Forecast update for incoming weather Friday!
Hello again folks! As mentioned before, El Nino climate pattern results in an active weather pattern, so again we have more rain and wind arriving Friday evening.
It will begin raining around 8pm, although there could be some showers before that. It will continue through the night and into early Saturday morning (3am). This system is similar to the one that just impacted the area, and if you lost power from that or had flooding, prepare for it to occur again.
The ground is now super-saturated and cannot retain anymore water, so the potential for flooding especially at the coast is elevated. The heavy downpours will be more widespread and the system will move quickly which is a positive.
There will be more high wind gusts with this system, and still too warm for snow in this area. Since these systems are being generated in the south, it pulls the warm, moist air with it to this region, so that's why the temperatures rise when they are in the area and it doesn't result in snow.
There was a reported wind gust at a pier in the Outer Banks of 101mph with this last system that moved through, so it definitely had some serious wind associated with it. The most severe weather right now is looking to remain South of this area according to the SPC 3 day outlook. By tomorrow there will be a more defined picture of specific severe weather threats.
Expect an active season, and eventually it will remain cold enough to produce some snow by the end of this month (looking long-range, high uncertainty). The winter is young! Speaking of cold, temps will dip to lows in the 20s by early next week, so bundle up!
Stay tuned for more weather updates, and to see if my winter-weather prediction pans out!
Thanks for reading!
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