METEOROLOGIST ELAINE POPE NOW.
WE ARE EXPECTING SOME SEVERE WEATHER AND PEOPLE REALLY NEED
TO PAY ATTENTION.
TO YOUR FORECAST AND ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT THE WEATHER TEAM IS
GOING TO BE SAYING TOMORROW BECAUSE WE COULD SEE SOME
WATCHES AND WARNINGS AS WELL.
OH, ABSOLUTELY AND MAYBE EVEN A TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR OUR
AREA.
THEY ARE DEALING WITH IT FOR SURE DOWN OVER THE DEEP SOUTH
TODAY.
WE HAD CLOUDS THE AREA AND THE TEMPERATURES ACTUALLY COOLER
THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED.
WE’RE IN THE 50S RIGHT NOW.
THIS MAY ACTUALLY BE A GOOD THING AND IT’S DEFINITELY
SOMETHING I’M GOING TO BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.
SO WILL THE REST OF OUR TEAM BRIAN JACKLIN AND MICHELLE YOUR
FORECAST TOMORROW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 50S RIGHT NOW WITH
THE WARMEST AIR.
OUT TO THE WEST AT LEAST FOR NOW.
THE WINDS HAVE KIND OF BEEN OUT OF THE EAST SO THAT HAS KEPT
THOSE TEMPERATURES DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IT’S KEPT THE GRAY SKIES IN HERE AND ALSO NOW JUST SOME PATCHY
LIGHT RAIN NOTHING YOU CAN HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
EVENING AND EVEN OVERNIGHT.
I THINK IT’S JUST HEAVIER SHOWERS THAT PUSH THROUGH AS
THOSE SHOWERS ARE ALREADY STARTING TO MAKE THEIR WAY UP
TOWARD ASHEVILLE AND THE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG AREA
NOTICE THAT COOL WEDGE OF AIR WE’VE TALKED ABOUT SO MUCH THIS
YEAR.
IT IS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE FAR SOUTHWEST WHERE
WE GET THE WARMTH AND THE INSTABILITY AND ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THAT WARM FRONT IS WHERE THE ACTIVE SEVERE WEATHER IS, SO
WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THE POSITION OF THIS FRONT WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE TRIAD TOMORROW IF WE’RE ON
THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THAT FRONT, WE’LL HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE
UPPER 60S, AND WE’LL BE VERY UNSTABLE IF WE STAY A LITTLE BIT
COOLER ON THE NORTHERN SIDE, MAYBE LESS INTENSE STORMS
DEVELOP.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY HAVING INTENSE WEATHER HERE.
TYPICALLY WHEN I SEE THE RED AND PURPLE THAT’S A WIDESPREAD
SEVERE OUTBREAK FROM THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER AND THEY’VE
ALREADY HAD MORE THAN 10 TORNADOES REPORTED IN
MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, ARKANSAS AND LOUISIANA NOW, THEY’RE IN
THAT HIGH THREAT THREAT LEVEL FIVE THE LEVEL FOUR MODERATE
THOUGH IS A CROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH AND
SOUTH CAROLINA TOMORROW AND EVEN BACKS UP INTO OUR EASTERN TRIBE
COMMUNITIES OF ALAMANCE, RANDOLPH GUILFORD AND DAVIDSON
COUNTIES FOR A MODERATE.
RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WE ARE ANTICIPATING THUNDERSTORMS
DAMAGING.
WHEN IS THE BIGGEST THREAT BUT WE COULD ALSO HAVE TORNADOES
FROM THIS SO WE’LL WATCH THAT CLOSELY THE TORNADO PROBABILITY
AT 10% PROBABLY DOESN’T SEEM HIGH TO YOU.
BUT WHEN I SEE ANYTHING OVER 5% AND I’VE REALLY NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING OVER 15 IN OUR AREA DEFINITELY GETS MY HEIGHTENED
INTEREST AS WE MAY SEE SOME ROTATING CELLS DEVELOP.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S MORE LIKELY A LITTLE FARTHER TO OUR THE EAST
AND THAT’S WHY THEY’RE IN THAT HIGHER THREAT ZONE THE WIND
DAMAGE AREA ALSO STRONGER TO THE EAST BUT STILL WIDESPREAD WIND
DAMAGE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR MANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP.
WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT WHERE YOUR SAFE PLACE IS.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE WORKING FROM HOME REMEMBER IT IS
INTERIOR ROOMS LOWEST FLOOR AND IF YOU HAVE A BASEMENT, THAT’S
EVEN BETTER UNDERGROUND MAKE SURE YOU’RE PROTECTING YOUR HEAD
WITH BLANKETS AND PILLOWS IF YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM GET IN THE
TUB.
THIS IS TRUE FOR TORNADOES.
AND WIND OVERNIGHT THE RAIN COMES INTO OUR AREA YOU’RE
WAKING UP TO A STEADY RAIN TOMORROW.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS WE WAIT FOR THAT WARM FRONT NOTICE.
THIS IS LUNCHTIME AND WE’RE STILL ABOUT 50 DEGREES.
THIS IS GOOD IF THIS PLAYS OUT THIS REALLY HELPS US, BUT WE
WERE LIKELY GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BOOST IN TEMPERATURES IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON MAY GET SOME BROKEN SKIES WITH A LITTLE SUN
AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE DISCRETE CELLS SORT OF
POPPING UP ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THE KNOW
IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN LUNCH TIME TILL MAYBE AS LATE AS SIX OR
SEVEN PM THAT ANY OF THE STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP COULD BECOME
SEVERE ACROSS OUR AREA.
SO THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE ONE
LINE THAT COMES THROUGH BUT WEATHER STORMS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON HEAT AND INSTABILITY SO
TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60S TOMORROW WINDY NONETHELESS, AND
YES, THE RAIN CHANCES GO DOWN IN THE AFTERNOON, BUT THAT’S WHEN
THE STORM RISK GOES UP.
RAIN IN THE MORNING STORM CHANTS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S.
WE’VE GOT THAT RED ALERT ICON ON FOR THE TRIAD BECAUSE YOU’RE IN
THAT ENHANCED AND MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE
MOUNTAINS.
THE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE LOWS 60S.
IT’S WINDY AGAIN.
THERE’S A CHANCE FOR STORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THEY’D BE MORE ISOLATED AND LESS INTENSE.
HERE’S YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST BEHIND THE FRONT THE AIR IS MUCH
COLDER.
WE’VE GOT FREEZIN