Meteorologist Jeff Crum's obsession with the phrase "Southern Piedmont" (Charlotte: live, stations)

[remedy a4]

Look I know the region is generally known as this, but there's no reason to use it every 10 minutes

Southern Piedmont this, and it's a stormy night in the Southern Piedmont, etc etc

is there any other generally accepted way to distinguish the Charlotte metro area?

[mullman]

LOL, I always thought it was a goofy term as well.

[Binky2008]

I can live with it as long as he doesn't mention thunderstorms "with an attitude".

[travlingrlclt]

I"ve lived here all my life and the weather guy is the only time I ever hear that term.
When someone asks me where I live, I don't say "Southern Piedmont"...haha

[SunnyKayak]

The weathermen state it because they are referencing weather in the region

Most news stations in this area cover about 11 counties and Charlotte is also in the Piedmont.

North Carolina is divided into different regions
Mountains
Foothills
Piedmont
Sandhills
Coastal Plain

[Miker2069]

Originally Posted by remedy a4

Look I know the region is generally known as this, but there's no reason to use it every 10 minutes

Southern Piedmont this, and it's a stormy night in the Southern Piedmont, etc etc

is there any other generally accepted way to distinguish the Charlotte metro area?

Why would you want to call it something other than the generally accepted name?

[brokensky]

Using that term is accurate and it is necessary to do so to distinguish this region from other micro-systems in the western part of the state.

If you have ever noticed . . . there is a different weather pattern that developes N of I-40, west into the Catawba Valley. They used to refer to that area as the "Catawba Valley" to distinguish it - don't hear it as often these days.

You will also hear our mountains referred to w/ specific micro-climates, as well. For ex., the western slopes have different weather than the eastern slopes . . . as would the Asheville region as opposed to NW/Boone region.

This state has a lot of distinct regions . . . and weather systems develop or dissipate based (to some degree) on the topography of those regions.

We are the Southern Piedmont.

[mm34b]

NC's Physiographic Regions - http://www.geology.enr.state.nc.us/p...phy_600dpi.pdf

[ohioaninsc]

When they refer to the High Country, what area is that entail? I have heard them say the Mountains (Boone, Blowing Rock, Asheville), The Foothills (Morganton, Hickory), the Piedmont (Charlotte, Gastonia, & Monroe), and the SC Upstate (Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Greenville). Then I've heard Columbia called the Southern Piedmont.

[mm34b]

Originally Posted by ohioaninsc

When they refer to the High Country, what area is that entail? I have heard them say the Mountains (Boone, Blowing Rock, Asheville), The Foothills (Morganton, Hickory), the Piedmont (Charlotte, Gastonia, & Monroe), and the SC Upstate (Rock Hill, Spartanburg, Greenville). Then I've heard Columbia called the Southern Piedmont.

This is my take which may differ from other members:

NC High Country

Ashe County
Alleghany
Wilkes
Watauga
Avery
Mitchell
Yancey

Sections of these counties lie within both the Piedmont and Mountain Regions of the state, so I guess one can say they are the foothill counties:

Surry
Wilkes
Caldwell
Burke
McDowell
Rutherford
Polk