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Dry April Brings Flash Drought, Hot Start to May, Beneficial Rain on the Way

A Look Back at a Warm and DRY April, Hot Start to May

Dry April Brings Flash Drought, Hot Start to May, Beneficial Rain on the Way

A Look Back at a Warm and DRY April, Hot Start to May

TAKES A FEW HOURS FOR ME TO GO THROUGH A FULL SHOW TUNE SOUNDTRACK. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST YOU PUT ON YOUR EARBUDS AND GO FOR A WALK TODAY IN A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING. START LISTENING TO SOME SHOW TUNES. IT’S A GREAT DAY TO DO THAT. WE’VE GOT SOME BEAUTIFUL WEATHER IN THE FORECAST. NICE WALK THIS MORNING. BRING THE DOG WITH YOU. WE HAVE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE IN THE 50S FIRST THING THIS MORNING. UH, NEAR 60 DEGREES HIGH POINT. WINSTON SALEM, GREENSBORO LOW TO MID 50S OVER THE AREA. 46 IN BOONE CHILLY WEATHER THIS MORNING. THE AIR IS RELATIVELY CLEAR. THE HUMIDITY IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY LOW, BUT THE TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR TODAY. IT COULD BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE YEAR. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MOMENT. AS FAR AS CLOUD COVER GOES, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW DRIFTING PAST HERE AND THERE, BUT SKIES ARE GOING TO BE DOMINATED BY SUNSHINE TODAY. LOOKING WEST. STILL SOME ANGRY WEATHER COMING OUT OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. WE’VE HAD SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WARNINGS FROM THAT CLUSTER DOWN FARTHER SOUTH. THEY’RE GOING TO KEEP A MARGINAL RISK FOR TODAY ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN. BUT BECOMES MORE OF A GENERAL THUNDER THREAT AS WE MOVE DOWNSTREAM. THAT’S GOOD FOR US BECAUSE THAT’S WHEN IT’S GOING TO START TO IMPACT THE TRIAD TEMPERATURES TODAY, GETTING UP TO NEAR 86. I’VE GOT A HIGH OF 87 AT 4 P.M. TODAY, SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT, UH, UP TO ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR. I THINK LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON, 85 DEGREES. YOUR FORECAST HIGH. A LIGHT BREEZE IN THE FOOTHILLS, A RELATIVELY COMFORTABLE START EARLY ON TO A WARM, IF NOT HOT DAY LATER ON A MILD. I’LL CALL IT WARM FOR THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS BELOW TEN MILES PER HOUR FOR THE MOST PART. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. WARMEST DAYS WE’VE HAD SO FAR THIS YEAR WE HIT 86 DEGREES TWICE. BOTH WERE RELATIVELY RECENTLY. APRIL 15TH AND APRIL 18TH. WITHIN THE SAME WEEK WE HAD A COUPLE OF HOT DAYS IN THE FORECAST. IF YOU RECALL, I DO THINK TODAY WE’LL FALL SOMEWHERE ON THIS LIST AND WILL ACTUALLY POSSIBLY TOP THIS LIST, BUT IT WON’T BE A RECORD SETTER. THE RECORD HIGH FOR TODAY’S DATE IS 91 DEGREES. THAT WAS SET ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1926. SO 98 YEARS AGO. THE AVERAGE HIGH IS ONLY 75 DEGREES. SO WE ARE CERTAINLY OVERACHIEVING IN THAT DEPARTMENT. LET’S TALK ABOUT WET WEATHER COMING IN. DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT. TODAY WE DON’T HAVE A DROP OF RAIN AT ALL IN TODAY’S FORECAST, BUT WE’LL START TO SEE SOME CLOUDS GATHERING LATE IN THE DAY TOMORROW. UH, OR ACTUALLY EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. SPOTTY SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BY THE AFTERNOON. I THINK MOST OF THE FRIDAY DAYTIME PERIOD IS GOING TO BE DRY. IT’S FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WE’LL START TO SEE SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS OCCASIONALLY. GRACE OUR SKIES AS A AS A WEAK FRONT STARTS TO STALL OVERHEAD. IT’S GOING TO KEEP THINGS RATHER UNSETTLED FOR THE WEEKEND. WE’VE GOT HIGH RAIN CHANCES FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. I JUST THINK SEVERE WEATHER OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY LOW THIS WEEKEND
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Dry April Brings Flash Drought, Hot Start to May, Beneficial Rain on the Way

