Sixth graders at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Winston-Salem are curious about the weather in the area. They're asking questions like: "Why doesn’t it ever seem to snow anymore? Do we get tornadoes? Does all the summer heat lead to droughts?"
In the latest installment of Carolina Curious, WFDD’s Amy Diaz took these questions — along with an umbrella — to the experts at the North Carolina State Climate Office.
The office is located in one of the research buildings on North Carolina State University’s campus in Raleigh.
It’s about a two hour drive from Winston-Salem, and on a July morning, heavy rain poured down the whole way there. But Assistant State Climatologist Corey Davis doesn’t need to step outside, or even glance out a window to know that.
“So yeah, I can see right along I-40, there's all the rain that you had to drive through," Davis said pointing to on