Gusty winds, severe storm risk on Sunday
Strong to severe storms possible in the Carolinas
Updated: 7:28 AM EDT Mar 16, 2025
BASKETBALL. SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TODAY. MAYBE SOME BASEBALL AS WELL. A VERY UNSETTLED AND SOGGY START TO OUR SUNDAY. ADRIANA. OUTSIDE, THINGS JUST KIND OF FEEL UNEASY. IT’S BREEZY, MILD, EVEN A LITTLE BIT HUMID, TOO. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME RAINDROPS ON OUR WINSTON-SALEM CAMERA. LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS. QUICKLY STREAMING OVERHEAD HERE IN THE PIEDMONT. THE TEMPERATURE IS 67 RIGHT NOW. DEW POINT AT 58. SO WE DO HAVE SOME SOME HIGHER HUMIDITY, MORE MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. AND THAT SOUTHERLY WIND SUSTAINED AT ABOUT 15MPH. IT FEELS SPRING LIKE. AND YOU CAN TELL RAIN AND STORMS ARE ON THE WAY. AND THIS IS ALL A PART OF A HUGE WEATHER SYSTEM, PART OF THE SAME SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE TORNADO OUTBREAK TO PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI AND ALABAMA YESTERDAY. NOW, I’M NOT EXPECTING A TORNADO OUTBREAK HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD, BUT WE DO HAVE THE RISK FOR MAYBE A COUPLE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS. THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LINE DOWN TO THE GULF COAST, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, EVEN INTO SOUTH CAROLINA, A LITTLE BIT STRONGER THAN WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH UP HERE, WHICH, OF COURSE, WE ARE THANKFUL FOR. JUST SOME RAIN, THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. FOR RIGHT NOW. BUT WE’LL BE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE IF THINGS CRANK UP LATER ON THIS MORNING. SOME LIGHT RAIN WINSTON-SALEM. NOW THE HEAVIER, MORE MODERATE RAINFALL IS ALONG I-77. MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS HAVE HAD A GOOD BIT SO FAR THIS MORNING. YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT YELLOW OUTLINE BOX, THIS YELLOW SHADED AREA IS A NEW TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THAT LOCALLY INCLUDES MONTGOMERY COUNTY. SO MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARE ONLY ACTIVE COUNTY IN OUR AREA WITH AN ALERT RIGHT NOW. THAT’S FOR A TORNADO. WATCH UNTIL 2:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THE THINKING IS THAT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH, THE ATMOSPHERE MAY BE A BIT MORE PRIMED TO SUPPORT THE RISK OF OF SOME SOME DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR A BRIEF TORNADO THIS MORNING. BUT WE’RE STILL GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THIS INITIAL BATCH OF RAIN AND STORMS AS IT MOVES THROUGH. ITS ENTERING THE TRIAD NOW, AND IT WILL BE WITH US THROUGH ABOUT MAYBE 10 OR 11:00 BEFORE THINGS START TO CLEAR OUT. AROUND LUNCH TIME, WE GET A BIT OF A BREAK AND THEN WE’LL WANT TO WATCH TO SEE IF ANY ADDITIONAL STORMS CAN POP UP ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR THAT WOULD BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRIAD, BUT YOU SEE HERE FIVE 6:00 A FEW OF THOSE ISOLATED CELLS POSSIBLE TO POP UP. ONCE AGAIN, THOSE COULD HAVE MAYBE A DAMAGING WIND GUST, SOME SMALL HAIL WITH THEM TOO, OR EVEN A BRIEF TORNADO RISK. SO KIND OF TWO ROUNDS. WE’VE GOT SOME GUSTY WINDS AND RAIN MOVING THROUGH THIS MORNING. AND THEN WE’LL ALSO WANT TO WATCH LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN, DAMAGING WINDS. OUR MAIN CONCERN TODAY. BUT WE ALSO CAN’T RULE OUT SOME SMALL HAIL OR A BRIEF SPIN UP TORNADO DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. YES, THAT’S POSSIBLE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE STRONG NON THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TODAY. IT’S BEEN WINDY ALL ACROSS THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. EVEN THIS MORNING OUR ENTIRE AREA HAS A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2:00 FOR SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS TO MAYBE EVEN 40 TO 50MPH IN SOME SPOTS. SO REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET A ROUGH THUNDERSTORM, IT’S GOING TO BE A WINDY DAY. GUSTS OF 30 TO 40MPH LIKELY THIS MORNING, AS THAT BATCH OF RAIN MOVES THROUGH. WINDS CALM DOWN A BIT OVERNIGHT AND THEN THEY PICK BACK UP AGAIN FOR MONDAY, FOR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY TOMORROW. LOOKING BREEZY AS WELL. SO HERE’S OUR FORECAST FOR TODAY. THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. TWO ROUNDS WATCHING FOR SOME RAIN AND STORMS THIS MORNING THROUGH ABOUT LUNCHTIME. AND THEN ANOTHER ROUND POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT’S GOING TO BE WARM AND WINDY TODAY WITH HIGHS UP THERE IN THE LOW TO MID 70S FOR THE FOOTHILLS HERE A BIT FURTHER WEST. SO YOUR MAIN BATCH OF RAIN AND STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH IN THE MORNING. NOT EXPECTING MUCH THIS AFTERNOON. AND A SIMILAR STORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. WINDY UP THERE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH YOUR MAIN SHOW THIS MORNING. SOME RAIN AND THUNDER POSSIBLE FOR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. WE ARE DRY AGAIN BUT IT’S BREEZY WITH A HIGH NEAR 60. SUNSHINE WARMING UP BACK IN THE UPPER 70S BY WEDNESDAY FROM ANNOYING IMPACT 80S TO DANGEROUS SEVERE ALERT DAYS FOR SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE, TRUST WXII 12
Gusty winds, severe storm risk on Sunday
Strong to severe storms possible in the Carolinas
Updated: 7:28 AM EDT Mar 16, 2025
Meteorologist Dylan Hudler has your Sunday morning forecast.
Meteorologist Dylan Hudler has your Sunday morning forecast.
