Nick Buffo

Daybreak on a cool Wednesday morning. #ncwx #cltwx #wncwx #triadwx

Sort of a Spooky Season look to the morning in Brevard with some fog in place while Charlotte and Greensboro look pleasant. A few showers in the western mountains could impact other mountain areas this morning. #ncwx #cltwx #triadwx #wncwx

11:50am Saturday Tropical Update: In my discussion, as well as on-air yesterday morning, I outlined 3 possibilities with Imelda-to-be... 1) the system plows inland into the SC and the interior Carolinas, 2) the system stalls just offshore for several days, or 3) the system turns out to sea before reaching the coast. I mentioned any of those scenarios as being possible. I cautioned against paying attention to and sharing the scary-looking 12-16"+rain totals from a few of the models and recommended paying attention to the model blend that I posted. **As of this morning, there is a growing consensus that the system will stall just offshore for a while Monday-Wednesday, and there is less and less model data supporting of the idea of a SC landfall followed by the system moving toward the western Carolinas.** As of this typing, it appears bands of rain will begin to move into the Carolinas Monday, Tuesday could be a pretty wet day, especially for central and eastern NC, and then we will see how the system behaves Wednesday-onward. Also as of this typing, I am not overly concerned about any type of huge, tragic, widespread flooding problems for the mountains and foothills of NC. The usual caveats apply here....changes are possible. However, the picture is gradually becoming clearer, and that trend should continue through the weekend. Included in the post, I have the spaghetti charts from the European, the European AI, the rest of the global and hurricane models, as well as the latest model blend rain totals over the next week. #ncwx #scwx #imelda #ilmwx #cltwx #triadwx #rduwx #wncwx

Fellow aviation nerds.... check this out @CLTAirport this morning! Very cool!