I have been competing in the Weather Challenge every semester. UNCA placed 20th in the Nation, 5 spots ahead of NC State and 10 spots ahead of UNC Charlotte. UNCA has the Tobacco Trophy back this semester. While the regular season has ended, the WxChallenge is not over for some of UNCA’s top forecasters. Participants who forecasted in both the Fall and Spring contests are eligible for the Individual Tournament, which features: No additional cost to participate Awards for the

2-23-26 at 9:40 a.m. Light blowing snow with flurries still happening. Close to an inch of snow, which is light and fluffy. Temperature: 20.1 degrees, winds NW at 3 (not getting accurate, because parked close to my apartment building and gusts have been quite strong between 24 and 40 mph from the NNW), Humidity: 75%, Barometer: 941.4 mb, Dew point: 13.5 degrees. Roads wet and able to travel.

February 20, 2026 I didn't notice this when driving back to SC this past weekend. When I got to my friend's house, he said that all of social media was talking about these circles. It's nothing meteorological, but it was from a high-altitude F-16 fighter jet from the USAF conducting high-altitude reconnaissance training exercises.

It was my birthday on Saturday, Feb.7th and I"m now 60 years old.

Jan. 31, 2026 at 9:30am. First measurable snow in Weaverville,NC of 2026. I walked out to the road to survey the road conditions as a 4x4 truck tried to turn into the Highlands North Apartment complex road. He went down into the gully. I made sure he was alright then he slowly got out by putting his truck into 4-wheel low. I saw someone else coming out of the apartment complex and told him it wasn't safe to be on the roads, He turned around and went back to his apartment. Wea

I bought a professional weather station that transmits every 30 seconds to WeatherUnderground.com my weather data and has an app that I...

This double rainbow hung out for about an hour 4 days ago.

A couple of weeks ago, I saw this small black bear playing across the street of the Highland North Apts,early evening.

Except for the emergency light bar, my new truck is ready to hunt storms. The weather station is up and running. The console for it...

On June 3rd,2025 I bought a new 2025 Ford Explorer $42,000. This time I'm "Back in Black". My weather decals are on order. Once I make a...

On May 30, 2025, I attended an OU Weather Radar workshop. This workshop was about RaXPol weather radar and dual-Polarization radar...

On April 29th, I went to humanities class earlier that day. The apartment complex had a hotdog food truck and a trucker hat event going...

I attended the SAWC Workshop SAWC Workshop - 2025 Workshop Agenda where there were professors, NWS and NOAA giving presentations on...

3-6-25, 10:45a, A light dusting of snow fell overnight as a third low-pressure system pushed through the area. Weather  measurements off...

Very light storm damage here at the Highline Apartment complex. We had winds upward of 22 mph and gusts to 34 mph last night. The pool...

No Photo. 3-4-25, 10:20a. Partly cloudy day with winds starting to blow ahead of a powerful low-pressure system that is sweeping the USA....

2-20-25, 10:50a Very light snow today with flurries. A dusting of snow on the grass and blowing snow on the roads. Weather  measurements...

2-19-25 9:55a Patchy light snows this morning. The roads are wet and no ice. Weather  measurements off my weather station mounted to the...

No photo. It was a very windy day yesterday with tornado threats to the northwest. I was at Ingles parking lot working on my GoPro mount...

No photo. The ground Hog saw his shadow, so six more weeks of winter