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January 10/11 Winter Storm Potential - May the Odds be Ever in our Favor


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I really wish the NWS would solve the radar donut hole around Metro Charlotte, which is 3.5 million in population, that is underserved by the local NEXRAD Level II radar out of Greer, SC.  It probably should be its own NWS forecast area with a local NEXRAD.

It shows some signs of precip returns inside the I-485 beltway on the CLT Terminal Radar.

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  On 1/10/2025 at 7:02 PM, kayman said:

I really wish the NWS would solve the radar donut hole around Metro Charlotte, which is 3.5 million in population, that is underserved by the local NEXRAD Level II radar out of Greer, SC.  It probably should be its own NWS forecast area with a local NEXRAD.

It shows some signs of precip returns inside the I-485 beltway on the CLT Terminal Radar.

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It is weird how Charlotte is not the NWS home office site. Rather, an obscure location in SC. Doesn’t make sense.

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  On 1/10/2025 at 7:05 PM, StantonParkHoya said:

It is weird how Charlotte is not the NWS home office site. Rather, an obscure location in SC. Doesn’t make sense.

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The answer to these kinds of things is always politics. At some point Greer, SC probably had a rep that had oversight over Commerce. HUN still has an office because the rep threatened to nuke NEXRAD funding if they shut it down.

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