Triangle and much of eastern North Carolina will see snow Tuesday night amid freezing temperatures, creating hazardous road conditions and prompting WRAL Weather Alert Days for Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday's high is near-freezing. That means snow moving into our southeastern counties by the evening commute will stick, and roads could be treacherous by Tuesday night and Wednesday. Here's an hour-by-hour look at the snow timing.
Snow likely in southeastern counties Tuesday, roads could get slick quickly

Jan 21, 2025 | wral.com | Kat Campbell |Elizabeth Gardner |Mike Maze |Aimee Wilmoth

Much of southeastern North Carolina will see snow Tuesday night amid freezing temperatures, creating hazardous road conditions and prompting WRAL Weather Alert Days for Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday's high is near-freezing. That means snow moving into our eastern counties by the evening commute will stick, and roads could be treacherous by Tuesday night and Wednesday. Here's an hour-by-hour look at the snow timing.
Meet the WRAL meteorologists and tour the WRAL Severe Weather Center

Aug 22, 2024 | wral.com | Elizabeth Gardner |Mike Maze |Kat Campbell |Aimee Wilmoth

Tour the WRAL Severe Weather Center and meet the meteorologists that work on air and behind the scenes to keep you safe every day. The WRAL Severe Weather Center is located right behind the big cameras in the WRAL studio, so meteorologists can relay weather updates to each other -- and anchors on your screen -- instantly. WRAL meteorologists have access to dozens of tools -- many exclusive to WRAL News -- to keep viewers safe and informed in a storm.
NC tornado destroys Pfizer plant, 16 injured in Nash & Edgecombe counties, dozens of homes reduced to rubble

Jul 18, 2024 | wral.com | Kat Campbell |Elizabeth Gardner |Mike Maze |Peta Sheerwood

• The tornado touched down on July 19, 2023, around 12:30 p.m. in the Battleboro and Dortches communities in Nash County. • The tornado began as a thunderstorm warning in Edgecombe, Halifax and Nash counties. • Thunderstorm warnings were issued at 12:27 p.m., and the tornado warning was issued about five minutes later. • An estimated 90 homes and buildings were damaged or destroyed, including the Pfizer plant.
Melting sea ice slows Atlantic Ocean currents; warmer water stays offshore to raise storm risk for the Carolinas

May 2, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Mike Maze

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Melting sea ice slows Atlantic Ocean currents; warmer water stays offshore to raise storm risk for the Carolinas

May 2, 2024 | wral.com | Mike Maze |Mark Bergin

The Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down, according to a new study led by a University of Maryland researcher. Specifically, the study found the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) current’s flow remained stable from 1955 to 1994. However, in the mid-90s, the AMOC strength started to decline and the current began to move slower. Scientists attribute the change to the continued warming of the ocean’s surface and the accompanying changes in the salinity of its upper layers.
With storms in forecast, Moore County schools cancel after-school activities

Jan 12, 2024 | wral.com | Kat Campbell |Elizabeth Gardner |Mike Maze |Peta Sheerwood

The threat of high winds from severe thunderstorms and the chance for tornadoes prompted Moore County to cancel after-school activities for Friday. Friday is a WRAL Weather Alert Day because of the storm risk across central North Carolina. The worst of the threat comes in the evening, according to the WRAL Severe Weather Center. "The timeline of this is pretty late in the day," said WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner.
2023 NC snow outlook: A colder winter and good news for snow lovers

Nov 6, 2023 | wral.com | Aimee Wilmoth |Kat Campbell |Elizabeth Gardner |Mike Maze

It’s time for WRAL meteorologists to make snowfall and winter predictions, and the news is good for snow lovers this year!This winter, for the first time in four years, we are in an El Niño pattern. How much snow will NC this year? We have been in a La Niña pattern for the last three winters, so "this is an exciting twist this year," said WRAL meteorologist Kat Campbell. El Niño is marked by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures.