Newest long-range forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide insight into what this winter could look like in North Carolina.
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Hickory, NC
Right Now
63°
Sunny
- Humidity: 46%
- Feels Like: 63°
- Heat Index: 63°
- Wind: 4 mph
- Wind Chill: 63°
- UV Index: 0 Low
- Sunrise: 07:46:45 AM
- Sunset: 06:30:33 PM
- Dew Point: 42°
- Visibility: 10 mi
Today
Cloudy skies. Low around 50F. Winds light and variable.
Tonight
Cloudy skies. Low around 50F. Winds light and variable.
Tomorrow
Cloudy. High 63F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.
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- Mark Price The Charlotte Observer
Fierce winds and large breaking waves have ripped up a large section of North Carolina’s famous coastal highway N.C. 12, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation.
- Kristen Johnson The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A massive nor’easter is currently pounding the North Carolina coast with intense winds, flooding and waves up to 14 feet.
- Mark Price The Charlotte Observer
"It would not be a surprise to see frost in places across the NC foothills and NW Piedmont."
- Mark Price The Charlotte Observer
The remnants of Hurricane Isaias far exceeded the 6-inch forecast for the western half of North Carolina over the weekend, forecasters say. Among the worst-hit areas was Burke County.
- Sharon McBrayer
One of the rescues involved an unsheltered couple and their dog who had set up camp along the Catawba River near the greenway and behind Freedom High School.
- Mark Price The Charlotte Observer
Remnants of Hurricane Isaias dumped more than 5 inches of rain in parts of North Carolina, causing flash flooding, landslides and leaving 11,000 Duke Energy customers without power early Sunday.
- Joe Marusak The Charlotte Observer
Despite weakening overnight into a post-tropical cyclone, former Hurricane Isaias threatens the North Carolina mountains with mudslides and floods, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Saturday.
- Joe Marusak The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte flights and weekend events were canceled as Isaias became a major hurricane in the Gulf on Friday.
- Anna Roman The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Orionids meteor shower is active from now to Saturday, Nov. 7.
- Joe Marusak The Charlotte Observer
Could Hurricane Isaias, which strengthened in the Gulf on Thursday, deliver the destruction of 2024’s Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains?
- William Chapman
"It turns out, at least from my subjective opinion of when we reach peak color each year, that September is important,” former Appalachian State professor Howard Neufeld said.
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Brandi D. Addison
USA Today
A stronger-than-normal polar vortex is taking shape over the North Pole. That might sound like a recipe for a brutally cold winter, but it isn't that simple.