Unseasonable chill to sweep U.S. to start December; lake-effect snow to finally begin
It’s been a long while since we’ve started the month of December with any sort of widespread cold air sweeping the United States—but that’s what we’re in for this week as a surge of Arctic air floods south out of Canada. A…
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Phenomenal bomb cyclone develops off the Pacific Northwest
An exceptionally powerful low-pressure system developing off the coast of the Pacific Northwest this afternoon is a sight to behold on satellite imagery. The storm is undergoing bombogenesis—hence the “bomb cyclone” moniker. Bombogenesis…
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Soon-to-be Tropical Storm Sara brewing in the Caribbean
A robust tropical disturbance in the western Caribbean Sea is on the cusp of growing into a tropical storm. This system, which would earn the name Sara, is forecast to bring extensive flooding to Honduras before potentially entering the eastern Gulf of…
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A new tropical system may develop in the Caribbean this week
The Atlantic hurricane season isn’t over just yet. Forecasters are watching yet another disturbance in the Caribbean Sea for potential tropical development later this week. The system has a medium (50 percent) chance of development, according…
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New York City witnesses its driest month since records began in 1869
It’s official: October 2024 was New York City’s driest month in recorded history. Any record in New York City is exceptional given that Central Park has one of the longest periods of record in the United States, with regular observations…
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