Weather Blog

• Mecklenburg County storm survey concludes damage caused by straight-line winds

  Posted on: 6:19 am, April 23, 2013, by Carrie Rose

  Even though the storm system exhibited some characteristics of a tornado, no touch-down was confirmed. Read More ›

  

• Lyrid meteor shower peaks Sunday night into Monday morning

  Posted on: 8:26 pm, April 21, 2013, by Mike Stone

  The peak is just before dawn Monday Read More ›

  

• Some frost in spots Monday morning

  Posted on: 8:15 pm, April 21, 2013, by Mike Stone, updated on: 11:27pm, April 21, 2013

  Frost is possible for the western half of Virginia Read More ›

  

• Antares rocket launches from Wallops Island

  Posted on: 6:11 pm, April 21, 2013, by Nick Dutton, updated on: 07:13pm, April 21, 2013

  The biggest rocket ever launched from Virginia blasted off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore Sunday at 5 p.m. Read More ›

  

• UPDATE: Virginia’s rocket launch rescheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday

  Posted on: 4:08 am, April 20, 2013, by Carrie Rose, updated on: 06:50am, April 21, 2013

  The biggest rocket ever launched from Virginia has a rescheduled launch at 5 p.m. Sunday from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Read More ›

  

• Severe weather threat over

  Posted on: 3:38 pm, April 19, 2013, by Mike Stone, Nick Dutton and Zach Daniel, updated on: 09:11pm, April 19, 2013

  The severe weather threat has ended Read More ›

  

• Major storm slams the central U.S.

  Posted on: 5:29 pm, April 18, 2013, by Mike Stone, updated on: 05:30pm, April 18, 2013

  The storm that will affect us on Friday has been causing severe weather to our west Read More ›

  

• Severe storms possible late Friday afternoon and evening

  Posted on: 8:18 pm, April 17, 2013, by Mike Stone, updated on: 08:50am, April 19, 2013

  Much of the area has a slight risk of severe storms Friday Read More ›

  

• NASA: What’s up for April 2013

  Posted on: 9:23 am, April 15, 2013, by Carrie Rose

  Saturn's north pole is now tilted towards Earth, giving us the best view of the rings since 2006. Read More ›

  

• The pollen count is increasing

  Posted on: 10:28 pm, April 14, 2013, by Mike Stone and Carrie Rose, updated on: 12:44pm, April 15, 2013

  Grass pollen has now reared its ugly head Read More ›