Tuesday is shaping up to feel much more like early summer around the Carolinas. Weβll wake up to plenty of sunshine and a warmer start to the day, with afternoon temperatures quickly climbing into the low 80s. Itβll also turn a bit breezy by the afternoon, with wind gusts around 25 mph at times as our next weather maker starts getting closer. Enjoy the dry weather while it lasts, because changes begin moving in late Tuesday night.
Laurie Morse shoveled wet sand into bags in the pouring rain Wednesday, preparing to stack them along her garage in a last ditch effort to keep out a rising creek on Californiaβs central coast.
A strong cold front on Thursday will bring an isolated severe weather threat to the area. In wake of the front, the mountains will see accumulating snow!
Storm-ravaged California is scrambling to clean up and repair widespread damage as the lashing rain eases. Forecasts call for thunderstorms Wednesday in the north and then another powerful weather front later this week. Crews are working to reopen major highways that were closed by rockslides, swamped by flooding or smothered with mud. More than 10,000 people who were ordered out of seaside towns on the central coast were allowed to return home Tuesday.
The Charlotte area has seen at least a trace of snow every winter in over 130 years of recordkeeping. A warmer climate may put that streak in jeopardy.
A powerful Atmospheric River is soaking California. Mandatory evacuations have been issued for some neighborhoods in California.
A strong cold front that has brought severe weather across the south will bring multiple waves of rain and storms to the Carolinas.
Anndel Taylor, 22, was driving home from work when she got caught in the snow storm.Β
A North Carolina mountain city where thousands were facing water outages will resume production Wednesday at a water treatment facility at the heart of the problem, officials said.
