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is now a hurricane and moving out to sea away from the east coast.
09/30/2025

is now a hurricane and moving out to sea away from the east coast.

Here's your next 48hr forecast Weather Grid.
09/30/2025

Here's your next 48hr forecast Weather Grid.

10-Day Forecast: Morning showers tomorrow, then drying out and turning mild and nice for the rest of the week.
09/30/2025

10-Day Forecast: Morning showers tomorrow, then drying out and turning mild and nice for the rest of the week.

11pm Advisory and track update for
09/30/2025

11pm Advisory and track update for

Rain and drizzle overnight, but clearing out tomorrow afternoon.
09/30/2025

Rain and drizzle overnight, but clearing out tomorrow afternoon.

Fall Color Update: Fall colors are becoming more vibrant above 5,000 ft. elevation, as seen from the end of the Black R...
09/29/2025

Fall Color Update: Fall colors are becoming more vibrant above 5,000 ft. elevation, as seen from the end of the Black Rock Trail. This out-and-back trail can be found at the hiker’s parking lot just below the switchbacks.

Photo by Leslie Restivo | Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation

Here's your next 48hr forecast Grid.
09/29/2025

Here's your next 48hr forecast Grid.

5pm advisory and track update, it's staying far away from the Carolinas.
09/29/2025

5pm advisory and track update, it's staying far away from the Carolinas.

When hurricane hunters fly into a tropical system, they don’t just rely on radar and satellite data. They drop tiny weat...
09/29/2025

When hurricane hunters fly into a tropical system, they don’t just rely on radar and satellite data. They drop tiny weather labs called dropsondes straight into the storm. Here's how they work.

Hurricane hunters use dropsondes to collect real-time atmospheric data by dropping them into storms.

is a good reminder that ensemble forecasting is always the way to go, especially early on. Additionally, no matter how...
09/29/2025

is a good reminder that ensemble forecasting is always the way to go, especially early on. Additionally, no matter how good a model is, it requires high-quality data input. As more upper air data and recon flights are incorporated into the guidance, the out-to-sea forecast becomes solidified. The DeepMind guidance ensemble mean was good (that's what most people see), but still had a split early on with almost half its members west with a landfall. If we want to throw out some flowers for sniffing out a better offshore solution earlier, I present you with the UKMET guidance, image 3.

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