A Look Back at a Warm and DRY April, Hot Start to May

We have had a hot start to May in the 80s. We also had sensational April with plenty of sunshine and fair-weather clouds from the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Triad. While we enjoyed a April's warmth, we could use more rainfall as dry soil conditions are developing from the Sandhills into the Piedmont of North Carolina.We ended April rainfall in the Piedmont Triad with more than two inches below normal as drought conditions begin to redevelop from the eastern Sandhills toward the Piedmont Triad’s eastern cities. The low distribution of rainfall has also had us watering our gardens and yards more. NOAA Lead Meteorologist in the Raleigh Weather Forecast Office, Phil Badgett, says a flash drought may be developing as a result from warmer than average temperatures in April and below normal rainfall totals. The faster vegetation growth pulls more moisture from the soil. Right now, the Drought Monitor shows most of North Carolina under abnormally dry conditons. Areas without irrigation may have dry and cracked ground. These conditions may also lead to dangerous flash flooding events when thunderstorms or heavy showers move in during May. The outlook does show a better than average chance for rainfall through July in North When it comes to severe storm threats our most active day of April was on the eleventh with a line of severe thunderstorms that produced an EF-1 tornado in North Wilkesboro. Peak winds ranges from 105 to 11o miles per hour as the tornado tore through Wilkes County for two miles in a 300 yard wide path starting at 6:45 p.m. The National Weather Service survey team from Blacksburg, Virginia determined the tornado started 2.2 miles south-southwest of Wilkesboro. The EF-1 tornado was responsible for major damage to several homes, an apartment complex, and businesses. The video below shows incredible images from the IGA Marketplace camera in North Wilkesboro as it captured the tornado narrowly missing parked vehicles and drivers entering the lot. Temperatures have been above normal for the average high and the monthly mean temperature. Our last day of freezing temperatures for the spring season was on April 6 when we dropped to 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Our hottest April afternoon to date was April 18. We may feel more like June to end the last couple of days of April as highs warm into the 80s.Looking ahead to May, the Climate Prediction Center's Monthly Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks give North Carolina a chance for above normal warming and rainfall.

We have had a hot start to May in the 80s. We also had sensational April with plenty of sunshine and fair-weather clouds from the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Triad. While we enjoyed a April's warmth, we could use more rainfall as dry soil conditions are developing from the Sandhills into the Piedmont of North Carolina.

We ended April rainfall in the Piedmont Triad with more than two inches below normal as drought conditions begin to redevelop from the eastern Sandhills toward the Piedmont Triad’s eastern cities. The low distribution of rainfall has also had us watering our gardens and yards more. NOAA Lead Meteorologist in the Raleigh Weather Forecast Office, Phil Badgett, says a flash drought may be developing as a result from warmer than average temperatures in April and below normal rainfall totals. The faster vegetation growth pulls more moisture from the soil.

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Abnormally Dry Conditions as a Flash Drought Developed in April

Right now, the Drought Monitor shows most of North Carolina under abnormally dry conditons. Areas without irrigation may have dry and cracked ground. These conditions may also lead to dangerous flash flooding events when thunderstorms or heavy showers move in during May. The outlook does show a better than average chance for rainfall through July in North

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When it comes to severe storm threats our most active day of April was on the eleventh with a line of severe thunderstorms that produced an EF-1 tornado in North Wilkesboro. Peak winds ranges from 105 to 11o miles per hour as the tornado tore through Wilkes County for two miles in a 300 yard wide path starting at 6:45 p.m. The National Weather Service survey team from Blacksburg, Virginia determined the tornado started 2.2 miles south-southwest of Wilkesboro.

The EF-1 tornado was responsible for major damage to several homes, an apartment complex, and businesses. The video below shows incredible images from the IGA Marketplace camera in North Wilkesboro as it captured the tornado narrowly missing parked vehicles and drivers entering the lot.

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Temperatures have been above normal for the average high and the monthly mean temperature. Our last day of freezing temperatures for the spring season was on April 6 when we dropped to 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Our hottest April afternoon to date was April 18. We may feel more like June to end the last couple of days of April as highs warm into the 80s.

Looking ahead to May, the Climate Prediction Center's Monthly Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks give North Carolina a chance for above normal warming and rainfall.

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.