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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The National Weather Service is the go-to government agency for alerting the public about various weather-related hazards. You’re probably most familiar with what they do when they issue a Flash Flood Watch or a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.You’ll likely get an alert on your phone or will see the messaging pop up on your TV when that happens. But do you know the difference between a watch, warning and an advisory?
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The calendar now says March, which means Virginia is entering severe weather season. The state’s Department of Emergency Management, known as VDEM, says now is the time to prepare.
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As case counts ebbed and flowed during that time, officials say the largest testing center in Roanoke saw upwards of 500 patients a day during peaks.
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If you love winter – or are just a weather observer in general – you’ve probably got a very pressing question: Where is all of the snow?
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Springfield in Fairfax County should be the location for the project.In a rare showing of bipartisanship, Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin – flanked by Virginia’s Democrat Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and other members of the state’s Congressional delegation – made that plea.
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Bob Wilkin was presented with his father’s Congressional Medal of Honor when he was just seven years old. But, he lost touch with it over the years.
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While most of Radio IQ’s listening area hasn’t seen a significant snowfall so far this winter, there is still certainly time for that to happen. Some parts of Virginia have recorded snowfalls well into March, after all.So, there’s still time to see one of the most beautiful sights in all of nature: the snowflake.
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Governor Glenn Youngkin is pushing for an additional $1 billion in tax relief. He touted his plan during a stop in Salem Thursday.
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While Virginia’s large metro areas – like Richmond and Hampton Roads – often get most of the attention, a new economic report from Old Dominion University looks at one of the state’s smaller metros.
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Kevin Myatt has been a weather observer and columnist for the Roanoke Times for nearly two decades. He’s now filling a similar role with Cardinal News – in addition to his “day job” with the communications team at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Radio IQ Meteorologist Nick Gilmore caught up with him to discuss the ins and outs of his career and what he has learned while covering the weather in this region.