Tropical Storm Ian Could Hit Category Four Intensity In The Gulf This Week
It only takes one. The slow start to this year’s Atlantic hurricane season may not be what we remember about this season after all. We’re staring down the prospect of tracking our second major hurricane in a week, and this one could be…
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Powerful Hurricane Fiona Sets Its Sights On Bermuda And Atlantic Canada
Hurricane Fiona continues to strengthen in the western Atlantic Ocean after unleashing catastrophic flooding across Puerto Rico this weekend, causing widespread damage and knocking out power to the entire island at one point. The major hurricane will…
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Tropical Storm Fiona Threatens Caribbean Flooding, Worth Watching In U.S. Next Week
Tropical Storm Fiona is an interesting lump of clouds a few hundred miles east of the Caribbean this evening. The storm, which is only the sixth we’ve seen in this surprisingly sluggish season, will bring heavy rain to the Greater Antilles through…
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All-Time Heat Records Fall As Major West Coast Heat Wave Continues
A historic heat wave over the West Coast that’s shattered longstanding daily, monthly, and all-time records is going to stick around for a while longer. If the observations are valid, Sacramento International Airport’s high temperature of…
Read MoreAll-Time Heat Records Fall As Major West Coast Heat Wave Continues
A historic heat wave over the West Coast that’s shattered longstanding daily, monthly, and all-time records is going to stick around for a while longer. If the observations are valid, Sacramento International Airport’s high temperature of…
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Where Are All The Atlantic Hurricanes?
If a new tropical storm doesn’t form over the Atlantic Ocean by midnight tonight, we’ll have witnessed one of the only Augusts on record without any named storms across the Atlantic basin. That seems like quite the feat for a season that…
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Long-Duration Extreme Heat Settling Over Western U.S. To Begin September
We’re staring into the gaping maw of yet another heat wave across the western third of the United States. A large ridge making itself at home will bathe the region with excessive heat through the foreseeable future. High heat is dangerous for…
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Tropical Downpours Fueling Widespread Flash Flood Threat Across Southern U.S.
The southern half of the United States finally dove into a wet pattern after so many weeks (and weeks, and weeks…) of hot and dry conditions. We’re feeling tropical moisture associated with a disturbance that almost became a tropical storm in…
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Relief On The Way As Blissful Cold Front Briefly Kicks East Coast Humidity
Ahhh. While there’s nothing better than the first cold front of fall, a cold front that scours away the humidity for a few days in the middle of August has to be a close runner up. A push of cooler, drier air working its way down from Canada will…
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Drought Covers Half Of The U.S. As Long, Hot Summer Continues
It’s been a long and hot stretch for much of the United States so far this summer, and things aren’t looking too good if you’re peeking at the forecast for some relief. Stubborn ridges of high pressure have kept things very warm over…
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