One-time Chinese restaurant dish-washer, now Chief Meteorologist, WBTV Charlotte.

Joined September 2011
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🚨First Alert🚨Dangerous Heat and Severe Storm Risk this afternoon and evening as a cold front moves through the area. wbtv.com/weather/ #clt #cltwx #ncwx #scwx
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Welcome to June in the #clt region! Ugh. 🥵 We get a little break early in the workweek. #ncwx #scwx #cltwx
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First Alert: A hot, tropically humid weekend underway around #clt. Scattered PM storms will cool off a neighborhoods. #ncwx #cltwx #scwx
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Al Conklin WBTV retweeted
🚨First Alert🚨heat and humidity will continue to be dangerous this weekend. Scattered thunderstorms possible wbtv.com/weather/ #clt #cltwx #ncwx #scwx
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Beautiful sunset tonight in Valle Crucis. We had a brief shower that didn’t really affect the VC music in the park 👏. The Jeff Little Trio put on a great show. #ncwx
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Al Conklin WBTV retweeted
In 1964, Charlie Watts married Shirley Shepherd while the Rolling Stones were just beginning to shake the world. Everything that followed — stadium tours, screaming crowds, decades of excess that swallowed nearly everyone around him — never once pulled him away from home. Fifty-seven years together. No affairs. No scandals. No moment when the wildest band in rock history claimed the quietest man in it. While his bandmates made headlines for all the reasons rock stars usually do, Charlie Watts simply played his drums and went home. He lived in rhythm, on stage and off. He died on August 24, 2021. Shirley lived sixteen more months without him. Sixteen months — and then she was gone too. A close friend said it simply: Charlie played the heartbeat for the greatest rock band in the world, but Shirley was the only heartbeat he ever truly listened to. In a band built on chaos, rebellion, and living without rules, he spent fifty-seven years proving something radical. The most quietly revolutionary thing a man in his position could do was love one woman and mean it completely. No fanfare. No headlines. No spotlight required. Just love. Steady. Constant. Unwavering. It was the kind of devotion that outlasted fame, noise, and every storm the world could throw at him. And that, perhaps, was the true rhythm of his life.
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning just issued! Take cover and stay safe. Counties include Alexander, Iredell #scwx #ncwx #cltwx
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning just issued! Take cover and stay safe. Counties include Caldwell, Burke #scwx #ncwx #cltwx
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Al Conklin WBTV retweeted
Over the next 10-days, the tropical disturbance in the Bay of Campeche will slowly trudge northward through Texas and turn E across the Southeast and Tennessee River Valley eventually reaching the Mid-Atlantic. Enormous rainfall totals (boatloads & shedloads) from pattern
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Al Conklin WBTV retweeted
And it feels even hotter than this!! Temps are climbing... We're sitting at 94° in CLT, the hottest temp of the year so far here... We'll get the official high temp in the next hour or two! Check out Concord, Chesterfield, & Rockingham!
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Yankee Stadium. That parking lot lots insane to me Anyone else?
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Everyone always talking about “talent density” in Silicon Valley when we really should be talking about how 80% of pretzels in America come from a small region of Pennsylvania
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Look west shortly after sunset tonight for a beautiful mini planetary parade. On June 12, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter are lining up low in the western sky, offering one of the most accessible and striking planetary alignments of 2026. All three planets are easily visible to the naked eye. Venus will shine as the brightest jewel in the twilight, with Jupiter appearing as another prominent bright point nearby. Mercury will sit lowest near the horizon, making it the most elusive of the trio. For the best view, head outside 30 to 60 minutes after sunset. This event is perfect for beginners, no telescope or binoculars are required. Simply find a clear view of the western horizon and enjoy the show. Although the planets appear close together from Earth, they are actually vast distances apart in space. Jupiter is currently hundreds of millions of miles away, while Mercury and Venus orbit in completely different parts of the solar system. Their alignment is simply a line-of-sight effect caused by the planets orbiting the Sun in roughly the same plane. The celestial show continues beyond tonight. Over the coming evenings the grouping will shift, and around June 16–17, a delicate crescent Moon will join the lineup, creating what could be the most spectacular and photogenic moment of the entire event.
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🔥🔥🔥Record-challenging heat coupled with tropical humidity 🏝️🏝️🏝️will push feels-like temps above 100F for several hours this afternoon in all neighborhoods east of I-85. Late storms will cool@things off this eve. #ncwx #cltwx #scwx #clt
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First Alert: Thunderstorms late today around the #clt area will have the potential to be severe. Biggest threats appear to be damaging wind gusts & hail. Keep the @wbtv_news Weather App close by. #ncwx #cltwx #scwx
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First Alert:Get set for a hot & humid weekend #CLT! 🔥🔥🔥 Few strong evening thunderstorms to end the workweek followed by scattered stuff Saturday & Sunday. Cooler next week & a little less humid to start. #ncwx #cltwx #scwx
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Al Conklin WBTV retweeted
Hottest day of the year so far in CLT & only getting hotter for Friday! We'll be closer to a record high temp tomorrow afternoon. Forecast: 97° Record: 98°
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First Alert: Get set for a very hot & tropically humid end to the workweek. Potentially stormy too, late in the day. #clt #cltwx #scwx #ncwx
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