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Weekend weather: Humidity sticks around

Aug. 22. Off shore hurricanes and tropical storms tend to grab the summer humidity and pull it northward in the days after the storms pass through but it looks like […]

Weather: Rain in the forecast; hurricane forecast updated

Aug. 11. The recent rainfall has closed the gap but we’re still roughly two inches below average in total rainfall this year. The USGS rain gauge located on Norman Shores […]

Weekend Weather: Mild temperatures stay with us

Aug. 8. With any luck the streak of 90-plus temperatures and exorbitant summer irrigation bills are behind us. If the brown patch in your grass looks like ours it’s a […]

Weekend weather: Typical summer

June 30. It will get warmer this weekend—94 on Sunday—with that summery mix of showers and T-storms that make life interesting. For fireworks, it looks good on both July 3 […]

Nicole: Stormy weather Thursday, Friday

Weather update: Nicole coming to NC

Nov. 10. Hello Nicole! Look for rain and wind this afternoon and Friday as what’s left of Hurricane Nicole gives Lake Norman a glancing blow. The National Weather Service says […]

Weekend weather: Warm, with off-and-on sun

Nov. 4. Look for a partly cloudy and warm day today, with highs around 73. A weak front Saturday into Sunday means more clouds and the possibility of scattered showers, […]

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Ian, arriving sooner than expected, spawns cancellations, rescheduling

Sept. 29. [UPDATED] With Ian pushing up the coast faster than expected, the Lake Norman area will see higher winds today and rain more likely tomorrow, less so on Saturday. […]

About that storm Sunday morning…

Aug. 22. Yes it was a thunderstorm—a series of strong ones actually—which descended upon Lake Norman around 430 am and hung around until about 6:30 am. What happened? Officials at […]

Sunset photo: Nancy Bishop

Heat returning: 98 forecast Wednesday

June 21. It gets hot today—92 and sunny according to the National Weather Service—but Wednesday will be a scorcher. Temps tomorrow are expected to hit 98 with humidity returning. Thursday […]

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Tips to stay safe during the heat wave

June 15. There’s a heat advisory in effect, with highs of 95 and above forecast for through Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The Red Cross has this advice […]