Nick Gilmore
Radio IQ Senior Producer/MeteorologistNick Gilmore is part of Radio IQ’s award-winning newsroom, serving as the station’s senior producer and meteorologist. He regularly reports and anchors the station’s noon newscast, and created and produces the station's CommonWx weather and climate newsletter. Nick joined Radio IQ in 2016. A graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in meteorology, Nick is from the New River Valley and still calls the area home.
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It’s Flood Awareness Week in Virginia – a time blocked out by Governor Glenn Youngkin and other state officials meant to help people understand the risks associated with flooding.
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The drill is set for Thursday morning at 9:45.
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Spoiler alert: most places are behind on snow totals so far this year.
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If you’ve lived in Virginia – especially the western part of the state – for any amount of time, you’ve probably seen a scenario like this play out before: the forecast calls for a significant snowstorm and when time comes for the event to happen – you either see very little compared to your neighbor in the next county or nothing at all.If that’s frustrating for you, just know it’s also frustrating for meteorologists as well.
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Old Dominion University has released its annual State of the Commonwealth reports. Virginia saw economic growth this year, but Virginians are still feeling pessimistic.
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Virginia’s Inspector General has determined a software malfunction and poor communication between state agencies led to thousands of voters losing their eligibility earlier this year.
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For the second edition of this newsletter in a row, we’re going to be talking about climate change. Obviously, it’s a real problem. But how can scientists, meteorologists and climatologists all relay that message in a way that the general public and decision makers understand?That was the topic of discussion for Marshall Shepherd at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Center in Roanoke.
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This may sound obvious – but climate change is a very real problem.Data continuously shows that Earth’s climate has been warming for some time and it looks as if that trend will only continue in the years and decades to come.That was one of the key messages from a symposium held by the Virginia Climate Center at George Mason University this month. It was presented to broadcast weather professionals across the state.
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Figures from the Virginia Department of Education show that students underperformed on math and reading assessments last school year.
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The slew of indictments against former President Donald Trump has demanded a lot of media attention lately. And, new polling from Roanoke College shows those criminal charges are on the minds of Virginia voters.