Monday was the first official day of fall, and it sure feels like it around here. Cooler temps and a northeast wind generally signify that summer is behind us. That’s okay. Fall is just as much fun and can be just as entertaining on the Outer Banks. If we are lucky, our weather pattern gradually […]
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Hard to imagine that yet another summer tourist season is over and another school year has began. Unlike some places, such as Orlando, Fla., where there is a very strong tourist season year round, the Outer Banks’ really busy season lasts about three months. We slowly build into summer through the spring, but the tourist […]
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I am relatively positive that I have started most of my columns this year talking about the weather. It’s been hard not too. It’s been difficult to circumvent this wild year of meteorological events when you’re discussing fishing. Lately, we’ve had a lot of hard rain and thunderstorms — not to mention Tropical Storm Bertha […]
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The month of July has been quite interesting in the weather department. From hurricanes to mini-northeasters, hard southwest winds, and torrential downpours, we have seen it all. But the weather is not responsible for the slower fishing. It’s just summer. And every year around July, the fishing backs down some, but that doesn’t mean there […]
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We are just barely into the official start of summer and the heat has already found us, along with plenty of visitors. The highway has seen a mighty large influx of traffic as of late, accompanied by a mighty large influx of heat. We have already seen heat indexes that have hit 100 degrees. 2014 […]
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It will not be much longer before the official start of summer. The days are getting longer and the temps are getting warmer–finally. We are currently caught in a front that has brought some spring-like temperatures, which is nice, considering we had gone from cold weather to 90 degrees almost overnight. Getting a little milder […]
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Before I get to the cobia report that I am sure everyone is dying to know about — and if you haven’t seen the pictures swamping the Internet, then you may want to look around a bit– I want to touch on another subject. In my past few columns, I’ve talked about the off-road vehicle […]
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In my last article I wrote that April shouldn’t have long periods of bad weather without some decent breaks. I also wrote a disclaimer saying not to hold me to that. It’s a good thing I wrote the disclaimer, because between the wind and rain, the weather hasn’t been all that great. But that doesn’t […]
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Finally, after one of the harshest winters I’ve experienced in a 13-year career on the Outer Banks, the weather showed some mercy and reminded us why we love living or visiting here. The snow, ice, rain, and wind gave way to some nice and steady springtime weather last week. The temps were mild. The sun […]
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Well, it seems the Outer Banks is starting to get a little reprieve from the harsh winter weather–at least as far as the temps go. March and April, though, can still be brutal months for northeasters, and we got a good blow last Friday. But, I think as long as it’s not freezing and snowing […]
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